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CHRISTOPHER WHITEHEAD

LANGUAGE COLLEGE AND SIXTH FORM

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Governing Board of Christopher Whitehead Language College and Sixth Form

The school is an academy and it is constituted in line with the Articles of Association, May 2011. There are 16 Governors appointed:

1 Principal
4 Parent Governors
8 Appointed
3 Staff Governors
Up to 3 governors may be co-opted

The three core strategic functions of Christopher Whitehead Language College and Sixth Form Governing Body are:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the School and its students
Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure that its money is well spent.

Governors are also responsible for ensuring that the school meets statutory requirements and the Full Governing Body meets 4 times a year; committees also meet termly.

The Governing Body has established four committees to which it delegates day to day responsibility for the oversight of various aspects of the running of the school – Audits; Curriculum, Teaching and Learning; Operations and Students and Community.

Christopher Whitehead Language College and Sixth Form Governing Body – Declarations of interest

Full Name of Governor/ Associate Member	Governor Type	Governor Position	Committees	Initial start date	Start date for current term	End date	Appointing body	Declared Interests
Graham Evans	Appointed	Chair of Governors	Audit, CT&L, Operations	22/11/1999	24/09/21	24/09/25	Appointed	Trustee of the Parochial Church Council of St John-in-Bedwardine, Worcester (charity number 1152583). Trustee of the charity “Churchlands” also known as the Feoffees of St John-in-Bedwardine (charity number 257634).
Jennifer Barnes	Appointed			19/05/23	19/05/23	19/05/27	Appointed	Worcester Charities Hopmarket, Worcester Municipal, Mary Hill Trust (all poverty alleviation) Benenden regional deputy Member Council, PCS ARMs regional council member, WTUC member representing PCS, Worcester Canal Group member, Co-op Party Mercia Branch Vice Chair Employed by Unison
Sadie Carr Simons	Elected			19/05/23	19/05/23	19/05/27	Elected by parents	Company Secretary – Redhill Court Management Ltd Governor at St Georges COFE Worcester, term finishes in July
Andrew Collard	Co-opted			27/02/23	27/02/23	07/02/27	Appointed	Trustee of John Masefield High School
Hannah Davies	Elected			19/05/23	19/05/23	19/05/27	Elected by parents	Business The Academy Project CIC – Director Potential future of working with Christopher Whiteheads in relation to physical education. Christopher Flanders, a teacher/governor is a friend.
Susan Fairman	Appointed	Chair of S&C	S&C	01/09/13	29/01/23	29/01/27	Appointed	None
Chris Flanders	Staff		S&C	12/09/22	12/09/22	12/09/26	Elected by staff	None
Carl Flint	Appointed	Chair Audits	Audits, Operations	01/07/11	06/02/21	06/02/25	Appointed	Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts Director at Malvern Walks
Paul Greene	Staff		S&C	04/10/22	04/10/22	04/10/26	Elected by staff	None
Jon Hall	Co-opted		Audits and operations	24/02/20	24/02/20	24/02/24	Co-opted	None
Suzanne Lawson	Appointed	Chair CT&L	CT&L	27/03/18	27/03/22	27/03/26	Appointed	University of Worcester – teacher training School hosts PGCE trainees for the University of Worcester
Neil Morris	Headteacher		Audits and Operations	16/05/11	N/A	N/A	Ex-officio	None
Kirsten Reeves	Parent		CT&L, S&C	20/05/22	20/05/22	20/05/26	Elected by parents	Debutots Worcestershire (Business) Governor at Oldbury Park Primary RSA Academy
Dan Stokes	Staff		CT&L	04/12/19	04/12/19	04/12/23	Elected by Staff	None
Julie Swan	Appointed		CT&L	02/07/19	27/02/23	27/02/27	Appointed	None
Russell Webb	Appointed	Chair Operations	Audits, Operations	27/11/13	27/11/2021	27/11/25	Appointed	None
Bronwen Williams	Elected			19/05/23	19/05/23	19/05/27	Elected by parents	The John Moore Primary School- staff governor. Term finishes 24/9/23

