CHURCHEND ACADEMY GOVERNANCE 

 

In April 2024 the school joined the Orchard Learning Alliance (OLA) and more information about OLA can be found here Welcome to Orchard Learning Alliance.

The schools Local Governing Body (LGB) is delegated functions by the Orchard Learning Alliance Trust Board and is responsible for quality of education, specifically:

• Standards – alignment of vision, ethos and strategy, monitoring school performance, challenge and support headteacher.

• Stakeholder Engagement - engage with pupils, staff, parents and the wider school community to understand their views.

• Safeguarding – ensure a culture of safety and wellbeing in school and monitor the implementation of safeguarding policies.

• SEND – policies and procedures, monitoring the effectiveness of the school’s SEND provision.

In addition, the LGB is also consulted on finance and is responsible for monitoring the impact of spend, and responsible for appointing trained governors to panels to address situations that might arise.

Our 2025 - 2026 Local Governing Body (LGB) consists of:

Name	Type	Appointed By	Position(s)	Elected	Term Ends
Theresa Robinson	Co-Opted Governor	Local Governing Body	Governor - Chair of Governors Health and Safety Link Governor	28-Apr-21	30-Jun-29
Penny Waterfield	Co-Opted Governor	Local Governing Body	Governor - Vice Chair of Governors Governor - Safeguarding Link Governor	04-Mar-24	04-Mar-28
Lou Slocombe	Headteacher	Employed by School	School Staff - Headteacher	21-Apr-25	N/A
Olivia Hardy	Staff Governor	Employed by School	School Staff	26-Nov-24	25-Nov-28
Marie French	Parent Governor	Parents	Governor Standards Link Governor	01-Apr-24	31-Mar-28
Pav Uppal	Co-Opted Governor	Local Governing Body	Governor SEND Link Governor	30-Sep-24	29-Sep-28
Alan Fawzy	Appointed Governor	Local Governing Body	Governor  Finance Link Governor	13-Mar-24	12-Mar-28
Francis Umukoro	Co-Opted Governor	Local Governing Body	Governor  Stakeholder Engagement Link Governor	13-Dec-19	30-Jun-29
Lizzie Smee	Staff Governor	Employed by School	School Staff	06-Nov-25	05-Nov-29
Ashish Chhabra	Parent Governor	Local Governing Body	Governor	10-Nov-25	09-Nov-29

Each Governor serves a term of 4 years, and the Chair and Vice Chair are elected at the start of each school year. The LGB meet six times a year and minutes of the meetings are available on request from the clerk (clerk@churchendacademy.com).
 

2024/2025 LGB Meeting Attendance

	Meeting Attendance	% Attended
Alan Fawzy	4/6	67%
Francis Umukoro	4/6	67%
Godfried Nyamekyeh	3/6	50%
Lou Slocombe	1/1	100 %
Marie French	6/6	100 %
Pav Uppal	6.6	100 %
Penny Waterfield	5/6	83%
Theresa Robinson	5/6	83%
Olivia Hardy	3/4	75%

We are always keen to welcome new members, so if you would like to get involved and are interested in joining the Governing Body place contact the clerk to the governors at Churchend: clerk@churchendacademy.com