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Meet the Governors

Welcome to our Governors’ section


Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.

 

MEMBERSHIP DETAILS for all Governors 23/24

Governing Body Composition (12)  Co-opted Governors =7,  LA=1, Parent Governors =2 ,  Staff Governors=2 (incl Head )  

Governor

Category

Role(s) of Office

 

Full Governing Body

FGB1

 

Full Governing Body

FGB2

Pay & Personnel Committee

 

 

H&S

Committee

 

Term of office

Ms Tara Deakes

Staff

Headteacher

 

P

P

P

P

01/09/19-31/08/23

Mr Mike Ware

Co-opted

Chair

  • Child Protection & safeguarding
  • Pupil attendance
  • Behaviour
  • Safeguarding
  • Performance Management/reviews (incl HT)
  • Safer Recruitment
  • PSHE

P

P

 

PChair

15/02/22-14/02/26

  
  • Broad & balanced curriculum
  • Pupil assessment & outcomes
  • Early Years provision
  • Website
  • Safer Recruitment
  • HT performance mgt

P

P

P

 

 

Mr Andrew Howard

Co-opted

  • Finance & admin
  • Contracts & procurement
  • IT systems & data protection
  • Pupil & Sports Premium
  • Safer recruitment

P

P

P

 

06/07/23-05/07/27

Mrs Aysha Ahmed

Parent

  • Friends of Westfield liaison
  • Forest School
  • Behaviour
  • Classroom visits

P

P

P

 

19/05/21-18/05/25

Ms Kayleigh Stokes

Parent

  • Pupil voice
  • Anti-bullying policies
  • Wellbeing of Students & Staff
  • Classroom visits

P

P

P

 

18/05/22- 17/05/26

Mark Joliffe

Associate

  • Health & Safety
  • Building maintenance & site security

 

 

 

P

16/3/23-15/3/27

Ms Jayne Pitson

Associate

 

      P

(voting)

      P

(voting)

 

P

15/02/22-14/02/26

 

Current vacancies – 5 x Co-opted, 1 x LA

Governors are appointed in accordance with the Governing Body’s instrument of government

 

 

 

 

ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS DURING 2023/24

 

Name Of Governor

Autumn term

Spring term

Summer term

Pay

Health & Safety

FGB1

FGB2

FGB1

FGB2

FGB1

FGB2

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Ms Tara Deakes

 

 

 

 

n/a

 

 

 

 

Mrs Debbie Howlett

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr Mike Ware

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr Peter Ashford

 

 

 

 

n/a

 

 

 

 

 

Mr Andrew Howard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs Aysha Ahmed

 

 

 

 

n/a

 

 

 

 

 

Ms Kayleigh Stokes

Absent

Absent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ms Jayne Pitson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr Mark Joliffe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

n/a

 

 

GOVERNING BODY REGISTER OF INTERESTS

 

Governor

 

Category of Governor

 

Interest

 

Nature of Interest

 

Ms Tara Deakes

Staff

Headteacher

  • Westfield School
  • Headteacher

Mrs Debbie Howlett

Staff

  • Westfield School
  • Specialist Support Worker

 

Mr Mike Ware

Co-opted

Chair of Governors

  • Westfield School
  • Member of staff

 

 

 

 

Mr Andrew Howard

Co-opted

  • TBC
  • TBC

Mrs Aysha Ahmed

Parent

 

 

Ms Kayleigh Stokes

Parent

 

 

Mark Jolliffe

Associate

 

 

 

Ms Jayne Pitson

 

Associate

 

  • Westfield School

 

  • School Business Manager

Mrs Hazel Sharpe

Clerk to Governors

  • Buckinghamshire Council

 

  • Clerk to a number of Bucks schools

 

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