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Governors

Governors are like a Board of Directors who make decisions about how the school is run.

Governors work with senior leaders in the strategic development of the school and in raising standards of achievement. Duties include setting the school’s vision, aims & objectives, approving the school budget and appointing the headteacher. School Governors have legal duties, powers and responsibilities.

Governors must both support and challenge the headteacher, so need to gain an understanding of the school’s overall performance in order to explain its decisions and actions. They do this by attending regular meetings, carrying out school visits and meeting with senior leaders. They also attend training in order to keep up to date with the requirements of their role. Governors work as a team and make collective decisions.

Governing Body at Brackenbury Primary School

Name of governor	Governor type	Original Appointment date	Appointed By	Current term
Sandra Mulholland - Co Chair	Co-opted	11.02.19	Governing Body	11.02.19 - 10.02.23
Joanne Folwell - Co Chair	Co-opted	13.01.22	Governing Body	13.01.22 - 12.01.26
Mary Hutchinson	Co-opted	25.01.18	Governing Body	25.01.18 - 24.01.22
Matt Lindner	Co-opted	02.12.14	Governing Body	12.07.18 - 11.07.22
Emily Taylor	Parent Governor	24.06.19	Parents	24.06.19 - 23.06.23
Claire Ramlal	Parent Governor	07.04.22	Governing Body	07.04.22 - 06.04.26
Lizzie Mullarky	Headteacher	03.04.17	Member by virtue of their office	01.04.20 - 31.03.24
Mark Truman	Staff	12.10.17	Member by virtue of their office	12.10.17 - 31.08.25

In the past 12 months we also had the following members on the Brackenbury School governing body

Shelley Baker - Chair	Local Authority	01.09.17	Governing Body	Resigned
Chris Georgiou	Co-opted	04.12.13	Governing Body	Resigned
Sue Winn	Co-opted	08.11.19	Governing Body	Resigned
Ben Lewis	Parent	10.12.18	Parents	Resigned
Brigitte Groves	Co-opted	25.03.21	Governing Body	Resigned
Claire Watson	Co-opted	28.11.19	Governing Body	Resigned

Brackenbury Governing Board

Sandra Mulholland - Co Chair

Joanne Folwell - Co Chair

Lizzie Mullarky

Mary Hutchinson

Matt Lindner

Mark Truman

Emily Taylor

Claire Ramlal

Vacancy

Vacancy

Vacancy

Associate members are appointed by the governing body to serve on one or more governing body committee. They may also attend full governing body meetings. They are not governors and therefore do not have a vote in governing body decisions, but may be given a vote on decisions made by committees to which they are appointed.

Governing Body at Brackenbury

The Governing Body at Brackenbury Primary School is made up of people appointed from different sources to help ensure that different skill sets can benefit the school and that a range of outlooks and viewpoints are heard. All governors are appoined for a four year term. These sources are as follows:

2 Parent Governors - elected by parents in the school
Head Teacher Governor - by virtue of their office
1 Staff Governor - elected by the school staff
1 Local Authority Governor - appointed by Brighton & Hove City Council
7 Co-opted Governors - appointed by Governing Body from members of the local community

For more information on school Governors, including details on how you can apply to become one, please click on the following link: Become a school governor (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

We have one committee who meet to look at resourcing which includes challenging and scrutinising finance and staffing within school. See below for terms of reference for this committee.

All other issues are discussed at full governing body (FGB) meetings.

Resourcing Terms of reference 2019

Register of Interests 2021-2022

Name of Governor	Relevant Business Interests	Any other educational establishments governed	Relationships with the school staff including spouses, partners, and relatives
Sandra Mulholland	None	None	None
Joanne Folwell	None	None	None
Mary Hutchinson	None	None	Children at school
Matt Lindner	None	None	Children at school
Emily Taylor	None	None	Children at school
Claire Ramlal	None	None	Children at school
Lizzie Mullarky	None	None	None
Mark Truman	None	None	None

Governing Body Meeting Dates 2021-2022

FGB Tuesday 28th September 2021

Resourcing Committee Monday 18th October 2021

FGB Thursday 11th November 2021

FGB Thursday 13th January 2022

Resourcing Committee Thursday 13th January 2022

FGB Thursday 17th March 2022

Resourcing Committee Monday 21st March 2022

FGB Thursday 7th April 2022

Resourcing Committee Monday 16th May 2022

FGB Thursday 9th June 2022

FGB Thursday 14th July 2022

Minutes of the Full Governing Board and Committees can be viewed on request. Please contact the clerk to the governors at ninapickering@brackenbury.brighton-hove.sch.uk

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