Bredhurst Church of England Primary School

Our Governors

Who are the School Governors?

School governors are a team of people who work closely with the head teacher to make key strategic decisions vital to the successful running of the school. The governors appoint the head teacher and make decisions that directly affect the education and well-being of the children. They play an important role in improving standards throughout the school and agree the school’s budget. In other words, it’s a very important and ultimately rewarding role.

Bredhurst School – Governor Register of Interests and Other Information as of 16th January 2023

Governor Name and Areas of Responsibility	Category of Governor	Appointing Body	Term of Office	Committees/Panels (Statutory Inspection of Anglican & Methodist Schools, Quality of Education, Finance & Resources, Pay Review Panel and HT Performance Panel)	Interests	Interests of Spouse/Partner	Relationships with school staff/other governors/clerk & other educational establishments	Date of most recent Declaration of Interests form
Julia Clarke Co-Chair of Governors Child Protection/Safeguarding Governor	Local Authority Governor	Governing Body / Local Authority	20/10/2022 to 19/10/2026	SIAMS, Q of E, F&R and HT Performance Panel	Medway Anglican Schools Trust (Member) The Education People (Senior Area Governance Officer) National Governance Association (Facilitator and mentor) East Sussex LA (Education consultant)	None	Member of Medway Anglican Schools Trust	6/10/2022
Michelle Cox	Headteacher- Ex Officio	N/A	1/1/2016 onwards	SIAMS, Q of E and F & R	Head Teacher	None	Employee	11/10/2022
Damon Blackman Pupil Premium Governor	Parent Governor	Parents	22/10/2021 to 21/10/2025	F&R and Q of E	Black Ark Medical Services Ltd. All Saints C of E Primary School	None	Spouse is a member of teaching staff at All Saints C of E primary School	11/10/2022
Matthew Bond Vice Chair of Q of E Vice Chair of F&R Health & Safety Governor	Parent Governor	Parents	20/10/2020 to 19/10/2024	Q of E, F&R, Pay Review Panel	Kitchen Culture (Kent) Ltd	None	None	11/10/2022
William Davie	Foundation Governor	Rochester Diocese	18/10/2021 to 17/10/2025	SIAMS and Q of E	None	None	None	11/10/2022
Carolyn Drewitt Website Compliance Governor Training & Development Governor	Staff Governor	Staff	14/12/2020 to 13/12/2024	Q of E	Teaching Assistant and Cover Supervisor at Bredhurst School	None	Employee	6/10/2022
Stephen Hall Chair of Q of E Vice Chair of FGB	Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	30/04/2021 to 29/04/2025	F&R, Q of E and Pay Review Panel	Governor at St Peter's Infant School	Spouse - TA at Tunstall CE Primary School	Spouse - TA at Tunstall CE Primary School Governor at St Peter's Infant School	19/9/2022
Susan Hidson Chair of F&R Vice Chair of SIAMS Finance Governor	Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	3/10/2022 to 2/10/2026	F&R, SIAMS and HT Performance Panel	None		None	11/10/2022
Alison Jackson Co-Chair of Governors Chair of SIAMS SEND Governor	Foundation Governor	Rochester Diocese	7/1/2023 to 6/1/2027	SIAMS, Q of E and Pay Review Panel	None	None	None	6/10/2022
Neena Jhalli	Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	8/12/2022 to 7/12/2026 (on sabbatical until November 2023)	F&R	None	None	None	13/1/2023
Andrew Parker-Bruce	Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	8/12/2022 to 7/12/2026	QofE	King's School Rochester	None	Teacher at Pre-Preparatory School	9/1/2023
Reverend Brian Senior	Foundation Governor - Ex Officio	Rochester Diocese	3/11/2015 onwards	SIAMS and Pay Review Panel	Associate Member – Fairview School	None	Associate Member – Fairview School	6/10/2022

Ex Governors
Julie Evans	Parent Governor	Parents	4/2/2016 to 3/2/2020	End of term of office
Stephen Rosier	Parent Governor	Parents	2/5/2019 to 1/5/2023	Resigned with effect from 29 June 2021
Robert Worth	Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	6/12/2017 to 5/12/2021	Resigned with effect from 1 September 2021
Wendy Hegley	Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	5/2/2020 to 4/2/2024	Resigned with effect from 12 July 2022

Bredhurst CE Primary School Governor Attendance at Committee & Full Governing Body Meetings September 2022 to August 2023
GOVERNORS	Full Governing Body Meeting	Finance and Resources Committee	Quality of Education Committee	SIAMS Committee (Note 8)	Pay Review Panel
Damon Blackman	1 out of 5 (Note 1)	1 out of 3 (Note 1)	2 out of 3 (Note 7)	N/A	N/A
Matthew Bond	5 out of 5	3 out of 3	3 out of 3	N/A	N/A
Julia Clarke	5 out of 5	3 out of 3	2 out of 3 (Note 1)	2 out of 2	N/A
Michelle Cox	5 out of 5	3 out of 3	3 out of 3	2 out of 2	2 out of 2
William Davie	3 out of 5 (Note 1)	N/A	2 out of 3 (Note 1)	2 out of 2	N/A
Carolyn Drewitt	3 out of 5 (Note 1)	N/A	3 out of 3	N/A	N/A
Stephen Hall	5 out of 5	3 out of 3	3 out of 3	N/A	2 out of 2
Sue Hidson	4 out of 5 (Note 1)	3 out of 3	N/A	1 out of 2 (Note 1)	N/A
Alison Jackson	4 out of 5 (Note 1)	N/A (Note 4)	2 out of 3 (Note 1)	2 out of 2	2 out of 2
Neena Jhalli	2 out of 5 (Note 2)	1 out of 3 (Note 5)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Andy Parker-Bruce	4 out of 5 (Note 3)	N/A (Note 4)	2 out of 3 (Note 6)	N/A	N/A
Reverend Brian Senior	1 out of 5 (Note 1)	N/A	N/A	2 out of 2	2 out of 2
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Kate Place	3 out of 5 (Note 1)	N/A	2 out of 3 (Note 1)	2 out of 2	N/A

· Note 1	Apology received and accepted
· Note 2	Not in place as a governor for October 2022 meeting; attended as a guest for December 2022 meeting; apology received for May 2023 meeting; 6 month sabbatical from governor role approved for July 2023 meeting
· Note 3	Not in place as a governor for October 2022 meeting; attended as a guest for December 2022 meeting
· Note 4	Not on F&R committee but attended May 2023 budget recommendation meeting as a guest
· Note 5	Not in place as a governor for November 2022 meeting; apology received for May 2023 meeting
· Note 6	Not in place as a governor for September 2022 meeting
· Note 7	Not a committee member for September 2022 meeting
· Note 8	Monitoring visit conducted in March 2023 in addition to the two SIAMs committee meetings