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/Year 5 | |
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 |
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 |
*apologies accepted
Governors’ Report to Parents 2021-2022
Governors Information 2021-22
Governor Information 2020-21
Governors’ Report to Parents 2020-2021
Governor Information 2019-20
Governors information 2018-19
Instrument of Government
Hampshire Governor Services Link
If you would like to view any minutes from the governor meetings they are available from the school office on request.