Governance
For details of the Members and Directors of The Howard Academy Trust, please click here
Chair of Governors: Barbara Fincham (contactable via the School Office)
Governors:
Head of School: Emma Taylor
Rae Brailsford-Hart (Parent)
Nicola Caselton (Staff)
Paul Chaplin (Co-opted)
Barbara Fincham (Co-opted)
Sue Lamb (Co-opted)
Wendy Rogers (Co-opted)
Clerk to Governors: Mrs Anne Rose
Each Governor is responsible for the monitoring of a key area of the school
Health and Safety, Staff wellbeing and professional development, Health & Safety - Paul Chaplin
Finance - The Howard Academy Trust
Safeguarding, SEN, Behaviour and Safety - Barbara Fincham
Safeguarding, Pupil Premium - Sue Lamb
Scrutiny and Professional Development - Rae Brailsford-Hart
Curriculum and Pupil Behaviour - Wendy Rogers
Governing Body Composition:
The constitution for the Local Academy Board is:
2 parent governors, headteacher, 1 staff governor, 1 Trust governor and 4 co-opted governors.
The quorum shall be 3 governors or, where greater, any one-third (rounded up) of the total number of governors of the LAB.
Meets:
The Local Academy Board will meet at least 3 times a year and otherwise as required.
Members of the Local Academy Board will have at least seven clear days’ notice of the meeting and its agenda, except in the case of an emergency meeting.
The agenda and minutes will be produced by the Clerk to Governors and made available to all members of the Local Academy Board via GovernorHub.
A copy of the minutes, apart from confidential items, will be available in the school office for inspection by parent/carers and staff.
| Name | Appointed | Responsibility | Attendance 18/19 | ||||||
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Emma Taylor Head of School
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12/02/2019 | Board | 100% | ||||||
| Declaration of Business Interest | Nil | ||||||||
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Nicola Caselton Staff Governor
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10/07/2019 | Board | 100% | ||||||
| Declaration of Business Interest | Nil | ||||||||
| Rae Brailsford-Hart Parent Governor | 04/12/2015 |
Board
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100% |
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| Declaration of Business Interest | Nil | ||||||||
| Paul Chaplin Community Governor | 18/05/2016 |
Board
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100%
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| Declaration of Business Interest | Robert Napier School: Governor from 2013 to 22 May 2018 | ||||||||
| Barbara Fincham Community Governor | 01/12/2015 |
Chair Board Resources Committee |
100% 100% |
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| Declaration of Business Interest |
Robert Napier School: Governor from 2006 Featherby Infant School: Governor from 1997 until September 2017 Unison member from 1981 |
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| Sue Lamb | 01/05/2018 | Board | 100% | ||||||
| Declaration of Business Interest | Medway Early Years Ltd: EYFS Consultant | ||||||||
| Wendy Rogers | 05/07/2019 | ||||||||
| Declaration of Business Interest |
Kent County Council: employee from 1994 Rochester Museum (Medway Council): spouse of employee from 1998
Thomas Aveling (Fort Pitt Trust): Governor from 2012 |
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| Paul Morris,Accounting Officer/CEO, The Howard Academy Trust-Declaration of Business Interest |
National College: employee (contracted) from 2016 The Howard School: former employee from 01/09/2007 to 16/11/2017 Barclays Bank: account holder from 1975 Nationwide Building Society from 2015 NatWest from 2015 Skipton Building Society from 2013 The Howard Academy Trust: Member of Finance Personnel & Estates and attendance at Audit, Risk Management & Policy Committees from 10/10/2016 |
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| Governors left in the last 12 months | |||||||||
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Deanne Daburn Acting Head of School |
08/10/2018 to 09/06/2019 |
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| Declaration of Business Interest | Son employed at The Howard School | ||||||||
| David Giles | 18/05/2016 to 10/06/2019 |
Board 100% Resources 100% |
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| Declaration of Business Interest |
Barclays Bank: retired employee Temple Mill Primary School: daughter Deputy HT from July 2016 MUTC: Chair of Post-Ofsted Group and Governors |
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| Becky Leng | 01/12/2015 to 25/06/2018 | ||||||||
| Declaration of Business Interest | NUT: Member from 2012 | ||||||||
| Martin McCusker | left 13/02/2019 |
Board 100% Resources Committee 100% Curriculum Committee 100% |
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| Declaration of Business Interest | NASUWT: Member from Nov 2002; Member of NAHT from Jan 2017 | ||||||||
| Jon Rye | 04/12/2015 to 25/02/2019 |
Board 50% Curriculum Committee 75% |
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| Declaration of Business Interest |
Bubble & Scruff: Director of Education Agency Holcombe Hockey Club: Voluntary Chairman/Director |
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All correspondence should be directed to Mrs Barbara Fincham, Chair of Governors, c/o Temple Mill Primary School