Governors
Pelham's Board of Governors meets termly to discuss progress across the spectrum of school activities.
The statutory roles of the Governors are to:
In addition, every governor serves on at least one of two committees: Resources or Curriculum, Standards and Learning (CSL). These committees also meet termly and provide reports to Board meetings.
Governors regularly visit the school to participate in lessons, school council meetings and PTA events.
Governors produce a termly newsletter for parents, summarising decisions made at Board meetings. Please click the link below to read the latest newsletter.
Governors' Newsletter (Spring 2024)
Annual Governance Statement
This statement is for parents and staff, to explain how Pelham’s governing body is constituted; how it operates and how it met its responsibilities over the academic year 2023-24
Governors Annual Governance Statement - document pending
The Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) framework applies to maintained schools. It provides a standard template for schools to present information about their income and expenditure by financial years.
The information supports bench-marking and enables comparisons with similar schools.
To view the CSF for Pelham, please click here
The Governing Body
Chair
Vice-Chair
Carl Rautenbach
Clerk
Jane Dowek
CSL Committee (Curriculum Standards and Learning)
Katy Neep (Link Governor - SEND)
Emma Greer (Headteacher)
Melissa Thomlinson (Chair)
Rafiel Sunmonu (Link Governor - Diveristy)
Melissa Thomlinson (Link Governor - KS2)
Johnathan Cooper
Zoe Motabhoy
Kath Vanhegan (Link Governor - Sustainability and EYFS)
Resources Committee
Katy Neep
Emma Greer (Headteacher)
Carl Rautenbach (Chair)
Pippa Malek (Staff)
Jo Sykes
Shabana Imran
Stuart Turner (Safeguarding Governor)
Specific Roles and Responsibilities
Premises, Health and Safety Governor
Kath Vanhegan
Special Education Needs (SEND) Governor
Katy Neep
Finance and Data Protection Governor
Carl Rautenbach
HR and Well-being Governor
Carl Rautenbach
Training Governor
Carl Rautenbach
Income Generation Governor
TBC
Safe-guarding Governors
Stuart Turner
Carl Rautenbach
Attendance
For a summary of Governor attendance at meetings for 2023-24, please click here
Declaration of Interest
Governors in local authority maintained schools have to publish a register of interest to includes relevant business interests, other schools they govern and relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives.