The Governing Body

“The governing body is forward-thinking in its approach to governance.” Ofsted March 2017

The Governing Body works closely with the Headteacher in the management and leadership of the school to ensure that the school continues to maintain its high standards as well as improve and develop further. The full Governing Body meets twice each term, with additional meetings for committees.

GB Meeting Dates 2016-17

Minutes of previous meetings are available to download below or hardcopies can be requested from the office.

Our report to parents from the Finance Committee is available here: Finance Committee Report to Parents May 2016

If you would like to talk to a governor then please contact the school office. There are photos of all of us on this page so please feel free to have a chat if you see one of us at an event or in the playground.

Download a letter of introduction from our Chair, Judith Greenwood Letter from Judith (GB Chair) .

Members of the Governing Body (during the past 12 months)

Name	Committees	Category of Governor	Appointed By	Term End	Relevant Business Interests	Governor at Other Schools	Relationship with Other Governors or Staff
Paula Ayliffe	Finance	Staff	Elected	November 2018	Member of staff	None	None
Avinash Bhangaonkar	Finance Salary Appeal Conciliation	Parent	Elected	October 2020	None	None	None
Anna Chaudhri	Personnel	Co-opted	Governing Body	June 2020	None	None	None
Laurie Coppersmith VICE-CHAIR	Finance (Chair), Dismissal, Salary	Co-opted	Governing Body	Resigned December 2016	Small residual financial interest in Cambridge Kidsclub which may provide holiday care to a few pupils. Treasurer of Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue which might hire the hall.	None	None
Alison Cox	Premises & Pupil Wellbeing (P&PW) (Chair), Dismissal, Conciliation, Performance & Assessment (P&A), Head Teacher Performance Management (HTPM)	Co-opted	Governing Body	September 2019	Dance Teacher, Eden Dance Centre, Chesterton & Colours of Dance Histon Road	None	None
Mary Cullen	P&PW, Governor Effectiveness Working Party (GEWP)	Co-opted	Governing Body	Resigned April 2017	None	None	Mother of Rob Thompson
Judith Greenwood CHAIR	Finance (Acting Chair) P&PW, GEWP	Local Authority	Local Authority	March 2018	None	None	None
David Hargreaves VICE CHAIR	Finance, P&A (Chair) Dismissal Appeal Salary Appeal HTPM	Parent	Elected	October 2017	None	None	None
Jaspaul Hill HEAD TEACHER	Finance	Head Teacher			Member of staff	None	None
Zareen Islam	Personnel, P&A	Parent	Elected	October 2019	None	None	None
Faruk Kara	Personnel, Salary Appeal, Disciplinary, GEWP	Parent	Elected	November 2016	None	None	None
Petroc MacKenzie-Williams	Personnel Salary Disciplinary	Parent	Elected	October 2020	None	None	None
Jane McHugh	P&PW, Conciliation	Co-opted	Governing Body	March 2021	None	None	None
Joanne Sharpington	Personnel, Salary, Disciplinary	Parent	Elected	November 2018	None	None	None
Bridget Somekh	Personnel (Chair), Salary, Disciplinary, HTPM	Co-opted	Governing Body	September 2019	None	None	None
Kate Stalker	P&PW	Co-opted	Governing Body	September 2019	Member of staff; music club run with another person which parents pay directly for	None	None
Sarah Stepney	Personnel	Co-opted	Governing Body	September 2019	Member of staff	None	None
Rob Thompson	Finance, Dismissal Appeal, Salary Appeal, GEWP	Co-opted	Governing Body	September 2019	None	None	Son of Mary Cullen
Jim Thorpe	Finance, Dismissal, Salary Appeal	Parent	Elected	November 2018	None	None	None
Joanna Walker	P&PW, Dismissal Appeal, Conciliation, Disciplinary	Co-opted	Governing Body	Resigned July 2016	None	None	None
Mary Wheater	P&PW, Dismissal Appeal, Conciliation	Co-opted	Governing Body	September 2019	None	None	None