Governing bodies act as a corporate body, taking a strategic role in the development of the school, supporting and challenging the leadership team.
The Governors have just decided to stop having separate committees and will now hold monthly full Governor meetings. The Terms of Reference for this are currently being re-written and will be published here once finalised. For now the committee terms of reference are included as these will be incorporated into the new set. A Pay committee still exists, as does the Strategic group.
The strategic development of the school is proposed in an annual improvement plan, building on strengths and assigning resources to develop the priorities identified. Individual governors are linked to each priority and work with the school leadership team to monitor and review progress.
Governors are responsible for agreeing the annual budget submission to the local authority and support the executive head teacher in the management of public funds.
The Chair of Governors is Mr Ben Shaw who can be contacted via the school office.
|
Name |
Type of Governor |
Appointed By |
Term of Office |
Date Appointed |
Committee Member |
Pecuniary Interests |
Attendance 2016/17 |
Attendance 2017/18 |
|
Mr Ben Shaw (Chair of Governors) |
Co-opted | Governors | 4 Years | 01.09.16 |
Pay Strategic |
None | 9/11 | 11/11 |
|
Mrs Rachael Costello (Vice Chair) |
Co-opted |
Parents of Thorns and Park Hill |
4 Years |
01.09.16 |
Strategic |
None |
11/11 | 9/11 |
|
Mrs Liz Bradbury |
Head Teacher |
Governors |
Until resignation of post |
11.01.11 |
Pay Strategic |
None |
11/11 | 11/11 |
| Mr Patrick Arben | Local Authority | Local Authority | 4 Years | 11.01.15 | None | 9/11 | 10/11 | |
|
Mrs Rebecca Harrison |
Staff |
Staff of Thorns and Park Hill |
4 Years |
11.01.15 |
Strategic |
None |
10/11 | 11/11 |
|
Mrs Penny Greenaway (Safeguarding Governor) |
Co-opted | Governors | 4 Years | 12.09.16 | 9/11 | 8/11 | ||
|
Mr Jonathan Cousins (Health and Safety) |
Co-opted |
Governors |
4 Years |
01.09.16 |
Pay |
Related to a member of staff Director of Company Edwards Pearson & White (Audit) Ltd |
9/11 | 11/11 |
|
Mrs Ann Grigg |
Co-opted |
Governors |
4 Years |
11.01.15 |
Strategic |
None |
7/11 | 8/11 |
|
Mrs Ros Kaijaks (SEN) |
Co-opted |
Governors |
4 Years |
20.06.16 |
|
None |
8/11 | 9/11 |
| Mrs Tracey Culley | Co-opted (Staff) | Staff and Governors | 4 Years | 04.10.17 | None | 9/10 | ||
|
Mr Peter Talbot |
Parent |
Parents of Thorns and Park Hill |
4 Years |
28.01.16 |
|
None |
6/11 | 6/11 |
| Mrs Rachel Baconnet | Parent | Parent of Thorns and Park Hill | 4 Years | 09.01.17 | None | 5/6 | 7/11 | |
| Vacancy from 09.01.17 | Co-opted | |||||||
| Vacancy from 09.01.17 | Co-opted | |||||||
|
Mrs Amanda Rawlings |
Associate Member |
Governors |
Until resignation of post |
11.01.11 |
Strategic |
None |
11/11 | 10/11 |
|
Miss Lizzy Biggs |
Associate Member |
Governors |
Until resignation of post |
01.9.12 |
|
None |
8/11 | 10/11 |
| Miss Sally Greenaway (Former Governor) | Co-opted Staff | Staff and Governors | 4 Years | 01.01.13 - 31.12.2017 | Related to a member of the Governing body | 4/4 |