Governors

Role of the Board of Governors
The Governing Body of a school is responsible for ensuring that it is run to promote pupil achievement.

• Recent Governor Letter Summer 2023

Its duties include:
• setting strategic direction, policies and objectives
• the school budget
• reviewing progress against the school's budget and objectives
• appointing, challenging and supporting the headteacher

The Governing Body is made up of:
• parents governors (elected by parents)
• staff representatives (elected by school staff)
• local authority governors (appointed by the local authority)
• co-opted governors (appointed by the governing body)

Members of the Governing Body
Chair: Rahim Rajan (Co-opted Governor)
Vice Chair: Stephen Hall(Parent)
Clerk: Rachel Murray

Staff Governors
Jenna Halfhide (Headteacher)

Joanne Shobbrook (Deputy Headteacher)


Parent Governors
Gareth Pindred

Juliet Palfrey

Nicki Butler

Stephen Hall

David Dorrell

Co-opted Governors
Andrew Richardson    

Victoria Short                                                                                                                 

Glynis Rogers                                                                                                          

Karen Korvin                                                                                                                 

Katy Joiner (Safeguarding)

Rahim Rajan

Local Authority Governor
TBC

Associate Member                                                                                                     

James Osborne-Jackson 

Christopher Portwood

Phillip Williams

Nicola Rose

The Governing Body reconstituted under the School Governance (Constitution) Regulations 2012 on 1st September 2015.

Committee Membership and Attendance (2022 - 2023)

The governors’ work is divided between meetings of the Full Governing Body (FGB), which are attended by all governors, and two committees:

• Pupil and Curriculum (P&C)
• Resources Associate members are utilised as and when their skills are required

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