Governing Body Composition
The constitution for the Local Academy Board is:
Headteacher, up to 2 parent governors, up to 2 staff governors and up to 5 co-opted governors.
The quorum shall be 3 governors or, where greater, any one-third (rounded up) of the total number of governors of the LAB.
The Local Academy Body of Deanwood Primary School
Each governor is responsible for the monitoring of a key area of the school. Their responsibilities are listed below.
- Jane Wright (Head of School)
- David Giles (Trust Appointed - Chair of Governors)
- Barry Rhodes (Trust Appointed - Vice-Chair of Governors)
- Sarah Bennett (Trust Appointed)
- Lindsey Callaghan (Parent)
- Paul Morgan (Trust Appointed)
- Nicola Link (Parent)
Terms of Reference for our Local Academy Board can be found here.
For details of the Members and Directors of The Howard Academy Trust please click here.
Meets
The Local Academy Board will meet at least 3 times a year and otherwise as required.
Members of the Local Academy Board will have at least seven clear days’ notice of the meeting and its agenda, except in the case of an emergency meeting.
The agenda and minutes will be produced by the Clerk to Governors and made available to all members of the Local Academy Board via Governor Hub.
A copy of the minutes, apart from confidential items, will be available in the school office for inspection by parent/carers and staff.
| Name | Relevant Business & Pecuniary Interests (including governance roles in other education institutions) |
Attendance record at meetings for the academic year ('22-'23) |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Wright (Head of School) Appointed: 10/06/19 |
None Declared | 3 of 3 |
| David Giles (Chair/Trust Appointed) Appointed: 09/08/22 |
Barclays: Retired Employee Waterfront UTC: Appointed Governor The Howard Academy Trust: Director |
3 of 3 |
| Barry Rhodes (Trust Appointed) Appointed: 14/06/22 |
None Declared | 2 of 3 |
| Sarah Bennett (Trust Appointed) Appointed: 28/06/22 |
None Declared | 1 of 3 |
| Lindsey Callaghan (Parent) Appointed: 17/11/21 |
None Declared | 2 of 3 |
| Paul Morgan (Parent) Appointed: 17/11/21 |
Advanced Practitioner: MidKent College Business - P Morgan Coaching |
1 of 3 |
| Nicola Link (Parent) Appointed: 30/06/21 |
None Declared | 3 of 3 |
| Owen McColgan (CEO THAT/Accounting Officer) |
Medway Academy of Performing Arts |
N/A |
Past Governors |
||
| Natalie Francis (Parent) Appointed: 23/11/2017 Resigned: 23/11/2021 |
Nil | N/A |
| Emma Gray (Parent) Appointed: 29/09/2019 Resigned: 04/04/2022 |
Greenvale Infants: Vice & Co-opted Chair | N/A |
Last Updated: 1st September 2023
If you are interested in becoming a school governor and would like more information our Chair of Governors, Mr D Giles can be contacted via the school office. Alternatively any correspondence can be sent to Mr Giles again c/o Deanwood Primary School via the school office.