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Governance
Local Governing Committee
Our Local Governing Committee (LGC) currently comprises of up to 12 governors and the Headteacher (ex officio governor), representing parents/carers, staff and the local community. The Local Governing Committee has delegated authority from Trustees for governance of the day-to-day running of the school.
In general terms, the LGC is required to:
- Set the strategic direction and ethos for the school; in our case this is carried out in conjunction with the Head of School and Bridge Academy Trust Board.
- Hold the school to account for its actions and achievements by monitoring its performance across a broad range of criteria in conjunction with the Trust Board.
- Act as a ‘critical friend’ to the school, by offering support, guidance, and praise when appropriate and constructive criticism and challenge where necessary.
The LGC currently meets seven times a year.
Some governors take on additional roles to enable the governing body to fulfil its statutory responsibilities in areas such as safeguarding and SEND. We also have ‘links’ to other key areas and make visits to the school to meet staff, watch lessons and support school events. All of these activities allow us to develop a good understanding of how the school is performing, as well as the challenges it faces.
Members of our LGC have a wide range of expertise and experience from many walks of life, and we endeavour to use these skills to help the school whenever possible.
We are also very aware of the ever-changing education environment, and governors attend continuous professional development to ensure that our governance work complies with the latest requirements.
Governors are committed to our primary purpose of ensuring that the school continues to deliver a high standard of education in a safe and secure environment, and in doing so secures the best possible outcomes for each and every one of its students. We also firmly believe that this is best achieved through a close partnership between students, their parents/carers, the school staff and governors.
We hope our students make the most of the many opportunities on offer to them at Notley High School & Braintree Sixth Form and that their time with us is both successful and enjoyable.
We are in the process of recruiting interested persons to sit on the Local Governing Committee. If you are interested please contact The Governance Professional clerk@bridgeacademytrust.org.
Dr Claire Hooks
Chair of Local Governing Committee
Meet our Governors
Headteacher
Mr Mark Barrow
Chair of Governors
Dr Claire Hooks
Governor (Non-Elected)
Appointed: 05/11/2022
End of Term: 04/11/2026
To contact the Chair of Governors, please contact Ms E Edwards, LGC Clerk - clerkedwards@bridgeacademytrust.org
Vice Chair of Governors
Mrs Nichola Goodwin
Governors (Non-Elected)
Appointed: 05/11/2022
End of Term: 04/11/2026
Non-Elected Governors
Mr Matthew Ager
Appointed: 27/09/2024
End of Term: 26/09/2028
Mrs Abbey Hartshorne-Abbott
Appointed: 08/11/2022
End of Term: 07/11/2026
Dr Chris Ingate
Appointed: 21/11/2024
End of Term: 20/11/2028
Mr Ken Yap
Appointed: 09/09/2022
End of Term: 08/09/2026
Parent Governors:
Mrs Jacqueline Foster
Appointed: 12/12/2022
End of Term: 11/12/2026
Mr Dan Hodson
Appointed: 23/09/2024
End of Term: 22/09/2028
Staff Governors:
Mrs Laura Cosway
Appointed: 23/09/2024
End of Term: 22/09/2028
Leavers in last 12 months:
Ms M Steadman left 14/10/2024
Governor Roles and Responsibilities
GovernorLinkAreasandStaff2024-25
|
Area |
Governor |
Staff link |
Areas of focus |
|---|---|---|---|
|
CPD, training + Development |
Ken Yap |
Rebecca Ketley |
Staff and Governor CPD. Mapping against SDP priorities and needs. Evaluating effectiveness/impact. (Cross over with staff wellbeing/voice role) |
|
Safeguarding |
Matt Ager |
Mel Townsend |
To review SCR and monitor all areas of safeguarding, from processes, to practice. Look at effectiveness of approaches (impact). Include safeguarding in the curriculum. Undertake student voice where possible. Broadly consider school culture in relation to safeguarding (cross over with PDT, attendance and student/staff voice/wellbeing and parent engagement roles) |
|
SEND |
Chris Ingate |
Rebecca Ketley |
SEND (all, including monitoring students). Progress, provision including strategies. Impact of these. Feedback from parent/student voice. Observation in classroom of SEND provision. Pick up attendance and suspension data/strategies for SEND briefly in visit. (cross over with attendance role and student/staff voice/wellbeing and parent engagement) |
|
PPG and LAC |
Abbey Hartshorne-Abbott |
Rebecca Ketley/ |
Review PPG/LAC numbers and spending. Look for impact of strategies/interventions. Attendance, suspensions and attainment for PPG/LAC. (Cross over with attendance role) |
|
Careers and PDT |
Dan Hodgson (Matt Ager to mentor/support) |
Michelle Robb (AHTs - Neal Wilcox – careers; Becky Ketley PDT) |
Provision in PDT. Cross checking against SDP priorities/culture aspirations. Including EDI. Progress against Gatsby benchmarks. Impact on career/progression aspirations. Review of impact of approaches and strategies in all of the above. (cross over with student voice role) |
|
EDI (new role) |
On hold |
Policy/Practice compliance. EDI priorities in SDP. Implementation of EDI within school, including impact on culture (eg info on EDI from surveys, voice, events/groups, PDT curriculum etc). Review of impact/next steps. |
|
|
Stakeholder Engagement (new role) |
Nichola Goodwin (parent and student) Abbey (staff – see below) |
Mark Barrow |
Review stakeholder surveys. Lead Parent Forums (new - ?in new year). Undertake student voice forums/groups. (Cross over with student voice opportunities in sixth form, safeguarding, PPG/SEND roles). |
|
Staff wellbeing |
Abbey Hartshorne-Abbott (ties in with above) |
