Our Governors

The role of the Governors is to oversee the management of the school. The members of the Governing Body are drawn from parents, staff and the wider community.

Governors work with Senior Leaders in the strategic development of the school and in raising standards of achievement. Duties include setting the school’s vision, aims & objectives, approving the school budget and appointing the Head Teacher. The functions of a Governing Body are described in detail in the DfE’s Governance Handbook.

Governors must both support and challenge the Head Teacher, so need to gain an understanding of the school’s overall performance in order to explain its decisions and actions. They do this by attending regular meetings, carrying out school visits and meeting with senior leaders. They also attend training in order to keep up to date with the requirements of their role. Governors work as a team and make collective decisions.

The Full Governing Body meets at least twice a term to discuss strategic matters, ensuring that there is a clarity of vision and ethos. At these meetings they act as questioning friends, holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the school and the management of staff, as well as making sure that funding is well spent.

On this page you can find:

Governors Information Pack, including details of any Governor Vacancies
Details of the Governing Body
Full Governing Body Minutes
Finance & Staffing Committee Minutes
Quality of Education Minutes
Record of Attendance

If you are unable to find the information you’re looking for, please contact the School Office or email the Clerk.

The Governing Body:

The Governing Body consists of the following members including the date of their appointment, any register of interests and Governor Committees.

None of our current Governors have Governing Body Roles in Other Schools.

NAME	CATEGORY	POSITION	Start	End	Register of Interests	Elected by
Ged Cotton	Co-opted	Chair	01/09/2026	29/06/2029	None	GB Board
Peter Searle	Co-opted	Chair	01/09/2026	01/03/2030	None	GB Board
Martin Blake	Co-opted	Vice Chair	01/09/2026	27/09/2029	None	GB Board
Dawn Long	Co-opted	Vice Chair	01/09/2026	01/03/2030	None	GB Board
Emma Lake	Head Teacher		01/09/2026		None	Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal
Lauren Gilligan	Parent		01/09/2026	01/12/2028	Parent	Parents
Yasha Gosrani	Co-opted		01/09/2026	01/03/2030	Parent
Olivia Upchurch	Co-opted		01/09/2026	01/03/2030	None	GB Board
Michael Wilkinson	Local Authority		01/09/2026	01/03/2030	None	GB Board
Jenny Barnes	Co-opted		01/09/2026	01/03/2030	Parent	GB Board
Vacancy	Co-opted
Vacancy	Co-opted
Vacancy	Co-opted
Vacancy	Staff
Vacancy	Parent

Governor in the last year:
Susie O'Neill	Parent
Andrew Eastel	Parent
Kate Nicholroy	Co-opted
Lauren Cole	Co-opted
Andy Cottle	Co-opted
Sarah Court-Brown	Parent
Emma Remnant	Staff
Trudy Roberts	Staff
Lauren Whedbee	Staff
Jenny Stratton	Head Teacher

Governors Vacancies & Information Pack

being a school governor.pdf

Meeting Minutes - click on the blue tabs to view

Academic Year 2025-2026

Minutes of Full Governors' Meetings will be posted here once they have been approved and signed by the Governing Body at the next meeting.

Minutes 25-26

Academic Year 2024-2025

Minutes of Full Governors' Meetings will be posted here once they have been approved and signed by the Governing Body at the next meeting. The decision has been taken by the Governing Board to collapse the committee structure for the foreseeable future, so that all Governors were involved in discussions about finance, PAN reductions and future proofing the school.

Minutes 24-25

Academic Year 2023-2024

FGB Minutes 23-24

Finance Minutes

Quality of Education

Terms of Reference

Record of Attendance

The Constitution of Governing Bodies in Maintained Schools (August 2015) requires Governing Bodies to publish individual Governors’ attendance at meetings in the last year.

Please click below to see the Record of Attendance SIS Governors:

Governors have recognised the need to be involved in all conversations related to school organisation and finance. Committee structures have been subsumed into Full Governor meetings to allow all governors to be involved in offering advice and viewpoints and to contribute to strategic decision making in these areas.

Every Governor takes responsibility and an interest in at least one area of the School’s Development and Improvement Plan. Governors will work hard with the school’s Senior Leadership Team to ensure all of the priorities are progressing in the right direction and will break into smaller working groups to achieve this.

The responsibility of the Clerk is crucial to the success of the Governing Body. The clerk arranges and publishes the agendas for meetings. The clerk will prepare and circulate minutes of all meetings- when minutes have been formally agreed, they are published on the school website. The Clerk will also circulate training opportunities for Governors, and advise Governors on legal and procedural matters.