Our Governors
What do school governors do?
Governors work with senior leaders in the strategic development of the school and in raising standards of achievement. Duties include setting the school’s vision, aims & objectives, approving the school budget and appointing the headteacher.
Governors must both support and challenge the headteacher, so need to gain an understanding of the school’s overall performance in order to explain its decisions and actions. They do this by attending regular meetings, carrying out school visits and meeting with senior leaders. They also attend training in order to keep up to date with the requirements of their role. Governors work as a team and make collective decisions.
If you are interested in becoming a school governor, please contact the Clerk to Governors for more information: tomway@st-bartholomews.brighton-hove.sch.uk.
St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School Governing Body
Name |
Role |
Term of office |
Appointed by |
Original appt date |
Ian Beggs |
Staff governor |
17.10.19 – 16.10.23 |
Elected by staff |
01.09.15 |
Katie Blood |
Headteacher governor |
04.04.17 - |
Member by virtue of their office |
04.04.17 |
Tony Firmin |
Foundation governor |
06.07.22 - 05.07.26 |
Church Diocese |
06.07.18 |
Nikki Harper |
Parent governor |
17.10.19 - 16.10.23 |
Governing body |
17.10.19 |
Fr Ben Eadon |
Foundation governor (ex-officio) |
26.05.20 - |
Member by virtue of their office |
26.05.20 |
Catherine Wilson |
Foundation governor |
16.12.20 - 15.12.24 |
Church Diocese |
16.12.20 |
Ben Scott |
Foundation governor |
16.11.21 - 15.11.25 |
Church Diocese |
16.11.21 |
Mary Nixon |
Foundation governor |
25.02.22 -
24.02.26
|
Church Diocese | 25.02.22 |
Roger Fine |
Local Authority Governor |
25.05.22 -
24.05.26
|
Governing body/ Local Authority | 25.05.22 |
Fr Thomas Cotterill |
Foundation governor |
03.01.23 -
02.01.27
|
Church Diocese | 03.01.23 |
(Vacancies) |
Foundation governor | |||
(Vacancies) | Parent governor |
In the past 12 months we have also had the following members on our governing body:
Name |
Role |
Term of office |
Appointed by |
Resigned |
Original appt date |
Fiona Keeling |
Associate member
|
02.03.19 – 01.03.23 | Governing body | 21.07.22 | 02.03.15 |
Daniel MacIntyre |
Parent governor
|
08.05.19 - 07.05.23 | Governing body | 12.12.22 | 08.05.19 |
Register of interests
Register of Interests for governors who have served in the last 12 months:
Name |
Date declared |
Business / pecuniary interests |
Governance roles in other educational establishments |
Personal interests |
Ian Beggs |
19.10.22 |
Teacher at St Bartholomew’s / NEU member and rep |
None |
None |
Katie Blood |
12.09.22 |
Headteacher at St Bartholomew's CE Primary School |
None |
None |
Fiona Keeling |
14.12.21 |
Deputy Headteacher at St Bartholomew's CE Primary School |
None |
None |
Tony Firmin |
12.09.22 |
None | None | None |
Daniel MacIntyre |
11.09.22 |
Employed by West Sussex County Council as Consultant in Public Health |
None | None |
Nikki Harper |
11.10.21 |
None | None | None |
Fr Ben Eadon |
12.09.22 | None |
Serving as an ex officio governor of St Paul's CE Primary School, Brighton | None |
Catherine Wilson |
04.09.22 |
None | None | None |
Ben Scott |
12.09.22 |
None | None | None |
Mary Nixon |
12.09.22 |
None | None | None |
Roger Fine |
09.09.22 |
None | None | None |
Fr Thomas Cotterill |
(tbc) |
Governor meetings
From the school year 2021-22, our Governors have merged the Resources and Teaching & Learning Committees into FGB meetings.
The timetable for all FGB meetings for the school year 2022-23 are:
Date |
Meeting |
12/09/22 |
Full Governing Body |
19/10/22 |
Full Governing Body |
12/12/22 |
Full Governing Body |
09/02/23 |
Full Governing Body |
27/02/23 |
Finance meeting (if required) |
22/03/23 |
Full Governing Body |
04/05/23 |
Finance meeting (if required) |
24/05/23 |
Full Governing Body |
10/07/23 |
Full Governing Body |
At our meetings, the governing body carries out its three core functions, as identified by the Department for Education in the Governance Handbook:
Minutes are published below, once they have been agreed at the following meeting. Associated papers are also available on request, although some will be confidential. Please contact the clerk to governors for further information: tomway@st-bartholomews.brighton-hove.sch.uk. Minutes and associated papers from meetings more than two years ago are also available from the clerk or school office.
The Chair of Governors is Father Ben Eadon and the Vice Chair of Governors is Tony Firmin.
Full Governing Body (FGB) meetings
Resources Committee - re-established September 2017 (discontinued July 2021)
Teaching & Learning Committee - re-established September 2017 (discontinued July 2021)
Meeting attendance for 2021-23
The Constitution of Governing Bodies in Maintained Schools (August 2015) requires governing bodies to publish individual governors' attendance at meetings in the last year. In the table below, governors' initials are listed along the top (see full names on the Governor Information page) and meetings are listed on the left hand side.
KEY:
Y = Yes (in attendance), N = No (not in attendance), n/a = not a member of that committee / no longer a governor / not yet appointed
Meeting |
KB |
FK |
IB |
TF |
DM |
NH |
BE |
CW |
BS |
MN |
RF |
TC |
FGB 15.09.21 | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
FGB 14.10.21 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a |
FGB 14.12.21 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | n/a | n/a | n/a |
FGB 07.02.22 | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | n/a | n/a |
Additional meeting 21.02.22 | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | n/a | n/a |
FGB 24.03.22 | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | n/a | n/a |
FGB 25.05.22 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | n/a |
FGB 14.07.22 | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | n/a |
FGB 12.09.22 | Y | n/a | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | n/a |
FGB 19.10.22 | Y | n/a | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | n/a |
FGB 12.12.22 | Y | n/a | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | n/a |