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Current Governors (updated Nov 2019)
| Governor | Mr David Butler |
| Category | Co-Opted |
| Appointed by | Governing Body |
| Office held | None |
| Term of office | 25/06/2019 - 24/06/2023 |
| Committees | Teaching & Learning; School Improvement; Appeals |
| Responsibilities | Community, Staff & Parental Links Co-Lead; Class 3 Link Governor |
| Pecuniary Interest | Monkleigh - Parish Councillor, Parochial Church Council, Village Hall Committee |
| Governor | Mrs Charlotte Boundy |
| Category | Parent |
| Appointed by | Parents |
| Office held | None |
| Term of office | 25/11/2019 - 24/11/2023 |
| Committees | Resources |
| Responsibilites | Premises, Security and Health & Safety Joint Lead |
| Pecuniary interest | Catalyst Homes Ltd (share holder / company sec.); Bird and Bear Ltd |
| Governor | Rev. Marisa Cockfield |
| Category | Co-Opted |
| Appointed by | Governing Body |
| Office held | None |
| Term of office | 26/03/2019 - 25/03/2023 |
| Committees | Resources; Pay & Performance; Headteacher Appraisal; 1st Hearings |
| Responsibilities | Premises, Security and Health & Safety Joint Lead |
| Pecuniary Interest | None |
| Governor | Mr Austen Donnellan |
| Category | Parent |
| Appointed by | Parents |
| Office held | Vice Chair of FGB, Chair of Resources |
| Term of office | 26/03/2019 - 25/03/2023 |
| Committees | Resources; Pay & Performance; Appeals |
| Responsibilities | Personnel Deputy Lead; Class R Link Governor |
| Pecuniary Interest | None |
| Governor | Mr Jonathan Gifford |
| Category | Co-Opted |
| Appointed by | Governing Body |
| Office held | Vice-chair Resources |
| Term of office | 25/06/2019 - 24/06/2023 |
| Committees | Resources; Pay & Performance; 1st Hearings |
| Responsibilities | Finance Lead; Class 2 Link Governor |
| Governor | Mr James Hogan |
| Category | Co-Opted |
| Appointed by | Governing Body |
| Office held | Chair - Teaching & Learning Committee |
| Term of office | 06/06/2017 - 05/06/2021 |
| Committees | Teaching & Learning; Headteacher Appraisal; 1st Hearings |
| Responsibilities | Pupil Premium Lead; Safeguarding Deputy Lead; PE/Sport Link Governor |
| Pecuniary Interest | None |
| Governor | Mrs Bethany O'Donoghue |
| Category | Staff |
| Appointed by | Staff |
| Office held | None |
| Term of office | 01/10/2016 - 30/09/2020 |
| Committees | Teaching & Learning |
| Responsibilities | Curriculum Lead |
| Pecuniary Interest | None |
| Governor | Mrs Leah Paiano |
| Category | Local Authority |
| Appointed by | Local Authority |
| Office held | Chair Full Gov. Body |
| Term of office | 25/11/201 - 24/11/2023 |
| Committees | Resources; Teaching & Learning; Pay & Performance; Appeals |
| Responsibilities | Personnel Lead; Saafeguarding Lead; GDPR Lead; B&T Club Link Governor |
| Pecuniary Interest | Spouse of staff (caretaker) |
| Governor | Mrs Karen Reeves |
| Category | Headteacher |
| Appointed by | Ex-Officio |
| Office held | None |
| Term of office | 16/01/2014 - present |
| Committees | Resources; Teaching & Learning |
| Responsibilities | N/A |
| Pecuniary Interest | None |
| Governor | Miss Grace Rodgers |
| Category | Parent |
| Appointed by | Parents |
| Office held | Vice-Chair - Teaching & Learning Committee |
| Term of Office | 10/05/2019 - 09/05/2023 |
| Committees | Teaching & Learning; Appeals |
| Responsibilities | SEND Lead; Community, Staff & Parental Links Co-Lead; Class 1 Link Governor |
| Pecuniary Interest | Company Director - Phil Saunders Creative Ltd |
| Governor | Vacancy |
| Category | Co-Opted |
| Governor | Vacancy |
| Category | Co-Opted |
| RESIGNED / TERM OF OFFICE EXPIRED IN THE LAST YEAR | |
| Governor | Mr Brian Evans (24/11/2019) |
| Category | Parent |
| Office held | Chair of Resources |
| Committees | Resources; Pay & Performance |
| Responsiblities | Finance lead, Premises lead |
| Governor | Mrs Jess Gierke (16/02/2019) |
| Category | Parent |
| Office held | Lead - Safeguarding |
| Committees | Teaching & Learning; Headteacher Appraisal; Safeguarding (lead); 1st Hearings |
| Responsibilities | Class R Link Governor |
| Pecuniary Interest | None |
| Governor | Mrs Marie Jones (25/03/2019) |
