Governance & Scheme of Delegation (Academies)

The Role of Governor

Within England, there are over 300,000 School/Academy Governors, who form the largest volunteer force in the country.

The roles of individual Governors, and subsequently members of a Governing Body, work collectively to perform a strategic role and carry out key functions such as:

• Discuss and set the aims and objectives for the Academy.
• Set the required policies for achieving those aims and objectives.
• Set the required targets for achieving those aims and objectives.
• Monitor and evaluate the progress that the Academy is making towards it’s set aims and objectives.

Finally the role of role of the Academy Governor is to be a source of challenge and support to the Principal, i.e. a 'critical friend.'

The Academy is a member of the Harris Federation. Ultimate responsibility for the Academy rests with the Board of Trustees of the Federation, (Federation governance details and scheme of delegation can be found here), but much of the work of the Board is delegated to the Local Governing Body which is comprised of Governors of the Academy. Some Governors are appointed by the Federation whilst others are elected by parents/guardians of students at the Academy or by staff. The details of the Governors at Harris Primary Academy Beckenham are shown below:

The Chair of the Academy Governing Body at Harris Primary Academy Beckenham is Mr Phillip Carr To contact the Clerk to the Governing body, please send an email info@harrisprimarybeckenham.org.uk FAO Clerk to the Governing Body.

The Governing Body

Name	Date of Appointment	Term of Office	Appointed As	Appointed By	Business and Pecuniary Interests	Number of FGB meetings attended 2017 - 18	Number of finance meetings attended 2017-18	Resignation Date
Ms Samantha French	17/04/2017	4 years	Ex-Officio	Ex-officio by virtue of office as executive headteacher/principal	Executive Principal of Academy	3/3	3/3
Mrs Beth Rigby Drake	17/04/2017	4 years	Ex-Officio	Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal	Head of Academy	3/3	3/3
Ms Sabeena Hasan	01/01/2017	4 years	Sponsor Governor	The foundation body	Director of Primary Education, Harris Federation	0/3	0/3
Sir Daniel Moynihan	01/01/2017	4 years	Sponsor Governor	The foundation body	CEO Harris Federation	0/3	0/3
Mrs Eve Dixon	26/02/2016	4 years	Parent Governor	Elected by parents	None	3/3	0/3
Mr Paul Rosen	13/07/2017	4 years	Sponsor Governor	The foundation body	None	3/3	3/3
Mrs Sarah Shapcott	22/09/2017	4 years	Sponsor Governor (Safeguarding)	The foundation body	None	3/3	1/3
Mr Phillip Carr	18/10/2017	4 years	Chair of Governors as of 01/03/2019 (Chair, Full Governing Body, temporary chair Finance and General Purposes)	The foundation body	None	3/3	3/3
Mr Chisomo Kaferawanthu	14/06/2018	4 years	Sponsor Governor	The foundation body	None	1/3	0/3
Mr Alistair Brown	04/09/2018	4 years	Sponsor Governor	The foundation body	None	0/3	0/3
Mr Roger Marshall	29/10/2018	4 years	Sponsor Governor	The foundation body	None	0/3	0/3
Mr Jason McCallion	04/01/2017	4 years	Sponsor Governor	The foundation body	Head of Business Integration Royal Bank Scotland	1/3	1/3	01/09/2017
Mr Jermaine Fregiste	01/03/2019	4 years	Sponsor Governor	The foundation body	None	0/3	0/3
Mrs Susan Head	27/09/2016	4 years	Chair of Governors (Chair, Full Governing Body, temporary chair Finance and General Purposes)	The foundation body	Daughter is a member of staff at Harris Federation (Melody Berthoud)	3/3	2/3	28/02/2019
Mr Karl Hoods	29/11/2014	4 years	Sponsor Governor	The foundation body	None	3/3	2/3	28/02/2019

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