Welcome to our Governors’ section
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured including the names, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.
The Governing Body has three main roles:
- To set the strategic direction of the school
- To act as a critical friend to the school
- To hold the school to account
We do this by meeting twice a term as a full governing body; during the first meeting each of our committees reports on how they have held the school to account. At the second meeting we receive and examine a detailed report from the Headteacher.
In addition to these meetings, governors visit the school to see it in action and offer their own professional or personal experience for the greater good of the school.
The day to day management of the school is delegated to the Headteacher and his or her staff.
Governors are unable to intervene in any individual school matter unless the Headteacher has been unable to satisfactorily resolve the matter of concern. Individual governors have no special authority; it is the governing body as a group which exercises its responsibilities.
At the September 2020 Governing Body meeting, Margaret Jones was elected Chair of Governors.
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Hanwell: Governing Body Membership December 2020
Name |
Term of Office Ends |
Governor Subject Area Responsibility |
Maggie Jones |
31/08/2021 |
Chair of Governors, Humanities |
Fr Cristiano Braz |
31/08/2022 |
Catholic Life |
Philip Stark |
01/09/2021 |
English |
Hilary Turner |
31/08/2023 |
SEND |
Priya Sakorkar |
24/05/2022 |
Safeguarding |
Anita Marshall |
05/12/2020 |
RE |
Louise Brooks |
30/03/2023 |
MFL, Music |
Patricia Rocha-Salume |
23/04/2023 |
Computing, Data Protection |
Danita Rowlands |
19/07/2023 |
Maths |
Una Whybrew |
01/11/2022 |
PE |
Gerard McMahon |
22/02/2020 |
Health & Safety |
Julian Rakowski |
Headteacher |
Science Design & Technology, Arts |
Governing Body Meetings:
Tuesday 29th September 2020, Tuesday 8th December 2020, Tuesday 26th January 2021, Tuesday 23rd March 2021, Tuesday 27th April 2021, Tuesday 13th July 2020 (7.40pm start)
Resources and Compliance Committee Meeting dates: Thursday 15th October 2020 Thursday 11th February 2021 Thursday 24th June 2021 Members: Philip Stark – Chair Julian Rakowski Maggie Jones Gerard McMahon Priya Sakorkar Hilary Turner Patricia Rocha-Salume |
Standards and Outcomes Committee Meeting dates: Tuesday 2nd March 2021 Tuesday 13th July 2021 Members: Louise Brooks - Chair Maggie Jones Julian Rakowski Father Cristiano Braz Anita Marshall Danita Rowlands Una Whybrew |
Governing Body: Minutes of Meetings
Standards and Outcomes Committee
This committee monitors children's academic, social and spiritual development and sets the strategic direction of the curriculum of the school.
Members:
Louise Brooks - Chair
Julian Rakowski
Eileen Mullin
Father Cristiano Braz
Danita Rowlands
Anita Marshall
Una Whybrew
Resources and Compliance Committee
This committee monitors the staffing, finance and premises of the school with a view to maximising the use of these resources for the benefit of education of the children.
Membership:
Philip Stark - Chair
Julian Rakowski
Eileen Mullin
Maggie Jones
Gerard McMahon
Priya Sakorkar
Hilary Turner
Patricia Rocha-Salume