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Abbey School Governing Board

The governing board has three main core functions:

STRATEGIC

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction of the school

ACCOUNTABLE

Holding the Head Teacher to account for the school’s performance, acting as a critical friend

FINANCIAL

Overseeing the school’s financial performance and making sure money is well spent

Who is on the Governing Board?

The Abbey School Governing Board is made up of fourteen people, the majority of who must be Foundation Governors:

Two Foundation Governors (appointed by the Diocesan Board of Education) – Nikki Loan & Linda Marchment

One Foundation Governor (ex officio) – Father Richard Watson

Five Foundation Governors (appointed by the Cathedral) – Katie Wright, Carol Borras, Gayle Ball, Robert Raine & James Stebbing

Two Parent Governors (elected by parents) – Myf Hopkins & Laurence Perrin-Rees

One Local Authority Governor (appointed by the LEA) – Debbie Gupta (Chair of Governors)

One Co-opted Governor (appointed by the Governing Board) – Graham Wright

One Staff Governor (appointed by the staff) – Miss Felstead

One Head Teacher – Miss Fenn

	Category	Appointing Body	Term of Office	Committee(s)	Position	Business Interest

Ms Debbie Gupta	LEA	Hertfordshire CC	31/08/2018	· Strategy	Chair of Governors;
DG					Chair of Strategy; Safeguarding governor
Mrs Katie Wright	Foundation	Cathedral Chapter	31/08/2018	· Strategy	Vice Chair of Governors; Chair Resources
KW				· Headteacher Performance Management
				· Resources
				· Pay and Personnel
Mrs Nikki Loan	Foundation	Diocesan Board of Education	31/08/2020	· Resources	Treasurer
NL				· Strategy

Miss Emma Fenn	Head teacher	Abbey Primary School	From 30/07/2010	All committees	Head teacher
EF
Mrs Carol Borras	Foundation	Cathedral Chapter	30/04/2019	· Resources		Lay Canon at Cathedral; Director T&B Contractors
CB				· Admissions
Mr James Stebbing	Foundation	Cathedral Chapter	31/05/2021	· Audit and Compliance
JS
Mr Robert Raine CBE	Foundation	Cathedral Chapter	31/08/2020	· Strategy	Chair Pay and Personnel
RR				· Pay and Performance
Mrs Linda Marchment	Foundation	Diocesan Board of Education	31/08/2018	· Headteacher Performance Management	SEN governor
LM				· Audit & Compliance	Re governor

Mr Graham Wright	Co-opted governor	Governors, Abbey Primary School	06/07/2020	· Resources	Health and Safety governor
GW
Vacant	Ex-officio	St Albans Cathedral				Sub-dean of the Cathedral
Ms Myf Hopkins	Parent	Abbey Primary School	31/03/2019	· ~Pay and Personnal
MH				· Audit & Compliance
Dr Gayle Ball	Foundation	Cathedral Chapter	08/05/2020	· Admissions	Chair of Admissions,	MSA, Abbey School
GB				· Audit & Compliance	Chair of Audit & Compliance
Mrs Laurence Perrin-Rees	Parent Governor	Abbey Primary School	31/08/2020	· Audit & Compliance
LPR
Miss Lisa Felstead	Staff Governor	Abbey Primary School	29/02/2020	· Audit & Compliance	Deputy Head
LF
Mrs Rosemary Campbell	Associate Governor	Governors, Abbey Primary School	31/08/2018	· Admissions
RC
Mrs Lucy Price	Clerk	Governors, Abbey Primary School	31/08/2015 August 2018			School Business Manager, Abbey School;
LP						Governor, St Helens School, Wheathampstead

> Governor’s Code of Conduct 2014

> Full Governing Body Attendance 2016-2017

> Governing Body Committee Attendance 2016-17

Parent Governor Forum

The Governing Board will annually seek parental views and all survey results will be available for parents at our annual Parent Governor Forum, which will now going forward combine with theFriends’ Association AGM. Our next forum Thursday 15^th March 2018 from 7.30-9pm.

The Abbey School’s Vision, Mission, Values and Aims

Over the last 12 months The Abbey School Governing Board has been working on refreshing our school vision and values. The Governing Board would like to thank the parents for their input at the Parent Governor Forum, and to the children who have helped bring these words to life. We have also benefited from external facilitators, and the views of the staff and our senior leadership, to deliver vision and values for our whole school community. Please see the vision, values and aims page for more information.