Our Governors

What do Governors do?

All members of the Board are volunteers; none of them are paid for undertaking this role.

Their main role is to work with the head teacher and other members of the senior leadership team to ensure that all pupils receive the best education possible.

The governing body has three main functions:

• To ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
• To hold leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and pupils
• To oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure the money is being well spent

The governing body fulfils its roles in various ways including assisting to set the vision of the school and monitoring the school improvement plan. Governors are responsible for vigorously analysing pupil performance and financial data to ensure high educational standards in school are being promoted.

The Governors are a group of people who work together as a critical friend to the school leadership team, ensuring the school continues to move forward in its provision for children, parents and staff. They meet termly at school as a full governing body and at other times as a committee.

Our associate governors do not have voting rights.

All governors can be contacted through the school.

Governing Board

Co-Chairs of Governing Board – Heidi Cooper & Mezzmel Hussain

Vice-Chair of Governing Board – Zanib Rasool

Clerk to Governing Board – Elizabeth Payne

Co-opted Governor – Alison Pease

Local Authority Governor – Alison Quinn

Staff Governor – Ela Barnes

Parent Governor – Steven Alabi

Parent Governor – Tanveer Akhtar

Associate Governor (Finance Committee) – Susan Gulliver

Declaration of the Board.

Members, local governors and staff must act impartially. All associated parties are asked to complete and regularly review a register of business interests. These are maintained together in a register of interests. Where a member has any interest in a matter to be discussed at a Governance meeting, the individual must declare their interest and withdraw from that part of the meeting.