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Leigh Primary School

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.

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
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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.

Name

Appointment Date

Term of Office

Appointed by

Katy Joiner

6/19

4 years

Governing body

Jenna Halfhide

-

n/a

Ex-officio

Nicki Butler

6/19

4 years

Parents

Karen Korvin

11/19

4 years

Governing body

Chris Portwood

6/19

4 Years

Governing Body

James Osbourne-Jackson

6/21

Associate

Governing body

Rahim Rajan

6/21

4 years

Governing Body

 David Dorrell

 11/19

4 years

Parents

 Stephen Hall

11/19. 

4 years

Parents

Gareth Pindred           11/21

4 years

Parents

Victoria Short

09/19

4 years

Governing Body

 Juliet Palfrey

11/21 

4 years 

Parents

Andrew Richardson

09/19

4 years

Governing Body

Glynis Rogers

6/21

4 years 

Governing Body

Phillip Williams

 

 

Governing Body

Nicola Rose

 

 

Governing Body

 

Clerk to the Governing Body

Julie Plant

 

 

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

 

Name

FGB

 

P&C

Resources

 

Responsibilities (in addition to committee membership)

Karen Korvin

4 of 4

 3 of 3

 n/a

 SEN

Jenna Halfhide

4 of 4

3 of 3

 3 of 3

 Headteacher

Nicki Butler

 3 of 4

 3 of 3

 n/a

 Co-Chair of P&C

Community

David Dorrell

4 of 4

 n/a

 3 of 4

 

Stephen Hall

3 of 4

 1 of 1

3 of 3

 Vice Chair of Governors

Risk Management 

Victoria Short

3 of 4

2 of 3

 n/a

 

Rahim Rajan

4 of 4

2 of 2

3 of 3

Chair of Governors

Andrew Richardson

3 of 4

 n/a

3 of 3

 Buildings

Katy Joiner

3 of 4

 0 of 3

 n/a

 Safeguarding,

Christopher Portwood

 3 of 4

 n/a

 3 of 3

Chair of Pupil and Curriculum Committee

Gareth Pindred

3 of 3

n/a

2 of 2

Glynis Rogers

1 of 3

n/a

1 of 2

Juliet Palfrey

3 of 3

n/a

2 of 2

Phillip Williams

 

 

 

Nicola Rose

 

 

 

 

Register of Business and Other Interests

Name

Declaration

Other schools governed

Relationships with school staff

Date of Declaration

Katy Joiner

None 

Head at Hilden Oaks

None

21.9.2020

Jenna Halfhide

None 

None

None

21.09.2020

Nicky Butler

None 

None

None

21.09.2020

Chris Portwood

None 

None

None

21.09.2020

Victoria Short

 None

None

None

21.09.2020

Rahim Rajan

None 

None

None

21.09.2020

Karen Korvin

None 

 None

 None

 28.09.2021

 David Dorrell

None 

 None

 None

 21.09.2020

 Stephen Hall

works for BT

 None 

 None

21.09.20

Andrew Richardson

None 

None

None

21.09.2020

James Osborne-Jackson

Elected member of Sevenoaks District Council 

 None

None 

20.07.2021 

Juliet Palfrey

works for Central Government 

None 

Parent at the school 

10.10.2021 

Gareth Pindred

 

 None

Parent at the school 

07.10.2021 

Glynis Rogers

Local Government consultant 

None 

None 

 15.07.2021

Joanne Shobbrook

None 

None 

Member of staff 

 

Phillip Williams

 

 

 

 

Nicola Rose

 

 

Parent at the school