| Category | Co-Opted |
| Office held | None |
| Committees | Resources |
| Responsibilities | N/A |
| Pecuniary Interest | Staff (Teaching Assistant) |
| Governor | Mrs Martha Kingdon (24/04/2019) |
| Category | Co-Opted |
| Office held | None |
| Committees | None |
| Responsibilities | N/A |
| Pecuniary Interest | Staff (Pre-school), Parent of children in school |
Governor Attendance at Meetings & Minutes of Full Governing Body meetings - 2019-2020
(FGB=Full Governing Body, RES= Resources, T&L=Teaching & Learning)
| Date | CB | DB | MC | AD | BE | JG | JH | BO'D | LP | KR | GR | Minutes | |
| 10/09/19 | FGB | ap | ap | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ap | Y |  Draft |
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| 01/10/19 | Res | N/A | Y | ap | ap | Y | N/A | N/A | Y | Y | N/A | ||
| 15/10/19 | T&L | Y | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| 05/11/19 | FGB | Y | Y | ap | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Draft |
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| 27/11/19 | FGB | Y | X | Y | Y | Y | Y | ap | Y | Y | Y | Draft |
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| 27/11/19 | Res | Y | N/A | Y | Y | Y | N/A | N/A | Y | Y | N/A | ||
| 27/11/19 | P&P | N/A | N/A | Y | Y | Y | N/A | N/A | Y | - | N/A | ||
| 21/01/20 | T&L | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Y=present; ap = aologies (sanctioned); x = absent; N/A = not on committee
Governor Attendance at Meetings & Minutes of Full Governing Body meetings - 2018-2019
(FGB=Full Governing Body, RES= Resources, T&L=Teaching & Learning)
| Date | Meeting | MB | LB | DB | MC | AD | BE | (JG) | JG | JH | MJ | MK | BO'D | LP | KR | GR | MINUTES |
| 25/04/2018 | FGB | X | X |  |
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| 02/05/2018 | FGB | AP | AP | |
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| 27/06/2018 | RES | AP | X | |
N/A | N/A | |
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| 18/07/2018 | FGB | X | X | |
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| 26/09/2018 | FGB | X | X | |
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| 30/10/2018 | T&L | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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| 13/11/2018 | RES | N/A | X | |
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| 20/11/2019 | FGB | X | X | |
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| 29/01/2019 | T&L | N/A | N/A | |
X | N/A | AP | |
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| 20/03/2019 | RES | ? | |
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| 26/03/2019 | FGB | X | |
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| 04/06/2019 | T&L | |
N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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| 18/06/2019 | RES | N/A | |
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| 25/06/2019 | FGB | |
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| 16/07/2019 | FGB | |
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= Present, X=Absent without apologies, AP=Apologies(sanctioned), N/A=not on committee
Previous minutes (Full Governing Body):
| 24th January 2018 | Draft Minutes |
| 22nd November 2017 | Approved minutes |
| 20th September 2017 | Approved minutes |
| Wed 12 Jul 2017 | Approved minutes |
| Tue 6 Jun 2017 | Approved minutes |
| Wed 3 May 2017 | Approved minutes |
| Wed 19 Apr 2017 | Approved minutes |
| Wed 18 Jan 2017 | Minutes approved 19/04/2017 |
| Wed 16 Nov 2016 | Minutes approved 18/01/2017 |
| Wed 21 Sept 2016 | Minutes approved 16/11/2016 |
| Wed 22 Jun 2016 | Approved minutes |
| Wed 20 Apr 2016 | Approved minutes |
| 14th March 2016 | Approved minutes (extraordinary meeting) |
| 22nd February 2016 | Approved minutes (extraordinary meeting) |
| Wed 03 Feb 2016 | Approved minutes (part 1) |
| Wed 25 Nov 2015 | Approved minutes |
| Wed 16 Sep 2015 | Approved minutes |
Governor Attendance at Meetings 2017-2018:
| Meeting | Date | MB | LB | DB | BE | JG | JH | MJ | MK | BO'D | LP | KR | ? |
| FGB | 20/09/17 | P | P | Ap | P | P | P | P | P | Ap | P | P | na |
| Pay/Perf | 20/09/17 | P | P | na | P | na | na | na | na | na | P | na | na |
