Welcome to our Governors’ section.
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.
What types of Governors are there?
Depending on the category of the school, the governing body will be made up of different numbers and categories of governors. These are the types of Governor at Dunstone at present:
What are School Governors?
School Governors are people from the school’s community who wish to make a positive contribution to children’s education. They must be aged 18 or over at the date of their election or appointment, and there is no upper age limit.
Governors are the largest volunteer force in the county and have an important part to play in raising school standards through their three key roles of setting strategic direction, ensuring accountability and monitoring and evaluating school performance.
What Do Governors Do?
Governors work as a team. They are responsible for making sure the school provides a good quality education, as raising educational standards in school is now a key priority. This has the best chance of happening when there are high expectations of what pupils can achieve.
Governors also promote effective ways of teaching and learning when setting the school aims and policies. They do this together with the head, who is responsible for the day to day management of the school. Heads are chosen by governors - and most heads choose to be governors themselves.
They may also include representatives from the church, charitable trust or business interests.
Numbers vary depending on the school's type or size, and appointments are for four years.
The Governing Body:
Governors are at the heart of how a school operates. It is important they get things right. How they do their job affects the interests of pupils, staff morale and how the school is seen by parents and others in the community.
John Teahan- Chair Of Governors
Dates of office 1/9/19- 31/8/23
Governor at St Patrick's School
Chair of the Board of Directors of the Holy Cross MAC
Tony Cawley- Vice Chair of Governors
Dates of office 1/9/19-31/8/23
Governor at Bishop Ullathorne
Director of the Holy Cross MAC
Marie Ann Jackson - Foundation Governor
Term of office 1/9/2019-31/8/23
Catholic Life Governor
Nikki Symons- Foundation Governor
First appointed 2013
Term of office 1/9/2019-31/8/23
SEND Governor
Alan Farmer
Term of office 1/9/19- 31/8/23
Co-opted Governor
First appointed Sept 2005
Veronica Gosling- Headteacher
First appointed Sept2011
Gemma Grealy - staff Governor
First appointed March 2012
Term of office March 18-March 22
James Coughlan - Foundation Governor
First appointed
Term of office 1/9/19-31/8/23
Headteacher of Bishop Challoner
Andrew Green - Parent Governor
First appointed Jan 2015
Term of office 2019-2023
Siobhan Cummings - Parent Governor
First appointed 22/2/20
Term of office 22/2/20-22/2/24
Terry Twomey - Foundation Governor
First appointed
Term of office
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