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Wessex Gardens Primary & Nursery School

Wessex Gardens Primary & Nursery School

Governors

School Governing Body

                       

Members of our Governing Body

Name  Appointing Body  First Appointed  Term start  Term end 

Antonia  Alexandrou

Governing Body

21 Jul 2022

21 Jul 2022

20 Jul 2026

Ellie Archer

Governing Body

19 Jul 2023

19 Jul 2023

18 Jul 2027

Ruth Charteris

(Vice Chair)

Governing Body

25 Mar 2015

26 Mar 2024

25 Mar 2028

Dariya Glazer

Governing Body

23 Nov 2016

24 Nov 2020

28 Nov 2028

Sam Hale

Governing Body

19 Jul 2023

19 Jul 2023

18 Jul 2027

Dinah Okolie

Governing Body

19 Jul 2023

19 Jul 2023

18 Jul 2027

Leila  Sharif

Governing Body

26 Mar 2024

26 Mar 2024

25 Mar 2028

Jacqui Zinkin

(Chair)

Governing Body

16 07 2019

19 Jul 2023

18 Jul 2027

Alexander Banks

(Headteacher)

Ex-Officio (HT)

01 Sep 2016

 

 

Jill Summers

LEA

01 Sep 2016

25 Mar 2025

24 Mar 2033

Tatyana Arbuzova

Parents/carers

08 Mar 2021

08 Mar 2021

07 Mar 2025    

Bless Sala

Parents/carers 

12 Mar 2024

26 Mar 2024

25 Mar 2028

 

The Governing Body are the strategic leaders of our school and have a vital role to play in making sure that every child gets the best possible education. The Governing Body has a strong focus on three core strategic functions:

  • Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
  • Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
  • Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure best value is achieved in all budget areas

In doing so, the Governing Body undertake the following key activities:

  • Understand our school
  • Set our school’s strategic direction
  • Commission action
  • Performance manage our school leaders
  • Check if we are fit for purpose
  • Take measures to prevent a deficit budget

The Governing Body reconstituted in 2016 and there are now fourteen voting governors and up to two non-voting associate governors:

  • Two staff governors comprising the headteacher and one governor elected by the staff.
  • Two parent governors elected by the parents.
  • One local authority governor proposed by the local authority and appointed by the Governing Body.
  • Nine co-opted governors who are appointed by the other governors based on their experience and contribution
  • Two associate (non-voting) governors

CLERK TO THE GOVERNING BODY
Rekita Sparrow
Governance Services
Haringey Council
River Park House, 3rd Floor
London N22 8HQ
Telephone: 020 8489 5030
Email: school.governors@haringey.gov.uk

The formal business of the governors, such as approving budgets and agreeing polices, takes place at the termly full Governing Body meeting, but most of the work of the governing body is done through day-to-day interaction with the school, and in its three committees:

  • Curriculum Committee oversees the teaching and learning within the school, monitoring the levels of attainment and achievement by the children as well as safeguarding and pastoral care (termly meeting)
  • Finance and Premises Committee ensures that the school's funds are being properly used, and that the building and grounds are attractive and well maintained (half-termly meeting)
  • Staffing Committee oversees the staff structure and performance (termly meeting)