Governors
The Governing Body is made up of elected representatives from parents, staff, the Local Education Authority and community representatives. They have overall responsibility for the strategic direction of the school and monitoring its progress. Members of the governing body can be contacted via the school office. The Chair of Governors is Ms Shelagh Henderson, if you wish to contact her please email shelagh.henderson@kmps.org.uk. The names of the members of the school Governing Body and their roles of responsibility can be found below.
Name | Role | Committees |
Katie Furlong | Headteacher | Resources, Teaching and Learning Committees |
Shelagh Henderson | Chair of Governors, Co-opted Representative | Resources, Teaching and Learning, and Headteacher’s Performance Management Committees |
Kate Davies | Staff Representative | Resources |
Jack Swanston | Associate Representative | Teaching and Learning |
Helen Blythe | Parent Representative | Teaching and Learning Committee |
Louise Sutton | Co-opted Representative | Chair of Teaching and Learning Committee |
Timothy Shaw | Co-opted Representative | Chair of Resources and Headteacher’s Performance Management Committees |
Robert Siddall | Vice Chair Co-opted Representative | Resources Committee |
Ian Alvis (Left in Spring 2024) | Co-opted Representative | Teaching and Learning Committee |
Marie Egan | Co-opted Representative | Resources Committee |
Kamran Ayub | Parent Representative | Resources Committee |
Ellie Hinkins | Co-opted Representative | Teaching and Learning Committee |
Jess Platts | Parent Representative | Teaching and Learning Committee |
Leah Fox | Co-opted Representative | Resources |
Sarah Peachy | Co-opted Representative | Teaching and Learning Committee |
Voting rights
Maintained schoolsIn maintained schools only governors (including the headteacher if they are a governor) may vote in meetings of the full governing board.Only members of the committee may vote in committee meetings.All governors have equal voting rights, but the chair has a casting vote if there's a tie.Associate members have voting rights on committees, but not at full governing board meetings.
Governor Biographies
Please see the mini biographies of our governing body below so you get to know everyone a little better.