Meet The Governors

Meet The Governors

School governors provide strategic leadership and accountability in schools. Governors appoint the Headteacher/School Leader, Deputy Headteacher and/or Assistant Head Teacher. It is governors who hold the main responsibility for finance in schools, and it is governors who work with the head teacher to make the tough decisions about balancing resources.

Each individual governor is a member of the governing body, which is established in law as a corporate body. Individual governors may not act independently of the rest of the governing body. Decisions are the joint responsibility of the governing body.

The role of the governing body is a strategic one; its key functions are to:

• Set the aims and objectives for the school
• Set the policies for achieving those aims and objectives
• Set the targets for achieving those aims and objectives
• Monitor and evaluate the progress the school is making towards achievement of its aims and objectives
• Be a source of challenge and support to the Headteacher/School Leader (a critical friend)

Corpus Christi’s Governors are:

	Roles and Responsibilities	Business Interests	Member of other Governing Body	Relationship with member of staff
	Neil Galbraith (Chair) Foundation Governor (Term of office 21.11.14 to 20-11-2018), Chair of Governors, SEN/Looked After Child Governor	No	No	No
	Tom Blair (Vice Chair) Foundation Governor (Term of office 31.09.2015 to 30.09.2019) Vice Chair of Governors, Health and Safety Governor, Gifted and Talented Governor.	No	No	No
	Brenda Schouller Executive Head Teacher Governor	No	Executive Head Teacher Governor at St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Portsmouth.	No
	Jane Haywood Staff Governor (Term of office 01.09.15 to 31-08-2019) Governor Induction	No	Yes	No
	Matthew Simpson Parent Governor (Term of office 17.01.2017 to 16.01.2021) SEN Governor	No	No	No
	Natasha Lucas Foundation Governor (Term of office 17.01.2017 to 16.01.2021) Safeguarding and Pupil Premium Governor	No	No	No
	Fr Claro Conde Foundation Governor (Term of office 09.10.2017 to 09.10.2021)	No	No	No
	Catherine Hill Clerk to Governors	No	No	No
	Mary Brier Foundation Governor (Term of Office 22/05/2018 to 21/05/2022) Early Years Governor	No	No	No
	Graziella Drago Foundation Governor (Term of Office 13/12/2018 to 12/12/2022)	No	No	No
	Victoria Dale Parent Governor (Term of Office (Term of Office 19/04/2019 to 20/04/2023)	No	No	No

Associate Governors: Gemma Comerford, Leeanna Cain

Foundation Governors are appointed by the Portsmouth Catholic Diocese

Our associate governors may attend meetings and committees as and when necessary; however, they have no voting rights.  All other governors have voting rights on their committees as listed above.

Should you wish to make a formal complaint, please follow this link: Complaints Policy.