Governors

East Brent and Lympsham CofE Academies Local Governing Body

The Governing Body provides strategic leadership and accountability for the school.  The board has three core functions:

• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
• Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff; and
• Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.

The Governing Body is constituted as a committee of the Wessex Learning Trust Board of Directors in accordance with the Trust’s Articles of Association.  The Governing Bodies of East Brent and Lympsham CofE Academies have combined so that one Governing Body now covers the two schools.

Alan Davies  

Chair of Governors

Composition of the Governing Body

The Governing Body currently comprises seven governors.  Each governor serves a term of office of four years apart from the Headteacher. 

The following governors were in office as at 1 September 2017 but either resigned their position or had their term of office expire during the 12 months ending 31 August 2019.

The Chair of Governors can be contacted via the school office

All members of the governing body have a statutory duty to disclose any business or personal interests that may affect their position or work as a governor. 

The governing body operates with two committees and a working group.  Responsibilities related to finance and human resources are delegated to the Finance/HR committee and those related to the school curriculum and standards to the Standards committee.  The Ethos and Values Working Group supports the school in maintaining and developing its Christian ethos and promoting important British values in accordance with the school’s Vision and Values.  All three bodies meet jointly and work together with their counterparts from the Governing Body of Lympsham CofE Academy.

The committees comprise the following members.

Finance/HR Committee

• Mr David Harries (Co-Chair)
• Mr Alan Davies
• Mr Kevin Evans
• Mrs Natasha Steele
• Mrs Fiona Robertson

Standards Committee

• Mr Anthony Barkle (Co-Chair)
• Mr Christian Oliver (Co-Chair)
• Mrs Fiona Robertson
• Mrs Gemma Fryer
• Miss Jo Thyer
• Mrs Katy Turner
• Mrs Rachael Holland
• Mrs Patricia Payton
• Mr Alan Davies

Ethos & Values Working Group

• Mrs Gemma Fryer (Chair)
• Mr Anthony Barkle
• Mrs Fiona Robertson
• Mrs Mandy Davies (RE Co-ordinator)
• Parish Priest (post vacant)

The attendance record at full board and committee meetings over the last academic year 2018/19  is given in the table below.