School Governors
Iain Nettleton, Co-Chair of Governors
Iain became a co-opted governor in 2017 and has children at the school. As a chartered accountant and MBA he brings a range of skills related to strategic management and governance. Iain is a partner at BDO LLP and currently leads an international consulting team where he delivers projects in developing nations related to public sector reform and economic growth.
Category | Responsibility | Term of Office | Governance roles in other institutions | Relationship School/Staff | Business/ Pecuniary interests |
Co-opted
| Vulnerable groups/SEND Safeguarding | until 15.6.25 | None | Iain has a daughter at the school | Parent BDO LLP Partner |
Richard Davies, Co-Chair of Governors
Rich was elected to the Local School Committee in December 2018. He works on the management team at Ark – an education charity with a network of 38 schools, as well as curriculum & teacher development programmes. Rich holds masters degrees in Engineering, Business and Education from Oxford and Stanford.
Category | Responsibility | Term of Office | Governance roles in other institutions | Relationship School/Staff | Business/ Pecuniary interests |
Elected
| Standards | until 19.12.22 | School Governor of Ark Oval Primary Academy | Rich has a daughter at the school | Parent Ark Schools |
Alan Whitmore
Alan was elected to the Local School Committee as a parent governor in 2018. Alan is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and works at a global consultancy firm. He holds masters degrees from the University of Oxford and Imperial College Business School.
Category | Responsibility | Term of Office | Governance roles in other institutions | Relationship School/Staff | Business/ Pecuniary interests |
Elected
| Finance Communications | until 19.12.22 | None | Alan has a daughter at the school | Mercer Ltd Parent |
Joanne Wallace
Joanne joined the LSC in January 2019 and has 2 children at the school. She works at Abbot’s Hill School where she is Phase Leader for Years 1 to 3 and teaches Year 1. She has been teaching for 18 years in a wide variety of schools from North Nottinghamshire ex mining towns, East London, Australia, North London to Hertfordshire.
Category | Responsibility | Term of Office | Governance roles in other institutions | Relationship School/Staff | Business/ Pecuniary interests |
Co-opted
| Behaviour & Well-being | until 19.12.22 | None | Joanne has 2 children at the school | Parent |
Miss Cherie Bunney
Miss Bunney is a class teacher and Leads Maths at the school. She joined the Local Schools Committee as Staff Governor in September 2021. She has taught at the school for 1 year.
Category | Responsibility | Term of Office | Governance roles in other institutions | Relationship School/Staff | Business/ Pecuniary interests |
Staff
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| until 22.09.25 | None | Employee of the school |
Employee |
Matt Shute
Matt joined the Local School Committee in September 2020 and has three children at the school. Matt works as both a Paramedic and an Emergency Planning and Resilience Officer for the London Ambulance Service. In his role, he helps to ensure the Trust is prepared to respond to a wide range of incidents, operations and events, providing specialist advice if needed to various command roles across the organisation.
Category | Responsibility | Term of Office | Governance roles in other institutions | Relationship School/Staff | Business/ Pecuniary interests |
Co-opted
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| until 23.9.24 | None | Parent | Parent London Ambulance Service NHS Trust |
Shelley Crawford
Shelley is the Community Champion at Morrison's. She is passionate about children's mental health and well-being and supporting the community. Shelley joined the Local School Committee in November 2020.
Category | Responsibility | Term of Office | Governance roles in other institutions | Relationship School/Staff | Business/ Pecuniary interests |
Co-opted
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| until 8.11.24 | None |
| Morrison's |
Sarah Edmond
Sarah was previously employed as the School Business Manager at the school. She left her role to spend more time with her family but wanted to continue to offer her support and contribute to the success of the school. She joined the Local School Committee in August 2021.
Category | Responsibility | Term of Office | Governance roles in other institutions | Relationship School/Staff | Business/ Pecuniary interests |
Co-opted
| H&S Premises | until 26.8.25 | None | Previously employed by the school |
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Attendance at Local School Committee Meetings 2020-2021
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Governor | Governor Type | 24 Sep 2020 | 19 Nov 2020 | 21 Jan 2021 | 11 Mar 2021 | 29 Apr 2021 | 21 Jun 2021 | Overall attendance |
Shelley Crawford | Co-opted governor |
| Y | N | Y | NS | Y | 3/5 |
Richard Davies | Parent governor | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 6/6 |
Ms Jen Gardner | Staff governor | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 6/6 |
Mrs Alex Lindley | Headteacher | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 6/6 |
Mr Iain Nettleton | Co-opted governor | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 6/6 |
Mr Michael Scott |
| Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| 4/5 |
Mr Matt Shute | Co-opted governor | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 6/6 |
Mrs Joanne Wallace | Co-opted governor | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 6/6 |
Alan Whitmore | Parent governor | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 6/6 |
Governors who have stepped down in the last 12 months
Category | Responsibility | Term of Office | Governance roles in other institutions | Relationship School/Staff | Business/ Pecuniary interests |
Helen Latham Co-opted
| Vice Chair, Finance | until 7.11.20 | None | Helen had a daughter at the school | Parent Barclays Bank PLC employee |
Michael Scott Community
| Health & Safety/ Asset Management | until 22.06.21 | None | None | Addleshaw Goddard Employee |
Jen Gardner Staff | until 31.8.21 | None | Employed as Deputy Head | Employed |