Meet the Governors

Welcome to our Governors’ section

Fen Drayton Governing Body is responsible for three areas:

Formulating the strategic direction of the school in partnership with the Headteacher;
Ensuring that the school’s budget provides best value for the children in the school;
Acting as a critical friend to the Headteacher and staff of the school.

It has two committees:

The Curriculum and Learning Committee (C&L) is responsible for ensuring that the curriculum provided for the children meets their needs and that standards of learning and progress in the school remain high.

The Resources and Infrastructure Committee (R&I) is responsible for monitoring the school budget, premises and personnel.

Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.

We have also provided a Register of Governor Interests for your information.

The Governing Body of Fen Drayton Primary School comprises of 12 Governors:-

One LA Governor - nominated by the Local Authority
Four Parent Governors - elected by the parent body
Five Co-opted Governors - members of the local community, nominated from community organisations or by other governors
One staff Governor - elected by the staff
Headteacher (who can choose to be a governor or not)

Fen Drayton Primary School PUBLICATION OF GOVERNOR’S DETAILS AND REGISTER OF INTERESTS Governors hold an important public office and their identity should be known to their school and wider communities. In the interests of transparency, a governing body should publish on its website up-to-date details of is governance arrangements in a readily accessible form.
CURRENT GOVERNORS
Full Name	Category of Governor	Appointing Body (in accordance with the Instrument of Government)	Date of Appointment	Term of Office	Committees Governor Serves On	Positions of Responsibility (eg chair or vice-chair of the GB or Committee of the GB)	Relevant Business/ Pecuniary Interests	Governance roles in any other educational establishments	Relationship between Governors and members of the school staff (including spouses, partners or relatives)
Sarah Oakley -Mudge	Associate		1 September 2019	4	Curriculum and Learning, Disciplinary Appeals, Pupil Discipline		Laser 2000 UK – Non Executive Director	None	None
Vacancy	Parent
Paul Cooper	Parent		25 September 2017	4	Resources and Infrastructure Committee	Chair of R and I	Director at Deloitte LLP	None	None
Ruth Dunleavey-Routh	Parent		8 May 2018	4	Curriculum and Learning Committee	Chair of C and L	None	None	None
Philippa Storer	Parent		01 September 2016	4	Curriculum and Learning Committee	Chair	None	None	None
Claire Turner	Headteacher (Staff)		17^th November 2014	Term of post	Resources and Infrastructure Committee, Curriculum and Learning Committee	Head	None	None	None
Vacancy	Co-opted
Hannah Oldridge	Co-opted		8 October 2019	4	Curriculum and Learning		None	None	None
Danielle Doyle	Coopted		5 February 2019	4	Resources and Infrastructure		Strategic Communication and Engagement Lead or the Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute, University of Cambridge	None	None
Ruston Biggs	Coopted		01 September 2016	4	Resources and Infrastructure Committee. Staff Discipline, Salary Appeals, Pupil Discipline	Vice Chair,	None	None	None
Tara Spooner (TBC)	LA						None	None	None
Julie Bishop	Staff		10 July 2019	4	Curriculum and Learning		None	None	None
Vacancy	Coopted

PREVIOUS GOVERNORS (SERVED AT ANY POINT OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS)
Full Name	Category of Governor	Appointing Body (in accordance with the Instrument of Government)	Date of Appointment	Date Stepped Down	Committees Governor Serves On	Positions of Responsibility (eg chair or vice-chair of the GB or Committee of the GB)	Relevant Business/ Pecuniary Interests	Governance roles in any other educational establishments	Relationship between Governors and members of the school staff (including spouses, partners or relatives)
Helen Cooper	Staff		25 April 2017	21 January 2019	Curriculum and Learning Committee		None	None	None
Emma Fallon	Associate		18 July 2019	05 February 2019	Curriculum and Learning Committee		None	None	None
Rebecca Harrison	Co-opted		10 July 2018	31 July 2019	Curriculum and Learning Committee,		None	None	None
Sarah Oakley_Mudge	Co-opted		6 December 2016	31 July 2019	Curriculum and Learning, Disciplinary Appeals, Pupil Discipline		Laser 2000 UK – Non Executive Director	None	None
Clare Buckfield	Co-opted		5 February 2019	9 October 2019	Curriculum and Learning		Owner if The Crate Escape and Partner in Blue Chilli	None	None
Nick Ward Hunt	Parent		25 September 2017	22 October 2019	Resources and Infrastructure, Staff Discipline	R and I Chair	None	None	None

Clerk - Janine Prosser

Structure of Governing Body (reference Instrument of Government)

3/4 Parent Governors
Headteacher
1/1 Staff Governor
1/1 Local Authority Governor
2/4 Co-opted Governors
1/1 Associate Governors

Within the Agenda section there are summaries of meetings under the relevant committee headings, along with details of attendance at meetings.

Full

Name

Category of Governor

Appointing Body (in accordance with the Instrument of Government)

Sarah Oakley -Mudge

Associate

Vacancy

Parent

Paul Cooper

Parent

Ruth Dunleavey-Routh

Parent

Philippa Storer

Parent

Claire Turner

Headteacher (Staff)

Vacancy

Co-opted

Hannah Oldridge

Co-opted

Danielle Doyle

Coopted

Ruston Biggs

Coopted

Tara Spooner (TBC)

LA

Julie Bishop

Staff

Vacancy

Coopted

Full Name

Category of Governor

Appointing Body (in accordance with the Instrument of Government)

Helen Cooper

Staff

Emma Fallon

Associate

Rebecca Harrison

Co-opted

Sarah Oakley_Mudge

Co-opted

Clare Buckfield

Co-opted

Nick Ward Hunt

Parent

Appointing Body
(in accordance with the Instrument of Government)

Appointing Body
(in accordance with the Instrument of Government)