Governors
As an Academy, the school has a contract with the Department for Education which requires the school to perform effectively in return for which the school receives funding from central government. This contract requires the school to be a registered company with Directors (we call them Governors)
The Governing Body elects a Chair and a Vice-Chair of Governors at the beginning of each academic year. The Governing Body has a Clerk.
There are four main governor committees and these are: Learning & Achievement, Personnel & Pay, Finance & Premises, Admissions
There are agreed terms of reference for each committee. Each committee elects its own Chair at the first committee meeting in the academic year. Whilst each committee has specific areas of responsibility the support of other governors may need to be sought before decisions can be implemented. The committees usually meet once a term or as required.
Responsibilities of The Governing Body
The primary role of the Governors is to carry out the day to day running of the Academy Trust in accordance with its Articles of Association and with company law.
The governing body has specific responsibilities including:
- To ensure the quality of educational provision
- To ensure that the school sets challenging targets
- The responsibility for the conduct of the school
- Ensuring policies relating to the School’s operation are prepared and reviewed
- Providing information for parents
- Managing the Academy Trust’s finances and property
- Personnel matters including staff appointments
- Pupil discipline and behaviour
- Monitoring and evaluating the activities of the school
- Ensuring that the Academy Trust complies with both charity and company law
- Preparing for and responding to OfSTED and SIAMS inspections
As part of our continuing development as a governing board we have drawn up an Effective Governance Plan, which is available to read here:-
Effective Governance Plan
Our Governors are:
Appointment in accordance with Articles |
Name |
Appointed |
Expires |
Business Interests |
Incumbent |
Revd. Fran Smettem |
23/10/ 23 |
22/10/2027 |
Curate - Benefice of Chew Valley West |
3 x Persons nominated by the Trustees |
VACANCY |
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Michael Brayne | 11/05/2023 |
10/05/2027 |
Nil | |
VACANCY | ||||
2 x Persons nominated by the DBE |
Rosie Pool |
10/03/2022 |
9/03/2026 |
Owner - The Nursery at New Manor Farm |
Mary Usher-Clark | 10/03/2022 | 9/03/2026 | Nil | |
3 x Persons nominated by the Foundation Members who are parents of a registered pupil at the academy at the time of appointment |
Marita Mary Price |
22/09/2020 |
21/09/2024 |
Director - Bestaward Director - Hello Performance |
Nicholas David George (CHAIR) | 01/09/2023 | 31/08/2027 | Nil | |
Tom Attfield | 10/03/2022 | 9/03/2026 | Nil | |
2 x Staff Governors through such process as they may determine |
Victoria Louise Hennessy |
12/11/2021 |
11/11/2025 |
Siblings' businesses - Hennessy Fire and Security & Hennessy Installations |
Suzanne Denise Lewis | 12/11/2021 | 11/11/2025 | Employed by Chew Stoke Out of School Club | |
The Principal |
Benjamin Paul Hewett |
7/10/13 |
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Governor at Court de Wyck Church School |
2 x Parents elected by parents of registered pupils at the Academy at the time of election |
Stephen Priday
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23/10/2020
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22/10/2024
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None
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Genevieve Whitby | 27/01/2023 | 26/01/2027 | None | |
GOVERNOR VACANCYWe currently have a vacancy for a parent governor on our governing board. If you are interested in finding out more or obtaining a nomination form, please contact our Clerk to Governors, Liz Dagger, via our School Office. The closing date for returning nomination forms is 12 noon on Friday 27th September 2024. DiversityAt Chew Stoke Church School, our governance roles are composed of approximately 85% white British, 5% minority ethnic background* and 10% wishing not to share their information. Similar to pupil data, any individual who is of any origin other than white British is defined as being of minority ethnic background. Membership of Committees 2023-24 |
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Premises & Finance Committee |
Marita Price Ben Hewett Genevieve Whitby (committee chair) Nicholas George Sally Connell (SBM) |
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Personnel & Pay Committee |
Fran Smettem Marita Price Rosie Pool (committee chair) Ben Hewett Mike Brayne |
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Learning and Achievement Committee |
Chris Chorley Ben Hewett Vicki Hennessy Steve Priday Marita Price Tom Attfield (committee chair) Mary Usher Clark |
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Admissions Committee |
Ben Hewett Sue Lewis Fran Smettem Marita Price Liz Dagger (Clerk) |
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Governors with Special Interests |
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Safeguarding | Rosie Pool | |||
Early Years | Chris Chorley | |||
SEND | Nicholas George | |||
Health & Safety | Genevieve Whitby | |||
Church School Distinctiveness | Revd. Fran Smettem | |||
Risk Register | VACANCY | |||
Monitoring Visits | Liz Dagger (clerk) | |||
Pupil Premium | Tom Attfield | |||
Phonics | Mary Usher-Clark |
Attendance at Meetings 2022 - 23
Full Governing Board
Tom Attfield | 10 out of 11 |
Mike Brayne | 6 out of 6 |
Christopher Chorley | 6 out of 11 |
Susan Cook | 5 out of 8 |
Nicholas George | 7 out of 14 |
Vicki Hennessy | 10 out of 11 |
Ben Hewett | 21 out of 21 |
Sue Lewis | 8 out of 9 |
Susan McKay | 8 out of 10 |
Marita Price | 19 out of 21 |
Steve Priday | Sick leave |
Rosie Roberts-Pool | 9 out of 10 |
Mary Usher-Clark | 10 out of 10 |
Genevieve Whitby | 12 out of 13 |
Finance & Premises Committee
Nicholas George | 3 out of 6 |
Ben Hewett | 6 out of 6 |
Marita Price | 4 out of 6 |
Genevieve Whitby | 6 out of 6 |
The Clerk to the Governors is Liz Dagger.
The Governors and Clerk may be contacted through the School Office.