Chair of Local Governance Committee: Mrs A Yandell
Vice Chair of Local Governance Committee: Mark Hadden
The Governance Committee is a ‘critical friend’ of the school. It provides Strategic Leadership in school improvement. It does this by being appropriately involved in the school improvement cycle as follows:
- Developing and sharing the values and vision
- Setting out the aims and objectives of the school
- Setting out the policies and procedures by which the aims and objectives will be achieved
- Establishing the criteria by which the aims and achievements will be seen to be achieved
- Taking the views of stakeholders into account
- Evaluating evidence on how well the school is doing
- Finding out how well the school is doing in comparison with similar schools
- Agreeing targets for improvement
- Planning to achieve improvement
- Ensuring that deployment of staffing and resources match the school’s priorities.
Key Issues
The governance committee will consider and keep under review: the progress and attainment of all groups of pupils, evidence of narrowing gaps between under achieving groups and other pupils, improvements in the quality of teaching, the school’s improvement since the last inspection, and the school’s self-evaluation of how well it is doing currently. Governance committee members are not expected to be involved in the day to day running of the school.
Who can be a governance committee member?
- Almost everyone over 18 can become a member. Governance committee members are volunteers from all walks of life – everyone has experience and skills to offer
- An effective governance committee has people from different backgrounds and with a mix of skills. No formal qualifications are needed to be a member
- Governance committee members are not education experts – they are there to offer a fresh perspective
What makes a good governance committee member?
- The ability to work in a team
- An interest in education and a commitment to the school
- Patience, energy and enthusiasm
- A willingness to listen, learn and to spend time in school
- A willingness to undertake training
Committees and Local Governance Committees
| Name | Governor Type and who appointed | Date of appointment | Term From | Term To | Roles |
| Mrs. Ann Yandell | Foundation Committee Member (Archdiocese of Southwark)
| 01-Sep-17 | 01 Mar 2022 | 28 Feb 2026 | Chair
Safeguarding |
| Vicki O'Halloran | Head Teacher | | | | |
| Mark Hadden | Foundation Committee Member (Archdiocese of Southwark)
| 12-Jul-22 | 12 Jul 2022 | 11 Jul 2026 | ViceChair
Curriculum |
| Andrew Heap | Co-opted Committee Member (KCSP)
| 19-Mar-24 | 19 Mar 2024 | 18 Mar 2028 | Health and Safety
Finance |
| Neil Ormsby | Parent Committee Member (Elected by Parents)
| 23-Jun-23 | 23 Jun 2023 | 22 Jun 2027 | Pupil Premium/SEN |
| Claire Reid | Staff Committee Member (Elected by Staff)
| 01-Sep-23 | 01 Sep 2023 | 31 Aug 2027 | CPD |
| Nicola Smith | Parent Committee Member (Elected by Parents)
| 11-Jan-24 | 11 Jan 2024 | 10 Jan 2028 | |
| Daniel Weatherley | Foundation Committee Member (Archdiocese of Southwark)
| 27-Mar-24 | 27 Mar 2024 | 26 Mar 2028 | |
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Our Chair of Governors, Ann Yandell , can be contacted by email:
Ann.Yandell@st-josephs-broadstairs.kcsp.org.uk
The Clerk to the committee Sally Posnett, can be contacted by email:
sposnett@kcsp.org.uk
Copies of Governing Body minutes are available from the School Office.