Governors
Victoria Hummell
Chair of Governing Body 2018/19
Foundation Governor until January 2020, appointed 31st July 2013.
Responsibilities: Religious Education, safeguarding, Headteacher performance management, admissions and PSHE
Sits on all Committees
Register of interests: None
"I have retired after a life time in Catholic education as a teacher and a diocesan schools’ adviser and an RE and an Ofsted inspector."
Conor Prendergast
Vice-chair of Governing Body 2018/19
Foundation Governor until November 2022; a Governor since 2014.
Responsibilities: Music, Headteacher Performance Management
Sits on: Finance and Premises committees
Register of interests: None
Father Pat Madden
As Parish Priest of Christ the King Father Pat is a Foundation Governor ex officio. This means he will only cease to be a Governor when he is no longer our parish priest. He was appointed on 1st September 2010.
Responsibilities: Worship
Sits on: Finance and Premises committees
Register of Interests: None
Mrs S. Dunne
Chair of the Finance Committee 2018/19
Foundation Governor until March 2021; a Governor since 2014.
Responsibilities: ICT
Sits on: Finance and Premises committees
Register of interests: None
"I work in the finance sector. I have been a governor for over 4 ½ years."
Miss L Hatton
Elected Staff Governor until July 2022, first elected in 2011.
Responsibilities: Special Needs
Sits on Curriculum and Staffing committees
Register of interests: None
Miss Hatton is Deputy Headteacher of Christ the King School. A very experienced teacher she is also the school's subject leader for Maths.
"Since I began teaching in January 1985, I have always taught in Catholic schools and am fully committed to Catholic Education. I am responsible for leading the teaching of Mathematics across the school."
Mr D. Buckland
Chair of the Premises Committee 2018/19
Local Authority appointed Governor until July 2021, he was appointed on 3rd. July 2017 and had previously served as a Parent Governor.
Responsibilities: P.E. and Health and Safety
Sits on: Finance and Premises committees
Register of interests: Mr Buckland works for an electrical contractor which occasionally tenders for work in the school. He also has a material interest in that his wife is a teaching assistant and works in the school.
"I have been a governor for a number of years at Christ the King. As I work within the building sector, Health & Safety is as important to me at work as in the school environment. I am a grassroots football coach, so the PE area of school life interests me and is one where I feel I can assist with my knowledge."
Mrs M. Hills
Foundation Governor until May 2020, appointed on 31 August 2016.
Responsibilities: Science
Sits on Curriculum and Staffing committees
Register of interests: None
"I had a Catholic education myself and know how valuable it is to attend a good school. I hope I can help the school maintain its high standards and friendly atmosphere. I am an active member of various ministries in Christ the King parish."
Mrs V Lendrum
Elected parent Governor Mrs Lendrum is the mother of two children at Christ the King School, in Years 2 and Reception. Her term of office expires in November 2022. She was elected in November 2018. She sits on the Finance and Premises committees.
Mr J. Cosgrove
As Headteacher of Christ the King, Mr Cosgrove is a Governor ex officio. This means he will only cease to be a Governor when he is no longer headteacher. He took up post on September 1st. 2007.
Sits on: all committees
Register of Interests: None
Mr A. Gray
Elected parent Governor Mr Gray is the father of three children at Christ the King School, in Years 6, 4 and Reception. His term of office expires in July 2022. He was elected on July 16th. 2018. He is a member of the Finance and Premises committees.
Mrs T Poole
Foundation Governor until October 2022; appointed in October 2018. Mrs Poole has grandchildren in the school, and has been a Christ the King Governor before, when her own children were here. Mrs Poole sits on the staffing and curriculum committees.
Governors' Attendance
What the Governors do
The Governing Board seeks to support the Headteacher and staff in preserving and developing the Catholic ethos of the school in living out the school mission statement:
‘I come to bring you life; life in all its fullness’
The Governors have three core responsibilities:
- To ensure clarity of Catholic visions, ethos and strategic direction.
- To hold to account the senior leadership of Christ the King school for maintaining and developing the educational excellence, high standards and Catholic character of the school and its pupils; for the internal organisation, management and control of the school including performance management of staff.
- Oversee the financial performance of the school to ensure that the money well spent for the best advantage of the pupils.
Other responsibilities include:
- To be a critical friend to the school, both supporting and challenging the senior leadership.
- Setting targets and promoting high standards of educational achievement.
- Setting the strategic framework within which the school operates.
- Ensuring that the curriculum for the school is balanced and broadly based and all children have equal opportunities and receive their entitlement.
- Oversee and monitor a range of policies school including religious education, safeguarding, health and safety, financial matters, curriculum and performance management of the Headteacher.
- Admissions to the school.
- All governors observe strict confidentiality particularly in relations to matters concerning staff and pupils, unless there is a lawful requirement for disclosure.
Governors may be contacted through the school office.