Meet The Governors

Welcome to the Governors' section of our school website

Our Full Governing Body

Alison Penny - Headteacher
Wendy Morgan - Clerk to the Governors

Our Parent Governors

Helen Atallah

Stephen Dorling

Parent Governor Vacancy

Co-opted (Formerly Community) Governor

Rebecca Walker - Co-Opted

Maxine Wood - Co-Opted Chair of Governors

Clive Haines - Co-Opted Vice Chair

LA Governor

Paul Samuels

Staff Governors
Alina Powell

If you would like to contact the Governing Body you can email governors@woodlandsparkschool.org

or write to the Chair of Governors, c/o Woodlands Park Primary & Nursery School,

Heywood Avenue, Woodlands Park, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 3JB.

What do governors do?

This information is taken from www.rbwm.gov.uk

Governors have three main roles:

The strategic role, which is about:

Developing and supporting the vision for the school
Developing aims for the school
Planning so that all pupils can achieve the very best they can

The Governors' Role in School Improvement - Act as a 'Critical Friend' by:

Monitoring and evaluating the school's work
Visits to the school
Ensuring that all meetings are effective by reading all papers prior to the meeting and preparing their questions and any areas that they would like to discuss at the meeting

The Accountability role of the Governing Body -

Reporting on progress
Reciprocal accountability between school leaders and governors
Being accountable to parents and the community they serve

School governors make important collective decisions and the governing body is answerable to parents and the community. The responsibilities of the governing body include:

Promoting high standards of education and achievement
Planning the school's long-term future
Setting the school's aims and values
Appointing senior staff including the Headteacher
Budgetary allocation and control
Deciding on the number of staff to be employed
Making sure that the curriculum is broad and balanced

Governor Information 2019/2020

Type	Governor	Start Date	End Date
Clerk	Wendy Morgan	1^st March 2019
Head	Alison Penny	April 2009
Co-opted	Clive Haines	14^th September 2018	13^th September 2022
Co-Opted	Rebecca Walker	8^th July 2019	7^th July 2022
Co-Opted	Maxine Wood (Chair)	8^th July 2019	7^th July 2022
LA	Paul Samuels	14^th September 2018	13^th September 2022
Staff	Vacant
Parent	Helen Atallah	14^th June 2017	13^th June 2021
Parent	Stephen Dorling	17^th January 2020	16^th January 2024
Parent	Vacant

Focus Area	Governor	Staff
Health & Safety	Rebecca Walker	Tricia Knight
Special Educational Needs	Maxine Wood	Laura Hopper
Safeguarding	Maxine Wood	Wendy Philps/Alison Penny
Looked After Children	Maxine Wood	Alison Penny
Disadvantaged Pupils	Rebecca Walker	Alison Penny
Website	Paul Samuels	Wendy Morgan
Parent Support/Liaison	Helen Atallah
EYFS	Helen Atallah	Jo Butcher
Focus Area 2019/20 x1
Focus Area 2019/20 x 2

Governor Information 2018/2019

Type	Governor	Start Date	End Date
Clerk	Wendy Morgan	1^st March 2019
Headteacher	Alison Penny	April 2009
Co-opted	Clive Haines	March 2015	March 2019
Co-Opted	Rebecca Walker	8^th July 2015	7^th July 2019
Co-Opted	Maxine Wood (Chair)	8^th July 2015	7^th July 2019
LA	Paul Samuels	14^th September 2018	13^th September 2022
Staff	Alina Powell	22nd November 2019
Parent	Helen Atallah	14^th June 2017	13^th June 2021
Parent	Stephen Dorling
Parent	Vacant

Governor Information 2017/18

Name	Governor Type	Committee	Position Held	Term of Office	Number of FGB & Committee Meetings attended 2017-2018	Other Governor Positions Held
Helen Atallah	Parent			02/05/17 -
Vacancy	Staff	Standards	n/a			None
Clive Haines	LEA	Resources	Chair of Resources Vice Chair	03/2015 - 03/2019		Homer First School
Alison Penny	Head	Resources Standards	n/a	n/a		None
Rebecca Walker	Co-opted	Standards	Chair of Standards Disadvantaged Children	08/07/15 - 07/07/19		Cookham Dean CE Primary School
Maxine Wood	Co-opted	Resources Standards	Chair SEN & Looked After Children	08/07/15 - 07/07/19		Courthouse Junior School
Kirsty Spooner	Clerk	Resources Standards	n/a
VACANCY	Co-opted
VACANCY	Parent
VACANCY	Parent

