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Our 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.

The Governing Body’s principal duty is to secure the highest possible standards for all its pupils and it is an equal partner in the strategic leadership of the school.

The Governors work with the Headteacher and other staff in helping to decide the school’s strategy for improvement, so that its pupils learn most effectively and achieve the highest standards. The Governing Body helps to set and keep under review the broad framework within which the headteacher and staff should run the school. The GB also ensures accountability and financial probity.

The Headteacher, who sits on the Governing Body, makes the day to day decisions about the running of the school. The Governing Body supports the Headteacher with advice and information drawing on its members’ knowledge and experience. It is the Governors however who are responsible for setting the school ethos, agreeing the budget, looking after the welfare of the children, for overseeing the curriculum taught and for setting annual targets for both the school’s and the Headteacher’s performance.

The Governing Body is committed to ensuring that improvements are made that have been identified as necessary by any OFSTED inspections. Whilst the Governors contribute well in shaping the direction of the school, they are appropriately involved in the construction of the school development plan by visiting the school often and setting a focus for each visit linked to the SDP. The Governors work for the school in a voluntary capacity dealing not only with the above but with complaints, some disciplinary matters, buildings and policies.

Carly-Anne Heaphy
Chair of Governors

St. Paul’s CE VA School Governors

 
Name Type of Governor Committee Other Responsibilities Date of Appointment Date of Terms Attendance at FGB 2023 - 2024 Declarations
Carly-Anne Heaphy (Chair) Foundation Governor - Diocese School Improvement (Chair) SEND Sep 2018 Dec 2023 - Nov 2027 3/3 Parent of child in school
Chris Deal (Vice Chair) Foundation Governor PCC Resources Computing Sep 2018 Sep 2022 - Aug 2026 3/3  
Luke Varney Headteacher / Ex officio School Improvement / Resources   Sep 2023   3/3  
Stephen Morrill Foundation Governor PCC Resources (Chair) Maths / Health and Safety Sep 1990 Sep 22 - Aug 2026 3/3  
Reverend Sarah Collins Ex officio N/A RE/Collective Worship Sep 2023   3/3 Governor at another primary school in Hertfordshire
Sonya Le Gassicke Staff Governor School Improvement   Dec 2023 Dec 2023 - Nov 2027 3/3  
Lindsey Woodley Staff Governor Resources   Dec 2023 Dec 2023 - Nov 2027 3/3  
Claire Jones Parent Governor Resources Treasurer Feb 2023 Feb 2023 - Jan 2027 3/3 Parent of child at school
Janine Rees Foundation Governor PCC School Improvement MFL   Sep 2022 - Aug 2026 3/3  
Penny Stoughton-Harris LEA Governor School Improvement Staff Wellbeing / Humanities Mar 2012 Sep 2020 - Aug 2024 2/3  
Barbara Clements Foundation Governor PCC Resources Science Sep 2023 Sep 2023 - Aug 2027 2/3  
Phil Waine Foundation Governor - Diocese School Improvement Music Sep 2016 Sep 2020 - Aug 2024 3/3  
Victoria Houghton Parent Governor School Improvement English / PE Sep 2022 Sep 2022 - Aug 2026 2/3  
Lindsey Billinge Foundation Governor PCC School Improvement Safeguarding Dec 2020 Dec 2020 - Nov 2024 3/3 Employee of secondary school in Hertfordshire
Ian Chantrell Associate Governor School Improvement Art / DT     2/3 Governor at another primary school in Hertfordshire