Our School Governors
The Governing Body is responsible for the strategic direction of the school.
Governors’ Details
|
Name |
Category |
Appointed by |
Term of Office – no. of years |
Term of Office – end date |
Committee membership |
Responsibilities |
Voting Rights (if Associate Member) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Karen McManus
|
Co-opted |
GB |
4 |
30/11/2026 |
Resources Curriculum |
Chair of Governors Safeguarding Governor |
|
|
Andy Walter
|
Co-opted |
GB |
4 |
30/11/2026 |
Resources – Chair Pay Performance Management |
|
|
|
Darren Almey |
Co-opted | 4 | 24/05/2026 |
Resources - Vice Chair Pay - Chair |
Training Liaison Governor
|
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|
Tamsin Wightman
|
Local Authority
|
|
4 |
30/11/2026 |
Resources Performance Management |
|
|
| Catherine Beiguilman | Co-opted | 4 | 17/12/2026 |
Curriculum-Vice Chair Pay |
SEN Governor & Inclusivity Governor (EAL) |
||
| Paula McIntyre | Co-opted | 4 | 17/12/2026 |
Curriculum - Chair
|
Vice-Chair of Governors Safeguarding Governor
|
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| Rebecca Stringer | Parent | 4 | 23/05/2026 |
Curriculum |
Pupil Premium Champion | ||
| Jo Sharples | Parent | 4 | 01/09/2026 | Resources | |||
| Megan Stevens (was Megan West) | Staff Governor | Staff | 4 | 19/02/2028 | Curriculum | ||
| James Lewis | Parent | 4 | 17/11/2027 | ||||
| Stuart Rowe | Co-opted | 4 | 24/04/2029 | ||||
| Deborah Swales | Clerk to the Governing Body | ||||||
| Steve French | Associate Member | GB | Curriculum | No voting rights | |||
| Danielle Bending | Associate Member | GB | No voting rights | ||||
|
Pam Meek |
Headteacher |
GB |
|
|
|
|
Voting rights |
|
Jo Bickerstaff
|
School Business Manager |
GB |
|
|
Resources |
|
No voting rights |
If governors are needed to form an additional committee, for example, complaints, grievance, etc. then governors who may sit on this committee include Tamsin Wightman, Paula McIntyre, Andy Walter, Darren Almey, Catherine Beiguilman, Jo Sharples and James Lewis.
Meeting attendance
Full Governing Body
| 18/09/2023 | 22/01/2024 | 18/03/2024 | 13/05/2024 | 08/07/2024 |
| Karen McManus (Chair) | Karen McManus (Chair) | Karen McManus (Chair) | Tamsin Wightman (Chair) | Karen McManus (Chair) |
| Paula McIntyre | Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Tamsin Wightman |
| Rebecca Stringer | Rebecca Stringer | Rebecca Stringer | Catherine Beiguilman | Andy Walter |
| Andy Walter | Darren Almey | Megan West | Jo Hills | Rebecca Stringer |
| Darren Almey | Jo Sharples | Paula McIntyre | James Lewis | James Lewis |
| Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman | Jo Sharples | Paula McIntyre | Darren Almey |
| Jo Sharples | James Lewis | Tamsin Wightman | Megan West | Catherine Beiguilman |
| Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | James Lewis | Danielle Bending | Megan West |
| Danielle Bending (in attendance) | Danielle Bending (in attendance) | Catherine Beiguilman | Pam Meek | Danielle Bending (in attendance) |
| Steve French (in attendance) | Steve French (in attendance) | Danielle Bending (in attendance) | Deborah Swales (Clerk) | Steve French (in attendance) |
| Pam Meek | Pam Meek | Steve French (in attendance) | Deborah Swales (Clerk) | |
| Deborah Swales (Clerk) | Deborah Swales (Clerk) | Pam Meek | Pam Meek | |
| Deborah Swales (Clerk) | ||||
| 23/09/2024 | 09/12/2024 | 03/02/2025 | 24/03/2025 | 20/05/2025 |
| Karen McManus (Chair) | Karen McManus (Chair) | Karen McManus (Chair) | Karen McManus (Chair) | Karen McManus (Chair) |
| Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman | Jo Sharples | Jo Sharples |
| Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Andy Walter |
| Rebecca Stringer | James Lewis | James Lewis | James Lewis | James Lewis |
| James Lewis | Darren Almey | Darren Almey | Darren Almey | Darren Almey |
| Darren Almey | Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman |
| Catherine Beiguilman | Paula McIntyre | Rebecca Stringer | Jo Sharples | Jo Sharples |
| Paula McIntyre | Megan West | Jo Sharples | Megan West | Megan West |
