Name

Category of Governor

Appointed by

Term of Office

Committees / Positions /

Link Areas

Attendance

(2015/2016 meetings attended)

Business Interests

Personal Interests /

Other Governor Roles

Laura Walker

Parent Governor

Parent Election

15 December 2015 to 14 Dec 2019

• Curriculum
• Therapy Provision
• Staffing Committee / Appeals
• Pupil Discipline
• Complaints Panel

100%

(1 of 1)

• Daughter has a privately funded TA

Rachel Marr

Staff Governor

Staff Election

From 02.12.16 to Dec 2020, previously Associate member from Sept 2015

• Parent and Community Engagement
• Extended school

100%

• Daughter is employed as a Class Teacher

Marianne Best

Headteacher

Selection Committee

From appointment as HT on 01.01.15, until leaving post.

As Headteacher, Mrs Best assumes a role a school governor.

100%

(1 of 1)

• Employee

John Fields

LA Governor

Local Authority

Initial appt March 2012, re-elected 07.03.16 to March 2020

• Financial  Monitoring / Compliance
• Procurement
• Pay Committee
• Staffing Committee / Appeals
• Pupil Discipline
• Complaints Panel

60%

(3 of 5)

• Agricultural Adviser

Paul Aber

Co-opted Governor

Initially a Parent Governor, co-opted by Governing Body during reconstitution in 2014.

Initial appt Sept 2008, re-appt 01.09.14 to Sept 2018

• Pay Committee
• HT Performance Management
• Strategy
• Marketing
• Complaints Panel
• Previous Chair

100%

(5 of 5)

• Employee of National Governors Association
• Navigate Multi-academy trust, Larrfield Academy

Michael Garrod

Co-opted Governor

Initially a Parent Governor, co-opted by Governing Body during reconstitution in 2014.

Initial appt Dec 2009, , re-appt 23.09.14 to Sept 2018

• Acting Chair
• Vice Chair of Governors
• Health & Safety
• Premises Development
• School Environment
• Resource Planning
• HT Performance Management
• Complaints Panel 

75%

(3 of 4)

Sarah Barker

Co-opted Governor

Initially a Staff Governor, co-opted by Governing Body during reconstitution in 2014.

From Dec 2009,   re-appt 23.09.14 to Sept 2018

• Parent / Community engagement
• Extended school
• Extra-curricular activities

100%

(4 of 4)

• Family farm
• Daughter employed by WHS

Alex Rose

Co-opted Governor

Initially a Parent Governor, co-opted by Governing Body Oct 2016

19.10.16 to Oct 2020, previously Parent Governor from Oct 2012

• Safeguarding / Child Protection
• Staffing Committee / Appeals
• Pupil Discipline
• Complaints Panel

75%

(3 of 4)

 Associate Members 

Catherine Barr

Associate member (no voting rights on any committee)

Governing Body

From Sept 2015

• Teaching standards
• Curriculum
• Progress and attainment

100%

• Husband works for transport company occasionally contracted by WHS

Kevin Goddard

Associate member (no voting rights on any committee)

Governing Body

From Sept 2015

• Finance
• Business Management and systems

100%

 Previous Governors (since September 2015)

Frances Toynbee

Co-opted Governor

Governors

23.09.14 to January 2017

• Chair of Governors
• Behaviour
• Progress and Attainment
• Staffing Committee / Appeals
• Pupil Discipline  Outcomes
• Complaints Panel

100%

(4 of 4)

• Educational Consultancy and Training
• Local Improvement Board, Navigate Academy Trust, Tees Valley and Barnsley hub

David Atkinson

Co-opted Governor

Initially a Parent Governor, co-opted by Governing Body during reconstitution in 2014.

Initial apt Dec 2009, re-appt 23.09.14 to Jan 2017

• Finance
• Budget Monitoring
• Staffing Committee/Appeals
• Pupil Discipline
• Pay Committee (Chair)
• Complaints Panel

80%

(4 of 5)

Rob Jeffs

Staff Governor

Staff Election

Sept 2012 to Sept 2016

• Health & Safety
• Premises / environment

100%

(4 of 4)

• Employee

 May Houseman

Co-opted Governor

Co-opted by agreement of FGB

09.03.16 to  August 2016

• Outcomes for college pupils
• Next steps
• Staffing Committee / Appeals
• Pupil Discipline
• Complaints Panel

•  Foster carer for WHS student

Hazel Smith

Headteacher

Selection Committee

From appt as HT, until leaving post on 31.12.15.

As Headteacher, Mrs Smith assumes a role a school governor.

100%

• Employee
• Husband has a relief assistant caretaker post at WHS