Governing Body Composition
The constitution for the Local Academy Board is:
Headteacher, Co-Head of School, 2 parent governors, 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.
The Local Academy Body of Temple Mill Primary School
Each governor is responsible for the monitoring of a key area of the school. Their responsibilities are listed below.
- Lisa Lewis (Head of School)
- Barbara Fincham (Trust Appointed - Chair of Governors)
- Ashley Butters (Parent)
- Sue Lamb (Trust Appointed - Vice-Chair of Governors)
- Patricia Emerick (Trust Appointed)
- Kirsten Collis (Staff)
Terms of Reference for our Local Academy Board can be found here.
For details of the Members and Directors of The Howard Academy Trust please click here.
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 | Relevant Business & Pecuniary Interests (including governance roles in other education institutions) |
Attendance record at meetings for the academic year ('22-'23) |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs Lisa Lewis (Head of School) Appointed: Ongoing |
None Declared | 3 of 4 |
| Barbara Fincham (Chair of Governors/Trust Appointed) Appointed: 01/11/2019 |
Retired Robert Napier School: Governor - (Vice Chair, Welfare and SG Lead) Schools forum Member Phoenix Primary School: Governor - (SG Lead) Independent Review Panel and Admission Appeals for KCC |
4 of 4 |
| Ashley Butters (Parent) Appointed: 22/01/2020 |
None Declared | 2 of 4 |
| Sue Lamb (Trust Appointed) Appointed: 07/06/2022 |
Medway Early Years Ltd: EYFS Consultant, C/O Crest Infant and Nursery School Contracts offered - One off First Aid training day for Temple Mill Paediatric First Aid Level 3 Certificated course Chattenden: Governing Body (02/10/2019) - Expires 2023 St Helen C/E: Governing Body (02/10/2019) - Expires 2023 |
4 of 4 |
| Patricia Emerick (Trust Appointed) Appointed: 07/06/2022 |
Undertake 11 plus invigilation, not for Temple Mill but for other schools Governor of Robert Napier Secondary School - joined June 2016 |
3 of 4 |
| Kirsten Collis (Staff) Appointed: 22/11/2022 |
Barbara Fincham - family friend | 3 of 3 |
| Owen McColgan (Accounting Officer/CEO) | Medway Academy of Performing Arts (Partner from 03/01/2020) Inspiring Change MAT (Member from 12/12/2018) Featherby Infants & Junior School (Governor from 08/09/2020) Ofsted Inspector |
N/A |
Past Governors |
||
|
Paul Chaplin (Trust Appointed) |
None Declared | N/A |
|
David Bignell (Co-Head of School) |
Medway Early Years: Spouse is a Manager (from 01/09/2018) Medway Mindfulness: Sole Trader (from 01/01/2018) |
N/A |
|
Nicola Caselton (Staff) |
AHT and SENCO at Temple Mill Primary School |
1 of 1 |
| Rae Brailsford-Hart (Parent) Appointed: 02/10/2019 Resigned: 03/07/2023 |
Civil Servant | 1 of 3 |
|
Wendy Rogers (Trust Appointed) Term of office not renewed |
Kent County Council: Employee  (from 1994) Rochester Museum: Spouse of Employee (from 1998) Thomas Aveling: Governor (from 2012) |
0 of 4 |
Last Updated: 1st April 2023
All correspondence should be directed to Mrs Barbara Fincham, Chair of Governors, c/o Temple Mill Primary School