Governors
The Governing Body
What we do
Governors make the key decisions about how the school is run. The full governing body meets six times a year; sub-committees meet as necessary.
Governors are appointed to help:
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the school
- Provide and support the strategic direction of the school
- Decide what is taught
- Set and support standards of behaviour
- Interview and select staff
- Decide on how the school budget is spent
- Support and judge the performance of the Headteacher
School Governors have legal duties, powers and responsibilities. They must act together, they cannot act individually.
School Governors are:
- Parents
- Teachers at the school
- Local council representatives
- Community representatives
Parent Governors are elected by the parents and serve, as do all Governors, for four years. They bring the views of parents to the Governing Body, but they speak and act as individuals; they should not be thought of as delegates of the parents. They have equal status in the work of the Governing Body, with full voting rights. The current Chair of Governors is Parent Governor Mrs Donna Whinham – she can be contacted via the school office.
We have 3 Sub-Committees:
Finance and Resources
HR and Pay
Curriculum and Standards.
Minutes for meetings are kept in the School Office and are available on request.
FGB dates for 2020/21 are:-
Monday 28th September 2020
Thursday 26th November 2020
Thursday 28th January 2021
Thursday 18th March 2021
Thursday 20th May 2021
Thursday 8th July 2021
Curriculum and standards sub committee meetings:-
9th October 2020
12th March 2021
11th June 2021
Finance subcommittee meetings:-
12th November 2020
6th May 2021
HR and Pay subcommittee meetings:-
12th November 2020
11th June 2021
The Governing Body
Statutory Governor Information, Bromley Heath Junior School, 2020-2021
| Name | Date of Appointment | Term of office | Governor Category | Body appointed by | Committee Membership | Link Role | Business & Pecuniary Interests | Govern in other schools |
| Mrs Claire Bond | 06/03/2019 | 05/03/2023 | Co-opted Governor | Governing Board |
Finance HR & Pay |
Equality & Diversity, SEND | Partner governor at BHIS | No |
| Mrs Rachel Hall | 28/02/2019 | 27/02/2023 | Parent Governor | Elected by parents | Curriculum | Personal Development | Pupil at school | No |
| Ms Caroline Jankowska | 29/01/2018 | 28/01/2022 | Co-opted Governor | Governing Board |
Curriculum |
Pupil Premium | No | No |
| Mr Graeme Laycock | 30/09/2019 | 29/09/2023 | Co-opted Governor | Governing Board | HR & Pay | No | ||
| Mr David Lewis | 01/10/2018 | 30/09/2022 |
Co-opted Governor VICE CHAIR |
Governing Board |
Finance HR & Pay [CHAIR} Curriculum [CHAIR] |
Safeguarding, Quality of Education | No | No |
| Mrs Tracy Serle | n/a | n/a | Co-opted | Governing Board |
Finance HR & Pay Curriculum |
Headteacher | No | |
| Mr Nadeem Shah | 29/01/2018 | 28/01/2022 | LA Governor | Elected by LA |
Finance Curriculum |
Pupil at school | No | |
| Mrs Donna Whinham | 03/09/2018 | 02/09/2022 |
Parent Governor CHAIR |
Elected by parents |
Finance [CHAIR] |
Health and Safety, Leadership and Management | Sister chair of BHIS governing body | No |
| Mrs Harriet Williams | 03/09/2018 | 02/09/2022 | Co-opted Governor | Governing Board | Curriculum | Behaviour and Attitudes | No | No |
| Mr Stewart McSmythurs | 04/01/2021 | n/a | Associate Member | Governing Board | Curriculum | Deputy Head | No | |
| VACANCY | Staff |