Foxwood Academy

GOVERNORS

Who are the governors?

The full governing body meets once a term. There are two sub-committees within the governing body:

• The Finance and General Purposes Committee meet monthly.
• Pupil and Curriculum meet as required

Current governing body:

NAME	Role and Function	Link Responsibilities	Type of Governor	Appointed By	Start Date	End Date	Register of business and pecuniary interest
Sarah Morgan	Chair of Governing Body Succession Planning Strategy, Statutory duties, Appraisal & Capability of Headteacher.	Safeguarding Governor, Staffing, Leadership & Governance & Headteacher Performance Management	Community Governor	Governing Body	3rd Oct 2018	2nd Oct 2022	Director of Hydrajaws Holdings
Richard Taylor	Vice-Chair Appraisal & Capability of headteacher, Member of Finance & General Purposes committee	Head teacher performance management	Community Governor	Governing Body	1st Sep 2012	3rd Oct 2019	Nottinghamshire Proficiency Test Committee Lisa Brown Discretionary Trust
Michelle Coyle	Chair of Finance and General Purposes Committee		Community Governor	Governing Body	6th Jun 2018	5th Jun 2022	No interests to declare
Samantha Marshall	Chair of Pupil and Curriculum Committee	Academy Teaching and Learning	Parent Governor	Governing Body	22nd Nov 2017	21st Nov 2021	No interests to declare
Simon Spibey	Member of Finance and General Purposes Committee	Spiritual, moral, social and cultural (including British values)	Parent Governor	Governing Body	6th Jul 2018	5th Jul 2022	Contour furnishings
Hannah Wharton	Member of Pupil and Curriculum Committee	Employability with regard to Project SEARCH	Comunity Governor	Governing Body	3rd Oct 2018	2nd Oct 2022	No interests to declare
Jamie Hutchinson	Head teacher		ex-officio Governor Accounting Officer	Governing Body	1st Sep 2017		No interests to declare

What do governors do?

Governors have the responsibility for three main functions at the Academy:

• Setting the strategic direction of the Academy, alongside the Academy's senior leadership team
• Ensuring the Academy meets all its statutory requirements
• Providing challenge and support to the Academy staff to improve outcomes for all the students

Impact statement 2018/19