Governors
Welcome to our Governors’ section.
The responsibilities of the governing body are defined by legislation. The DfE Governor's Handbook addresses governors' responsibilities in detail. However, simply the governing body has three main roles:
1. Strategic - The governing body sets the general direction of the school, looking at how it should best develop. This is done by reviewing and agreeing policies, targets and priorities and monitoring and reviewing aims and objectives.
2. Critical Friend - A governing body should work with the Headteacher and create a clear understanding of the challenges face in managing a school.
3. Accountability - A school is a business and its stakeholders are the learners. The governing body must have a professional attitude and use its collective skills to benefit the learners. It must gather views, ask questions and decide what is best for the school. The governing body is answerable to parents, the wider community and the local authority.
School governors are drawn from different parts of the community, such as: parents, the staff, the local authority (LA), the community and other groups. This helps to ensure that the governing body has sufficient diversity of views and experience but does not mean that governors of a particular category "represent" that group on the governing body. Although elected by parents, parent governors are not mandated to express any views apart from their own. They are ‘representative parents’ not ‘representatives of parents’.
Governors Information and Duties
The table below details the committee attendance for the academic year 2025-2026.
|
Governor Name |
Appointed By |
Committees |
Attendance Record |
|
Mrs Jude Brown Chair Chair of Safeguarding |
Governing Board |
Complaints Curriculum & Standards Headteacher Appraisal Personnel & Pay Implementation Personnel Appeals Pupil Discipline Resources Safeguarding & Inclusion |
0 0/2 1/1 1/1
0/0 1/3 1/3 |
|
Mr Patrick Coleman |
Associate Member |
Curriculum & Standards |
2/2 |
|
Mr Billy Dean |
Elected by parents |
Curriculum & Standards Personnel & Pay Implementation Health & Safety Link Governor |
1/2 0/1 1/1 |
|
Miss Gemma Hardy |
Local Authority |
Curriculum & Standards Headteacher Appraisal Personnel & Pay Implementation Personnel Appeals Safeguarding & Inclusion |
2/2 1/1 0/0
3/3 |
|
Miss Sarah Harland
|
Headteacher |
Curriculum & Standards Personnel & Pay Implementation Personnel Appeals Pupil Discipline Resources Safeguarding & Inclusion |
2/2 1/1
0/0 3/3 0/0 |
|
Mrs Kerry Hill
|
Governing Board |
Curriculum & Standards Safeguarding & Inclusion |
2/2 3/3 |
|
Mrs Nicola Holden
|
Elected by Parents |
Curriculum & Standards Personnel Appeals |
1/2
|
|
Mr Mujammil Hussain
|
Governing Board |
Complaints Curriculum & Standards Personnel & Pay Implementation Safeguarding & Inclusion |
0/0 0/2 0/0 2/3 |
|
Mrs Lauren Makin
|
Staff Governor |
Curriculum & Standards Safeguarding & Inclusion |
2/2 0/0 |
|
Mrs Stacey McKler
|
Elected by Parents |
Curriculum & Standards Safeguarding & Inclusion Resources |
1/2 2/3 1/2 |
|
Mrs Lisa McWhirter Vice Chair Chair of Personnel Appeals |
Governing Board |
Curriculum & Standards Personnel Appeals Pupil Discipline Resources |
1/2
0/0 1/1 |
|
Mrs Alison Mitchell |
Governing Board |
Curriculum & Standards Safeguarding |
0/0 (Associate Member) 0/0 (Associate Member) |
|
Mr Zack Richardson
|
Governing Board |
Curriculum & Standards Resources |
0/0 1/2 |