The school’s governing body support and challenge the head teacher and senior leadership team to ensure that the school is run effectively for the benefit of all the children. They are responsible for monitoring expenditure, ensuring polices and procedures are in line with regulations, personnel issues and other important aspects of school life. They bring with them experience of the wider community from all walks of life.

The chair of our governing body is Mrs Olivia Smith. Mrs Smith can be contacted through the school office.

Governors meet as a Full Governing Body once every half term and hold various roles to ensure that the school is compliant with trust and government guidelines. More information about our governors can be found on the subpages below.

Please see below for an overview of how our Governing Body is structured and information about each governor. Please note – governors who have left the governing body in the last year are included below in italics.

Name Appointed by Date

appointed

Start of Term End of Term Business Interests Relationships to staff/governors Roles
Paul Allen Ex-officio 17.4.2023 17.4.2023 N/A none none Head Teacher
Richard Ives Staff 14.11.2016 14.11.2020 13.11.2024 none none
Gregory Jones Trust 20.4.2015 1.9.2024 31.8.2028 none none
Luis Neves Trust 2.10.2022 1.9.2024 31.8.2028 none none
George Roberts Elected by Parents 24.11.2021 24.11.2021 20.5.2024 none none
Sarah Saunders Trust 1.2.2020 1.9.2024 31.8.28 none none
Olivia Smith Trust 27.2.2017 1.9.2024 31.8.2028 none none Chair of Governing Body
Theodora Stavri Elected by Parents 26.4.2022 26.4.2022 25.4.2026 none none
Justine Wood Trust 1.2.2020 1.9.2024 31.8.2028 none none Vice Chair
Steve Stinson Elected by Parents 10.3.2023 10.3.2023 9.3.2027 none none
Katharine White Elected by Parents 15.11.23 15.11.23 14.11.2027 none none
Sudhakar Bhandare Elected by Parents 1.7.24 1.7.24 30.6.28 none none

Please see below for an overview of which meetings our governors have attended this academic year.

Governor Governor

Type

SICS

25.9.23

Finance

13.11.23

PPC

4.12.23

FGB

11.12.23

SICS

15.1.24

Finance

18.3.24

PPC

19.2.24

FGB

25.3.24

SICS

22.4.24

Finance

20.5.24

PPC

17.6.24

FGB

15.7.24

Paul

Allen

Headteacher Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes  Yes Yes Yes Yes
Olivia Smith (Chair) Co-opted Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gregory Jones Co-opted N/A Yes N/A Yes N/A Yes N/A Yes N/A No N/A Yes
Richard

Ives

Staff Yes N/A Yes No Yes N/A No Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes
Luis

Neves

LA N/A No N/A No N/A No N/A Yes N/A Yes N/A Yes
George Roberts Parent N/A No N/A No No No N/A No N/A No N/A N/A
Sarah Saunders Parent Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes
Theodora Stavri Parent Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes
Justine

Wood

Co-opted N/A Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Steve

Stinson

Parent No N/A Yes No No N/A Yes Yes No N/A No No
Katharine White Parent N/A N/A N/A Yes N/A N/A Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes

Please see below for an overview of which meetings our governors have attended this academic year.

Governor 7.10.24 16.12.24 10.2.25 24.3.25 19.5.25 14.7.25
Paul Allen Yes Yes Yes
Olivia Smith Yes No Yes
Gregory Jones Yes Yes Yes
Richard Ives Yes N/A N/A
Luis Neves Yes No Yes
Sarah Saunders Yes No Yes
Theodora Stavri Yes Yes Yes
Justine Wood Yes Yes No
Steve Stinson No Yes No
Katharine White Yes Yes Yes
Sudhakar Bhandare Yes Yes Yes