Meet the Governors
Meet Our Governing Body
Welcome from the Chair of Governors
Welcome to our governor page. Governors share the school's vision of helping all children to become confident individuals, successful learners and equip them with the life skills they will need at secondary school and beyond. We are all very proud to be associated with this successful, community school.
Our governors support the work of our school in many ways through monitoring, observation, consultation and discussion. A key part of our role is to offer challenge and support whilst remaining aware of the well-being of the children, staff and all members of the school community.
Our team of governors has a wide range of experience from different backgrounds and we use this experience to help us fulfill our roles within the governing body, such as carrying out health and safety inspections, classroom observation, monitoring of safeguarding and financial planning.
The organisation and structure of our governing body is shown below and you can also find the minutes from our Full Governing Body meetings and some more detailed information about what governors do.
Governing Body Core Functions
1. ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
2. holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils
and the performance management of staff
3. overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent
4. ensuring the voices of stakeholders are heard
Chris Roast
Chair of Governors
List of Current Governors
Mrs Natasha Jones - Headteacher
Headteacher, Governor (by right of office)
Term of Office 23/04/2019 -
In attendance at Pay committee.
Safer Recruitment.
Designated Safeguarding Lead
Dr Christopher Roast - Chair of Governors
Co-opted Governor (appointed by the Governors)
Term of Office: 4 years. 27/01/2023 - 26/01/2027
HT Performance Review Panel
Safer Recruitment.
Development & Training Governor
Pupil Premium Governor
Safeguarding/H&S Governor
English link Governor
Mrs Julie Millard
Co-opted Governor (appointed by the Governors)
Term of office: 4 years, 27/03/2019 - 26/03/2023
Attendance Governor
Mr Greg Whates
Parent Governor (appointed by the Governors)
Term of office: 4 years, 23/11/2020 - 22/11/2024
Maths link Governor
Mrs Judith Turnbull
Co-opted Governor (appointed by the Governors)
Term of office: 4 years, 25/09/2021 - 24/09/2025
Science link Governor
Mrs Kerry Howard - Deputy Headteacher
Staff Governor (elected by the staff)
Term of office: 4 years, 28/11/2022 - 27/11/2026
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mrs Karen Whiting
Co-opted Governor (appointed by the Governors)
Term of office: 4 years, 27/11/2023 - 26/11/2027
SEND link Governor
Mrs Louisa Trafford
Clerk to the Governing Body
Previous Governors
Mr Philip Bleckly
Local Authority Governor (appointed by the GB and endorsed by the LA)
Term of Office: 4 years. 1 Feb 2021 to 31 Jan 2025
Chair of the Pay committee.
Pay committee
Safer Recruitment
Health and Safety and GDPR Link Governor.
South East Forum representative
Mrs Llyn Codling
Co-opted Governor (appointed by the Governors)
Term of office: 4 years, 22/11/2021 - 21/11/2025
Early Years link Governor
Mrs Alison Allsopp - Vice Chair of Governors
Co-opted Governor (appointed by the Governors)
Term of office: 4 years. 05/12/2018 - 04/12/2022
HT Performance Review Panel
Science, Curriculum and Looked After Children Link Governor
Mrs Babs Taylor
Co-opted Governor (appointed by the Governors)
Term of office: 4 years. 25/05/2021- 24/05/2025
Member of the Curriculum, Standards, and Achievement committee
Mr David Williams
Co-opted Governor (appointed by the Governors)
Term of office: 4 years. 05/12/2018 - 04/12/2022
Member of the Resources & Premises and Pay committees
Maths Link Governor
Mrs Sian Hosmer
Staff Governor (appointed by the staff)
Term of office: 4 years. 07/12/2021 / 06/12/2025
Member of the Resources and Premises Committee
Deputy Headteacher.
Chair of the Curriculum, Standards and Achievement committee.
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead, Inclusions Leader
Mrs Catherine House
Parent Governor (appointed by the Governors)
Term of office: 4 years, 23/11/2020 - 22/11/2024
Member of the Curriculum, Standards, and Achievement committee
Science Link Governor
Mrs Sarah Woods
Co-opted Governor (appointed by the Governors)
Term of office: 4 years. 10/10/2018 - resigned 04/01/2021
Member of the Pay committee
Development & Training Governor
Science Link Governor
Mrs Nikki Cameron - Vice Chair of Governors
Co-opted Governor (appointed by the governors)
Term of office: 4 years. 06/12/2017 - resigned 28/08/2020
Member of the Curriculum, Standards and Achievement committee, and Strategic, Planning and Evaluation Committee.
Safer Recruitment.
Development and Training Governor (DTG).
Early Years Link Governor.
Miss Kate Powell
Parent Governor (appointed by the parents)
Term of office: 4 years. 27/09/2017 - resigned 28/08/2020
Member of the Strategic, Planning and Evaluation Committee
Co-chair of SPEC committee
Attendance Link Governor
Mr Melvin Piper
Co-opted Governor (appointed by the Governors)
Term of office: 4 years. 05/12/2018 - resigned 20/01/2020
Member of the Resources and Premises Committee
Miss Victoria Wright
Co-opted Governor (appointed by the Governors)
Term of office: 4 years. 07/02/2018 - 22/07/2019
SEND, Attendance and Inclusions Link Governor
Mrs Emma Steele - Headteacher
Headteacher Governor (by right of office)
Term of Office
Member of the Curriculum, Standards and Achievements committee, Resources and Premises committee and Strategic, Planning and Evaluation Committee (SPEC). In attendance at Pay committee.
Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL). Safer Recruitment.
Mrs Aimie Williams
Co-opted Governor (appointed by the Governors)
Term of Office: 4 years 28/01/2015 - left 06/01/2019
Chair of Governors, Chair of HT Performance Review panel and Chair of SPEC
Member of Curriculum, Standards & Achievements Committee, Resources & Premises Committee and SPEC. In attendance at Pay committee
Safeguarding Governor (includes looked after children) Designated governor for safeguarding complaints against the HT. Safer Recruitment. SMSC Governor (includes British Values, RE & P4C)
Inclusions Governor
Mr Nigel Williams
Co-opted Governor (appointed by the Governors)
Term of office: 4 years. 28/01/2015 – left 27/09/2018
Member of the Resources and Premises committee.
General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) Governor.
Mrs Katy McFaul
Co-opted Governor (appointed by the governors)
Term of office: 4 years. 27/09/2017 - left 27/09/2018
General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) Governor.
Mrs Debbie Stevenson
Parent Governor (appointed by the parents)
Term of office: 4 years. 30/09/2016 – left 13/06/2018
Member of the Curriculum, Standards and Achievement committee and Pay committee.
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Governor.
Attendance Governor.
Mrs Kate Ashman
Staff Governor (appointed by the staff)
Term of Office: 4 years. 01/09/2015 – left 06/12/2017 (stepped down as Staff Governor and became Associate Member)
Chair of the Curriculum, Standards and Achievement committee.
Member of the Curriculum, Standards and Achievement committee, and Strategic Planning and Evaluation Committee.
Deputy designated safeguarding lead (DSL).
Associate Member 07/12/2017 - 31/08/2018 (left the school)
Scheme of Delegation