St Margaret's CE Primary School

Our Governors

A warm welcome from the St Margaret’s Governing Body!

Governors work with senior leaders in setting the strategic direction of the school and in raising standards of achievement. We have a strong focus on three core strategic 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.
Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

The Governing Body is made up of the Headteacher, Foundation Governors (who are appointed by the Diocese), elected Parents/Carers, an elected staff Governor, a Local Authority appointed Governor and a Co-opted Governor.

Governors both support and challenge the Headteacher, so need to gain an understanding of the school’s overall performance in order to explain its decisions and actions. We do this by attending regular meetings, carrying out school visits and meeting with senior leaders. We also attend training in order to keep up to date with the requirements of our role. We work as a team and make collective decisions.

The Full Governing Body (FGB) meets as a whole group at least 5 times a year, although additional meetings may be called as required.

2021-22 FGB Meeting Dates:

26^th September 2022
22^nd November 2022
17^th January 2023
28^th February 2023
25^th April 2023
6^th June 2023

Board Membership

The Governing Board is structured as follows:

Name	Role	Term of office	Appointed by	Original appointment date	FGB meetings attended 2021-2022
Vanessa Britton	Foundation Governor Co-Chair of Governors	24/09/2019-23/09/2023	Diocese	24/09/2019	6/6
Niall Howell	Co-opted Governor Co-Chair of Governors	25/03/2021-24/03/2025	Governing Board	25/03/2021	6/6
Paul Redfern	Foundation Governor Vice Chair of Governors	04/03/2022-03/03/2026	Diocese	04/03/2022	2/6
Rachel Kershaw	Head Teacher	While in office	By virtue of office	01/09/2018	5/6
Kyri Souppouris	Foundation Governor	17/02/2020-16/02/2024	Diocese	17/02/2016	6/6
Father Anthony Moore	Foundation Governor	While in office	By virtue of office	26/10/2016	4/6
Joanna Vowles	Foundation Governor	28/09/2022-27/09/2026	Diocese	28/09/2018	6/6
Judith Hewitt	Foundation Governor	21/11/2019-20/11/2023	Diocese	21/11/2019	5/6
Sodi Toby	Foundation Governor	21/01/2022-20/01/2026	Diocese	22/05/2019	5/6
Lucy Archer	Parent Governor	07/02/2022-06/02/2026	Elected by Parents	07/02/2022	2/6
Victoria Greenough	Staff Governor	15/11/2021-14/11/2025	Staff	15/11/2021	5/6

Governors who have stepped down/terms of office expired in the last 12 months:

Name

Role

Date from

Date ended

Reason

FGB meetings attended 2021-2022

Belle Howard

Foundation Governor

Co-Chair of Governors

08/10/2019

31/08/2022

Resignation

6/6

Lindsey Dearnley

Parent Governor

Vice-Chair of Governors

07/08/2018

06/08/2022

Term ended

4/6

Enquiries for the St Margaret’s Governing Body can be directed to Michelle McCann, Senior Clerk to Governors - michellemccann@stmargarets.brighton-hove.sch.uk

Copies of FGB meeting minutes are available on request. Please contact the Clerk for more information.

A link to the schools financial benchmarking can be found here: https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/school?urn=114537

Declaration of Interests

Name	Date of Declaration	Interest Disclosed
Vanessa Britton	04/03/2022	Nil return
Niall Howell	23/05/2022	Watch Manager for East Sussex Fire Rescue Service. Director of Health & Safety Company, which offers advice to building firms.
Paul Redfern	26/04/2022	Nil return
Rachel Kershaw	07/02/2022	Nil return
Kyri Souppouris	12/10/2022	Nil return
Father Anthony Moore	11/01/2022	Nil return
Joanna Vowles	02/11/2021	Nil return
Judith Hewitt	04/01/2022	Nil return
Sodi Toby	01/02/2022	Nil return
Lucy Archer	03/10/2022	Nil return
Victoria Greenough	15/11/2021	Nil return