Committee Membership and Meetings
The Local Governing Body meets regularly throughout the year. The Local Governing Body has agreed that certain duties may be delegated to committees. The terms of reference for these committees are reviewed and approved annually by the Local Governing Body. The main committees are Impact, Resources, Strategic Curriculum & Integrated Financial Planning and Strategy & Planning.
The Sub Committees include Admissions, Appraisals & Pay, Appeals & Complaints, and Headteacher Performance Management.
Committee Membership is as follows:
Strategy & Planning
Aim: To provide support and guidance to the Executive Head, Head of School and LGB in all matters and to actively encourage the whole LGB to fulfil their strategic role, be a critical friend and maintain accountability by providing strategic guidance to the LGB and committees, and ensuring alignment of the governing body strategy with the overall school strategy and that of the AST.
Sarah Wynde (Chair)
Kirsty Jennings (Chair of Resources)
Jack Mayhew (Executive Headteacher)
Jennifer Obaditch (Vice Chair and Chair of Impact)
Gavin O'Grady (Chair of Strategic Curriculum & Integrated Financial Planning)
Steve Smith (Head of School)
Impact
Aim: to provide a strategic overview of Teaching and Learning, student behaviour, student wellbeing and safeguarding of the members of the school community.
Jennifer Obaditch (Chair of Impact)
Simon Bettles (Vice Chair of Impact)
Sarah Bohn
Cassia Howells
Jack Mayhew (Executive Headteacher)
Andy Milner
James Relph
Carol Smith
Steve Smith (Head of School)
Carry Stephenson
Adrian Woodman
Resources
Aim: to ensure that the provision of assets, infrastructure and staff to support learning and teaching is monitored and reviewed, including: financial information and management,improvement initiatives, estate and premises management, financial governance and quality assurance, GDPR, health & safety, creative arts provision, provision for vulnerable learners, pupil numbers and pupil profile, stakeholder views and human resources.
Kirsty Jennings (Chair of Resources)
James Callanan (Vice Chair of Resources)
Tim Closs
Alison Curtis
Mark Grimmett
Gavin O'Grady
Jack Mayhew (Executive Headteacher)
Steve Smith (Head of School)
Indrajit Sugunasingha
Carole Weston
Sarah Wynde (LGB Chair)
Strategic Curriculum & Integrated Financial Planning
Aim: to provide a strategic overview of Curriculum development and planning, integrated with data-informed financial planning, to support the development of a broad and balanced curriculum curriculum in line with the aims of the school and AST, in a way that is sustainable within its resource constraints.
Gavin O'Grady (Chair of Strategic Curriculum & Integrated Financial Planning)
Simon Bettles (Vice Chair of Strategic Curriculum & Integrated Financial Planning)
Kirsty Jennings (Chair of Resources)
Jack Mayhew
Andy Milner
Jennifer Obaditch (Chair of Impact)
Steve Smith (Head of School)
Indrajit Sugunasingha
Carole Weston
Sarah Wynde (LGB Chair)
Appeals & Complaints
Sarah Bohn (Chair of Appeals & Complaints)
Simon Bettles
Adrian Woodman
Admissions
Indrajit Sugunasingha (Chair of Admissions)
Mark Grimmett
Jack Mayhew (Executive Headteacher)
James Relph
Steve Smith (Head of School)
Executive Headteacher Performance Management
Sarah Wynde (LGB Chair - Chair)
Pauline Johnson
Jennifer Obaditch
Head of School Performance Management
Jack Mayhew (Executive Headteacher)
Sarah Wynde (LGB Chair - Chair)
Pauline Johnson
Jennifer Obaditch
Officer Roles
Health & Safety Officer - Alison Curtis
GDPR Officer - Alison Curtis
Safeguarding Officer - Cassia Howells
SEN Officer - James Callanan
Audit Officer - Dominy Hope
CPL Officer - Mark Grimmett
Local Governing Body Meetings
Resources Committee - 16/9/19, 2/12/19, 27/1/20, 30/3/20, 11/5/20, 29/6/20
Impact Committee - 21/10/19, 10/2/20, 15/6/20
Admissions Committee - 9/12/19, 10/2/20
Appraisals & Pay Committee - 6/11/19
Governor Visits - 18/11/19, 14/1/20, 4/3/20, 30/4/20, 12/6/20
