Our Governors
Our Governors have an important role to play across the 3 key areas:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
- Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
- Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent
To effectively carry out these responsibilities, our Governors are committed to on-going professional development. This commitment is demonstrated in our intention for all Governors to receive training in the following 5 key areas:
1. Governors Induction
2. Monitoring visits
3. Safeguarding and child protection
4. Support and challenge
5. Understanding performance data (specific for lower schools)
Where Governors have “specific” Link Governor responsibilities, our intention is for those Governors to receive specific training relating to those roles – i.e. Finance and Attendance.
See links below for the structure, remit and voting rights of Governors' committees:
Click here to see the Governing Body Schedule of Work 2021-2022
Click here to see the Governors' Code of Conduct
Click here to see the terms of reference for the Finance Committee (Chair: Marian Jamieson)
Click here to see the terms of reference for the Self-Evaluation Committee (Chair: Marian Jamieson)
Click here to see the link Governor roles and responsibilities for the academic year 2021-2022
Full name |
Date of appointment |
Date of step down (only for Governors leaving in last 12 months) |
Term of Office |
Governor Type |
Lucy Chapman |
01/09/2013 |
N/A |
N/A (Ex officio) |
Head Teacher |
Darren Brooker |
17/03/2016, re-appointed 2020 |
N/A |
16/03/2024 |
Interim Chair of Governors PCC Governor Finance Committee |
Marian Jamieson |
29/09/2016, re-appointed 2020 |
NA |
28/09/2024 |
Vice Chair of Governors Chair of Finance Committee Diocesan Board of Education Governor |
Rev Alex Wheatley |
13/05/2021 |
NA |
N/A (Ex efficio) |
Reverend Foundation Governor SEND Governor |
Gaynor Pinn |
21/06/2021 |
N/A |
20/06/2025 |
Staff Governor |
Marijana Evans |
22/11/2018 |
N/A |
21/11/2022 |
Parent Governor |
Sue Whitfield |
21/03/2019 |
N/A |
20/03/2023 |
PCC Governor |
Dawn Kerridge | 27/09/2019 | N/A | 26/09/2023 |
Safeguarding Diocesan Board of Education |
Neil Cobb | 19/10/2020 | N/A | 18/10/2024 |
Parent Governor Health and Safety |
David Gregory | 01/04/2021 | N/A | 31/03/2025 |
PCC Governor Finance Committee |
George Price | 04/03/2022 | N/A | 03/03/2026 |
PCC Governor |
Peter Shawley | 04/03/2022 | N/A | 03/03/2026 |
LA Governor |
Richard Dix- Pincott | N/A | 31/03/2022 | N/A |
Chair of Governors LA Governor |
DBE - Diocesan Board of Education Governor
PCC - Parochial Church Council Governor
Governing Body Pecuniary Interests 2021-2022
Attendance at Governor Meetings 2019/2020/2021
Meeting |
Date |
Absentees |
FGB | 15.05.2022 | Neil Cobb, David Gregory, Marian Jamieson, Alex Wheatley, Marijana Evans |
FC | 24.04.2022 | All present |
FC | 15.03.2022 | All present |
FGB | 10.03.2022 | Neil Cobb |
FC | 1.2.22 | David Gregory |
FGB | 27.1.22 | Richard Dix-Pincott |
FC | 30.11.21 | Richard Dix-Pincott, David Gregory |
FGB | 18.11.21 | Richard Dix-Pincott, David Gregory |
FC | 19.10.21 | Richard Dix-Pincott |
FGB and AGM | 21.09.21 | Richard Dix-Pincott, David Gregory |
FGB | 08.07.21 | Marian Jamieson, Neil Cobb, Alex Wheatley |
FC | 29.06.21 | All present |
FGB | 13.05.2021 | Dawn Kerridge, Rev Alex Wheatley, Sue Whitfield, Neil Cobb |
FC | 27.04.2021 | All present |
FGB | 18.03.2021 | Neil Cobb |
FC | 18.03.2021 | All present |
FC | 02.02.2021 | All present |
FGB | 21.01.2021 | Richard Dix-Pincott, Lucy Cox |
FGB | 20.11.2020 | Lucy Cox |
FC | 20.11.2020 | All present |
FGB | 24.09.2020 | All present |
AGM | 10.09.2020 | Lucy Cox, Sue Whitfield |
FGB | 09.07.2020 | All present: Virtual meeting due to Covid 19 |
FC | 23.04.2020 | All present: Virtual meeting due to Covid 19 |
FBG | 19.03.2020 | All present: Virtual meeting due to Covid 19 |
FGB | 23.01.2020 | Lucy Cox, Marian Jamieson |
FC | 21.11.2019 | All present |
FGB | 21.11.2019 | Lucy Cox |
FGB | 26/09/2019 | Lucy Cox, Darren Brooker |
AGM | 05/09/2019 | Marian Jamieson, Mark Sexton |
FGB | 11/07/2019 | Gaynor Pinn, Sarah Gent, Darren Brooker |
FC | 25/04/2019 | Marian Jamieson |
FGB | 21/03/2019 | Pamela Finch, Sarah Gent, Lucy Cox |
FC | 21/03/2019 | All present |
FGB | 21/01/2019 | Gaynor Pinn, Sarah Gent, Mark Sexton, Darren Brooker, Marijana Evans |