Governing Board

Hello, we are the school governors for Bishops Down Primary School and Nursery. Our main duty is to offer strategic guidance to school leaders. This involves:

• Working with other board members to plan the school’s strategic direction.
• Overseeing the school’s financial performance, ensuring money is well-spent.
• Holding the head teacher or school leadership to account.

We are a team with a range of backgrounds and skills, and we work together with the school’s leadership team to challenge existing processes to drive school improvement. We don't get involved in the operational aspects of a school.

Freya Melkonian Co-opted Chair of Governors                                    

 responsibility for monitoring Safeguarding, Child Protection, Attendance, Equality Diversity &Inclusion, Whole School Wellbeing and Geography.

Peter Holyhead - Parent Governor                                                              

responsibility for Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND), Music, Modern Foreign Languages, Art, DT,IT and Cyber Security and General Data Protection Rules

,Matthew Holden - Parent Governor & Vice-Chair of Governors                      

responsibility for monitoring Health & Safety and School Finance

Laura Johnson - Head Teacher Governor - 

Michael Jones - Co-opted Governor                                                              

 responsibility for monitoring Maths, Science, Cadets, Pupil Premium and School Finance

Emily Lightbody - Staff Governor

Lynn Millis Co-opted Governor                                                                   

responsibility for monitoring SEND provision, Nursery & Early Years & Special Resources Provision (SRP)

Suzanne Pendlebury-Bowe - Co-opted Governor   

responsibility for English, Personal, Social Health & Education (PSHE) and History           Jan Davies - Clerk to Governing Board   overseeing Governor Training 

Governor business interests 24 roles & responsibilities.pdf