Our Board of Governors

Daniel Hudson is the Clerk to the Governors

What does the Board of Governors do?

Our Board of Governors is established to oversee the running, management and leadership of our school.

Our Board of Governors includes:

• Governors appointed by the Diocese (Foundation governors)

• Governors appointed by Lewisham Council (LA governor)
• The Headteacher
• Teacher/support staff governors
• Community or co-opted governors
• Parent governors

Parent governors are elected by the parents of our school and normally serve for four years. Staff governors are elected by staff and normally serve for four years. Co-opted governors are invited onto the governing body, by the governing body, to add areas of expertise and to represent the local community.

The governing body is responsible for many important decisions in the running of the school.

These include:

• appointing the Senior Leadership Team and the teaching staff
• agreeing the aims of the school curriculum and ensuring the national curriculum is implemented
• determining how the school’s budget is to be used each year
• producing the school prospectus
• deciding what charges should be made for activities outside normal school hours
• dealing with official complaints and exclusions

You can contact the Board of Governors by writing to the Chair of Governors via the school office. Our governors are pleased to hear about thoughts, ideas and issues that staff and parents would like discussed by the Board of Governors. Individual governors can be contacted via the school office.

Full governing body meetings are held every half term in the evening. The agenda for the meeting includes items from the Local Authority, directives and initiatives from the Government and school-based concerns.

Board structure, Governors' details and attendance

To contact the governors, please email governors@goodshepherd.lewisham.sch.uk .