School Governors

Who are we ?

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

The governing body are mostly volunteers, meeting regularly and working closely with the Executive Headteacher and the 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.

The newly elected Chair of Governors Ian Mullaney is an LA governor who is an ex Hackney Headteacher and School Improvement Advisor.  The vice chair of governors is Sophie Lejeune-Peggie who works for Sanctuary Housing. Below is a list of all the Governors.

Membership of the Governing Body*

Clerk to governing body and committees: Susan Moyse

*Full details of the Governing body membership can be found on the page to the left hand side 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

Acrpss 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:

Link governor responsibilities are listed below:

Pupil Premium champion - Lucy Michael

Health & Safety - Marc Thompson

Safeguarding – Gillian Brady

Provision for SEND/LAC – Julie Tivey

Art and creativity champion - Monica Ande

Early Years (Nursery/Reception) - Anna Schabel

Years 1 & 2 (KS1) - Gillian Brady

Years 3 & 4 - Vacancy

Years 5 & 6 - Oliver Elgie

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'