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 Teaching
Behaviour and Safety
Outcomes for Pupils
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	29/09/16	28/09/20	Finance	Self: Director, Leafhopper, Maidstone (Software & Web Applications)	SMSC Governor
Simon Brown	Parent	25/11/15	24/11/19	Finance	None	None
Chloe Cox (Vice Chair)	Co-opted	22/06/16	21/06/20	Quality of teaching; Outcomes for pupils	None	Self: Teacher at Homewood School & 6th Form Pupil Premium Governor
Steve Downey	Parent	05/06/18	04/06/22	Behaviour and safety	None	Health and Safety Governor
Alan Emery	Associate	02/02/17	01/02/21		None	None
Louise Gibbs	Parent	11/10/18	11/10/22	Quality of Teaching	Self: Self Employed, contract manager; Director - L & B Hospitality Company. Spouse: Operations Manager Amey; Director L & B Hospitality Company.	Safeguarding Governor
Jane Morgan	Co-opted	17/03/17	22/11/17	Behaviour and Safety	Self: Director, Leafhopper (Web Applications)	SEND Governor
Ruth Roberts	Headteacher	01/01/16	N/A		None	None
Adam Stevens	Staff	03/01/17	02/01/21		None	Training Governor
Sarah Stribbling-Willilams	Parent	03/10/16	02/10/20	Leadership and management, Outcomes for children	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
Ian Ellis	LA	27/9/00	25/3/19	Self: Retired charted accountant
Steven Sivyer	Co-opted	12/5/17	15/7/18	Self: Church of England curate
Andrew Smith	Parent	20/01/17	05/06/18	Self: Head of Media

Full Governing Body meetings Attendance Record 2018-19

Governor	27/9/18	22/11/18	31/1/19
Peter Ananicz - Co-opted (Chair)	√	√	√
Simon Brown - Parent	√	√	√
Chloe Cox - Co-opted	√	√	√
Steve Downey - Parent	Apologies	√	√
Ian Ellis - LA	√	Apologies	√
Jane Morgan - Co-opted	√	√	Apologies
Linda Morgan - Co-opted	Apologies	√	Resigned
Ruth Roberts - Headteacher	√	√	√
Sarah Stribbling-Williams - Parent	√	√	√
Adam Stevens - Staff	√	√	√
Alan Emery - Associate governor	√	√	√
Clerk in attendance	Lynne Miller	Lynne Miller	Lynne Miller

Full Governing Body meetings Attendance Record 2017/18

Governor	28/09/17	23/11/17	01/02/18	15/03/18	10/05/18	24/05/18	28/06/18
Peter Ananicz - Co-opted governor (Chair)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Simon Brown - Parent	√	√	Apologies	√	√	√	Apologies
Wendy Clarke - Co-opted	√	Resigned	-	-	-	-	-
Chloe Cox - Parent	√	√	√	√	√	√	Apologies
Steve Downey – Parent	-	-	-	-	-	-	√
Ian Ellis - LA	√	Apologies	Apologies	Apologies	√	Apologies	Not present
Jane Morgan - Co-opted	√	√	Apologies	√	√	Apologies	√
Linda Morgan - Co-opted	√	Apologies	√	Apologies	Apologies	√	√
Ruth Roberts - Headteacher	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Steven Sivyer - Co-opted	√	√	√	√	√	Apologies	Apologies
Andrew Smith - Parent	√	√	Apologies	√	√	Apologies	√
Sarah Stribbling-Williams - Parent	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Adam Stevens - Staff	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Alan Emery - Associate governor	√	√	√	Not present	√	√	√
Clerk in attendance	Lynne Miller	Lynne Miller	Lynne Miller	Lynne Miller	Lynne Miller	Not in attendance	Lynne Miller

Full Governing Body meetings Attendance Record 2016/17

Governor	29/9/16	24/11/16	02/02/17	16/03/17	11/05/17	25/05/17	22/06/17
Peter Ananicz - Co-opted (Chair)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Danielle Bailey - Staff	√	Apologies	Resigned	-	-	-	-
Simon Brown - Parent	Apologies	√	√	√	√	Apologies	√
Wendy Clarke - Co-opted	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Chloe Cox - Parent	√	√	√	√	√		√
Ian Edwards - Co-opted	Apologies	Resigned	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Ellis - LEA	Apologies	Apologies	Apologies	√	√	Apologies	√
Alan Emery - Associate	-	-	√	√	√	√	√
Linda Morgan - Co-opted	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Lynn Mossie-Cox - Parent	√	Apologies	Resigned	-	-	-	-
Ruth Roberts - Headteacher	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Yvonne Salmon - Co-opted	Apologies	√	Resigned	-	-	-	-
Andrew Smith - Parent	-	-	Apologies	√	√	√
Adam Stevens - Staff (previously Associate)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Sarah Stribbling-Williams - Parent	-	√	√	√	Apologies	Apologies	√
Clerk in attendance	Lynne Miller	Lynne Miller	Lynne Miller	Lynne Miller	Lynne Miller		Lynne Miller

Full Governing Body meetings Attendance Record 2015/16

Governor	24/9/15	26/11/15	21/1/16	24/3/16	12/5/16	23/6/16
Danielle Bailey - staff	-	√	√	√	√	√
Simon Brown - parent	-	√	√	√	√	√
Wendy Clarke (Chair) - Co-opted	√	√	√	√	√	√
Chloe Cox - Parent	-	-	-	-	-	√
Ian Edwards - Co-opted	Not in attendance	√	√	√	√	√
Ian Ellis - LEA	Not in attendance	√	√	Apologies	√	√
Simon Lauder - Parent	√	√	√	√	Apologies	Resigned
Katie Matthews - Staff	Resigned	-	-	-	-	-
Linda Morgan - Co-opted	√	√	√	√	√	√
Lynn Mossie-Cox - Parent	Apologies	√	√	√	Apologies	√
Ruth Roberts - Headteacher	-	-	√	√	√	√
Yvonne Salmon - Co-opted	√	√	√	Apologies	√	√
Adam Stevens - Deputy Headteacher*	√	√	-	-	-	√
Christine Suppelt - Parent	√	√	Apologies	√	Apologies	Resigned
Graham Terrell - Parent	√	Resigned	-	-	-	-
Clerk in attendance	Lynne Miller	Lynne Miller	Lynne Miller	Lynne Miller	Lynne Miller	Lynne Miller

*Governor until 3 January 2016 and Associate Governor from 12 May 2016