Governing Body

Chair of Governors – Mrs Teresa Willcocks

Vice Chair of Governors – Mr Les Taylor

Meet the Governors

Governors’ Details

Constitution (the number of each type of governor the school should have)

Governor type	Number of governors
Co-opted	7
Head Teacher	1
Local Authority	1
Parent	2
Staff	1
Total	12

Grange Community Junior School Governors’ Details 2022-23

Name	Category	Appointed by	Term of Office (no. of years & end date)		Committee membership	Responsibilities	Voting Rights (if Associate Member)
Jane Armstrong	Co-opted	GB	4	10.9.23	Site & Community	Numeracy Community & Equality Safer Recruitment trained
Simona Bergerova-U’Dell	Co-opted	GB	4	30.11.25	Site & Community	Year 4
Freddie Bernard	Parent	Parents	4	5.12.25	Site & Community	PTA
Kathryn Bettison	Co-opted	GB	4	8.9.24	Site & Community	PE and Year 6 Vice Chair of Site Com Pay Committee
Paola Burgess	Staff (HT)				Finance & Resources Site & Community	Safer Recruitment trained
Angela Floyd	Co-opted	GB	4	19.09.25	Site & Community
Anne Lyster	Co-opted	GB	4	09.07.23	Finance & Resources Pay Committee (advisory capacity only for HT pay decisions) HTPM	Safeguarding Literacy Year 5 Vice Chair of Finance Com LAC
Barbara Simpson	Co-opted	GB	4	24.03.23	Finance & Resources Pay Committee	SEN Gifted and Talented Year 3
Leslie Taylor	Local Authority	LA	4	21.07.25	Finance & Resources Pay Committee	Vice Chair of GB Chair of Finance Com Chair of Pay Committee ICT NE Forum Rep Pupil Premium Safer Recruitment trained
Matthew Tichbon	Parent	Parents	4	07.10.26
Teresa Willcocks	Co-opted	GB	4	24.03.23	Finance & Resources Site & Community HT Performance Management	Chair of GB Allegations of child protection nature against HT Safer Recruitment trained
Lynette Williams	Staff	Staff	4	19.12.25	Site & Community	Chair of Site Committee Safer Recruitment trained
Associate Members
Amanda Hall	Assoc Member	GB	4	20.9.2026	Finance & Resources		No voting rights
Paul Hammond	Assoc Member	GB	4	20.9.2026	Site & Community		No voting rights
Betty Hammond	Assoc Member	GB	4	20.9.2026	Site & Community	H&S	No voting rights
Paul Williams	Assoc Member	GB	4	20.9.2026	Site & Community		No voting rights
Governors who have left in the last 12 months
Emma Constable	Associate Member	GB	4	Resigned 30.9.22		SEN
Rohit Gurung	Parent	Parents	4	Resigned 2.9.22	Pay Committee Finance & Resources	Community & Equality

Grange Community Junior School Register of Governors’ Interests 2021-22

Name	Name of Business Including: · governor elsewhere (please include school name) · related / married to member of staff (please include staff name) · employed at school	Nature of Business	Nature of Interest	Date of Appointment or Acquisition	Date of Cessation of Interest	Date of Entry
Jane Armstrong	University of Reading	Lead Schools Tutor	Monitoring PGCE and BA.Ed students on school placements	Sept 2019		14.9.22
Simona Bergerova-U’Dell	Heartfit Employed at school	FunFit &Yoga Club	Partner	1.9.18 1.5.22		28.9.22
Freddie Bernard	Related to Betty and Paul Hammond Employed at school					3.10.22
Kathryn Bettison	Nil					21.9.22
Paola Burgess	Head Teacher.					14.9.22
Angela Floyd	Employed at school					21.9.22
Anne Lyster	Nil					6.10.22
Barbara Simpson	Nil					21.9.22
Leslie Taylor	Nil					21.9.22
Matthew Tichbon	Nil					22.10.22
Teresa Willcocks	Nil					21.9.22
Lynette Williams	Employed at school. Married to Paul Williams.					21.9.22
Associate Members
Amanda Hall	Employed at school					14.9.22
Paul Hammond	Employed at school	Caretaker/site manager. Related to Betty Hammond and Freddie Bernard.	Cleaning			23.9.22
Betty Hammond	CleanAll	Cleaning contract for school. Related to Paul Hammond and Freddie Bernard	Cleaning contract			14.9.22
Paul Williams	Employed at school. Married to Lynette Williams.					5.10.22
Governors who have left in last 12 months
Rohit Gurung	Nil					8.9.21