Mark Barrow |
Review staff survey. Staff voice forum. Term 1 to be combined with stakeholder engagement role. |
|
Attendance (new role) |
Jacky Foster (Abbey Hartshorne-Abbott to mentor/support) |
Kerrie Wilmore/ |
Review in depth attendance data termly. Check compliance with reporting. Review impact of strategies and approaches. Review the safeguarding response to PA, repeat absence and prolonged absence. Look at data for SEND, PPG/LAC students. Include sixth form. (Cross over with safeguarding, PPG/LAC, SEND roles) |
|
Key Curriculum areas (maths and science) |
Claire Hooks |
TBC |
To develop depending on area. Curriculum intent and delivery. Interventions/strategies. Staffing. Evaluation of progress and impact. |
|
Sixth Form |
Claire Hooks |
Siobhan Howells/ |
Look at sixth form vision and values. Curriculum offer and delivery. Extracurricular offer. Careers/PDT. Attainment/progress. Student voice. |
Governor Meeting Attendance
2024-25 |
23/9/24 | 08/10/24 | 10/12/24 | 28/01/25 | 18/03/25 | 13/05/25 | 08/07/25 | Attendance | |
| Dr C Hooks | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 7/7 | 100% |
| Mr M Barrow | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 7/7 | 100% |
| Mrs N Goodwin | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | 4/7 | 57% |
| Mr K Yap | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 6/7 | 86% |
| Mr M Ager | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 6/7 | 86% |
| Mrs A Hartshorne-Abbott | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 7/7 | 100% |
| Dr C Ingate | - | - | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | 4/5 | 80% |
| Mrs J Foster | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 7/7 | 100% |
| Mr D Hodgson | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | 6/7 | 86% |
| Mrs M Steadman | - | ❌ | - | - | - | - | - | 0/1 | 0% |
| Mrs L Cosway | - | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 5/6 | 83% |
2023-24 |
5/10/23 | 7/11/23 | 5/12/23 | 6/2/24 | 19/3/24 | 7/5/24 | 2/7/24 | Attendance | |
| Dr C Hooks | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 6/7 | 86% |
| Ms M Ryan | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | 6/7 | 86% |
| Mrs N Goodwin | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 5/7 | 71% |
| Mr K Yap | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 7/7 | 100% |
| Mr M Ager | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 6/7 | 86% |
| Mrs A Hartshorne-Abbott | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 6/7 | 86% |
| Mrs J Foster | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 7/7 | 100% |
| Miss A Lennox | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | 5/7 | 71% |
2022-23 |
20/09/22 | 2/11/22 | 6/12/22 | 7/2/23 | 21/3/23 | 9/5/23 | 22/6/23 Postponed |
Attendance | |
| Dr C Hooks | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | - | 6/6 | 100% |
| Ms M Ryan | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | - | 6/6 | 100% |
| Ms Ha Cole | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | - | 3/6 | 50% |
| Mrs N Goodwin | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | - | 5/6 | 85% |
| Mr K Yap | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | - | 5/6 | 85% |
| Mr M Ager | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | - | 5/6 | 85% |
| Mr N Bridgewater | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | - | 3/6 | 50% |
| Mrs A Jezzard | ✔️ | – | – | – | – | – | - | 1/1 | 100% |
| Mr C Freeman | – | – | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | - | 4/4 | 100% |
| Mrs A Hartshorne-Abbott | – | – | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | - | 3/4 | 75% |
| Mrs J Foster | – | – | – | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | - | 3/3 | 100% |
| Miss A Lennox | – | – | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | - | 3/4 | 75% |
2021-22 |
28/09/21 | 02/12/21 | 30/03/22 | 25/05/22 | 28/06/22 | Attendance | |
| Dr C Hooks | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 4/5 | 80% |
| Ms Ha Cole | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 4/5 | 80% |
| Dr C Cusick | ✔️ | ✔️ | – | – | – | 2/2 | 100% |
| Mrs N Goodwin | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 3/5 | 60% |
| Ms M Ryan | – | – | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 3/3 | 100% |
| Mr T Parrott | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 4/5 | 80% |
| Mr P Redhead | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | 2/5 | 40% |
| Mr K Yap | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | 4/5 | 80% |
| Mrs A Jezzard | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | 4/5 | 80% |
| Mr N Bridgewater | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | 2/5 | 40% |
| Mr M Ager | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 5/5 | 100% |
| Mrs S Sanctuary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | 3/5 | 60% |
Governors’ Register of Business Interests
Governing bodies are under a duty to publish on their website their register of interests.
The register sets out the relevant business interests of governors and details of any other educational establishments they govern. In addition register it sets out any relationships between governors and members of the school staff including spouses, partners and relatives.
The current register of interests for Notley High School & Braintree Sixth Form is available below.
Trust Governance Info
Notley High School & Braintree Sixth Form joined Bridge Academy Trust on 1 April 2021.
Please visit the Trust Governance Area to view:
- Memorandum of Association
- Articles of Association
- Names of trust members and trustees
- Relevant business and financial interests of members, trustees and accounting officer(s)
- Funding Agreement
- Governance arrangements
- Board Diversity Data
- Executive Pay
- Staff Gender Pay Gap
- Annual Accounts
