Our Governors

What do Governors do? 

The role of School Governors is to: 

• Set strategic direction
• To hold school leaders to account for improving performance
• To make sure money is well spent and resources meet the needs of the school

To do this we provide challenge and support to the Head Teacher, drawing on our own knowledge and experience.

The Full Governing Body at Boughton Monchelsea meets once a term and oversees the strategic development of the school alongside the Head Teacher and Senior Leadership Team.

The Boughton Monchelsea governing body uses the circle model for its monitoring. The governors are split into monitoring pairs. The pairs then visit the school, to focus on their SIP (School Improvement Plan) area and look at progress against targets and challenge on behalf of the FGB and report back their findings.

The School Improvement Plan Areas are: 

• Leadership and Management
• Quality of Education
• Personal Development, Behaviour and Safety
• Finance 

We also have governors who cover specific monitoring roles: 

• Early Years
• Pupil Premium
• Health and Safety
• Safeguarding
• SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development)
• SEN (Special Education Needs)
• Training 

We make decisions together on matters such as performance, targets, school policies and school improvement plan. 

The Full Governors’ meetings are closed, but anyone can apply to the Chair of Governors to attend as an observer. 

Our Governors

Name	Category	Date of appointment	End of term	Monitoring Pair	Business / Financial interest	Other interest / governance role
Peter Ananicz (Chair)	Co-opted	21/09/20	20/09/24	Leadership & Management	Self: Director, Leafhopper, Maidstone (Software & Web Applications)	Pupil Premium Governor
Chloe Cox (Vice Chair)	Co-opted	16/03/22	15/03/26	Quality of Education	None	Self: Teacher at Homewood School & 6th Form
Alan Emery	Co-opted	01/02/21	01/02/25	Leadership & Management	None	None
Louise Gibbs	Parent	11/10/18	11/10/22	Personal Development, Behaviour & Safety	None	Safeguarding Governor
Andy Humphryes	Local Authority	21/11/19	20/11/23	Finance	None	None
Ruth Roberts	Headteacher	01/01/16	N/A		None	None
Adam Stevens	Staff	04/03/21	03/03/25		None	Training Governor
Sarah Stribbling-Willilams	Parent	12/11/20	11/11/24	Quality of Education	Self: Director, Merryhills Properties Ltd; Spouse: Director, Merryhills electrical Ltd.	Early Years Governor

 

Notes

Appointing Body: Co-opted Governors are appointed by the Governing Body; LA Governors are appointed by the Local Authority; Parent Governors are elected by parents of pupils at the school; and, Staff Governors are elected by the staff body.

Governors who have resigned in the last 12 months

Name	Category	Start of term of office	Date of resignation	Business / Financial Interests
Lynne Miller	LA governor	21/11/19	19/11/20	Self-employed - Dynamics CICss
Jane Morgan	Co-opted	17/3/17	09/07/20	None
Elaine Hunt	Co-Opted	21/09/20	21/01/2021	None
Steve Downey	Parent	05/06/18	27/01/22	None
Simon Brown	Co-Opted	24/05/19	27/01/2022	None

 

Full Governing Body meetings Attendance Record 2021/22

Governor	21/10/2021	09/12/2021	27/01/2022	10/03/2022	19/05/2022	07/07/2022
Peter Ananicz - Co-opted (Chair)	√	√	√	√
Simon Brown - Co-opted	√	√	√	Resigned
Chloe Cox - Co-opted	√	√	√	√
Steve Downey - Parent	√	Apologies	Resigned	Resigned
Louise Gibbs - Parent	√	√	Apologies	√
Ruth Roberts - Headteacher	√	√	√	√
Sarah Stribbling-Williams - Parent	√	Apologies	√	√
Adam Stevens - Staff	√	√	√	√
Alan Emery - Co-opted	√	√	√	√
Andy Humphryes - Local Authority	√	√	√	√
Clerk in attendance	Susannah Adams	Susannah Adams	Susannah Adams	Susannah Adams

Full Governing Body meetings Attendance Record 2020/21

Governor	21/09/20	19/11/20	21/01/21	04/03/21	11/05/21	26/05/2021 Extraord FGB	27/05/2021 Extraord FGB	19/07/21
Peter Ananicz - Co-opted (Chair)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Simon Brown - Parent	√	√	√	Apologies	√	√	√	√
Chloe Cox - Co-opted	√	√	Apologies	√	√	√	Apologies	√
Steve Downey - Parent	Apologies	√	√	√	Apologies	√	√	√
Louise Gibbs - Parent	√	√	√	√	√	√	Absent	√
Elaine Hunt - Co-opted	√	√	√	√	√	Resigned	Resigned	Resigned
Lynne Miller  - LA Governor	√	Resigned	Resigned	Resigned	Resigned	Resigned	Resigned	Resigned
Ruth Roberts - Headteacher	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Sarah Stribbling-Williams - Parent	√	√	√	√	√	√	Absent	√
Adam Stevens - Staff	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	Apologies
Alan Emery - Co-opted	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Andy Humphryes - Co-opted	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	Apologies
Clerk in attendance	Susannah Adam	Susannah Adam	Susannah Adam	Susannah Adam	Susannah Adam	Susannah Adam	Susannah Adam	Susannah Adam