School Governors
The Full Governing Body is responsible for ensuring Fulston Manor School provides high quality learning and teaching in a supportive and caring environment to develop the potential of each student. Its responsibilities are to monitor and promote to the highest standard the following: -
- Progress and achievement for all students at the school
- Quality of teaching and learning at the school
- Behaviour and safety within the school and, where practicable, the local area.
- Quality of leadership and management of the school.
Additionally, the Full Governing Body is responsible for: -
- Meeting all Statutory requirements in relation to both staff, as an employer, and students
- Promoting the spiritual moral and cultural development of students.
- Ensuring equality for all including those with Special Educational Needs and Disability.
All Governors attend the Full Governors’ meetings (which incorporates the previous Curriculum & Staffing Committee). There is also a separate Finance & Premises Committee (to which all Governors are also invited to attend) and Pay Committee.
Details of all Governors are listed below: -
Fulston Manor School Governors September 2018
Mr David Robinson
| Name of Governor |
Mr David Robinson |
| Category/appointing body |
Community Governor, member and Trustee of FMAT |
| Date of original appointment |
1st September 1999 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
2nd January 2016 to 1st January 2020 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Member of the Strategic Board, Chair of Governors, and responsible for Departments of Mathematics, MFL, Business and Finance
|
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
None |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
8/9 |
Mr Matthew Best
| Name of Governor |
Mr Matthew Best |
| Category/appointing body |
Parent Governor appointed by parent election |
| Date of original appointment |
1st January 2016 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
1st January 2016 to 31st December 2019 resigned on 8th May 2019 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Behaviour and attendance |
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
None |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
4/4 |
Mr Alan Brookes
| Name of Governor |
Mr Alan Brookes |
| Category/appointing body |
Principal/Executive Headteacher FMAT appointed by Board of Trustees
|
| Date of original appointment |
1st September 1997 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
Ongoing |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Strategic |
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
Governor at South Avenue Primary School and Director of Leadership Learning South East (LLSE) |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
8/8 |
Mrs Susie Burden
| Name of Governor |
Mrs Susie Burden |
| Category/appointing body |
Committee member appointed by FMAT |
| Date of original appointment |
|
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
Ongoing |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Deputy Headteacher |
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
None |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
New appointment from 1st September 2018 |
Mrs Paul Beckham
| Name of Governor |
Mr Paul Beckham |
| Category/appointing body |
Parent Governor appointed by parent election |
| Date of original appointment |
3rd December 2018 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
3rd December 2018 to 2nd December 2022 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Student Voice and History Department |
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
None |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
New appointment this academic year |
Mrs Olga Cole
| Name of Governor |
Mrs Olga Cole |
| Category/appointing body |
Community Governor appointed by FMAT |
| Date of original appointment |
23rd January 2019 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
23rd January 2019 to 22nd January 2023 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
|
Progression routes, careers and business connections
|
|
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
None |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
New appointment this academic year |
Mrs Rita Couzins
| Name of Governor |
Mrs Rita Couzins |
| Category/appointing body |
Community Governor, member and Trustee of FMAT |
| Date of original appointment |
1st April 1988 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
2nd January 2016 to 1st January 2020 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Chair of the Strategic Board (FMAT) and Governor responsible for Department of Humanities (including RS) Resigned 31st Aug 2018 |
| Business Interests to declare |
Bay Floor Cleaning and Trustee of Harmony Therapy Trust |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
Bay Floor Cleaning (Daughter’s business) |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
5/8 |
Miss Gemma Davies
| Name of Governor |
Miss Gemma Davies |
| Category/appointing body |
Staff Governor (Teaching) appointed by staff election |
| Date of original appointment |
22nd September 2017 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
22nd September 2017 to 21st September 2021 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
|
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
None |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
6/7 |
Ms Natalie Davies
| Name of Governor |
Ms Natalie Davies |
| Category/appointing body |
Community governor appointed by FMAT |
| Date of original appointment |
1st September 2018 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
1st September 2018 to 31st August 2022 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Department of Science, Vice-Chair of Finance and Premises Committee and appointed Vice-Chair of Governors on 8th May |
| Business Interests to declare |
NHS Kent Community Healthcare |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
Trust secretary and director of trust |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
New appointment this academic year |
Mr Stephen Duplock
| Name of Governor |
Mr Stephen Duplock |
| Category/appointing body |
Parent Governor appointed by parent election |
| Date of original appointment |
1st January 2016 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
1st January 2016 to 31st December 2019 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
School Trips and Department of Geography |
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
None |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
4/8 |
Mrs Nicola Endacott
| Name of Governor |
Mrs Nicola Endacott |
| Category/appointing body |
Community Governor appointed by FMAT |
| Date of original appointment |
1st June 2013 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
1st June 2017 to 31st May 2021 Resigned 26th September 2018 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Chair of finance and premises committee and governor responsible for progression routes/careers and business connection and continued professional development
