Governors

School Governance

The governing body is the schools accountable body and is responsible for the conduct of the school. The governing body is therefore responsible for establishing the strategic vision & aims, target setting and financial budget.

Although school governors can be best likened to the role of non-executive directors of a public company, they work as a team with the head teachers to support them in raising the standards of the school and acting as the 'critical friend'.

In addition to promoting high standards of education the governing body also appoints the head teacher(s).

For more information on school governors in Buckinghamshire click here

Ashmead Combined School – Governing Body

The school governing body is currently made up of 10 members, 9 of whom currently have full and equal voting rights- (The 10th governor is one of the Co-Head Teachers who is currently an Associate member and there can be only one Head Teacher vote).

The term of office for a School Governor is 4 years, there is no upper limit on the number of terms a school governor can serve at Ashmead.

It should be noted that all school governors at Ashmead School are regularly Government DBS checked
(formerly called CRB checks).

The Governing Body meets as follows:-

Termly meetings

Full Governing Board Meeting (Clerked with LA agenda) to incorporate Finance, Premises, Health and Safety
Full Governing Board Meeting (Clerked with LA agenda) to incorporate Curriculum

This has enabled the Governing Body to separately focus on :

Statutory Duties
Financial Stewardship, Health and Safety
Teaching, Learning and Data

Please note that minutes of meetings are a matter of public record and copies of which can be inspected at the school office or the additional information links below

A pecuniary interest register is also maintained for all governors which can also be inspected at the school office, a summary is available from the additional information links below.

If you are interested in finding out more about the Governing Body including expressing an interest to join please email the Chair of Governors via the following email - office@ashmeadschool.org.uk

Governing Body

The school governing body meet each month to discuss and review every aspect of school life. They are involved in all areas of education, finance and administration and are a critical component of the school's self-evaluation and development process.

From time to time Governor vacancies arise, if you think you can make a contribution to the further success of our school we would be delighted to hear from you.

You can contact all members of the governing body via the main school email - office@ashmeadschool.org.uk

Roles

Governors (ID 1073)

Paul Ruston

Chair of Governors

Paul Ruston

Governing Body member	Main areas of responsibility	Category of Governor	Start date
Mr Roger Axtell	Initial Teacher Training (ITT)	Foundation	Pre 2008
Mr Andy Donmall		Co-opted / Parent	Autumn 2019
Mr Pete Goodwin	Safeguarding	Parent	Autumn 2019
Mr Andrew Nobbs	Chair of Finance	Local Authority	Pre 2008
Mr Michael Pearse	Co Head teacher	Co Head teacher	Autumn 2008
Mr Marcus Pickover	Co Head teacher	Co Head teacher	Autumn 2008
Miss Laura Redrup		Staff	Autumn 2019
Mr Paul Rushton	Chair of Governors Health & Safety GDPR	Co-opted	Autumn 2018

Member name	Governor Type	Term From	Term To	Governor Role	Additional Information
Nadia Amin	Staff Governor	28 March 2023	27 March 2027	SMSC	Co-opted Governor
Lesley Bounds	Staff Governor	02 March 2021	01 March 2025	Development Governor	Following a Staff Election Lesley was re-appointed on 2 March 2021
Sarah Crombie	Other	13 November 2017			Sarah is the school Bursar and Governors agreed at their FGB to give Sarah access to Governor HUB
Harry Cunningham	Partnership Governor	11 October 2022	10 October 2026	Early Years
Jan Knight	Clerk				Clerk
Gabriella Morales	Parent Governor	25 January 2023	24 January 2027		PTA Member
Andrew Nobbs	Local Authority Governor	21 July 2021	20 July 2025	Finance	Finance Chair
Michael Pearse	Co-Head Teacher	01 December 2020			Marcus Pickover became an Associate Governor with effect from 1/12/20 and Mike took on the role of Headteacher on the GB
Marcus Pickover	Associate Member (Co-Head Teacher)	01 December 2020	30 November 2024		Marcus became an Associate Governor on 1/12/20 and Mike Pearse took on the role of Headteacher on the GB
Paul Rushton	Co-opted Governor	12 November 2023	11 November 2027	Health and Safety	Chair Health & Safety Governor
Kirsty Vockins	Parent Governor	25 January 2023	24 January 2027	Safeguarding	Safeguarding Governor

The school governing body is currently made up of 11 members with full and equal voting rights.

Mr M Pearse as Headteacher is also a member of the Governing Body.

The clerk of Governing Body is Ms J Knight, employed by the school as an independent clerk.

Former governing body members who have resigned or retired in the last 5 academic years

Mr N Kershaw - 2014

Mr J Miles (P) - 2015

Mrs Freda Roberts (A) - 2016

Mr A Wright (P) - 2016

Ms E Wilding (P) - 2017

Mr T Sandiford (P) - 2017

Mr S Thompson - 2018

Mr J Blackburn (P) - 2018

Mrs Laura Haynes (P) - 2021

Mrs Lesley Bounds (S) - 2021

Record of Governor Attendance

Governing Body Statutory Procedural Documents

Financial Information

We confirm that no employee at Ashmead Combined School has a gross annual salary of £100,000 or more.

Please click on the link for financial information relating to Ashmead Combined School in comparison to similar schools

Schools financial benchmarking

Leadership of the School is currently judged to be OUTSTANDING

Ofsted (January 2020 inspection)

“Exceptional leadership of Ashmead Combined School helps to bring out the best in both staff and pupils. Staff have high ambitions for every pupil.”

Ofsted report 2020

The school Governing Body also currently has a number of vacancies, especially parent governors, if you are interested in joining then please contact the school via the school office.