School Governors
Who are we?
Gayhurst, Kingsmead and Mandeville school work in partnership to ensure outstanding outcomes for all the children of our schools and beyond. In June 2017 the schools became a three school federation and now we have one governing body across the three schools.
The governing body are mostly volunteers, meeting regularly and working closely with the Executive Headteacher and the senior leadership team to help the schools develop successfully and to promote high standards of educational achievement.
The Governing body is made up of the school’s Executive Headteacher, Local Authority governors and co-opted governors, elected parents and elected staff members. Together, our primary concern is for the welfare of the schools as a whole and we operate within a standard Code of Conduct for those involved in aspects of public life.
Ian Mullaney
Co-opted
Sophie Lejeune
Co-opted
Gillian Brady
Local Authority
Chair
Sami Tatar
Co-opted
Shanielle Shrouder
Parent Governor
Michelle Salerno
Parent Governor
Vice Chair
Oliver Elgie
Co-opted
Asha Parmar
Co-opted
Kaltum Yusuf
Staff Governor
Louise Nichols
Executive Head
Kemi Owolabi
Co-opted
The Chair of Governors, Gillian Brady, is a Local Authority governor who is a School Improvement Advisor. The vice chair of governors is Michelle Salerno. Below is a list of all the Governors.
Membership of the Governing Body*
|
Name |
Type |
Appointed by |
|---|---|---|
|
Louise Nichols |
Exec Head Gov |
ex-officio |
|
Ian Mullaney |
Co-opted |
GB |
|
Asha Parmar |
Co-opted |
GB |
| Sami Tatar | Co-opted | GB |
|
Gillian Brady (Chair) |
LA Governor |
GB |
| Sophie Lejeune | Co-opted | GB |
| Shanielle Shrouder | Parent Governor | Elected |
| Oliver Elgie | Co-opted | GB |
| Michelle Salerno (Vice Chair) | Parent Governor | Elected |
| Kemi Owolabi | Co-opted | GB |
| Vacancy | Co-opted | GB |
| Vacancy | Co-opted | GB |
| Kaltum Yusuf | Staff Governor | Elected |
|
Evelyn Deeney |
Associate |
GB |
|
Marc Thompson |
Associate |
GB |
| Karen Pedro | Associate | GB |
|
Cyrilene Malcolm |
Associate |
GB |
|
Henry Dimbleby |
Associate |
GB |
| Michael Judge | Associate | GB |
| Anna Schabel | Associate | GB |
| Katherine Turely | Associate | GB |
Clerk to governing body and committees: Susan Moyse
*Full details of the Governing body membership can be found on the page to the left hand side titled: Governing Body Structure and Register of Interests
What do we do?
The responsibilities of the governors include:
- Setting strategic direction, objectives and targets for the school
- Reviewing progress against the budget, plans and targets
- Approving the school budget s
- Acting as ‘critical friends’ to senior school staff, to both support and challenge as appropriate
- Appointing the head teacher
- Developing and reviewing school policies
Across all three schools, each year group has been allocated a ‘link governor’. That governor will liaise closely with the children and teachers to follow in more detail the development of that year group as they progress through school.
Committees
The newly federated governing body consists of three committees made up of the wider governing body as listed here:
|
Finance, Premises & Personnel |
Curriculum & Inclusion |
Standards |
|---|---|---|
|
Voting Members: 2. Gill Brady 4. Ian Mullaney 5. Asha Parmar 6. Sami Tatar
Cyrilene Malcolm Henry Dimbleby Anna Schabel |
Voting Members: 4. Michelle Salerno (Chair) 5. Kaltum Yusuf
Karen Pedro Evelyn Deeney Marc Thompson Katherine Turley Michael Judge Henry Dimbleby |
Voting Members: 4. Asha Parmar
Karen Pedro Evelyn Deeney Marc Thompson
|
Link governor responsibilities are listed below:
- Health, mental health and wellbeing - Asha Parmar
- Safeguarding – Gillian Brady
- Health & Safety - Sami Tatar
- Special educational needs & disability (SEND) & Looked after children (LAC) – Ian Mullaney
- Early Years / Foundataion Stage (EYFS) - Sophie Lejeune
- Creativity - Michelle Salerno
- Pupil Premium grant (PPG) & catch up funding - Sami Tatar
- Reading - Gillian Brady
- Governor Training - Michelle Salerno
How can you let us know what you think?
In any of the schools please send mail to us via the school office or email us at admin@gayhurst.hackney.sch.uk, admin@kingsmead.hackney.sch.uk or mdvoffice@mandeville.hackney.sch.uk with the subject line 'for the attention of the chair of governors'.