|
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
Chair of Governors of Lansdowne Primary School (Stour Academy Trust) - until September 2017 |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
6/8 |
Mr John Fassenfelt
| Name of Governor |
Mr John Fassenfelt |
| Category/appointing body |
Community Governor appointed by Fulston Manor Academies Trust (FMAT) and trustee of FMAT |
| Date of original appointment |
6th September 2017 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
6th September 2017 to 5th September 2021 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Department of Social Sciences and school website and vice-chair of the strategic board |
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
None |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
6/7 |
Mr Jack Fox
| Name of Governor |
Mr Jack Fox |
| Category/appointing body |
Community Governor appointed by FMAT |
| Date of original appointment |
11th November 2015 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
11th November 2015 to 10th November 2019 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Curriculum/assessment and progress and Sixth Form |
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
Employed as Partner Schools Manager at the University of Kent |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
7/8 |
Mrs Maria Gash
| Name of Governor |
Mrs Maria Gash |
| Category/appointing body |
Committee Member appointed by FMAT |
| Date of original appointment |
|
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
Ongoing |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Deputy Headteacher |
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
None |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
8/8 |
Mr Mark Gilbert
| Name of Governor |
Mr Mark Gilbert |
| Category/appointing body |
Parent Governor appointed by parent election |
| Date of original appointment |
26th April 2017 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
26th April 2017 to 25th April 2021 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Pupil Premium/High Attainers and Department of English. Chair of Finance and Premises Committee
|
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
None |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
7/8 |
Mrs Louise Hay
| Name of Governor |
Mrs Louise Hay |
| Category/appointing body |
Staff Governor (teaching) appointed by staff election |
| Date of original appointment |
25th September 2013 Resigned 31st August 2018 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
25th September 2017 to 24th September 2021 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Governor Training |
| Business Interests to declare |
Director of DLH Restaurants (August 2016) |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
DLH Restaurants (Husband’s business) |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
4/4 |
Miss Chloe Honeysett
| Name of Governor |
Miss Chloe Honeysett |
| Category/appointing body |
Staff Governor (teaching) appointed by staff election |
| Date of original appointment |
21st September 2018 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
21st September 2018 to 20th September 2022 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Governor Training |
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
None |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
New appointment for this year |
Mrs Deidre Ines
| Name of Governor |
Mrs Deidre Ines |
| Category/appointing body |
Honorary Governor appointed by FMAT |
| Date of original appointment |
1st October 1989 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
1st September 2014 to 31st August 2018 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Admissions |
| Business Interests to declare |
None (Retired KCC) |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
None |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
1/4 |
Mrs Sarah Palmer
| Name of Governor |
Mrs Sarah Palmer |
| Category/appointing body |
Staff Governor (non- teaching) appointed by staff election |
| Date of original appointment |
14th November 2014 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
14th November 2018 to 13th November 2019 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Department of Performing Arts |
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
None |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
7/8 |
Mrs Katie Pidduck
| Name of Governor |
Mrs Katie Pidduck |
| Category/appointing body |
Community Governor appointed by FMAT and member of FMAT |
| Date of original appointment |
2nd November 2015 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
2nd November 2015 to 1st November 2019 Resigned 9th January 2019 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Vice Chair of Governors and responsible for SEN/Children in Care/Safeguarding and House system |
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
None |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
7/8 |
Mr Nigel Tiller
| Name of Governor |
Mr Nigel Tiller |
| Category/appointing body |
Committee Member appointed by FMAT |
| Date of original appointment |
Retired 31st August 2018 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
|
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Deputy Headteacher
|
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
None |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
7/8 |
Mr Gordon Watson
| Name of Governor |
Mr Gordon Watson |
| Category/appointing body |
Community governor appointed by FMAT |
| Date of original appointment |
1st September 2018 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
1st September 2018 to 31st August 2022 |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Responsible for Safeguarding/SEN/Children in Care, House system, PE Department and spiritual,moral and cultural/British values
|
| Business Interests to declare |
None |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
Wife is employed at Fulston Manor school as a TA |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
Wife works at Fulston Manor School |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
New appointment this academic year |
Mr Mark Weller
| Name of Governor |
Mr Mark Weller |
| Category/appointing body |
Parent Governor appointed by parent election and member of FMAT |
| Date of original appointment |
14th November 2014 |
| Service Term (4 years unless otherwise stated) |
14th November 2014 to 13th November 2018 Term of office not renewed |
| Areas of Governor Responsibility |
Student Voice and Department of ICT
|
| Business Interests to declare |
Gad’s Hill School (left 3rd June 2018) and Fourjems Coaches |
| Pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions |
Fourjems Coaches (own business) |
| Relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and relatives |
None |
| Number of meetings attended in the last academic year |
1/8 |
Please contact any of the school governors through the Clerk to the Governors, Mrs Heather Daniels at the school address or by e-mail at, [email protected]
