Whitegrove Primary

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Structure And Responsibilities Of The Governing Body And Committees

Year  2022 - 2023

Chair and Vice Chair of Governors

Name:

Appointed by:

Category and Term of Office:

Committee(s) serving on and Specialist Areas:

Mr Patrick Doherty

Chair of Governors

Parent Election

Parent Governor: 4 years

18/4/22 to 17/4/2026

Quality, Curriculum & Ethos 

People, Finance & Environment

More able governor

Mrs Signe Sutherland

Vice Chair of Governors

Governing Body

Co-opted Governor: 4 years

23/05/2019 to 22/05/2023

Quality, Curriculum & Ethos

People, Finance & Environment

Pay

Headteacher’s Performance Management (Chair)

SEN Governor

Pupil Premium Governor
LAC Governor

In-year admissions governor

 Parent, Co-Opted and Staff Governors

Name:

Appointed by:

Category and Term of Office:

Committee(s) serving on and Specialist Areas:

Dr Katy Bridgwood

Governing Body

Co-opted Governor: 4 years

10/12/20 to 9/12/24

People, Finance & Environment

Quality, Curriculum & Ethos

Pay

Health & Safety Governor

Mr David Bushrod

Governing Body

Co-opted Governor: 4 years

29/11/2022 to 28/11/2026

People, Finance & Environment (Vice Chair)

Pay (Chair)

Mrs Nicola Cannon

Governing Body

LA Governor: 4 years

18/11/2021 to 17/11/2025

Quality, Curriculum & Ethos (Chair)

Headteacher’s Performance Management

Qualitative Impact 

Maths governor

PHSE & Diversity

EYFS governor

CPG (shadow)

Mrs Gurpreet Hundal

Governing Body

Co-opted Governor: 4 years

26/11/2019  to 25/11/2023

Quality, Curriculum & Ethos

People, Finance & Environment

Qualitative Impact (Chair)

Safeguarding Governor

Headteacher’s Performance Management

Mrs Holly Manning

Governing Body

Co-opted Governor: 4 years

18/11/2021 to 17/11/2025

Quality, Curriculum & Ethos (Vice Chair)

Qualitative Impact

English & Curriculum

EAL governor

Safeguarding (shadow)

IYT (shadow)

PP (shadow)

Mr Dave King

Governing Body

Parent Governor: 4 years

18/04/2022 to 17/04/2026

People, Finance & Environment

Qualitative Impact

Training & Development 

GDPR governor

Website governor

Mr Gavin McDonald

Governing Body

Co-opted Governor: 4 years

18/11/2021 to 17/11/2025

People, Finance & Environment (Chair)

Pay

SFVS governor

Mr Rob Churchouse

Governing Body

Co-opted Governor: 4 years

24/11/2022 to

23/11/2026

 tbc

Vacant

Governing Body

Staff Governor

 

Vacant

Governing Body

Co-opted Governor

 

Ex Officio Governor, Associate Members and Clerk

Name:

Appointed by:

Category and Term of Office:

Committee(s) serving on and Specialist Areas:

Miss Alexandra Butler

Headteacher

Ex Officio

Ex Officio: Term of Headship

01/01/2023 -

Quality, Curriculum & Ethos

People, Finance & Environment

Pay (Adviser role)

Mr Daniel Green

Governing Body

Associate Member

25/6/20 to 24/6/24

4 years

Quality, Curriculum & Ethos

People, Finance & Environment

QI

All with voting rights

Mrs Rachel Clayton

Clerk to the Governing Body

Governing Body

Clerk: n/a

Clerk to:

People & Finance

Environment, Buildings and Welfare

Quality, Curriculum & Ethos

Pay

Qualitative Impact

Previous Governors & Associate Members

Name:

Appointed by:

Category and term of Office:

Committee(s) serving on and Specialist Areas:

Mrs Karen Davis

Headteacher

Ex Officio

Ex Officio: Term of Headship

1/9/2013 to 31/12/2022

Quality, Curriculum & Ethos

People, Finance & Environment

Pay (Adviser role)

Mrs Diane Biggins

Staff Election

Staff Governor: 4 years

21/3/2022 to

31/8/2022

Quality, Curriculum & Ethos

Mrs Harbinder Sahota 

 

Governing Body 

Co-opted Governor: 4 years 

18/11/2021 to 14/06/2022 

 

Quality, Curriculum & Ethos 

Qualitative Impact 

Complaint governor 

Website governor 

Mrs Alex Yates 

Staff Election 

Staff Governor: 4 years  

25/11/21 to 24/02/22 

 

People, Finance & Environment 

 GDPR governor 

Health & Safety governor 

 

Our Committee Structure