In June 2017 Gayhurst, Kingsmead and Mandeville schools became a three school federation with one governing body across the three schools. The governing body and out three schools work in partnership to ensure outstanding outcomes for all the children of our schools and beyond.

The governing body are mostly volunteers, meeting regularly and working closely with the Executive Headteacher and the LEAP senior leadership team to help the schools develop successfully and to promote high standards of educational achievement.

The governing body is made up of the school’s Executive Headteacher, Local Authority governors and   co-opted governors, elected parents and elected staff members.  Together, our primary concern is for the welfare of the schools as a whole and we operate within a standard Code of Conduct for those involved in aspects of public life.

Gill Brady (Chair) Local Authority	Michelle Salerno (Vice Chair) Parent Governor	Ian Mullaney Co-opted	Sophie Lejeune Co-opted
Sami Tatar Co-opted	Louise Nichols Executive Head	Oliver Elgie Co-opted	Katlum Yusuf Staff Governor
Asha Parmer Co-opted	Shanielle Shrouder Parent Governor	Kemi Owolabi Co-opted

 

The Chair of Governors, Gillian Brady, is a Local Authority governor who is a School Improvement Advisor. The Vice Chair of Governors is Michelle Salerno. Below is a list of all the Governors.

Membership of the Governing Body*

Name	Type	Appointed by
Louise Nichols	Exec Head Gov	ex-officio
Ian Mullaney	Co-opted	GB
Asha Parmar	Co-opted	GB
Gillian Brady (Chair)	LA Governor	GB
Sophie Lejeune	Co-opted	GB
Shanielle Shrouder	Parent Governor	Elected
Oliver Elgie	Co-opted	GB
Michelle Salerno (Vice Chair)	Parent Governor	Elected
Sami Tatar	Co-opted	GB
Kaltum Yusuf	Staff Governor	Elected
Kemi Owolabi	Co-opted	GB
Vacancy	Co-opted	GB
Vacancy	Co-opted	GB
Evelyn Deeney	Associate	GB
Karen Pedro	Associate	GB
Marc Thompson	Associate	GB
Cyrilene Malcolm	Associate	GB
Henry Dimbleby	Associate	GB
Michael Judge	Associate	GB
Anna Schabel	Associate	GB
Katherine Turley	Associate	GB

Clerk to governing body and committees: Susan Moyse

*Full details of the Governing body membership can be found on the page titled: Governing Body Structure and Register of Interests

What do we do?

The responsibilities of the governors include:

• Setting strategic direction, objectives and targets for the school    
• Reviewing progress against the budget, plans and targets    
• Approving the school budget    
• Acting as ‘critical friends’ to senior school staff, to both support and challenge as appropriate
• Appointing the head teacher
• Developing and reviewing school policies

Across all three schools, each year of the school has been allocated a ‘link governor’. That governor will liaise closely with the children and teachers to follow in more detail the development of that year group as they progress through the school. 

Committees

The newly federated governing body consists of three committees made up of the wider governing body as listed here:

Finance, Premises & Personnel	Curriculum & Inclusion	Standards
Voting Members:  1. Louise Nichols 2. Gillian Brady  3. Ian Mullaney 4. Oliver Elgie (Chair) 5. Asha Parmar 6. Sami Tatar	Voting Members: 1. Sophie Lejeune 2. Gillian Brady 3. Ian Mullaney 4. Michelle Salerno (Chair) 5.  Kaltum Yusuf	Voting Members: 1. Ian Mullaney (Chair) 2. Louise Nichols 3. Gillian Brady 4. Asha Parmar
Associate Governors:  Cyrilene Malcolm  Henry Dimbleby  Anna Schabel	Associate Governors:  Karen Pedro  Evelyn Deeney  Marc Thompson  Katherine Turley  Michael Judge  Henry Dimbleby	Associate Governors:  Karen Pedro  Evelyn Deeney  Marc Thompson

Link governor responsibilities are listed below:

• Health, mental health and wellbeing - Asha Parmar
• Safeguarding – Gillian Brady
• Health & Safety - Sami Tatar
• Special educational needs & disability (SEND) & Looked after children (LAC) – Ian Mullaney
• Early Years / Foundation Stage (EYFS) - Sophie Lejeune
• Creativity - Michelle Salerno
• Pupil Premium grant (PPG) & catch up funding - Sami Tatar
• Reading - Gillian Brady
• Governor Training - Michelle Salerno

How can you let us know what you think?

In any of the schools please send mail to us via the school office or email us at admin@gayhurst.hackney.sch.uk, admin@kingsmead.hackney.sch.uk  or mdvoffice@mandeville.hackney.sch.uk  with the subject line 'for the attention of the chair of governors'