Governors
What they do
Establishing the strategic direction, by:
- Setting the vision, values, and objectives for the school
- Agreeing the school improvement strategy with priorities and targets
- Meeting statutory duties
Ensuring accountability, by:
- Appointing the headteacher
- Monitoring progress towards targets
- Performance managing the headteacher
- Engaging with stakeholders
- Contributing to school self-evaluation
- Ensuring financial probity, by: Setting the budget, Monitoring spending against the budget, Ensuring value for money is obtained, Ensuring risks to the organisation are managed and Composition.
Bradstow School has:
13 governors, comprising of the following types: 1 Head, 2 parent, 0 Local Authority, 1 staff, 8 co-opted (one reserved for an additional staff governor). Associate governors can be appointed to provide expertise in specific areas but have no voting rights.
The sub-committees cover the areas of: Processes, Products & Services; People Management & Development and Partnerships & Resources. These committees report into the governors’ meeting.
All governors are members of the governors’ meeting and all subcommittees.
How are they appointed?
Headteacher: by virtue of her job.
Co-opted and Parent governors: are appointed by invitation at the governing meeting.
LA governors: are nominated by the Local Authority and appointed at the governing meeting.
Staff governors: teacher governor is elected by a majority vote amongst fellow teachers. Non-teaching staff governors are elected by a majority vote amongst non-teaching staff.
Associate governor: Associate members are appointed by the governing body to serve on one or more governing body committees. They may also attend full governing body meetings. Associated members should be appointed because of the specific expertise and experience they can contribute to the effective governance and success of the school. The definition of associate member is wide. Subject to the disqualifications set out in the Regulations, the governing body may appoint a pupil, school staff member, or any other person as an associate member so that they can contribute their specific expertise. This can help to address specific gaps identified in the skills of governing body members, and/or help the governing body respond to particular challenges that they may be facing.
How often do they meet?
The school holds a governors’ meeting and a set of committee meetings every term, where every governor is welcome to attend.
Voting rights
Associate governor: They are not governors and therefore do not have a vote in governing decisions, but may be given a vote on decision made by committees to which they are appointed.
Co-opted, LA, Parent and Staff governors: can vote in both governing and committee meetings.
| Name | Type | Period | Committee / Roles | Class link | Relevant business and pecuniary interests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Sarah Dunn | Head | Jan2019-Jan2023 | None | ||
| Mr Eddie Howard | Co-opted | Mar2019-Mar2023 |
Chair of Partnerships & Resources subcommittee Finance link governor |
5 | None |
| Mr Joshua Dark | Staff |
Feb2021-Feb2025 |
None | ||
| Mr Andre Haynes | Co-opted | Jun2017-Jun2021 |
Chair Vice Chair of Processes, Products & Services subcommittee Safeguarding link governor Health & Safety link governor |
Vice Chair of Governors The Dell Primary School Chepstow Wales |
|
| Mr David Pulman | Co-opted |
Nov2017-Nov2021 |
Vice Chair of Partnerships & Resources subcommittee Deputy finance link governor |
4a | None |
| Mrs Alison Trehearn | Co-opted | Jan2016-Jan2020 |
Vice Chair Deputy safeguarding link governor Chair of People Management & Development subcommittee |
1 | None |
| Mr Mike Kemlo | Advisor | Mar2017-Mar2021 | School Business Manager | None | |
| Mr Darren Miller | Co-opted | Nov2017-Nov2021 | None | ||
