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Our Governors

Our Governors

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Our current governing body, their roles, and responsibilities

Our Governors

Our governing body is made up of both elected and appointed members. Parent governors are elected by a ballot of parents and carers at the school, whilst staff governors are elected by a ballot of school staff. Co-opted governors are appointed by a vote of the governing body on the basis of the skills they can bring. As a maintained school, we also have an LA representative governor who is nominated by the local authority, but appointed by the governing body.

We sometimes also vote to appoint associate members. They are not governors, but are invited to sit on one of the committees of the governing body because they have specific skills. They cannot vote at governing body meetings but, at our school, associate members are given voting rights in the committees of which they are a member.

The remit of each of our committees is laid out on our Governing Body page.

Name Category Appointed Term of Office Appointed By Committee Membership
Debby Kuypers
(Chair)
Co-opted Governor 10-11-21 09-11-25 GB Environment, Health & Safety (Chair)
Resources
Pay
Richard Holmes
(Vice-chair)
Co-opted Governor 02-02-22 01-02-26 GB Resources (Chair)
Pay
Charities & Sponsorship
Morinade Akinbobola Parent Governor 06-11-20 05-11-24 Parent ballot Child & Community (Chair)
Resources
Selin Akyildiz Associate Member 26-09-22 26-09-24 GB Child & Community
Leon Choueke Headteacher Governor N/A N/A N/A Child & Community
Environment, Health & Safety
Resources
Pay
Charities & Sponsorship
Jean-Michel Garcia-Alvarez Co-opted Governor 11-02-21 10-02-25 GB Resources
Pay (Chair and Clerk)
Kate Harrod Co-opted Governor 22-09-22 22-09-26 GB Child & Community
Resources
Darren Heath Associate Member 27-09-22 27-09-23 GB Resources
Charities & Sponsorship
Schirin Kishore Staff Governor 08-11-22 08-11-23 Staff ballot Environment, Health & Safety
Resources
Melian Mansfield MBE LA Representative Governor 20-01-22 19-01-26 LA Child & Community
Becca Monahan Co-opted Governor 17-11-22 16-11-26 GB Child & Community
Resources
Kate Powell Co-opted Governor 12-05-22 11-05-26 GB Child & Community
Claudia Simms Abram Associate Member 01-03-23 22-07-23 GB Child & Community
Charities & Sponsorship
Nomi Tysman Parent Governor 02-12-20 01-12-24 Parent ballot Child & Community
Environment, Health & Safety
Eddie Webb Co-opted Governor 26-09-22 26-09-26 GB Resources
Pay
Charities & Sponsorship (Chair)
Elena Wolf Co-opted Governor 28-01-23 27-01-24 GB Child & Community
Environment, Health & Safety
Resources

Past Governors (Previous 12 Months)

Name Category Appointed Term of Office Appointed by Committee Membership
Tim Ibbotson Co-opted Governor 27-09-18 26-09-22 GB Child & Community
Fergus Todd Co-opted Governor 05-10-20 15-10-22 GB Resources
Pay (Chair and Clerk)

Vacancies

We currently have a vacancy for a Co-opted Governor.

If you have useful skills or experience that you can contribute to our governing body, please contact our Chair of Governors at chair@coleridgeprimary.net.

Contacts

Our current Chair of Governors is Debby Kuypers, and she can be contacted at chair@coleridgeprimary.net

The Clerk to the Governing Body is Helen Holloway, she can be contacted at helen.holloway@haringeyeducationpartnership.co.uk

Committee Membership

Environment, Health & Safety Committee
Debby Kuypers (Chair)
Paula Kitt – (Health & Safety Officer, Clerk)
Leon Choueke
Schirin Kishore
Nomi Tysman
Elena Wolf
Also in attendance:
Cathy Ching – School Business Manager
Paul Baker – Site Manager
Child & Community Committee
Morinade Akinbobola (Chair)
Nomi Tysman
Selin Akyildiz
Leon Choueke
Kate Harrod
Melian Mansfield
Becca Monahan
Kate Powell
Claudia Simms Abram
Elena Wolf
Also in attendance:
Ben Strange – Deputy Head
Louise Foulkes – Deputy Head
Tim Ibbotson – Assistant Head
Corinna Phillips – SENCO
Resources Committee
Richard Holmes (Chair)
Morinade Akinbobola
Leon Choueke
Jean-Michel Garcia-Alvarez
Kate Harrod
Darren Heath
Schirin Kishore
Debby Kuypers
Becca Monahan
Eddie Webb
Elena Wolf
Also in attendance:
Ben Strange – Deputy Head
Cathy Ching – School Business Manager
Pay Committee
Jean-Michel Garcia-Alvarez (Chair and Clerk)
Leon Choueke
Debby Kuypers
Richard Holmes
Eddie Webb
Charities & Sponsorship Committee
Eddie Webb (Chair)
Leon Choueke
Darren Heath
Richard Holmes
Claudia Simms Abram

Additional Governor Responsibilities

SDP (School Development Plan) Priorities 2022/23
Behaviour and Attitudes Nomi Tysman, Elena Wolf, Claudia Simms Abram
Pupil Premium Becca Monahan, Debby Kuypers, Schirin Kishore
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Morinade Akinbobola, Melian Mansfield, Elena Wolf
Wider Curriculum Development Claudia Simms Abram, Kate Harrod
Other Areas for Monitoring
Child Protection and Safeguarding Elena Wolf, Nomi Tysman
EYFS – Nursery and Reception Melian Mansfield
Haringey and HASGB Melian Mansfield
Health & Safety Debby Kuypers
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Morinade Akinbobola, Melian Mansfield, Elena Wolf
Parent Engagement: Community and Coleridge Families Claudia Simms Abram, Kate Powell
Wellbeing and Looked After Children Claudia Simms Abram, Nomi Tysman
SDP Effective Finance Richard Holmes
Reading and Writing Kate Harrod
Maths Debby Kuypers
Strategy, Data and Monitoring Morinade Akinbobola, Kate Harrod, Melian Mansfield, Debby Kuypers
Policy Strategy Darren Heath

Governors’ Declaration of Interests

Governors are required to declare any business and financial interests they have in the school, and if they have any personal relationships with school staff. They are also required to declare if they are a governor at any other educational institution.

To see details of our governors’ declared interests, please click here.

Governors’ Attendance Record

To see details of governors’ attendance during 2021/22, please click here.

To see details of governors’ attendance to date during 2022/23, please click here.

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