The school is a community school and it reconstituted in line with statutory guidelines on 5th January 2015.
The full governing body meets five or six times a year. In addition, sub-committees meet regularly to focus on specific issues. There are four sub-committees:
- a Resources Committee which deals with finance, premises and personnel matters
- a Learning Committee which deals with matters related to teaching, learning and behaviour
- a Performance Management Committee which monitors the appraisal of staff and undertakes the appraisal of the head-teacher.
- a Salary Review Committee that deals with issues around pay.
Click here to find out more information about the role of the governing body, what happens in each committee and for minutes of meetings.
The governing body is made up of up to 15 governors.
- 2 elected parent governors
- 1 LA governor
- 1 headteacher
- 1 elected staff governor
- 10 co-opted governors (of which up to 3 could be members of staff).
The term of office of all governors (other than the headteacher) is four years.
We currently have vacancies for one parent governor, three co-opted governors and one local authority governor.
Name | Type of Governor | Appointing Body | Date of Initial Appointment | Current term of office | Committees | Responsibilities |
Philip Colligan | Co-opted | Governing Body | 19.01.15 | 01.01.19 -31.12.22 | Chair of Governors, Parental Questionnaire | |
Nikki Brown | Head teacher | Ex-officio | n/a | n/a | All | |
Tom Knowles | Co-opted | Governing Body | 22.11.18 | 22.11.18 -21.11.22 | Learning | Safeguarding, Data |
Jack Pullen | Staff | Election | 22.11.18 | 22.11.18 -21.11.22 | Learning | Data |
Jonathan Gorrie | Co-opted | Governing Body | 10.06.16 | 10.06.20 -09.06.24 | Resources, Performance Management and Salary Review | Vice-Chair of Governors, Chair of the Performance Management and Salary Review Committees, Finance, Pupil Premium |
Ruth Kershner | Co-opted | Governing Body | 19.01.15 | 04.03.19 -03.03.23 | Learning | Inclusion, Pupil Premium, Early Years |
Caroline Louth | Co-opted | Governing Body | 19.01.15 | 04.03.19 -03.03.23 | Resources, Performance Management and Salary Review | Finance, Sports Premium, |
Hilary Toulmin | Co-opted | Governing Body | 04.09.19 | 04.09.19-03.09.23 | Learning Committee | Improving outcomes in Reading, Website and communications with parents |
V Motskin | LA Governor | Governing Body | 05.12.19 | 04.12.23 | Learning Committee |
Pecuniary Register of Governors | Attendance of Governors at Meetings |