| Megan West | Danielle Bending (in attendance) | Danielle Bending (in attendance) | Danielle Bending (in attendance) | Stuart Rowe |
| Danielle Bending (in attendance) | Steve French (in attendance) | Steve French (in attendance) | Steve French (in attendance) | Steve French (in attendance) |
| Steve French (in attendance) | Pam Meek | Megan West | Deborah Swales (Clerk) | Deborah Swales (Clerk) |
| Pam Meek | Pam Meek | Pam Meek | Pam Meek | |
Curriculum Committee
| 30/09/2024 | 11/11/2024 | 13/01/2025 | |
| Paula McIntyre | Paula McIntyre | Paula McIntyre | |
| Catherine Beiguilman | Rebecca Stringer | Rebecca Stringer | |
| Karen McManus | Megan West | Catherine Beiguilman | |
| Megan West | Steve French (in attendance) | Steve French (in attendance) | |
| Steve French (in attendance) | Danielle Bending (in attendance) | Danielle Bending (in attendance) | |
| Danielle Bending (in attendance) | Deborah Swales (Clerk) | Deborah Swales (Clerk) | |
| Pam Meek | Pam Meek | Pam Meek | |
| Deborah Swales (Clerk) | |||
| 03/03/2025 | 09/06/2025 | ||
| Paula McIntyre | Paula McIntyre | ||
| Rebecca Stringer | Rebecca Stringer | ||
| Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | ||
| Karen McManus | Karen McManus | ||
| Steve French (in attendance) | Stuart Rowe | ||
| Danielle Bending (in attendance) | Michelle Wood (in attendance) | ||
| Deborah Swales (Clerk) | Ali Wilson (in attendance) | ||
| Pam Meek | Megan Stevens | ||
| Deborah Swales (Clerk) | |||
| Pam Meek | |||
Resources Committee
| 14/10/2024 | 25/11/2024 | 27/01/2025 | 17/03/2025 | 12/05/2025 | |
| Andy Walter (Chair) | Andy Walter (Chair) | Andy Walter (Chair) | Andy Walter (Chair) | Andy Walter (Chair) | |
| Jo Sharples | Jo Sharples | Darren Almey | Darren Almey | Darren Almey | |
| Darren Almey | Darren Almey | Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman | |
| Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman | James Lewis | Jo Sharples | Jo Sharples | |
| Jo Bickerstaff (in attendance) | Karen McManus | Jo Sharples | Deborah Swales (Clerk) | James Lewis | |
| Deborah Swales (Clerk) | Deborah Swales (Clerk) | Deborah Swales (Clerk) | Jo Bickerstaff (in attendance) | Jo Bickerstaff (in attendance) | |
| Pam Meek | Danielle Bending (in attendance) | Jo Bickerstaff (in attendance) | Pam Meek | Deborah Swales (Clerk) | |
| Jo Bickerstaff (in attendance) | Pam Meek | Pam Meek | |||
| Pam Meek |
Register of Governors’ Interests
|
Name |
Name of Business Including:
|
Nature of Business |
Nature of Interest |
Date of Appointment or Acquisition |
Date of Cessation of Interest |
Date of Entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Karen McManus |
Nil
|
|
|
|
|
15.05.2023 |
|
Darren Almey |
Wife works for company providing coding lessons for Key Stages 1 and 2. |
Education |
|
|
|
16.09.2024 |
|
Andy Walter |
Wife works for Hampshire Caterers |
Catering |
|
|
|
22.09.2024 |
|
Tamsin Wightman |
Employee of Hampshire County Council |
Education |
|
9th September 2024 |
Present |
14.09.2024 |
| Catherine Beguilman | Parent of child at the school | October 2022 | Present | 22.09.2024 | ||
| Paula McIntyre | Nil | |||||
| Jo Sharples | Present to child at the school | September 2021 | 31st July 2025 | 22.09.2024 | ||
| Rebecca Stringer | Nil | 12.09.2024 | ||||
| Megan West | Works at the School | 13.09.2024 | ||||
| Steven French | Works at the School | |||||
| Danielle Bending | Works at the School |
Parent representatives on the governing board are an important part of our school and home partnership. Not only are they directly aware of the results of school policy on our children and are easily accessible to our parents, but they can bring a variety of skills needed in the present day governing of schools.
If you feel that you would like to help our school by becoming a governor, do please get in touch with our Headteacher, or Chair of Governors, who can tell you what is involved. There is an induction and mentoring programme for all new Governors.
A leaflet summarising the role of the Parent Governor can be downloaded here too.
