St. Botolph’s CE Academy

Governing Body

A new governing body was formed on 25th April 2018 to replace the IAB. Please see below our list of Governors and the areas which they are linked to:

Mr Peter Bell (Chair)- Curriculum 

Mrs Lorraine Hanson (Vice Chair)- RE and SIAMS 

Mrs M Isherwood - local councillor

Mr Glen Fisher- Safeguarding 

Mrs Nikki Sullivan- local community business with an interest in SEND

Staff governors: Mrs J Groves (EYFS and Attendance) and Mrs C Toon (Safeguarding)

Parent governors: Mr C Steeples (Sport), Mr J Redgwick

 Information about our governing body

The chair and vice-chair of governors have significant experience in governance, local authority and school leadership. They have a strong skills set, promote the academy well and are ambitious and realistic in their vision for improvement. All governors are well informed of the academy developments, are actively involved in all aspects of academy life and monitor its effectiveness regularly. They hold senior leaders to account for all aspects of the academy performance and this can be seen through governing body minutes and notes of visits. The governing body fully support the Christian ethos of the academy and regularly attend services, support creative curriculum mornings and they meet with parents at half termly coffee mornings and regular drop-in sessions. There are two working groups who meet regularly and report progress back to the governing body:

SIAMS working group: Mrs Hanson, Mrs Adams, Mrs Fisher(RE/CW leader) and Mr Steeples

Curriculum working group: Mr Bell, Mrs Adams, Mrs Clipsham (curriculum leader), Mr Fisher

Our Chair of Governors can be contacted using the information below:

Peter Bell

Chair of Governors

07787508693