Governors
The smooth running of a successful school is the Partnership with parents and the community as well as our strong, skilled Governing Body facilitates the smooth running of our successful school.
The Governing Body work in close partnership with the school, and their role is essentially a strategic one: managing the budget and staffing, and helping the school to set and achieve its long-term and strategic aims.
Claygate's Governors are from five categories: parent governors, co-opted governors, a staff governor (plus the Headteacher), a local authority governor and two foundation governors of the Ember Learning Trust. Claygate's Governing Body also has Associate Members, who are not full governors but share their expertise at full GB and committee meetings. All governors serve for a four year term.
Claygate has a very active Governing Body, and all governors visit the school regularly and have active links with classes and subjects.
The Co-Chairs of the Governing Body are Brian Howells and Linda Wells, the Vice Chair is Mark Aulds. The position of Clerk is currently available.
Governing Body, as at September 2019:
|
Mr Mark Aulds |
Parent Governor Coopted Governor |
Vice Chair (Sep 2016) Health & Safety Monitoring Resources committee |
21 March 2013 21 March 2017 |
20 March 2021 |
|
Ms Sandra Cunningham |
Head Teacher |
Ex Officio Pay Committee Resources Committee |
01 September 2018 |
|
|
Mrs Aine Gee |
Staff Governor |
Not Applicable |
13 December 2017 |
12 December 2021 |
|
Mr William Harvey |
Associate Member Foundation Governor |
Website Monitoring |
10 March 2015 20 June 2018 02 May 2018 (status change) |
20 June 2022 |
|
Mr Brian George Howells |
Coopted Governor Foundation Governor |
Co-chair of Governors Sept 2018 SEND Headteacher Review Panel |
3 May 2007 25 November 2014 02 May 2018 (status change) |
24 November 2018 20 June 2022 |
|
Mr Andrew Paterson |
Coopted Governor |
Resources Committee Pay Committee |
25 November 2014 |
24 November 2018 |
|
Mrs Helena Tuffin |
Parent Governor |
Health and Safety Monitoring SEND |
23 November 2017 |
22 November 2021 |
|
Mrs Linda Wells |
Coopted Governor |
Co-Chair of Governors Sept 2018 Headteacher Review Panel |
01 June 2013 25 November 2014 |
24 November 2018 |
|
Mrs Catherine Wotton |
Parent Governor |
Child Protection/ Safeguarding Training |
14 January 2016 |
13 January 2020 |
| Mrs Ada Rugg | LA governor |
Child Protection Safeguarding |
26 September 2018 | 06 January 2020 |
| Mrs Katy Kidd | Parent Governor | 02 May 2019 | 01 May 2023 | |
| Mrs Jo Farthing | Co-opted Governor | 21 November 2018 | 20 November 2022 | |
| Sarah Fry | Co-opted Governor | Resources committee | June 2019 | June 2023 |
| Helen Snowden | Co-opted Governor | 25 September 2019 | 24 September 2023 | |
| Chris Hawley | Associate member | 25 September 2019 | 24 September 2023 | |
| Terry Ha | Associate member | 25 September 2019 | 24 September 2023 |
Governors who have served since September 2016:
| Name and Category of Governor |
Committees/ responsibilities |
Date of appointment | Attendance 2016/2017 | Relevant business & pecuniary interests & other governorships |
|
Mr Mark Aulds Co-opted Governor |
Vice Chair of GB; Resources Committee; H&S | 21/03/2013 | 100% | Trustee 1st Claygate Scouts Group; Trustee Esher District Scouts Executive; Trustee and Chair, Friends of Claygate Primary School |
|
Ms Sinead Clark Parent Governor |
23/1/2017 | N/A | ||
|
Mrs Aine Gee Staff Governor |
12/12/2017 | N/A | ||
|
Mr Andrew Gilchrist Parent Governor |
SEND, Data Analysis |
18/12/2013-22/11/2017 | 100% | |
|
Mrs Victoria Hewett Co-opted Governor |
25/11/2014 | 83% | ||
|
Mr Brian Hornsby Co-opted Governor |
Resources Committee (Chair); Staffing Working Group (Chair) | 22/09/2015 | 83% | Treasurer, Claygate Recreation Ground Trust |
|
Mr Brian Howells Co-opted Governor |
Chair of Head Teacher Appraisal | 25/11/2014 (Governor since 2007) | 100% | Trustee, Holy Trinity Church; Trustee, Claygate Village Hall Association, Trustee, The Dylan Howells Foundation |
|
Mrs June Lynch Co-opted Governor |
Pay Committee; Link for Training; Safeguarding | 25/11/2014 (Governor since 2002) | 100% | |
| Mr Andrew Patterson | Pay Committee, Resources Committee |
25/11/2014 (Governor since 2003) |
83% | |
|
Mrs Rowena Sisterson Staff Governor |
04/02/2014-31/08/2017 | 100% | ||
|
Mr Darryl Taylor Head Teacher (Ex Officio) |
All Committees | 01/09/1997 | 100% | Trustee; Friends of Claygate Primary School |
|
Mrs Helena Tuffin Parent Governor |
23/11/2017 | N/A | ||
|
Mrs Linda Wells Co-opted Governor |
Chair of Governing Body, Head Teacher Appraisal | 25/11/2014 (Governor since 2013) | 100% | Trustee; Claygate Village Assocation |
|
Mrs Catherine Wotton Parent Governor |
Staffing Working Group, Safeguarding | 14/01/2016 | 100% | Trustee; Friends of Claygate Primary School |
|
Mrs Nicola Perrin Associate Member |
Resources Committee, Pay Committee (Chair), Head Teacher Appraisal, Staffing Working Group | 10/03/2015 | 67% | |
|
Mr William Harvey Associate Member |
Partnership Working Group | 10/03/2015 | 100% |