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The governing body exists to provide strong strategic leadership to a school, ensuring accountability for its educational and financial performance.

The Governance Handbook assigns three core functions to the board:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
- Holding leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
- Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.
ANNUAL STATEMENTS OF GOVERNANCE
In the Ofsted inspection in October 2023, it stated that:

Governors contribute much to the school's drive for improvement. They know the school extremely well and are very much part of the life of the school. They offer support and challenge in all aspects of the school's work.

CHAIR OF GOVERNORS

Florence Olajide

VICE CHAIR GOVERNORS

Courteleigh Smith
Jummy Dawodu

CO-OPTED GOVERNORS

Name of Governor	Jummy Dawodu	Winnie Onyekwere	Vacancy
Category of Governor	Co-opted	Co-opted	Co-opted
Appointing or electing body	GB	GB	GB
Term of office	28/03/2024 - 27/03/2028	09/05/2025 - 08/05/2029
Committees served on	Business and Compliance Learning & Achievement HT review committee	Business and Compliance Learning & Achievement Pay appeals committee HT review committee
Positions of responsibility held	Vice Chair	Co Pupil Premium link governor
Relevant business interests	N/A	N/A
Other educational establishments governed	N/A	Plumstead Manor
Details of any relationships between the governor and members of the school staff	N/A	N/A
Attendance record 2023/2024	2/3 = 66.6%	5/6 = 80%
Attendance record 2024/2025	1/1 = 100%	1/1 = 100%

Name of Governor	Yirong Zhu	Florence Olajide	Courteleigh Smith
Appointing or electing body	Co-opted	Co-opted	Co-opted
Appointing or electing body	GB	GB	GB
Term of office	23/05/2024 - 22/05/2028	11/10/2022 - 10/10/2026	23/05/2024 - 22/05/2028
Committees served on	Business and Compliance Learning & Achievement	Business and Compliance Learning & Achievement HT review committee	Vice Chair Business and Compliance Learning & Achievement
Positions of responsibility held		Chair of Governors Safeguarding Governor
Relevant business interests	N/A	Director Inspired Futures Limited Director Florence Elizabeth Publishing Limited	N/A
Other educational establishments governed	N/A	N/A	N/A
Details of any relationships between the governor and members of the school staff	N/A	N/A	N/A
Attendance record 2023/2024	2/2 = 100%	5/6 = 80%	2/2 = 100%
Attendance record 2024/2025	1/1 = 100%	1/1 = 100%	1/1 = 100%

LOCAL AUTHORITY GOVERNORS

Name of Governor	Paul Martin
Category of Governor	Local Authority
Appointing or electing body	Local Authority
Term of office	11/07/2023 - 10/07/2027
Committees served on	Business and Compliance Strategy Team Leader Learning & Achievement Pay appeals committee
Positions of responsibility held	SEND link governor
Relevant business interests	N/A
Other educational establishments governed	N/A
Details of any relationships between the governor and members of the school staff	N/A
Attendance record 2023/2024	6/6 = 100%
Attendance record 2024/2025	1/1 = 100%

ELECTED STAFF GOVERNORS

Name of Governor	Vacancy
Category of Governor	Staff
Appointing or electing body	Staff
Term of office
Committees served on
Positions of responsibility held
Relevant business interests	N/A
Other educational establishments governed	N/A
Details of any relationships between the governor and members of the school staff	N/A
Attendance record 2024/2025

EX-OFFICIO GOVERNOR

Name of Governor	Kerry Lodge
Category of Governor	Headteacher
Appointing or electing body	Ex-Officio
Term of office	Ex-Officio
Committees served on	Business and Compliance Learning & Achievement
Positions of responsibility held	Headteacher
Relevant business interests	N/A
Other educational establishments governed	N/A
Details of any relationships between the governor and members of the school staff	N/A
Attendance record 2023/2024	6/6 = 100%
Attendance record 2024/2025	1/1 = 100%

ELECTED PARENT GOVERNORS

Name of Governor	Vacancy	Aiste Valantinaite
Category of Governor	Parent	Parent
Appointing or electing body	Parent	Parent
Term of office		07/11/2024 to 06/11/2028
Committees served on
Positions of responsibility held
Relevant business interests
Other educational establishments governed
Details of any relationships between the governor and members of the school staff
Attendance record 2023/2024
Attendance record 2024/2025

Governors who have served in the last 12 months

Full name of Governor	Barbara Smith	Ahmed Gele	Amy Gee	Ngozi Angel Ikechiuku	Temi Sogbuyi
Term of office	28/11/19-27/11/23	07/07/2022-14/03/2024	19/12/2023 - 31/10/2024	05/07/2021 - 04/07/2025	30/01/2024 - 29/01/2028
Date of appointment	28/11/2019	07/07/2022	19/12/2023	05/07/2021	31/01/2024
Date they stepped down	27/11/2023	14/03/2024	31/10/2024	17/10/2024	15/11/2024
Who appointed them	Co-opted	Co-opted	Staff	Parent	Co-opted
Register and business and financial interests	None	None	None	None	None
Governance roles in other educational institutions	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Any material interests arising from relationships between governors or between governors and school staff	No	No	No	No	No
Attendance record at governing board and committee meetings over the last academic year	2022/2023 13/13 = 100% 2023/2024 =	2023/2024 2/3 = 66.6%	2023/2024 4/6 = 60% 2024/2025 1/1 = 100%	2023/2024 6/6 = 100% 2024/2025 1/1 = 100%	2023/2024 3/6 = 50% 2024/2025 1/1 = 100%
Associate members only; details of the voting rights on committees	N/A	N/A

Page last updated 12th May 2025

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