Governors

The Governing Body of St Marylebone C of E School

The governing body meets regularly and works closely with the headteacher and the staff to decide the school's aims and policies and to oversee the efficient running of the school.

The governors work in partnership with the London Diocesan Board for Schools and Westminster Council and have particular responsibility for:

• Setting aims and planning for the future of the school
• Agreeing targets to raise standards of achievement
• Ensuring the curriculum for the school promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of the pupils
• Managing the school budget by providing the head teacher with guidance, setting priorities and budget monitoring
• Staffing issues, including appointing the head teacher and other staff and determining salaries
• Deciding the school's policies on issues including admission
• Making sure all pupils have equal opportunities within the school and providing for pupils with special educational needs
• Ensuring there is a high standard of maintenance of the school's premises
• Dealing with complaints about the school
• Raising funds through the annual voluntary maintenance contributions from parents

There are twenty three places on the governing body which include foundation governors, elected parent governors, staff governors, and local authority governors (see below for a full list). In addition to the six meetings of the full governing body each academic year, there are also regular meetings of the three main committees:

• Staffing and Management
• Curriculum and Pupils
• Finance and Premises

If you have any queries about the work of the governors or wish to raise an issue with the governing body, please contact Emma Perkin, the Clerk to the Governors, via clerkstm@yahoo.co.uk. You can also contact any of the elected parent governors via the school office.

Margaret Mountford
Chairman of Governors

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Foundation Governors

The Rector (ex officio)	Bishop’s Representative
Reverend Stephen Evans (Vice-Chairman)	Mrs April Gow
Area Dean's Representative	LDBS nominees
Mr Adé Adigun	Mrs Julia Burrows Mrs Caroline Lasko Mrs Margaret Mountford (Chairman)
Deanery Synod Representatives	PCC Representatives
Ms Diane Beecham (appointment to be confirmed) Mr Robert Norton	Ms Clare Alexander Mrs Jo Sumpter
Trustees’ Representative	Additional foundation governor
Mrs Judith Wright (Chair of Staffing and Management Committee)	Mr Mark Thomas

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Representative Governors

Westminster City Council Governors	Teacher Governors
Ms Sophie Tidman	Mr Michael Hartley Mr Jonathan Goldstein
Support Staff Governor	Elected Parent Governors
Mr Michael Castle	Mrs Sarah Hume (Chair of Curriculum and Pupils Committee) Mrs Eliza Low Mr Richard Lewis
Local Community Governor	Headteacher
Ms Sally Spencer	Mrs Elizabeth Phillips OBE, BA, MA, AKC
Co-opted Governors
Mr Andrew Jackson Mr Simon Mellor (Chair of Finance & Premises Committee)

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