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Our Governors

We are very  lucky to have a very dedicated Local Governing Board who work extremely hard on behalf of the school.  Each Governor is a volunteer and receives no payment for what can sometimes be a very demanding and difficult role.

Many of our Governors are parents, who hold down a full time job as well as dealing with Local Governing Body business.  We do not underestimate their contribution to  the school and thank them for their hard work and commitment. All governors terms of office, other than that of the Headteacher, is for 4 years.

Full Governing Body meetings are held each half term and meetings will focus on either curriculum and pupil related matters or finance and premises.

Individual Governors agree to accept responsibilities for different areas of the school, their role within the school is to monitor the way the school is managed by the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team and to act as a ‘Critical Friend’ to the school.  The governors set the overall policy and ethos of the school.  Their main roles are to monitor and evaluate school improvement including curriculum, finance, premises and personnel.  

Our Governors are always willing to listen to parents’ views of the school and to approach the Headteacher with any concerns parents may have.  Parents wishing to contact the Local Governing Body can do so by writing to the Clerk to Governors c/o the School Office.

Please see https://www.osborne.coop/our-trustees/ for information around our Trustees and Members.

Community Governors

Tim McSweeney
Chair of Governors
Term of office started: 1.11.2020 Term ends: 31.10.2024
Simon Dady
Vice Chair of Governors
Term of office started: 1.11.2020 Term ends: 31.10.2024
Nichola Whitehead
Term of office started: 29.3.2023 Term ends: 28.3.2027

Parent Governors

Raquel Gonzalez
Term of office started: 23.2.2022 Term ends: 22.02.2026
Elizabeth Imo
Term of office started: 1.9.2022 Term ends: 31.8.2026

Staff Governors

Hannah Brewster (Teaching staff)
Term of office started: 1.12.2021 Term ends: 30.11.2025
Kirsty Potter (Support Staff)
Term of office started: 1.11.2023 Term ends: 31.10.2027
Laura Spencer
Headteacher
Term of office started: 1.9.2021 Term ends: N/A
Louise Coates
OCAT Deputy CEO
Term of office started: Term ends: N/A

Associate Members

Nicola Townshend (Deputy Head)
Term of office started: 1.9.2021

Previous governors who served over the last 12 months

Dare Akosile
Term of office started: 1.11.2020 Term ended: 5.10.2022
Tracey Greenham
Term of office started: 1.11.2020 Term ends: 31.10.2024 Ended due to becoming staff member
Kirsty Potter
Term of office started: 23.2.2022 Term ends: 22.02.2026 Ended due to becoming staff member
Karen Stukins
Term of office started: 1.11.2020 Term ends: 1.11.2024

Governor information 2021-2022

Full nameTerm of officeDate of appointmentDate they stepped down (where applicable)Who appointed themRegister of business and financial interestsGovernance roles in other educational institutionsAny material interests arising from relationships between governors or between governors and school staffAttendance record at governing board and committee meetings over the last academic year  (2021-22)

Tim McSweeney  

4 years

1st November 2020 

 

Trust appointed community governor

Director of Limited company

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Commerce and Manufacturing

 

None

Wife employed at the school

5 out of 5 meetings

Dare Akosile

 1st November 20205th October 2022

Parent governor

Director of Care First Training Ltd, Bright Future care Services Ltd, DK Venture Enterprise Ltd

 

None

None

5 out of 5 meetings

Simon Dady  

 

1st November 2020 

 

Trust appointed community governor

None

None

None

4 out of 5 meetings

Laura Spencer

 

Ongoing

1st September 2021

 

Trust appointed

None

None

Headteacher at Bonnygate Primary School

5 out of 5 meetings

Karen Stukins

4 years

1st November 2020

 

Support staff governor

None

None

None

 

5 out of 5 meetings

 

Louise Coates  

Ongoing

1st November 2020 

 

Trust appointed governor

None

None

 

Employed at the Trust as DCEO

4 out of 5 meetings

Hannah Brewster

4 years

1st December 2021

 

Teaching staff governor

None

None

None

5 out of 5 meetings

Racquel Gonzalez                                

 

4 years

23rd February 2022

 

Parent governor

Membership and Governance coordinator at Inclusion International

 

None

None

3 out of 3 meetings

Tracey Greenham

4 years

1st November 2022

 

Parent governor

None

None

None

5 out of 5 meetings

Kirsty Potter

4 years

23rd February 2022

 

Parent governor

None

None

None

3 out of 3 meetings

 

Calfyn Hughes

4 years

1st November 2020

13th July 2022

Parent governor

 

 

 

3 out of 5 meetings

 

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Governor attendance 

22-23 attendance