Our Governors

The Governing Body oversees all aspects of school life and meet frequently throughout the year.

There are three elected parent governors whose function is to represent your interests. Governors are present at most events and are very happy to meet with you. Parents who wish to contribute to the work of the governing body should contact the Chair of Governors, Mrs Alexandra McLeonards, through either of our school offices.

The governing body has a constitution of 16 members who are fully involved in the strategic oversight of the school, however apart from their statutory responsibilities they also involve themselves in the wider life of the school through:

running extra-curricular activities, such as Gardening Club
hearing children read
transporting children in the minibus to competitions and educational visits
running a Breakfast Club during SATS Week
attending School Council meetings
assisting on New Parent Tours
offering parents the opportunity to express their views about the running of the school
developing an environmental science area

Diversity Statement:

We take pride in promoting, valuing and celebrating diversity within our Governing Body and through our recruitment processes. We seek to ensure zero tolerance of harassment, discrimination, bullying and abuse and will respond promptly to any incidents of these.

We are also committed to advancing equality and inclusion in all our responsibilities and understand the need for all members of the Governing Body to be treated with respect.

See below for details of each member of the governing body:

Instrument of Government - Federation

Netley Abbey Infant and Junior School Federation Governing Body

Governors’ Details 2022 - 2023 Updated 5th November 2022

Name	Category	Appointed by	Term of Office (no. of years, date of appointment & end date)		Responsibilities
Amy Adair	Parent	Parents	4	Appointed 15/10/2021 End date 14/10/2025	Safeguarding Governor Health and Safety Governor
Bev Angel	Co-opted	Governing Body	4	Appointed 24/11/2020 End date 23/11/2024	Vice Chair of Governors Chair of Finance group
Georgina Cartwright	Parent	Parents	4	Appointed 24/11/2020 End date 23/11/2024	Pay group member Finance group member
Debbie Cenaj	Co-opted	Governing Body	4	Appointed 24/11/2020 End date 23/11/2024	Finance group member HTPM
Val Fowler	Staff	Staff	4	Appointed 24/11/2020 End date 23/11/2024	Staff Governor
Jay Hansell	Co-opted	Governing Body	4	Appointed 24/11/2020 End date 23/11/2024	Staff Governor
Alexandra McLeonards	Local Authority	Governing Body / LA Councillor	4	Appointed 24/11/2020 End date 23/11/2024	Chair of Governors HTPM - interim
Susannah Marsh	Co-opted	Governing Body	4	Appointed 23/11/2022 End date 22/11/2026	Finance group member
Shirley Nicholas-Bond	Executive Headteacher	N/A	NA	Appointed 23/11/2020	Executive Headteacher
Stephen Whale	Co-opted	Governing Body	4	Appointed 24/11/2020 End date 23/11/2024	Personal Development Governor
Sadie Thompson	Co-opted	Governing Body	4	Appointed 17/05/2023 End Date 16/05/23	TBC
Tracy Wynn	Co-opted	Governing Body	4	Appointed 17/05/2023 End date 16/05/2027	TBC

An invited voluntary member is someone who has been invited to support the governing body due to their valued knowledge and / or experience. An invited voluntary member is invited to attend meetings and may be involved in the work the governing body do to support its functions but is not a governor nor an associate member and has no voting rights.

The DfE guidance states that diversity data relating to the members of the governing body should be widely accessible to members of the school community and public. As this is non-statutory, the governing body are awaiting further guidance before publishing this information.

Register of Governors’ Interests

Name	Name of Business Including: · governor elsewhere (please include school name) · related / married to member of staff (please include staff name) · employed at school	Nature of Business	Nature of Interest	Date of Appointment or Acquisition	Date of Cessation of Interest
Amy Adair
Bev Angel	HM Revenue & Customs	Fraud Investigation	Employee	27/10/2003
Georgina Cartwright	Friends of Netley Abbey Infant School	Charity to raise funds for the children	Trustee – Treasurer
Debbie Cenaj

Val Fowler	Employed by the School	Staff Member
Jay Hansell	Employed by the School	Staff Member
Susannah Marsh
Alexandra McLeonards
Shirley Nicholas-Bond	Employed by the School	Staff Member
Stephen Whale
Tracy Wynn
Sadie Thompson

The Federation of Netley Abbey Infant and Junior Schools - Attendance

Y = Attended, N = Apologies Accepted, NA = Apologies not Accepted, NS = No Apologies sent

Federation of Netley Abbey Infant and Junior Schools – 2023- 2024

Full Governing Body Meetings 2023-24

Governor	Governor Type	Total potential meetings	Attended	Apologies	Absent
Amy Adair	Parent governor	9	6 (66%)	3	0
Bev Angel	Co-opted governor	9	7 (78%)	2	0
Georgina Cartwright	Parent governor	9	9 (100%)	0	0
Debbie Cenaj	Co-opted governor	9	8 (89%)	1	0
Rosie Earle	Invited voluntary member	9	8 (89%)	1	0
Valerie Fowler	Staff governor	9	7 (78%)	2	0
Jay Hansell	Co-opted governor	9	8 (89%)	1	0
Rosie Leversidge	Invited voluntary member	9	9 (100%)	0	0
Susannah Marsh	Co-opted governor	9	6 (66%)	3	0
Alex McLeonards	Local Authority governor	9	9 (100%)	0	0
Shirley Nicholas-Bond	Headdteacher	9	4 (44%)
Jane Parker	Clerk	9	9 (100%)	0	0
Sadie Thompson	Co-opted governor	9	8 (89%)	1	0
Stephen Whale	Co-opted governor	9	8 (89%)	1	0
Tracy Wynn	C-opted governor	9	8 (89%)	1	0

Governor Attendance Finance Committee 2023-24

Governor	Governor Type	Total potential meetings	Attended	Apologies	Absent
Bev Angel	Co-opted governor	6	6 (100%)	3	0
Georgina Cartwright	Parent governor	6	5 (83%)	2	0
Debbie Cenaj	Co-opted governor	6	6 (100%)	0	0
Shirley Nicholas-Bond	Headdteacher	6	5 (83%)	1	0

Meeting attendance is updated annually at the end of the academic year.