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Governance

The Full Governing Body meets six times each academic year.

Our aims

To help shape the vision and direction of the school.
To ensure that all pupils and staff are safe.
To ensure that the school fulfils its statutory duties.
To have a good understanding of the strengths of the school and the areas for development.
To challenge and support the Leadership Team. This includes holding to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, the performance management of staff and to oversee the financial performance of the school and ensure value for money.

Terms of Reference

School Governors 2024-2025

The Chair of Governors is Sanobir Mammood who can be contacted via the school office.

The Vice Chair of Governors is Nair Ishtiaq.

The Safeguarding Governor is Sanobir Mammood.

Name	Role	Appointment Date	Term of Office	Appointed By	Meetings attended over previous academic year out of a total number of applicable meetings
Lesley Bartlett	Staff	08.03.2023	4 years	FGB	5/6
Nair Ishtaq	Co-opted	01.10.2023	4 years	FGB	5/6
Karren El Kheir	Headteacher	01.09.2018	NA	Ex officio appointment	6/6
Sanobir Mammood	Co-opted / Chair	14.03.2022	4 years	FGB	6/6
Ian Moore	Parent	01.10.2023	4 years	Elected by parents	5/6
Jessica Sutcliffe	Co-opted	12.10.2023	4 years	FGB	4/6
Councillor Ursula Sutcliffe	Local Authority Governor	30.11.2023	4 years	Nominated by the LA Appointed by the FGB	N/A
Kaainat Syed	Parent	23.01.2023	4 years	Elected by parents	4/6

Number of meetings during academic year 2023-24:

Full Governing Body - 6

The Clerk to Governors is Hannah Woodham.

Also in attendance at meetings:

Chris Conway - Deputy Headteacher

Niamh McKeown - Assistant Headteacher

Theresa Blakeborough - School Business Leader

Julie Clark - School Business Leader

Minutes of all Governors’ meetings are kept in the School Business Leaders office and are available to be viewed on request.

Register of Business and Pecuniary Interests 2024/25

NAME	OWN INTERESTS	INTERESTS OF FAMILY MEMBERS
Lesley Bartlett	None	None
Theresa Blakeborough	School Business Leader at Newhall Park Primary School Member of NAHT	Employed at NHP Primary School
Chris Conway	Deputy Head at Newhall Park Primary School	None
Nair Ishtaq	None	None
Karren El Kheir	Headteacher at Newhall Park Primary School Member of NAHT	None
Sanobir Mammood	Employed by Dixons Academy Trust	None
Julie Clark	School Business Leader at Newhall Park Primary School	Employed at NHP Primary School
Niamh McKeown	Assistant Headteacher at Newhall Park Primary School	None
Ian Moore	None	None
Jessica Sutcliffe	Employed by Bradford Academy	None
Kaainat Syed	None	None

Previous governors in the last 12 months

Name	Role	Appointment Date	Term of Office	Appointed By	Meetings attended over previous academic year out of a total number of applicable meetings	OWN INTERESTS	INTERESTS OF FAMILY MEMBERS
Roxanne Allen	Co-opted / Vice Chair	15.03.2021	4 years	FGB	5/6	None	None
Kauser Mukhtar	LA Governor	15.07.2019	4 Years	LA / FGB	0/6	Local Councillor	None
Stephanie Nuttall	Co-opted	09.12.2019	4 Years	FGB	2/6	Employed at Lloyds Banking Group	None
Paul Terry	Co-opted	15.07.2019	4 Years	FGB	2/6	Member of NAHT	None