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Governors

 

Name

Appointment Body

Committee

Subject

Pecuniary Business and other relevant Interests

Date of Appointment

Term of Office

James Hughes

Chair & Co-opted

Finance

School Improvement

Art

Safeguarding

Enrichment Team

Gifted & Talented

Pupil/ Sport Premium

Early Years

Foundation Governor at Watford Grammar School for Girls

8 February 2023

7 February 2027








Chris Shenton

LA Appointed

Finance Chair

PE

Healthy Bodies

Science

None

21 March 2020

20 March 2024








Pervez Choudhury

Co-opted

School Improvement

Computing

GDPR

SCR

Wife employed as a Teaching Assistant, MSA and breakfast club

8 February 2023

7 February 2027








Jonathan Stevens

Joint Vice Chair & Co-opted

Finance

School Improvement

RE

History

Music

Safeguarding

GDPR

SCR

None

1 December 2020

30 November 2024








James Reiff

Parent 

Finance

Geography

Modern Foreign Languages

Health & Safety

None

14 January 2021

13 January 2025








Natasha Jetha

Joint Vice Chair & Co-opted

School Improvement Chair

Maths

Writing

Reading

Phonics

Design Technology

Pupil/ Sport Premium 

Gifted & Talented

None

5 July 2022

4 July 2026








Ceri Morris

Parent

School Improvement

SEND

PSHCE

Healthy Minds

None

28 November 2022

27 November 2026







Penny Barefoot

Headteacher

Finance

School Improvement

 

None

 

 







Lisa Finnegan

Staff Governor

 TBC

 TBC

None

 12 October 2022

11 October 2026

Governor Categories

  • Staff governors are appointed from staff at the school.
  • Parent governors are elected by and from parents and carers of pupils at the school.
  • LA governors are appointed from a list maintained by the local education authority.
  • Co-opted governors are co-opted by the governing body.

What do governors do?

Governors have three main roles:

1. Strategic role: governors are involved in the school development and improvement planning process, allocating resources and in considering the direction, aims and values of the school governors. The governing body’s focus is on raising the achievement of all pupils. Governors help to set and regularly review all school policies (e.g. homework, special educational needs) and seek to ensure that the school meets its targets.

2. Critical friend: governors monitor and evaluate progress of the school.

3 Accountability: the governing body must account to the whole school community for the performance of the school, the educational standards it achieves and the quality of education it provides.

The governing body meets every half term.

If you would like to contact a Governor please do so via the Clerk to the Governors through the school office.

Minutes of these meetings are available from the School Office.

 

Attendance 2022-2023 

 

Name Surname 12-Oct-22 07-Dec-22 08-Feb-23 24-May-23 05-Jul-23  
James Hughes 1 1 1     100%
Chris  Shenton 1 1 1     100%
Pervez Choudhury 1 1 1     100%
Jonathan Stevens 1 1 0     67%
James Reiff 1 1 1     100%
Natasha Jetha 1 1 1     100%
Penny Barefoot 1 1 1     100%
Lisa Finnegan 1 1 1     100%

 

Attendance 2021-2022

 

Name Surname 05-Oct-21 07-Dec-21 01-Feb-22 27-Apr-22 05-Jul-22    
James Hughes 1 1 1 1 1 100% 5/5
Chris  Shenton 1 1 0 1 1 80% 4/5
Pervez Choudhury 1 1 1 0 1 80% 4/5
Nick Coffer 1 0 0 0 0 20% 1/5
Jonathan Stevens 1 1 1 1 1 100% 5/5
James Reiff 1 1 1 1 1 100% 5/5
Natasha Jetha 1 1 1 1 1 100% 5/5
Penny Barefoot 1 1 1 1 1 100% 5/5
Vanessa McClure 1 0 0 0 1 40% 2/5