| Mrs Jeannette Newton | Parent Governor | Mar2018-Mar2022 | Link governor for children looked after | 2 | None |
| Mrs Abby Tarvin | Parent Governor | Mar2018-Mar2022 | Vice Chair of Processes, Products & Services subcommittee | 3 | None |
| Mrs Lorraine Hiller | Co-opted | Mar2019-Mar2023 | 7 | None | |
| Mr Laurence Courtney | Co-opted | Mar2019-Mar2023 | H&S, Premises | 8 | None |
| Mrs Gillian Bennell | Co-opted | Nov2019-Nov2023 | H&S, GDPR / Admin | 4B | None |
| Mrs Debbie Holmes | Co-opted | Nov2020-Nov2024 | None |
Governor Attendance Record (2020/21)
Key: Y=attended, A=apologies, X=not attended
| Governor | Comments |
12/10/20 Sub-Committee Meeting |
16/11/20 Governors' Meeting
|
18/1/21 Sub-Committee Meeting |
8/3/21 Governors' Meeting
|
10/5/21 Sub-Committee Meeting |
14/6/21 Governors' Meeting |
| Mrs Alison Trehearn |
|
Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mr Eddie Howard | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Mr Mike Kemlo | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Mrs Sarah Dunn | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Mr David Pulman |
|
Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mr Andre Haynes |
|
Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mr Darren Miller |
|
Y | A | Y | A | Y | |
| Mrs Jeannette Newton | Y | Y | A | A | Y | ||
| Mrs Abby Tarvin | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Mrs Lorraine Hiller | Y | Y | Y | Y | A | ||
| Mr Laurence Courtney | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Mr Andy Hillier | A | A [Retired Dec 2020] | |||||
| Mrs Gillian Bennell | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Mrs Debbie Holmes | [Appointed Nov2020] | Y | Y | A | |||
| Mr Joshua Dark | [Appointed Feb2021] | Y | Y |
Governor Attendance Record (2019/20)
Key: Y=attended, A=apologies, X=not attended
| Governor | Comments |
7/10/19 Sub-Committee Meeting |
18/11/19 Governors' Meeting
|
20/1/20 Sub-Committee Meeting |
9/3/20 Governors' Meeting
|
11/5/20 Sub-Committee Meeting |
15/6/20 Governors' Meeting |
| Mrs Alison Trehearn |
|
Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Mr Chris Wells | X | X | Resigned | ||||
| Mr Eddie Howard | Y | Y | A | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mr Mike Kemlo | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mrs Sarah Dunn | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mr David Pulman |
|
Y | Y | A | Y | Y | Y |
| Mr Andre Haynes |
|
Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Mr Darren Miller |
|
A | Y | A | Y | A | A |
| Mrs Jeannette Newton | A | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mrs Abby Tarvin | Y | A | A | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mrs Lorraine Hiller | Y | Y | Y | A | Y | Y | |
| Mr Laurence Courtney | Y | Y | A | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mr Andy Hillier | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mrs Gillian Bennell | [Started Nov 2019] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Governor Attendance Record (2018/19)
Key: Y=attended, A=apologies, X=not attended
| Governor | Comments |
8/10/18 Sub-Committee Meeting |
12/11/18 Governors' Meeting
|
21/1/19 Sub-Committee Meeting |
11/3/19 Governors' Meeting
|
13/5/19 Sub-Committee Meeting |
24/6/19 Governors' Meeting |
| Mrs Alison Trehearn |
|
Y | Y | Y | Y | A | A |
| Mr Chris Wells | A | A | A | Y | X | X | |
| Mr Eddie Howard | Y | A | Y | A | A | Y | |
| Mr Mike Kemlo | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mrs Marilyn Jones | A | Resigned | |||||
| Mr Paul Gorham | Y | Y | Y |
Y End of term |
|||
| Mrs Sarah Dunn | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mr David Pulman |
|
A | Y | Y | Y | A | A |
| Mrs Adelle Martin |
|
A | Resigned | ||||
| Mr Andre Haynes |
|
Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | A |
| Mr Darren Miller |
|
Y | A | Y | A | X | Y |
| Mrs Jeannette Newton | Y | A | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mrs Abby Tarvin | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Y |
|
| Mrs Lorraine Hiller | Y | Y | |||||
| Mr Laurence Courtney | Y | Y | |||||
| Mr Andy Hillier | Y | Y |
Governor Attendance Record (2017/18)
Key: Y=attended, A=apologies, X=not attended
| Governor | Comments |
9/10/17 Sub-Committee Meeting |
13/11/17 Governors' Meeting
|
22/1/18 Sub-Committee Meeting |
19/3/18 Governors' Meeting
|
14/5/18 Sub-Committee Meeting |
25/6/18 Governors' Meeting |
| Mrs Alison Trehearn |
|
Y | A | A | Y | Y | Y |
| Mr Chris Wells | X | X | Y | X | Y | A | |
| Mr Eddie Howard | Y | A | A | A | Y | Y | |
| Mr Mike Kemlo | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mrs Kim Wills | Y | Y | A | A |
Kim resigned 16 April 2018 |
||
| Mrs Marilyn Jones | Y | Y | A | A | Y | Y | |
| Mrs Pam Jones | Y | Y | Pam resigned Nov 2017 | ||||
| Mr Paul Gorham | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mrs Sarah Dunn | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mr David Pulman |
|
Y | Y | Y | A | Y | |
| Mrs Adelle Martin |
|
Y | Y | A | A | A | A |
| Mr Andre Haynes |
|
Y | Y | Y | Y | A | Y |
| Mr Darren Miller |
started Nov 2017 |
Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mrs Jeannette Newton | Y | Y | |||||
| Mrs Abby Tarvin | Y | Y |
Governor Attendance Record (2016/17)
Key: Y=attended, A=apologies, X=not attended
| Governor | Comments |
10/10/16 Sub-Committee Meeting |
14/11/16 Governors' Meeting
|
16/1/17 Sub-Committee Meeting |
13/3/17 Governors' Meeting
|
15/5/17 Sub-Committee Meeting |
|
| Mrs Alison Trehearn |
|
Y | Y | Y | A | Y | |
| Mr Chris Wells | X | Y | X | X | Y | ||
| Mr Eddie Howard | Y | A | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Mrs Jacquie Heale | Y | Y | X | X | no longer Governor | ||
|
Mr Mike Kemlo |
started Feb 2017 | - | - | - | Y | Y | Y |
| Mrs Joanne Walder | A | Y | A | X | no longer Governor | ||
| Mrs Kim Wills | Y | Y | Y | Y | A | ||
| Mrs Marilyn Jones | Y | A | A | Y | A | Y | |
| Mrs Mary Shrimpton | Y | X | Y | Y | no longer Governor | ||
| Mrs Pam Jones | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mr Paul Gorham | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mrs Sarah Dunn | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mrs Sarah Ottley | A | A | A | A | X | no longer Governor | |
|
Mr Tom Augustine |
|
A | A | A | A | no longer Governor |
|
|
Mr David Pulman |
started Nov 2017 |
- | not started as Governor | ||||
|
Mrs Adelle Martin |
started Nov 2017 |
- | not started as Governor | ||||
|
Mr Andre Haynes |
started June 2017 |
- | Y |
Governor Attendance Record (2015/16)
Key: Y=attended, A=apologies, X=not attended
| Governor | Comments |
12/10/15 Sub-Committee Meeting |
16/11/15 Governors' Meeting
|
18/1/16 Sub-Committee Meeting |
14/3/16 Governors' Meeting
|
16/5/16 Sub-Committee Meeting |
|
| Alison Trehearn |
New May 2016 |
Y | A | ||||
| Chris Wells | Y | Y | |||||
| Eddie Howard | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Jacquie Heale | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| James Popple | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Joanne Walder | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Kim Wills | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Marilyn Jones | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Mary Shrimpton | Y | Y | A | ||||
| Pam Jones | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Paul Gorham | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Sarah Dunn | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Sarah Ottley | Y | Y | A | ||||
|
Tom Augustine |
New Nov 2015 |
Y | Y |
(apologies recorded from 20/6/2016)
