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Statutory Governor information

The Governing Body is responsible for the overseeing the work that needs to be done to ensure everything is in place for the School. The Governing Body has 11 members.

We are always keen to welcome new members, so if you would like to get involved and are interested in joining the Governing Body place contact the school office 0118 9265493

If you would like to ask the governors a question please see the link to a form   https://forms.office.com/r/n3L972NxxV

Below is a list of our current governing body and the following useful information.

  • The structure of the governing body and any committees, and the full names of the chair of each.
  • The details of each governor who has served at any point over the past 12 months.
  • Any relevant business and pecuniary interests.
  • Any governance roles in other educational institutions
  • Any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff (including spouses, partners and close relatives)
  • The attendance record at governing body and committee meetings over the last academic year.

Highwood Primary School Governing Body

Name

Category

Position(s)

Committee(s)

Mr Matt Hickey

Headteacher

Headteacher

QE & RES

Vacancy

Local Authority

 

 

Vacancy

Staff

 

 

Mrs Kay Bridges

Co-opted

Vice Chair of Governors, Health & Safety, Reading

QE & RES

Mr Rehan Kamal

Co-opted

Chair of Resources, Sports Premium

RES

Mrs Wendy Sabaroche

Co-opted

Chair of Governors, Development governor, HTPM, ICT Strategy, The Key

QE

Dr Lois Beaver Co-opted Chair of QE, Speech & Language Resource governor, Catch-up Premium, GDPR, SEN, Inclusion, Safeguarding, PP, LAC, Reading  QE & RES
Vacancy Co-opted    
Mrs Jen Ravindran Parent    
Vacancy Co-opted    
Vacancy Parent    

Terms Of Office and Attendance

Classification

Start Date

End Date

Attendance 2022/2023

Voting rights

 

FGB

QE

RES

 

Parent Elected

       

 

Mrs Jen Ravindran 29.03.2022 28.03.2026 40% n/a 67% Yes
Vacancy          

LA Appointed

       

 

Vacancy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Member Appointed

       

 

Mr Rehan Kamal

    04.12.2023

03.12.2027

80%

n/a

100%

YES

Dr Lois Beaver     16.07.2022 15.07.2026 100% 75% 100% YES
Mrs Kay Bridges     30.10.2023 29.10.2027 100% 75% n/a YES
Mrs Wendy Sabaroche   20.03.2023 19.03.2027 100% 100% 100% YES
Vacancy          
Vacancy          

Headteacher

       

 

Mr Matt Hickey

01.09.2014

 

100%

100%

100%

YES

Staff Elected

       

 

Vacancy

Members Who Have Served In The Past 12 Months

   

 

Mrs Jen Vinton, Dr Anne Love, Mrs Zahida Younis      

FGB: Full Governing Body | QE: Quality of Education | RES: Resources: Staffing & Finance

We have 2 main sub-committees of Resources and Quality of Education. We also have other committees which meet as required. Pay, HTPM and ICT Strategy

Register of Business Interests - 2023 - 2024

Governor

Business

Interest

Date Recorded

Mrs Wendy Sabaroche

CGI IT company

 

17.10.2021

Mr Matt Hickey Bulmershe Gym & KJM childcare   06.10.2021
Mrs Jen Ravindran Mace consult Ltd   01.04.2022

Governance Roles in Other Educational Institutions

Governor

Role

Date Recorded