| RES | 10/10/17 | P(L) | X | na | P | na | na | na | na | na | P | P | na |
| T&L | 16/11/17 | na | na | P | na | P | P | na | na | na | P | P | na |
| FGB | 22/11/17 | Ap | P | P | P | P | P | P | Ap | P | P | P | na |
| RES | 06/12/17 | P | P | na | P | na | na | P | na | na | P | P | na |
| FGB | 24/01/18 | P | Ap | Ap | P(L) | Ap | P | P | P | Ap | P | P | na |
| T&L | 31/01/18 | na | na | Ap | na | Ap | P | na | P | P | P | P | na |
| RES | 21/02/18 | X | X | na | P | na | na | P | na | na | P | P | na |
| RES | 21/03/18 | X | P | na | P | na | na | P | na | na | P | P | na |
P=Present, L=Late, Ap = Apologies, X = Absent (no apologies), IA = In Attendance, NA = Not on committee
2016 - 2017
| Full Govering Body | Resources | Teaching & Learning | Pay & Performance | |||||
| Governor | Possible | Attended | Possible | Attended | Possible | Attended | Possible | Attended |
| Baxter, Mrs Marci |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beer, Miss Rosie | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Butler, Mr David | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Evans, Mr Brian | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Gierke, Mrs Jess | 5 | 5 |
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2 | 1 | |||
| Jones, Mrs Marie | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Kingdon, Mrs Martha | 2 | 2 |
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0 | 0 | |||
| McRoberts, Mr David | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| O'Donoghue, Mrs Bethany | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Paiano, Mrs Leah | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Reeves, Mrs Karen | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Smith, Mrs Elizabeth | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Smith, Rev. Gwen | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||
2015-2016
| Full Governing Body | Resources | Teaching & Learning | ||||
| Governor | Possible | Attended | Possible | Attended | Possible | Attended |
| Baxter, Mrs Marci |
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5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Beer, Miss Rosie | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Butler, Mr David | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Evans, Mr Brian | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Gierke, Mrs Jess | 6 | 5 |
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2** | 2** |
| Jones, Mrs Marie | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| McRoberts, Mr David | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
| O'Donoghue, Mrs Bethany | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Paiano, Mrs Leah | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Pettifer, Mrs Hannah | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Reeves, Mrs Karen | 6 | 6 | 4* | 4* | 4 | 4 |
| Smith, Rev. Gwen | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
*Not a member of committee - attends in capacity of headteacher ** Associate member of committee
2014-2015
| Full Governing Body | Resources | Teaching & Learning | ||||
| Governor | Possible | Attended | Possible | Attended | Possible | Attended |
| Baxter, Mrs Marci | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Beer, Miss Rosie | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Butler, Mr David | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Connor, Mrs Sarah | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Gierke, Mrs Jess | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jones, Mrs Marie | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| McRoberts, Mr David | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
| O'Donoghue, Mrs Bethany | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Paiano, Mrs Leah | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Pettifer, Mrs Hannah | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Reeves, Mrs Karen | 6 | 6 | 4* | 4* | 3 | 3 |
| Smith, Miss Emma | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Smith, Rev. Gwen | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
*Not a member of committee - attends in capacity of headteacher
