Governance
For details of the Members and Directors of The Howard Academy Trust, please click here
Chair of Governors: Barbara Fincham - 01/12/2019 (contactable via the School Office)
Vice Chair of Governors: Jon Rye (Parent) – 01/12/2019
Other members:
Acting Headteacher: Deanne Daburn
Headteacher: Martin McCusker
Cathy Reid (The Howard Academy Trust)
David Giles (Community) – 18/05/2020
Sue Lamb (Community) - 01/05/2018
Rae Brailsford-Hart (Parent) – 01/12/2019
Paul Chaplin (Community) - 18/05/2020
Clerk to Governors: Mrs Anne Rose
Each Governor is responsible for the monitoring of a key area of the school
Health and Safety - Barbara Fincham
Finance - David Giles
Sports Funding - Jon Rye
Safeguarding, SEN Behaviour and Safety - Barbara Fincham
Safeguarding, Health and Safety - Sue Lamb
Performance and Curriculum - Cathy Reid
Staff wellbeing and professional development - Paul Chaplin
Scrutiny and professional development - Rae Brailsford-Hart
Curriculum and emotional wellbeing - Jon Rye
Governing Body Composition:
The constitution for the Local Academy Board is:
2 parent governors, headteacher, 1 staff governor, 1 Trust governor and 4 community 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 2017/18 | |||
| Rae Brailsford-Hart Parent Governor | 04/12/2015 |
Board Resources Committee |
75% 100% |
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| Declaration of Business Interest | Nil | |||||
| Paul Chaplin Community Governor | 18/05/2015 |
Board Resources Committee |
25% 50%
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| Declaration of Business Interest |
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| Deanne Daburn Acting Headteacher | ||||||
| Declaration of Business Interest | Son employed at The Howard School | |||||
| 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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| David Giles Community Governor | 18/05/2016 |
Board Resources Committee |
100% 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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| Sue Lamb | 01/05/2018 | Board | 50% | |||
| Declaration of Business Interest | Medway Early Years Ltd: EYFS Consultant | |||||
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| Declaration of Business Interest | NUT: Member from 2012 | |||||
| Martin McCusker Headteacher |
Board Resources Committee Curriculum Committee |
100% 100%
100% |
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| Declaration of Business Interest | NASUWT: Member from Nov 2002; Member of NAHT from Jan 2017 | |||||
| Cathy Reid Appointed by Trust | 01/12/2015 |
Board Curriculum Committee Resources Committee |
100% 33.3%
50% |
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| Declaration of Business Interest | Nil | |||||
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Jon Rye Parent Governor |
04/12/2015 |
Board Curriculum Committee |
50% 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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| 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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| Becky Leng | 01/12/2015 to 25/06/2018 |
Board 50% Curriculum Committee 50% |
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| Declaration of Business Interest | NUT: Member from 2012 | |||||
| Antony Sales | 18/05/2016 to 20/07/2018 |
Board 100% Resources Committee 66.6% Curriculum Committee 33.3% |
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| Declaration of Business Interest | Balfour Beatty: employee | |||||
All correspondence should be directed to Mrs Barbara Fincham, Chair of Governors, c/o Temple Mill Primary School