Churchend Primary Academy
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Churchend Academy Governance
CHURCHEND ACADEMY GOVERNANCE
Our Governing Body consists of:
1 Chair (Mrs Dawn Smith)
2 Parent Governors (Alan Fawzy and 1 vacancy)
3 Co-opted Governors ( Francis Umukoro, Theresa Robinson and Godfried Nyamekyeh )
1 Teaching staff Governor (Steph Greggan)
1 Non-Teaching staff Governor (Vacancy)
1 Community Governor: (Daniel Knowles)
Headteacher: Howard Seymour
Jane Brown: Company Secretary and School Business Manager
Louise Matthews: Governance Professional
Each governor serves a term of 4 years. The chair and vice chair hold this position for 1 year.
Parents elect the Parent Governors, the Governing Body selects its Community Governors, teachers vote for their teacher governor.
The remaining staff select their representative.
The Full Governing Body meet at least four times a year.
Minutes of Governors’ meetings are available for public viewing from the School Office and copies are available from the clerk on request free of charge.
GOVERNORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
Chair of Full Governing Body: Mrs Dawn Smith
Vice Chair of Full Governing Body: Mrs Theresa Robinson
Safeguarding: Mrs Dawn Smith
Pupil premium: Mrs Dawn Smith
Health & Safety: Vacancy
Science: Alan Fawzy
RHSE:Francis Umukoro
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Finance, Audit, Premises and Personnel Committee
Alan Fawzy (Chair)
Francis Umukoro
Theresa Robinson
Howard Seymour - Headteacher
Jane Brown - School Business Manager
Management Committee
Dawn Smith (Chair)
Alan Fawzy
Howard Seymour -Headteacher
Jane Brown - School Business Manager
Curriculum Committee
Steph Greggan (Chair)
Francis Umukoro
Dawn Smith
Howard Seymour
Admissions Committee
Steph Greggan
Alan Fawzy
Howard Seymour -Headteacher
Governor Attendance
| Attendance during the year at meetings of the board of Governors was as follows: | |||
| FGB | |||
| Governor: | Meetings attended | Out of possible | |
| Mr H Seymour, Head Teacher | 4 | 4 | |
| Mrs D Smith, Chair of Governors | 3 | 4 | |
| Mr F Umukoro | 4 | 4 | |
| Mr G Nyamekyeh | 3 | 4 | |
| Ms T Robinson | 3 | 4 | |
| Mrs S Greggan | 4 | 4 | |
| Mr D Knowles | 2 | 3 | |
| Mr A Fawzy | 3 | 4 | |
| Mr S Fields | 4 | 4 | |
| Mrs K Bexx | 4 | 4 | |
| Finance committee | |||
| Governor: | |||
| Mr H Seymour, Head Teacher | 4 | 4 | |
| Mrs D Smith, Chair of Governors | 0 | 4 | |
| Mr F Umukoro | 2 | 4 | |
| Ms T Robinson | 4 | 4 | |
| Mr A Fawzy | 4 | 4 | |
| Curriculum | |||
| Governor: | |||
| Mr H Seymour, Head Teacher | 1 | 1 | |
| Mrs D Smith, Chair of Governors | 1 | 1 | |
| Mrs S Greggan | 1 | 1 | |
| Mrs K Bexx | 1 | 1 | |
| Mr F Umukoro, Vice Chair | 1 | 1 | |
| Mr S Fields | 1 | 1 | |
All Trustees can be contacted via the main school office or the Clerk.
Please call the School on 0118 9375450 or
email the Governance Professional admin@churchendacademy.com or
write to the school address of Usk Road, Tilehurst,Reading, RG30 4HP.
The three core functions of the governing body
- 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
- Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure that its money is well spent.
Governors Important documents
If you or somebody that you know is interested in becoming a school governor please contact the clerk to the governors at Churchend: admin@churchendacademy.com