Governors

Member	Category	Term of Office	Term of Office Expires		Positions of Responsibility	Committees	Business Interests	Attendance at Full Governing Body Meetings 2021-22
Mrs Helen Scarisbrick	Board Member & Co-opted, Appointed by Board	4 years	30.03.26		Chair of Governors Link Governor for SEND and Looked After Children	Pupil Welfare Curriculum, Heads Performance Review Finance & Premises	None declared	100%
Mr Roger Ford	Board Member & Community, Appointed by Board	4 years	09.02.26		Chair of Board Members Link Governor for Science	Admissions Staffing & Personnel	None declared	67%
Mr Andrew Clarke	Board Member  appointed by Board	4 years	18.10.24				None declared	83%
Mrs Nicola Hopwood-Clarke	Board Member Appointed  by Board	4 years	22.09.25				Premier Care Plus Ltd (owner)	n/a
Dr Jane Tinker	Head Teacher	Duration of post	N/A		Head Teacher	Admissions Pupil Welfare Curriculum Finance & Premises (*Staffing & Personnel) (*HPRC)	None declared	100%
Mr Adrian Davies	Co-opted, Appointed by Board	4 years	30.03.26		Joint Vice Chair Chair of Admissions Chair of Finance & Premises, Chair HPRC Link Governor for Maths & ICT	Admissions Curriculum Finance & Premises HPRC	Barclays Bank employee	83%
Mr Daniel Goodall	Staff,  Elected by Staff	4 years	07.04.23			Curriculum	None declared	83%
Miss Julia Kear	Staff, Elected by Staff	4 years	18.05.23			Admissions Staffing & Personnel	None declared	67%
Mr Andrew Leeson	Community, Appointed  by Board	4 years	18.10.24		Chair of Staffing & Personnel Link Governor for PSHEE and MFL	Pupil Welfare Staffing & Personnel Finance & Premises	None declared	100%
Mrs Jen Palmer	Parent, Elected by Parents	4 years	13.02.26		Joint Vice Chair Chair of Pupil Welfare Link Governor for Safeguarding and English	Pupil Welfare Staffing Personnel Finance & Premises	Owner of AJJCL Ltd	100%
Mr Steve Parry	Parent, Elected by Parents	4 years	15.12.23		Chair of Curriculum. Link Governor for PE	Admissions Curriculum, HPRC	Owner of SP Education Solutions, works at NCFE Sports Qualification Awarding body	50%
Revd. Chris Precious	Community, Appointed  by Board	4 years	16.10.26		Link Governor for Careers	Pupil Welfare Finance & Premises	Vice Chair of Westcliffe Federation	n/a
Mr James Staniforth	Co-opted, Appointed  by Board	4 years	16.12.26		Link Governor for Humanities	Curriculum	CEO Shrewsbury Colleges Group	50%
Mr Alan Taylor	Community, Appointed  by Board	4 years	17.10.25		Link Governor for MAT, DT & Art	Curriculum Staffing & Personnel, HPRC	None declared	100%
Mr James Wilson	Staff, Elected by Staff	4 years	13.12.24			Finance & Premises	None declared	50%
Mr Keith Rendell*	Company Secretary Associate Member	Duration of post	N/A		Company Secretary Associate Member	(Finance & Premises) (Staffing & Personnel)	None declared	83%
Mrs Ellen Cholmeley	Community, Appointed  by Board	4 years	11.12.26			Pupil Welfare Curriculum	None declared	n/a
Vacancy	Parent, Elected by Parents	4 years

* Associate members do not have any voting rights on the committees they serve on.

Vacancies: 

Parent Governor Election – tba

March 22 Election Head’s letter, slip, request & rules

Contacting the Governing Body

If you would like to contact the Chair of Governors, Mrs Helen Scarisbrick, please email the Clerk to the Governors, Mrs Jane Davies   jane.davies@corbetschool.net

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Key Information

• Articles of Association
• The Corbet School Funding Agreement
• Safeguarding – Keeping Children Safe in Education

Governor Academy Information & handbooks

• Charities – SGOSS introduction for school governors
• The Essential Trustee
• Financial Control of Charities
• Governance Handbook 2020
• Academy Trust Handbook (Formerly Finance Handbook)
• Nga-code-of-conduct 2022
• Ofsted report

Governor Support Links

• Shropshire.Gov – Governors
• Governors’ Training UC
• National Governors Association (NGA)
• Governors for Schools (SGOSS)

Governors’ Drive Link

• Governors’ Drive