Governance
Meet the School’s Governors
School governors provide strategic leadership and accountability in the school. The Board of Governors appoint the Headteacher and hold the main responsibility for the school’s finance. The governors work with the Headteacher to make the tough decisions about balancing resources and are a source of challenge and support to the Headteacher. The governing body sets the aims and objectives for the school and monitors and evaluates the progress the school is making towards achievement of these.
Karen Bilner
Headteacher
Matthew Carney
Chair of Governors
Karen Bland
Vice-chair of Governors
Rachelle Jones
Staff Governor
Paula Baker
Co-opted Governor
Ben Surtees
Co-opted Governor
Allie Manley
Co-opted Governor
Marc Sadler
Parent Governor
Rebecca Welch
Parent Governor
Rob Holmes
Co-opted Governor
Mariette Bodenstein
Parent Governor
Governor Responsibilities
Our governing body is constituted of three Parent Governors, one Local Authority governor, one Staff Governor, one Headteacher and six Co-opted Governors. The full governing body and each of the committees meet at least once per term. In addition each governor has responsibility for monitoring and reporting on an individual subject or school area.
Governor | Role | Committees |
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Matthew Carney | Chair of Governors Co-opted Governor |
Finance Personnel Learning & Achievement Safeguarding Governor HT Performance Review Group Appeals Committee |
Karen Bilner | Headteacher | Learning & Achievement Finance Personnel Committee Communications & Community |
Rachelle Jones | Staff Governor | Premises, Health & Safety Communications & Community |
Karen Bland | Vice-chair of Governors Co-opted Governor Local Authority Governor |
Communications & Community Personnel Learning & Achievement HT Performance Review Group Appeals Committee (Chair) |
Rebecca Welch | Parent Governor | Communications & Community Learning & Achievement HT Performance Review Group Link Governor |
Rob Holmes | Co-opted Governor | Communications & Community (Chair) Finance Learning and Achievement |
Mariette Bodenstein | Parent Governor | Finance Premises, Health & Safety |
Paula Baker | Co-opted Governor | Learning & Achievement (Chair) SEND Governor Personnel Committee |
Ben Surtees | Co-opted Governor | Premises, Health & Safety (chair) Finance Committee (Chair) Communications & Community GDPR Governor |
Allie Manley | Co-opted Governor | Premises, Health & Safety Learning & Achievement |
Marc Sadler | Parent Governor | Premises, Health & Safety |
Kelly Martin | Associate Member (non-voting) | Finance Committee |
Lisa Allum | Associate Member (non-voting) | Premises, Health & Safety |
Governor Appointments
Governor | Appointed | Appointed by | Term of Office |
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Rachelle Jones | Nov 2018/ Nov 2022 | Staff | 4 years |
Adam Clark | Resigned Nov 2022 | The Governing Body | 4 years |
Karen Bilner | Sept 2015 | (Headteacher) | n/a |
Matthew Carney | Nov 2015/Jun 2019 | The Governing Body | 4 years |
Kathryn Jones | Resigned Nov 2022 | The Governing Body | 4 years |
Paula Baker | Mar 2020 | The Governing Body | 4 years |
Mariette Bodenstein | Nov 2022 | Parents | 4 years |
Karen Bland | Mar 2017/Mar 2021 | Local Authority Governor | 4 years |
Ben Surtees | Sept 2017/Sept 2021 | The Governing Body | 4 years |
Rebecca Welch | Mar 2022 | Parents | 4 years |
Rob Holmes | Nov 2022 | The Governing Body | 4 years |
Allie Manley | Mar 2019/Mar 2023 | The Governing Body | 4 years |
Marc Sadler | Sept 2021 | Parents | 4 years |
Governor Attendance
The table below shows the attendance of governors at full governing body meetings over the last academic year.
Governor | Summer 2023 | Spring 2023 | Autumn 2022 |
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Rachelle Jones | present | absent | present |
Adam Clark | N/A | N/A | absent |
Karen Bilner | present | present | present |
Matthew Carney | present | present | present |
Mariette Bodenstein | present | absent | N/A |
Kathryn Jones | N/A | N/A | present |
Paula Baker | present | present | present |
Marc Sadler | absent | present | present |
Ben Surtees | absent | present | present |
Karen Bland | present | present | present |
Rebecca Welch | absent | absent | present |
Rob Holmes | present | present | present |
Allie Manley | present | present | present |
Pecuniary Interests
Governor | Name | Nature of interest | Address of business | Nature of business |
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Ben Surtees | Surtees Studios Ltd | Director and shareholder | 2 Burgess Cottages Pound Hill Little Dunmow Dunmow Essex CM6 3HW |
Software Development |