The members of our governing board offer support and challenge to the school leadership team, through regular board meetings and the following committees and working parties:
- Education and Standards Committee (Chair, Ben Whittaker)
- Finance and Audit Committee (Chair, Jacqueline Ochong)
- Fundraising and Business Development Committee (Chair, Claire Straus)
- Head Teacher Performance Management Review Working Party (Chair, David Adams)
- Pastoral and Wellbeing Committee (Chair, Katie Wiseman)
- Pay Committee (Chair, Ben Overlander)
- Resources Committee (Chair, David Adams)
- Communications Working Party (Chair, Melinda Athinodorou)
- Lettings Working Party (Chair, John Arvanitis)
Governors
David Adams
Chair of Governors (elected as Chair of Governors by FGB in Sept 2019)
Chair, Resources Committee
Headteacher Performance Management Panel
Maths Link Governor
Trust Member (Sept 2019)
John Arvanitis
Community Governor (appointment ratified by FGB in January 2020)
Resources Committee
Chair, Lettings Working Party
Governor PE and Education & Standards committee
Melinda Athinodorou
Community Governor (appointment ratified by FGB May 2021)
Link Governor Science, Education & Standards Committee, Chair Communications Working Group
Natalia Cid Garcia
Community Governor (appointment ratified by FGB May 2021)
Link Governor Thematic Learning, Fundraising & Business Development Committee, Finance and Audit Committee
Lucy Harrison
Headteacher and Accounting Officer from 1st September 2015
Jo Moses
Community Governor (appointment ratified by FGB in July 2017)
Pastoral and Wellbeing Committee
Safeguarding Link Governor
Jacqueline Ochong
Community Governor (appointment ratified by FGB in January 2020)
Finance and Audit Committee
Governor Modern Foreign Languages
Ben Overlander
Community Governor (appointment ratified by FGB in January 2020)
Resources Committee
Chair Pay Committee
Claire Straus
Parent Governor (appointment ratified by FGB in January 2019)
Vice Chair of Governors (elected in January 2020 by FGB)
Chair, Fundraising and Business Development Committee
English Link Governor
Headteacher Performance Management Panel
Communications Working Party
Education & Standards Committee
Judith Vandervelde
Staff Governor (appointment ratified by FGB in January 2018)
Education & Standards
Ben Whittaker
Community Governor (appointment ratified by FGB in July 2017)
Vice Chair of Governors (elected in July 2021 by FGB)
Chair, Education and Standards Committee
Post 16 Link Governor
Katie Wiseman
Community Governor (appointment ratified by FGB in January 2020)
Chair, Pastoral and Wellbeing Committee
Governor Creative & Performing Arts
Karen Gubbay
Community Governor (appointment ratified by FGB May 2021)
Link Governor SEND
Pastoral & Wellbeing Committee
Lauren Higginson
Community Governor (appointment ratified by FGB May 2021)
Link Governor Student Voice, Education & Standards Committee, Resource Committee
Clare Raff
Community Governor (appointment ratified by FGB May 2021)
Link Governor Careers, Pastoral & Wellbeing Committee, Fundraising Committee
Srikannt Ragvani
Parent Governor elected June 2021
Link Governor ADT
Finance & Audit Committee
Sally Hill
Staff Governor elected March 2021
Pastoral & Wellbeing Committee, Finance & Audit Committee ex-officio
Catherine Winter
Community Governor (appointment ratified by FGB May 2021)
Link Governor Humanities, Education & Standards Committee, Finance & Audit Committee
Tahirah de Aguiar Chaves
Community Governor (appointment ratified by FGB September 2020)
Education & Standards Committee
Link Governor Pupil Premium Committee
Associate Governors
Ian Warwick
Associate Governor for Gifted and Talented (appointment ratified by FGB November 2013)
Anne Marie Canning
Associate Governor for Widening Participation (appointment ratified by FGB November 2016)
Gary Bilkus
Associate Governor for ICT (appointment ratified by FGB July 2017)
Bryan Marcus
Associate Governor for Compliance and Governance (appointment ratified by FGB January 2020)
Natalie Machta-Joseph
Associate Governor for Fundraising and Business Development (appointment ratified by FGB January 2020)
Seema Shah
Associate Governor for Finance and Audit (appointment ratified by FGB in November 2017).
Governors' attendance at Full Governing Board meetings
Governors who stepped down in 2021
Toby Blume
Founder Governor (appointment ratified by Trust in September 2013)
Chair, Finance and Audit Committee
Fundraising and Business Development Committee
Company Secretary
Pay Committee
Trust Member (elected by Steering Group July 2013 as Trust Member)
Louise Dobrin
Vice Chair of Governors (elected in September 2019 by FGB)
Link Governor Coordinator
Education and Standards Committee
Headteacher Performance Management Panel
Cathy Halstead
Founder Governor (appointment ratified by Trust in September 2013)
Pastoral and Wellbeing Committee
SEND Link Governor
Communications Working Party
Simran Jouhal
Staff Governor (appointment ratified by FGB in March 2017)
Grace Palazzolo
Parent Governor (appointment ratified by FGB in January 2017)
Fundraising and Business Development Committee
Science Link Governor
Governors who stepped down in 2020 and 2019
Patricia Choiral
Community Governor (appointment ratified by Trust in September 2013)
Stepped down July 2020
Adam Fagan
Community Governor (appointment ratified by FGB in July 2018)
Stepped down July 2020
Jon Hindmarsh
Founder Governor (appointment ratified by Trust in September 2013)
Stepped down July 2020
Bryan Marcus
Community Governor (Appointment ratified by FGB in September 2019)
Vice Chair of Governors (elected in September 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 by FGB)
Stepped down January 2020
Andry Moustras
Community Governor (appointment ratified by Trust in September 2013)
Stepped down July 2020
Avis Johns
Founder Governor (appointment ratified by Trust in September 2013)
Chair of Governors (elected as Chair of Governors by full governing body (FGB) in Sept 2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018)
Stepped down July 2019
Sarah Glennon
Founder Governor (appointment ratified by Trust in September 2013)
Stepped down September 2019