Register of Business Interests

Name

Date of

Appointment

Name of Organisation

Nature of Interest

Date from

which involved

Clive Haines

March 2015

RBWM

Support Governors

September 2008

Rebecca Walker

June 2015

RBWM

DfE

Adhoc Consultancy

National Leader of Governance

May 2014

2014

Governors with Relationships with school staff

Name of Governor	Relationship	Staff Member
None

Governor Information 2016/17

Name	Governor Type	Committee	Position Held	Term of Office	Number of FGB & Committee Meetings attended 2016-2017	Other Governor Positions Held
Helen Atallah	Parent			14/06/17 - 13/06/2021	1 out of a possible 1 meeting	None
Louise Atkins	Parent	Standards		05/07/16 - 05/09/17	7 out of a possible 7 meetings	None
Josh Berry	Staff	Standards	n/a	07/11/16 - 06/11/20	6 out of a possible 7 meetings	None
Clive Haines	LEA	Resources	Chair of Resources Vice Chair	03/2015 - 03/2019	5 out of a possible 8 meetings	Homer First School
Alison Penny	Head	Resources Standards	n/a	n/a	10 out of a possible 11 meetings	None
Debbie Roberts	Parent	Resources		05/07/16 - 02/05/17	6 out of a possible 6 meetings	None
Maggie Schapp-Smith	Associate	Resources	Health & Safety	05/2015 - 05/2019	1 out of a possible 8 meetings	None
Rebecca Walker	Co-opted	Standards	Chair of Standards Disadvantaged Children	08/07/15 - 07/07/19	7 out of a possible 7 meetings	Cookham Dean CE Primary School
Carol Wood	Co-opted	Resources	Safeguarding	09/11/15 - 03/07/17	6 out of a possible 7 meetings	None
Maxine Wood	Parent	Resources Standards	Chair SEN & Looked After Children	08/07/15 - 07/07/19	11 out of a possible 11 meetings	Courthouse Junior School
Nicola Camano	Clerk	Resources Standards	n/a	03/01/17 - 31/07/17	n/a	n/a
VACANCY	Co-opted
VACANCY	Co-opted

Governor Information 2015/16

Name	Type of Governor	Committee Membership	Position Held	Term of Office	Number of FGB & Committee Meetings attended 2015-16
Alison Penny	Headteacher	Resources Standards & Curriculum Pay & Appraisals	n/a	April 2009 -	12 out of a possible 12 meetings
Debbie Clarke	Staff	Standards & Curriculum	n/a	September 2011 - July 2016	3 out of a possible 7 meetings
Liz Kelsall	Local Authority	Resources (Chair) Pay & Appraisals	Chair Chair of Resources SEND	December 2015 - June 2016	9 out of a possible 10 meetings
Clive Haines	Parent	Resources Pay & Appraisals	Vice Chair Chair of Resources Chair of Pay & Appraisals Safeguarding	March 2015 - March 2019	4 out of a possible 9 meetings
Rebecca Walker	Co-opted	Standards & Curriculum	Chair of Standards & Curriculum Appeals Panel	June 2015 - June 2019	7 out of a possible 7 meetings
Carol Wood	Co-opted	Resources		November 2015 - November 2019	7 out of a possible 7 meetings
Maxine Wood	Co-opted	Standards & Curriculum Pay & Appraisals	Pupil Premium Looked After Children Website	June 2015 - June 2019	11 out of a possible 12 meetings
Chrissy Jackson	Parent	Standards & Curriculum	Early Years Foundation Stage	November 2014 - January 2016	2 out of a possible 2 meetings
Maggie Schaap-Smith	Associate	Resources	Health & Safety	May 2015 - May 2019	1 out of a possible 9 meetings
Liz Bharj	Clerk to Governors	Resources Standards & Curriculum		April 2014 - October 2016
Vacancy	Parent

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