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Itchen Abbas Primary School

Meet the Governors

Who are the Governors of Itchen Abbas Primary School for the academic year 2023-24?

Pecuniary interests

Governors also certify that they have declared to the best of their knowledge, all beneficial interests which they, their relatives and other individuals closely connected with them have with businesses or other organisation’s which may have dealings with the school. This declaration is signed annually, and checked at each meeting of the Board of Governors.  Any pecuniary interests have been declared and viewed by clicking on their profile above. 

Safeguarding

Keeping children safe is a key role of the governors. All Governors complete the Child Protection training and are familiar with Keeping Children Safe in Education.  Our Safeguarding Governor is Karen Tregunna.  Her role includes checking the Single Central Register of staff and volunteers on a regular basis, assisting in the recruitment of new staff, as part of her Safer Recruitment role, and meeting with the Headteacher to audit the school's safeguarding provision and complete the annual Safeguarding return to DfE.

Who are we?

Every school is required to have a governing body and school governors are drawn from different parts of the community.  This helps to ensure that the governing body has sufficient diversity of views and experience.  At any time, our governing body will have a mix of each of these types of governors:

  • Co-opted governors
  • Local Authority governor
  • Parent governors
  • Headteacher
  • Staff governor

Each autumn the governing body elects a chairperson and vice chairperson for the coming year and new parent governors are elected as required.  This year, the role of Chair of Governors is shared between Sharon Priest and Rachael Cowling.  The key responsibilities of each governor are set out below.

 

Sam Robbins - Staff Governor

Name: Sam Robbins
Pecuniary Interests: None
Category: Staff Governor
Appointed by: Staff
Term
(Years and end date)

4 years

September 2027

Committee Membership: None
Responsibilities:

Training

Rob Bogan - Headteacher

Name                                Rob Bogan  
Pecuniary Interests:          None  
Category:                           Head Teacher  
Appointed by:                     Ex-officio  
Term                                    N/A
(Years and end date)
 
Committee Membership:   N/A  
Responsibilities:                 N/A  

Barbara Dobson - Co-Opted

Name: Barbara Dobson
Pecuniary Interests: None
Category: Co-opted
Appointed by: Governing Body
Term
(Years and end date)

4 years 

July 2026

Committee Membership: Resources
Responsibilities:

Governor Mentor, Health & Safety, School Council

Jo Smith (Clerk) 

Name:                                          Jo Smith  
Pecuniary Interests:                    None  
Category:                                     Clerk  
Appointed by:                              Governing Body  

Term 

(Years & End date)                       N/A

 
Committee Membership:             N/A  
Responsibilities                            N/A
 

Tom Stannard - Parent 

Name:                                         Tom Stannard  

Pecuniary Interests:                   N/A

 

Category:                                   Parent  
Appointed by:                            Parents  

Term:                                          4 years

(Years & End date)                    November 2025

 
Committee Membership:          N/A  

Responsibilities:        PE & Sports Premium

 

Co-Chair - Sharon Priest - Co-opted 

Name Sharon Priest
Pecuniary Interests:   None
Category: Co-opted
Appointed by: Governors

Term:

(Year & End date)

4 Years

September 2027

Committee Membership: Resources
Responsibilities:

Co-Chair, SEN, Inclusion, LAC, PP, HT performance, Personal Development, PSHE, EYFS, SENCo, Phonics

Co-Chair - Rachael Cowling - Co-opted 

Name Rachael Cowling
Pecuniary Interests:   None
Category: Co-opted
Appointed by: Governing Body

Term:

(Year & End date)

4 Years

October 2026

Committee Membership: Resources
Responsibilities: Co-Chair, Finance Audit, Leadership and Management, Maths

Debbie Collins - Co-opted 

Name Debbie Collins
Pecuniary Interests:   None
Category: Co-opted
Appointed by: Governing Body

Term:

(Year & End date)

4 Years

September 2027

Committee Membership: None
Responsibilities: School Council, Art, DT

Becky Cook - Co-opted 

Name Becky cook
Pecuniary Interests:   None
Category: Co-opted
Appointed by: Governing Body

Term:

(Year & End date)

4 Years

September 2027

Committee Membership: None
Responsibilities: Wellbeing (children, staff, HT), Behaviour and Attitudes, Geography, History

Matt Kurton - Parents 

Name Matt Kurton
Pecuniary Interests:   None
Category: Parents
Appointed by: Parents

Term:

(Year & End date)

4 Years

January 2027

Committee Membership: None
Responsibilities: HT performance, Wellbeing (children, staff, HT), Behaviour and Attitudes, English, Music, French, Communications

Karen Tregunna - LA 

Name Karen Tregunna
Pecuniary Interests:   None
Category: LA
Appointed by: Governing Body

Term:

(Year & End date)

4 Years

January 2027

Committee Membership: None
Responsibilities: Safeguarding, Pupil Welfare, GDPR, Policies, Quality of Education, Science, RE, Computing

At Itchen Abbas, the Governors and the Head Teacher work in partnership and are responsible for the strategic direction of the school.  Governing bodies act within a policy framework which is set by national legislation and they meet formally every half term.

Our Governing Body is made up of 1 Sub Committee called 'The Resources Committee' and is made up of a selection of Governors. 

The committee is responsible for the close monitoring and scrutiny of the schools annual budgetary spend, ensure the school meets its statutory obligations when recruiting and managing staff and ensure the premises and grounds meet all current legislative Health and Safety requirements.  The committee has a Terms of Reference which are agreed annually.

Governors also certify that they have declared to the best of their knowledge, all beneficial interests which they, their relatives and other individuals closely connected with them have with businesses or other organisation’s which may have dealings with the school. This declaration is signed annually, and checked at each meeting of the Board of Governors.  Any pecuniary interests have been declared and viewed by clicking on their profile above. 

Attendance 2022-23

Names

Full Governing Body Resources Committee

 

Number should have attended

Number attended

Number should have attended

Number attended

Will Barrett

4 (resigned)

3

N/A

N/A

Rob Bogan

7

6

2

2

Aimee Dear

7

7

3

3

Barbara Dobson

7

6

5

4

Sharon Priest

7

6

5

5

Verity Greig

2 (resigned)

2

2

1

Jo Smith

7

7

N/A

N/A

Tom Stannard

7

5

N/A

N/A

Rachael Cowling

6

6

2

2

Wendy Rishton

3 (resigned)

2

N/A

N/A

Karen Tregunna

6

6

N/A

N/A

Matt Kurton

4

3

N/A

N/A