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The Role of Governors

Every school has a governing board which represents the interests of the children, local community and wider public in the running of the school. They work with the staff and the Local Education Authority to help secure the best possible education for the children in the school.

An agenda is set for each meeting and will include the tasks which the governing body is required to consider, and the governing body may 'commission' assignments or activities arising from the business meeting, which will be recorded in the minutes.

In addition to 'commissioning' activities or actions on their behalf, the governing body has delegated monitoring activities to 'monitoring pairs' or 'individuals'. This applies to statutory functions, and the priorities of the School Improvement Plan.

The Inspire Federation's governing board consists of members and is made up of Parent Governors, Local Authority Governors, Staff Governors, Foundation Governors and Co-opted Governors. This ensures that the governing board has sufficient diversity of views and experience to be both supportive and a questioning friend.

The Inspire GB have two curriculum committees, a finance and resource committee, an ethos committee and a pay committee.

Our Chair of Governors is Mr Paul Thompson; if you wish to contact him please speak with the School office who can pass on the relevant information. All members of the current body can be seen below.

There are three core functions pf a governing body as reflected in the OFSTED inspection handbook:

  • Setting vision, ethos and strategic direction, engaging stakeholders and ensuring statutory duties are met.
  • Holding heads to account for teaching, achievement, behaviour and safety; challenging and strengthening leadership; contributing to school evaluation.
  • Ensuring financial solvency and probity with effective management of financial resources, including Pupil Premium, to raise standards.

All governors and the Clerk can be contacted through the school’s administration office.

 

Find out more about being a Governor http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-community/volunteering/school-governors

There are no staff earning over £100,000 per annum.

On 1st September 2022, Maypole became part of the Inspire Federation and therefore the governing body structure is as follows:

Curriculum Commitee (Maypole) Curriculum Commitee (Seal/Four Elms) Ethos Commitee  Finance and Resources  Pay Commitee 

Emily Kane (Chair)

Vijay Jain (Vice Chair)

Anna Marsh

Katie McCann (Associate)

Kate Jeffrey (Associate)

Paul Chapman (Associate)

Manpreet Kainth (Associate)

Maria Cordier (Clerk)

Alex Nikolic (Associate)

Paul Rickard (Chair) 

Sally Walmsley (Vice Chair)

Marion Gilchrist

Anna Marsh

Lorraine Butler(Associate)

Jess Fermor (Associate)

Tamsin Jones (Associate)

Georgie Ryder-Clarke (Associate)

Maria Cordier (Clerk)

Anne Le Bas (Chair)

Marion Gilchrist

Lorraine Butler (Associate)

Anna Marsh

Maria Cordier (Clerk)

Steven Bird (Chair)

Nick Catt (Vice Chair)

Tyron Stalberg

Jamie Ward

Lorraine Butler (Associate)

Maria Cordier (Associate)

Jess Fermor (Associate)

Katie McCann (Associate)

Liz Mitchell

Alex Nikolic (Associate)

Anna Smith (Clerk)

Steven Bird (Chair)

Paul Thompson (Vice Chair)

Emily Kane 

Governors

Name

Role/Responsibility

Governor Type

Appointing Body

Term of Office

Declarations

Mr Paul Thompson

Chair

Foundation

Governing Body 

14.10.20- 31.08.26

None 

Mrs Emily Kane

Vice chair

Curriculum Maypole

Co-Opted

Governing Body

01.09.22-

31.08.26

None

Canon Anne Le Bas 

Ethos 

Foundation 

Governing Body 

19.7.18-

31.08.26

None

Mr Paul Rickard

Curriculum Seal and Four Elms

Co-opted

Governing Body

08.01.20-

31.08.26

Head of Science Woldingham School

Mrs Marion Gilchrist 

Ethos

Early Years

Foundation 

Governing Body 

10.10.18-

31.08.26

None

Mr Nick Catt

Website 

 

Finance and Resources

Co-opted

Governing Body 

14.10.20-

31.08.26

None

Mr Tyron Stalberg

Health and Safety

 

Finance and Resources 

Co-opted 

Governing Body 

19.7.18-

31.08.26

None

Mr Steve Bird 

Finance and Resources

Safeguarding

Local Authority  

Governing Body 

19.7.18-

31.08.26

None 

Mrs Sally Walmsley

Curriculum Seal and Four Elms

Co-opted

Governing Body

01.12.21-

31.08.26

None

Mr Jamie Ward

Finance and Resources

 

Health and Safety

Co-opted

Governing Body

01.09.22-31.08.26

None

Mrs Maggie Williams

Ethos

 

Pupil Premium

Safeguarding

Foundation

Governing Body

01.09.22- 31.08.26

None

Mr  Vijay Jain

Curriculum Maypole

Co-opted

Governing Body

01.09.22- 31.08.26

None

Mr Paul Chapman

 

Associate 

 

01.09.22- 31.08.26

 

Mr Alex Nikolic

 

Associate 

 

01.09.22- 31.08.26

 

Miss Jess Fermor

 

Associate 

 

15.10.19-15.10.23

None

Mrs Lorraine Butler 

 

Associate

 

19.7.18- 31.08.26

None

Miss Katie McCann

 

Associate

 

19.7.18- 31.08.26

None

Mrs Elizabeth Mitchell 

 

 

 

99 years

Trustee of Endeavour Mat; Governor at Knole Academy 

Mrs Maria Cordier

Mrs Anna Smith 

 

Clerk

Clerk (finance)

 

 

 

 

 

Governors who have stepped down

Name

Role/Responsibility

Governor Type

Appointing Body

Term of Office

Declarations

stepped down

Mrs Lorraine Wickens

Curriculum Seal and Four Elms

Co-opted

Governing Body

01.12.21-

31.08.26

None

Jan 2023

Mr Rupert Garrett

Ethos

Co-opted

Governing Body

01.09.22 –

31.08.26

Site Manager Maypole

Jan 2023

Mrs Maggie Williams

Ethos

Pupil Premium

Safeguarding

Foundation

Governing Body

01.09.22-

31.08.26

None

Jan 2023

Mrs Jo Buck 

 

Associate 

Governing Body 

01.09.22- 31.08.26

None

 

Jan 2023