Meet the Governors

Mr Darren Claydon

Role: Co-opted Governor, Leadership and Management Committee, Compliance Governor

Date of appointment: 29th February 2016

Term of office: 4 years

Appointed by:  Governing Board

Relevant business, financial and pecuniary interests:

• governance roles in other educational institutions - NONE
• any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff - NONE
• attendance record at governing board and committee meetings over the last academic year                                   
• 2017-18: Full Governing Board 5/6; Committee 2/3
• 2018-19: Full Governing Board 2/4; Committee 2/3
• 2019-20: Full Governing Board 2/4; Committee 2/3

Mrs Sharon Corbin

Role: Co-opted Governor, Standards and Achievement Committee

Date of appointment: 18th November 2019

Term of office: 4 years

Appointed by:  Governing Board

Relevant business, financial and pecuniary interests:

• governance roles in other educational institutions - NONE
• any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff - NONE
• attendance record at governing board and committee meetings over the last academic year                                   
• 2019-20: Full Governing Board 2/3; Committee 2/2

Miss Vanessa Hicks

Role: Headteacher

Date of appointment: 1st September 2015

Term of office: N/A

Appointed by: Governing Board

Relevant business, financial and pecuniary interests:

• governance roles in other educational institutions - NONE
• any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff - NONE
• attendance record at governing board and committee meetings over the last academic year                                   
• 2017-18: Full Governing Board 6/6; Committee 6/6
• 2018-19: Full Governing Board 4/4; Committee 6/6
• 2019-20: Full Governing Board 4/4; Committee 5/5

Mrs Josephine Hinson

Role: Co-opted Governor, Chair of the Leadership and Management Committee, Compliance Governor

Date of appointment: 28th September 2011 (Governing Board reconstituted 21st April 2015). Re-elected 26th March 2019

Term of office: 4 years

Appointed by: Governing Board

Relevant business, financial and pecuniary interests:

• governance roles in other educational institutions - NONE
• any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff - NONE
• attendance record at governing board and committee meetings over the last academic year                                     
• 2017-18: Full Governing Board 5/6; Committee 1/3
• 2018-19: Full Governing Board 3/4; Committee 3/3
• 2019-20: Full Governing Board 4/4; Committee 3/3

Mrs Alison Jenkinson

Role: Vice Chair, Parent Governor, Chair of the Standards and Achievement Committee, Early Years Governor

Date of appointment: 15th September 2016

Term of office: 4 years

Appointed by: Governing Board

Relevant business, financial and pecuniary interests:

• governance roles in other educational institutions - NONE
• any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff - NONE
• attendance record at governing board and committee meetings over the last academic year                                   
• 2017-18: Full Governing Board 6/6; Committee 3/3
• 2018-19: Full Governing Board 4/4; Committee 3/3
• 2019-20: Full Governing Board 4/4; Committee 2/2 

Mr Ben Mackett

Role: Parent Governor, Vice Chair of the Leadership and Management Committee, English Governor, Modern Foreign Languages Governor

Date of appointment: 26th March 2019

Term of office: 4 years

Appointed by: Governing Board

Relevant business, financial and pecuniary interests:

• governance roles in other educational institutions - NONE
• any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff - NONE
• attendance record at governing board and committee meetings over the last academic year                             
• 2018-19: Full Governing Board 2/2; Committee 1/2
• 2019-20: Full Governing Board 3/4; Committee 1/3

Mr Tom Speer

Role: Staff Governor

Date of appointment: 25th May 2020

Term of office: 4 years

Appointed by: Governing Board

Relevant business, financial and pecuniary interests:

• governance roles in other educational institutions - NONE
• any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff - TEACHER AT GURNARD PRIMARY SCHOOL
• attendance record at governing board and committee meetings over the last academic year                                   
• 2019-20: Full Governing Board 

Mrs Emma Meek

Role: Chair of Governors, Local Authority Governor, Standards and Achievement Committee, Leadership and Management Committee, Child Protection and Safeguarding Governor, Creative Arts Governor, PEACH/Wellbeing Governor

Date of appointment: Elected as Parent Governor on 11th December 2015 and as Local Authority Governor on 12th December 2019

Term of office: 4 years

Appointed by:  Governing Board

Relevant business, financial and pecuniary interests:

• governance roles in other educational institutions - NONE
• any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff - NONE
• attendance record at governing board and committee meetings over the last academic year                                   
• 2017-18: Full Governing Board 6/6; Committee 5/6
• 2018-19: Full Governing Board 4/4; Committee 6/6
• 2019-20: Full Governing Board 3/4; Committee 5/5

Mr Roger Rickman

Role: Co-opted Governor; Standards and Achievement Committee; Maths Governor

Date of appointment: 26th March 2019

Term of office: 4 years

Appointed by: Governing Board

Relevant business, financial and pecuniary interests:

• governance roles in other educational institutions - NONE
• any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff - NONE
• attendance record at governing board and committee meetings over the last academic year                                   
• 2018-19: Full Governing Board 2/2; Committee 2/2
• 2019-20: Full Governing Board 3/4; Committee 2/2 

Mrs Liz Smith

Role: Parent Governor; Vice Chair of the Standards and Achievement Committee; Inclusion Governor

Date of appointment: 15th September 2016

Term of office: 4 years

Appointed by: Governing Board

Relevant business, financial and pecuniary interests:

• governance roles in other educational institutions - NONE
• any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff - NONE
• attendance record at governing board and committee meetings over the last academic year                                   
• 2017-18: Full Governing Board 6/6; Committee 3/3
• 2018-19: Full Governing Board 4/4; Committee 3/3
• 2019-20: Full Governing Board 4/4; Committee 2/2

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