Francesca Moore	Appointed		CT&L, S&C	17/09/18	17/09/18	18/12/22	Appointed	None
Michael Sheath	Co-opted		S&C	28/11/17	29/11/21	Resigned 07/01/23	Co-opted	None
Jim Blanden	Parent		Audit, CT&L, Operations, S&C	15/02/19	15/02/19	26/02/23	Elected by parents	None
Mark Gillet	Parent		Audits, Operations, CT&L	20/05/22	20/05/22	Resigned 14/03/23	Elected by parents	None
Stephen Minchin	Appointed		CT&L, S&C	01/03/13	09/06/19	09/06/23	Appointed	None

Governor attendance 2022-23

√ Present

A Apologies

The Governing Body

Meeting Date	12/09/22	21/11/22	27/2/23	26/6/23	Total Meetings
Graham Evans	√	√	√	√	4/4
Jenny Barnes	N/A	N/A	N/A	√	1/1
Jim Blanden	√	√	√	N/A	3/3
Sadie Carr-Simmons	N/A	N/A	N/A	A	0/1
Hannah Davies	N/A	N/A	N/A	√	1/1
Susan Fairman	√	√	A	√	3/4
Chris Flanders	√	√	√	√	4/4
Carl Flint	√	√	√	√	4/4
Mark Gillet	A	A	A	N/A	0/3
Jon Hall	√	A	A	√	2/4
Suzanne Lawson	√	A	√	√	3/4
Stephen Minchin	√	√	A	N/A	2/3
Francesca Moore	A	A	N/A	N/A	0/2
Neil Morris	√	√	√	√	4/4
Kirsten Reeves	√	√	√	A	3/4
Michael Sheath	√	A	N/A	N/A	1/2
Dan Stokes	√	√	A	A	2/4
Julie Swan	√	√	A	A	2/4
Russell Webb	√	√	√	√	4/4
Bronwen Williams	N/A	N/A	N/A	√	1/1

Audit Committee

Meeting date	17/10/22	30/1/23	13/6/23	Total
Carl Flint (Chair)	√	√	√	3/3
Jim Blanden	√	√	N/A	2/2
Mark Gillet	√	A	N/A	1/2
Graham Evans	√	√	√	3/3
Jon Hall	√	A	√	2/3
Neil Morris	√	A	√	2/3
Russell Webb	√	√	√	3/3

Curriculum, Teaching and Learning (CT&L)

Meeting date	10/10/22	23/1/23	12/06/23	Total
Suzanne Lawson (Chair)	A	√	√	2/3
Jim Blanden	√	A	N/A	1/2
Paul Boatwright-Greene	√	√	√	3/3
Stephen Minchin	A	A	N/A	0/2
Francesca Moore	√	N/A	N/A	1/1
Kirsten Reeves	√	√	√	3/3
Dan Stokes	A	A	√	1/3
Julie Swan	√	√	√	3/3
Russ Webb	√	√	√	3/3

Operations Committee

Meeting date	17/10/22	14/11/22	30/1/23	13/06/23	Total
Russell Webb (Chair)	√	√	√	√	4/4
Jim Blanden	√	A	√	N/A	2/3
Graham Evans	√	√	√	√	4/4
Carl Flint	√	A	√	√	3/4
Mark Gillet	√	√	A	N/A	2/3
Jon Hall	√	√	A	√	3/4
Neil Morris	√	√	A	√	3/4

Students and Community (S&C)

Meeting date	15/11/22	02/02/23	22/06/23	Total
Susan Fairman (Chair)	√	√	√	3/3
Paul Boatwright-Greene	A	√	√	2/3
Andy Collard	N/A	N/A	A	0/1
Chris Flanders	√	√	√	3/3
Stephen Minchin	√	√	N/A	2/3
Francesca Moore	√	N/A	N/A	1/1
Kirsten Reeves	√	√	√	3/3
Michael Sheath	A	N/A	N/A	0/1

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