Governors

Welcome to our Governors’ section.

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

Kingsmoor Lower School Governors

As a Governing Body, we are dedicated to ensuring the pupils at Kingsmoor Lower School receive the best
education possible. We are committed to continually improve the teaching and learning experience of our
children, to ensure the pupils receive a broad, balanced, creative curriculum. We strive to create an
environment where pupils can access a wide variety of opportunities to help them achieve their full
potential.
What do we do?
The Governing Body takes a strategic role in the running of the schools. This involves:

• working with the Head Teacher to ensure high quality teaching and standards across the school

• acting as a critical friend by asking questions, challenging expectations and pushing for improvements

• agreeing the schools strategy for development

• monitoring and reviewing progress towards the schools aims and objectives

• agreeing policies

• ensuring health and safety standards are adhered to, so that we can create a safe and supportive
environment for our pupils to learn in

• managing the school’s budget

• promoting the interests of the school and the pupils in the wider community

Who are we?
The Governing Body consists of parent governors, community governors, Local Authority governors and
staff governors, including the Head Teacher. We work closely together and in partnership with other
agencies, to support the development of the school. All governors are volunteers.
Parent Governors
Staff Governors
Community Governors
Local Authority appointed Governors

We welcome your questions and feedback at any time. Please feel free to contact us through the school office

Our current Governing Body is made up as follows:

Name	Category/Role	Term	Date Appointed	Expires	Committee Membership
Simon Cliff-Reid	Parent Chair of FGB Chair of FGB Co-Opted	4Years 1 Year 1 Year 2Years	01/2015 10/ 2017 11/ 2018 03/2019	01/2019 10/2018 11/2019 03/2021	Finance Curriculum
Natasha Biddles	Parent Vice Chair of FGB	4 Years 1 Year	03/2017 10/2017	03/2021 10/2018	Chair of Curriculum
Jessica Suffling	Staff Associate Staff Governor	4 years	02/2018 04/2019	04/2019 04/2021	Finance Curriculum
John Peters	LA Governor	4 Years	12/2017	12/2021	Chair of Finance Curriculum
Caroline Jenkins	Headteacher	n/a	01/2018	n/a	Finance Curriculum
Stephanie Hall	Parent Vice Chair	4 Years 1 Year	09/2018 11/2018	09/2022 11/2019	Finance Curriculum
Fiona Ball	Parent	4 Years	03/2019	03/2023	Finance Curriculum
Mark Osborn	Associate Member Co-opted	2 terms 2 years	03/2019 09/2019	09/2019 09/2021	Associate Member Co-opted
Gill Dimery	Staff Associate	2 years	09/2019	09/2021

Full Governing Body Attendance 2018 - 2019

Name	Percentage of Eligible Meetings Attended
Simon Cliff-Reid (Chair)	100
Natasha Biddles	100
Rebecca Fossey	66.67
Jessica Suffling	100
John Peters	100
Caroline Jenkins	100
Lulu Stanier-Martin	100
Fiona Ball	100
Mark Osborn	100
Stephanie Hall	100

Finance Committee Attendance 2018 - 2019

Name	Percentage of Eligible Meetings Attended
Simon Cliff-Reid	66.67
John Peters (Chair)	100
Caroline Jenkins	100
Jessica Suffling	100
Stephanie Hall	100
Fiona Ball	100

Curriculum Committee Attendance 2018 - 2019

Name	Percentage of Eligible Meetings Attended
Rebecca Fossey	100
Simon Cliff-Reid	100
Natasha Biddles (Chair)	100
Jessica Suffling	100
Lulu Stanier-Martin	100
Caroline Jenkins	100
Mark Osborn	100
John Peters	0
Stephanie Hall	100
Fiona Ball	100

Pay Committee Attendance 2017 - 2018

Name	Percentage of Eligible Meetings Attended
Janine Graham (Chair)	100
Matthew Dear	50
Simon Cliff-Reid	100
Philip Nichols	100

Governors Declaration of Interest September 2019

Name	Position	Nature of interest	Date interest was registered	Date interest ceased	Notes
Simon Cliff-Reid	Chair Ex-Parent Governor Co-Opted Governor Member of Finance and Curriculum Committees	Child attending school Class Teacher - Springfield Primary School Employee - Woodland Middle School	16/10/2017 01/10/2018 19/09/2019	19/09/2019
Caroline Jenkins	Headteacher Member of Finance and Curriculum Committees	None
Natasha Biddles	Vice-Chair Parent Governor Joint Chair of Curriculum Committee	Support staff at Priory Academy, Dunstable Member of Friends of Kingsmoor Child attending school	01/12/2017
Jessica Suffling	Staff Governor Member Finance and Curriculum Committees	Child attending school	24/01/2018
John Peters	LA Governor Chair of Finance Committee and member of Curriculum Committee	Children attending school Immediate family member employed by Kingsmoor Lower School	12/01/2018 17/09/2019
Stephanie Hall	Parent Governor Joint Chair of Curriculum Committee, Chair of Pay Committee and member of Finance Committee	Children attending school Business Development Lead at Milliman LLP	10/07/2018 05/09/2019
Fiona Ball	Parent Governor Member of Finance, Pay and Curriculum Committees	Child attending school	26/03/2019
Mark Osborn	Co-Opted Governor Member of Finance, Pay and Curriculum Committees	Employed by Secureworks Child attending school	05/05/2019
Gill Dimery	Staff Associate Member of Finance Committee with voting rights	None
Rebecca Fossey	Co-Opted Governor Member of Curriculum Committee	Early Years Support Team, Advisory Teacher Child attending school	10/11/2017	19/07/2019	Resigned
Lulu Stanier-Martin	Staff Governor Member Curriculum Committee	Class teacher at Kingsmoor Lower School	15/10/2018	05/04/2019	Resigned

Record of Review (to be conducted by the clerk)

Date	08/02/2018	20/07/2018	16/11/2018	01/04/2019	01/05/2019	17/05/2019	19/09/2019
Clerk	Sarah Akroyd	Sarah Akroyd	Sarah Gayfer	Sarah Gayfer	Sarah Gayfer	Sarah Gayfer	Sarah Gayfer

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