Grange Community Junior School Register of Governors’ Interests 2021-22

Name	Name of Business Including: · governor elsewhere (please include school name) · related / married to member of staff (please include staff name) · employed at school	Nature of Business	Nature of Interest	Date of Appointment or Acquisition	Date of Cessation of Interest	Date of Entry
Jane Armstrong	University of Reading	Schools Tutor	Supporting training on placement	Sept 2019		8.9.21
Kate Bettison	Nil					8.9.21
Paola Burgess	Head Teacher.					2.9.21
Emma Constable	Nil					20.9.21
Angela Floyd	Staff member					8.9.21
Rohit Gurung	Nil					8.9.21
Anne Lyster	Nil					8.9.21
Barbara Simpson	Nil					8.9.21
Leslie Taylor	Nil					6.9.21
Teresa Willcocks	Nil					8.9.21
Lynette Williams	SENco. Married to staff member Paul Williams.					8.9.21
Associate Members
Simona bergerova-U’Dell	FunFit &Yoga Club for children at Grange Community Junior School	Partner		Sept 2018		2.11.21
Amanda Hall	Partner owns business – Richard Odam Construction	Building/landscaping				13.9.21
Paul Hammond	Cleaning contractor for school					11.9.21
Betty Hammond	Cleaning contractor for school					11.9.21
Paul Williams	Class teacher. Married to Lynette Williams.					8.9.21
Governors who have left in last 12 months
Steve Smith	Nil					9.9.20
Sian Thorne	Office staff member			Sept 2018		9.9.20

Governor Attendance Record for the Academic Year 2021-22

	FULL GOVERNING BODY		FINANCE COMMITTEE		SITE &COMM COMMITTEE		PAY COMMITTEE
Remit	· Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction; · Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff; and · Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.		· Finance · Staffing/personnel · Health and safety · Buildings/grounds maintenance		· To carry out an annual inspection of the school’s premises and grounds, review risk assessments and make recommendations to the Governing Body on Health & Safety matters and priorities for maintenance and new work. · To review and monitor parental/community involvement.		· Annually determine salary progression for eligible teaching and support staff and Headteacher. · Deal with any request to review leadership pay ranges · Annual audit of performance management and detailed audit at an appropriate point in the school’s Ofsted cycle
Name	Number of meetings the governor should have attended	Number of meetings attended	Number of meetings the governor should have attended	Number of meetings attended	Number of meetings the governor should have attended	Number of meetings attended	Number of meetings the governor should have attended	Number of meetings attended
Jane Armstrong	5	5			3	2
Simona Bergerova-U’Dell (appointed 1/12/21)	4	3			3	2
Freddie Bernard (elected 6/12/21)	3	3			1	0
Kathryn Bettison	5	4			3	3	1	1
Paola Burgess	5	5	3	3	3	3
Emma Constable (governor until 6/12/21 then became associate)	2	1			1	0
Angela Floyd	5	5			3	2
Rohit Gurung (resigned 2/9/22)	5	4	3	2			4	1*
Anne Lyster	5	5	3	3			3	3
Barbara Simpson	5	5	3	3			4	3
Leslie Taylor	5	5	3	3			4	4
Teresa Willcocks	5	4	3	3	3	3
Lynette Williams	5	5			3	3
Associate Members
Emma Constable					1	0
Amanda Hall			3	3
Paul Hammond					3	3
Betty Hammond					3	2
Paul Williams					3	3