Governance

Governance has never been more critical to the education of our nation's young people.  As Minsiter for the School System I see at first hand the impact of governors and governance professionals.  The governance duty is, above all, to drive relentless ambition for the young people served by our schools system, whatever the circumstances.

Baroness Elizabeth Berridge - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools

Our Governing Board takes its role of providing confident and strong strategic leadership which leads to robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance seriously.

The Governing Board has three core functions:
 
  • Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
  • Holding leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff 
  • Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent

Our governing board currently meets as a full body every half term. 

Return all applications to the Clerk.

Key roles and responsibilities are distributed amongst the board.  Details can be found below.

Our Clerk to the Governors is Hayley Jones, she can be contacted via [email protected]

Full name 

Date of appointment 

End date 

Date they stepped down (where applicable) 

Category  

Appointed by 

Relevant business and pecuniary interests 

Roles and responsibilities 

Attendance record at  governing  meetings  

2021-2022 

Attendance record at  governing  meetings  

2022-2023

 

Attendance record at  governing  meetings  

2023-2024

Tom Bradbury 24/10/2024 23/10/2028

Co-Opted 

Governing Body 

None 

Governor

 

Sue Carpenter 24/10/2024 23/10/2028

Staff Governor

Governing Body 

None 

Governor

 

 

 

Ben Craig 02/16/2023 02/15/2027

Co-Opted 

Governing Body 

None 

Governor

Resources Committee

 

FGB – 3/4

R – 3/3

                FGB – 6/6

R – 5/5

 

Lesley-Ann Doughty 10/10/2024 09/10/2028 Local Authority 

Governing Body 

None 

Governor

Rose Fox

21/03/24

20/03/28

Co-Opted 

Governing Body 

None

Governor

Curriculum & Standards Committee

SEND Governor

N/A

N/A

FGB - 1/2

C & S - 2/2

Alison Godfrey

01/01/2019 

NA 

Headteacher 

Ex-Officio 

None 

Headteacher 

FGB – 6/6

R – 7/7

C & S - 3/3

FGB – 6/6

R – 6/6

C & S - 3/3

 

FGB – 6/6

R – 6/6

C & S - 3/3

Chris Healy 24/10/2024 23/10/2028

Co-Opted 

Governing Body 

None 

Governor

 

 

Chris Hunt 24/10/2024 23/10/2028

Co-Opted 

Governing Body 

None 

Governor

 

 

Simon Masters

08/12/2021

07/12/2025

 

Parent Governor

Parents

None

Governor

Resources Committee

Curriculum & Standards Committee

FGB 3/4

R - 2/5

C&S - 2/3

FGB 5/6

R - 5/6

C&S - 3/3

 

FGB 5/6

R - 5/5

C&S - 2/3

Ben Maughan

09/12/2020

08/12/2024

Co-Opted

Governing Body

 None

Governor

Vice Chair of Governors

Chair of Curriculum & Standards Committee

FGB – 6/7

C & S - 3/3

FGB – 6/6

C & S - 3/3

 

FGB – 6/6

C & S - 3/3

Mark McShane

09/02/2022

08/02/2026

Co-Opted

Governing Body

Head Teacher
Stroud High School

Governor

Resources Committee

FGB - 3/3

R - 3/4

FGB - 4/6

R - 3/6

 

FGB - 5/6

R - 4/5

Angela Pilling 09/12/2020 07/04/2022 Chair of Governors 08/12/2024 

18/07/2024

Co-Opted

Governing Body

None

Governor

Chair of FGB

Safeguarding Governor

FGB - 6/6

FGB - 6/6

FGB - 5/6

R - 1/1

Julian Adams 02/10/2020 01/10/2024 Staff Governor Staff None Governor FGB - 3/6 FGB - 3/6 FGB - 6/6
Robin Bolivar 17/11/2020 16/11/2024 Parent Governor Parents None

Governor

Curriculum & Standards Committee

FGB - 6/6

C & S - 3/3

FGB - 6/6

C & S - 3/3

FGB - 6/6

C & S - 3/3

Coffee, Cake, Cheese & Wine - Thank you

18 Nov 2024

Thank you for joining us to discuss the work of Jonathan Haidt and his book The Anxious Generation, more information can be found HERE.

Winter Coats - Does your child need one?

15 Nov 2024

We have warm, winter coats for children of families struggling with the cost of living.
Please contact us for more details.

Dunalley Pantry

01 Nov 2024

We would like to remind our families about Dunalley Pantry.
Set up to help families who are struggling with the cost of living crisis.

Donations for OPAL

25 Oct 2024

If you are thinking of having a pre-Christmas sort out please keep OPAL in mind for the usual donations.

OPAL Stay & Play

27 Sep 2024

We would like to invite all of our families to join us for an OPAL Stay & Play on Saturday 5th October from 10am - 12pm.

Free Uniform

01 Sep 2024

We have lots of unclaimed uniform items here at school, should you need anything for your child(ren) please pop along and see us.

Back to School

08 Aug 2024

We are looking forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday 4th September

Dunalley Pantry

31 Jul 2024

Our Dunalley Pantry will be open during the school holidays.
9am to 10.30am on Thursdays 1st, 8th & 29th August


Helping where we can.

Exceptional Learners

22 Jul 2024

Thank you to all of our children for their hard work and perseverance this year. Visitors to our school always comment on our focused learners.

Non-uniform Day

24 Jun 2024

We raised £300 from our non school uniform day on Friday.
£150 each for the Air Ambulance & The Cystic Fibrosis Trust