Governors
|
Name |
Appointment Body |
Committee |
Subject |
Pecuniary Business and other relevant Interests |
Date of Appointment |
Term of Office |
|
James Hughes |
Chair & Co-opted |
Finance & School Improvement |
Art, Enrichment Team, Pupil/ Sport Premium, Gifted & Talented, SEND |
Foundation Governor at Watford Grammar School for Girls |
21 March 2019 |
20 March 2023 |
|
Nick Coffer |
Co-opted |
School Improvement |
History, Reading, Phonics, Writing, Mental Health & Well Being Officer |
None |
1 December 2020 |
30 November 2024 |
|
Chris Shenton |
LA Appointed |
Finance Chair |
PE ‘Healthy Bodies’ & Science |
None |
21 March 2020 |
20 March 2024 |
|
Pervez Choudhury |
Co-opted |
School Improvement |
Computing, GDPR, SCR |
Wife employed as a MSA and breakfast club |
21 March 2019 |
20 March 2023 |
|
Jonathan Stevens |
Joint Vice Chair & Co-opted |
Finance & School Improvement |
RE, PSHCE, Music, Safeguarding, GDPR, SCR |
None |
1 December 2020 |
30 November 2024 |
|
James Reiff |
Parent |
Finance |
Geography, Modern Foreign Languages, Health & Safety |
None |
14 January 2021 |
13 January 2025 |
|
Natasha Jetha |
Joint Vice Chair & Co-opted |
School Improvement Chair |
Design Technology, Maths, Pupil/ Sport Premium, Gifted & Talented, SEND |
None |
5 July 2022 |
4 July 2026 |
|
Penny Barefoot |
Headteacher |
Finance & School Improvement |
|
None |
|
|
|
TBC |
Staff Governor |
|
|
None |
|
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Governor Categories
- Staff governors are appointed from staff at the school.
- Parent governors are elected by and from parents and carers of pupils at the school.
- LA governors are appointed from a list maintained by the local education authority.
- Co-opted governors are co-opted by the governing body.
What do governors do?
Governors have three main roles:
1. Strategic role: governors are involved in the school development and improvement planning process, allocating resources and in considering the direction, aims and values of the school governors. The governing body’s focus is on raising the achievement of all pupils. Governors help to set and regularly review all school policies (e.g. homework, special educational needs) and seek to ensure that the school meets its targets.
2. Critical friend: governors monitor and evaluate progress of the school.
3 Accountability: the governing body must account to the whole school community for the performance of the school, the educational standards it achieves and the quality of education it provides.
The governing body meets every half term.
If you would like to contact a Governor please do so via the Clerk to the Governors through the school office.
Minutes of these meetings are available from the School Office.
Attendance 2021-2022
| Name | Surname | 05-Oct-21 | 07-Dec-21 | 01-Feb-22 | 27-Apr-22 | 05-Jul-22 | ||
| James | Hughes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 5/5 |
| Chris | Shenton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 80% | 4/5 |
| Pervez | Choudhury | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 80% | 4/5 |
| Nick | Coffer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20% | 1/5 |
| Jonathan | Stevens | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 5/5 |
| James | Reiff | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 5/5 |
| Natasha | Jetha | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 5/5 |
| Penny | Barefoot | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 5/5 |
| Vanessa | McClure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40% | 2/5 |
Attendance 2020-2021
| Name | Surname | 22-Sep-20 | 01-Dec-20 | 02-Feb-21 | 28-Apr-21 | 06-Jul-21 | ||
| James | Hughes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 5/5 |
| Chris | Shenton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 5/5 |
| Pervez | Choudhury | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 5/5 |
| Nick | Coffer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 80% | 4/5 |
| Jonathan | Stevens | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 5/5 |
| James | Reiff | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 3/3 | ||
| Natasha | Jetha | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 3/3 | ||
| Penny | Barefoot | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 5/5 |
| Vanessa | McClure | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 80% | 4/5 |