Governors and Write Up

Governors usually serve a four year term on the governing body. Our governors are organised into 2 sub committees:

• Resources
• Curriculum

School Governors

Chair (Parent Governor)

Mr Stephen Booth

Head of School

Mrs Kate Plant

Parent

Mrs Shantala Carr

Mr Martin Henderson

Staff Governor

Mrs Kate Plant

Foundation Governor

Rev. David Ridley

Mrs Jane Willis

Rev. Sandra Marsh

Local Authority Governor

Mrs Hazel King

Co-opted Governors

Mr Alan Bonner

Mrs Rita Smith (Chair of Resources Sub-Committee)

We do not have any Associate Members. All of our Governors have voting rights.

Governors' Register of Business Interests

	Name Term of Office Start & End date of appointment	Membership	Interests to Declare	Employment, office, trade, profession or vocation	Employment, office, trade, profession or vocation of spouse/partner	Employment, office, trade, profession or vocation of spouse/partner
	Mr Stephen Booth 4 years 7.10.2014 to 6.10.2022	Chair of Governors  Parent Governor Data Monitoring    Curriculum Resources	None	Not applicable	Not Applicable	None
	Mrs Katherine S Plant (Kate) 4 Years 30/06/2005 to 28/06/2021	Head of School Member of both Sub-Committees	None	Head of School	Not Applicable	None
	Reverend David G Ridley ongoing 18/04/2013 to 17/04/2112	Foundation Governor Curriculum Sub-Committee	None	Vicar	Not Applicable	Foundation Governor (Safeguarding Role) at Downs & Northbourne Federation
	Mrs Janice V Willis (Jane) 4 Years 01/06/2011 to 31/05/2019	Foundation Governor Curriculum Sub-Committee	None	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	None
	Mrs Shantala Carr (formerly Heath) 4 Years 07/10/2014 to 06/10/2022	Parent Governor Resources Sub-Committee	None	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	None
	Mr Alan J Bonner 4 Years 19/01/2017 to 18/01/2021	Co-opted Governor Resources Sub-Committee	None	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	None
	Mrs Rita U Smith 4 Years 27/11/2012 to 17/11/2019	Co-opted Governor Data Monitoring Sub-Commiittee Chair of Resources Sub-Committee	None	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	None
	Mrs Hazel M King 4 Years 17/05/2017 to 16/05/2021	Local Authority Governor Curriculum Sub-Committee	None	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	None
	Mr Martin J Henderson 4 Years 03/07/2018 to 02/07/2022	Parent Governor Curriculum Sub-Committee	None	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	None
	Reverend Elizabeth A Marsh (known as Rev. Sandra) 4 Years 12/11/2018 to 11/11/2022	Foundation Governor	None	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	None
	GOVERNORS WHO HAVE RESIGNED/RETIRED SINCE JANUARY 2016
	Dr David A Sugden 4 Years    Resigned 19/07/2002 to 17/05/2021	Chair of Governors (Co-opted Governor) Member of all Committees	None	Retired	Teaching Assistant at Eastry Church of England Primary School	Husband of Mrs J Sugden, Teaching Assistant at Eastry CEP School
	Husband of Mrs J Sugden Teaching Assistant at Eastry CEP School	Parent Governor Vice Chair Data Monitoring Sub-Committee Chair of Curriculum Sub-Committee	None	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	None
	Mr Timothy J Halling Retired 25/03/2019 01/01/2005 ONGOING	Member of all committees	None	Headteacher Sole Director of Sarah Halling Ltd	Not Applicable	Sole Director of Sarah Halling Ltd
	Mrs Anne E Wiles (Annie) 4 Years Resigned 11/10/2018 30/06/2005 to 17/11/2019	Foundation Governor	None	None	Director - Andrew Wiles Consulting	Trustee of Aquila - Diocese of Canterbury Academy Trust Director - Shepway Teaching School
	Mr Michael J West 4 Years Resigned 23/05/2018 12/02/2016 - 11/02/2020	Previously Parent Governor Resources Sub-Committee	None	Architect - CAD Solutions Dover, Kent.	Not Applicable	None
	Dr Jonathan P Porter 4 Years Resigned 07/11/2016 15/03/2013 to 07/11/2016	Previously Co-opted Governor Curriculum Sub-Committee	None	Patent Attorney	Medical Physicist	None
	Mr Andrew D Watson 4 Years Resigned 06/07/2016 30/06/2009 to 06/07/2016	Previously Vice-Chair (Co-opted) Resources Sub-Committee	None	Solicitor	Not Applicable	Company Secretary of East Kent Business Partnership Ltd. Director of Girlings Personal Injury Claims Ltd.
	Mr Gavin Whitlock 4 Years Resigned 26/01/2016 06/10/2011 to 26/01/2016	Previously Chair of Curriculum Sub-Committee Co-opted Governor	None	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	None

ATTENDANCE RECORD

Attendance (%) at last 6 Full Governing Body Meetings		Attendance (%) at last 4 Resource Sub-Committee Meetings		Attendance (%) at last 4 Curriculum Sub-Committee Meetings
Mrs K Plant 100%	Dr D Sugden - 100%	Mrs R Smith - 100%	Dr D Sugden - 100%	Dr D Sugden - 100%	Mrs K Plant 100%
Mr S Booth - 100%	Mrs R Smith - 100%	Mrs S Carr - 0%	Mr A Bonner - 50%	Mrs J Willis - 75%	Mr M Henderson - 100%
Mr A Bonner - 33%	Rev'd D Ridley - 33%	Mrs K Plant - 100%		Rev'd D Ridley - 100%
Mrs J Willis - 100%	Rev. S Marsh - 100%
Mrs S Carr - 50%	Mr M Henderson - 100%
Mrs H King - 100%

If you would like to contact the Chair of Governors please email Mr Stephen Booth - sbooth@eastry.kent.sch.uk