Governors
The Governing Body is part of the Leadership & Management team of the school; they are responsible for working with the school, to ensure that it delivers a good quality education.
Governors have three main roles:
- To provide strategic direction for the school
- To act as a critical friend to the Headteacher
- To ensure accountability
They also carry out a number of other important duties, which include:
- Determining how the school's budget is spent
- The appointing and dismissing of staff
- Hearing appeals and grievances
- Forming policy on the school's curriculum and collective worship
- Setting standards for pupils' behaviour and discipline
- Making sure school buildings are welcoming and safe
- Setting and monitoring the school's aims and policies
Annual Governors' Statement
At Broadwater Down, our Governing Body is made up of a team of committed volunteers, from a selection of educational and non-educational backgrounds.
As a Full Governing Body, we meet three times per year; additionally we have a Strategic Team, who set the vision for the school each year and meet throughout the school year to monitor and evaluate against our School Improvement Plan. Filtering out of the Strategy Team are two teams, our Learning & Development team focuses on curriculum, data and monitoring and a Resources team, with a focus on finance and buildings, each of those teams meet three to four times per year. Additionally our Governors are trained on an on-going basis, and also meet with Governors of other governing bodies, to share good practice and skills.
Our Governors take an active role within the school, and can often be seen, attending lunchtime clubs, being school reader volunteers and taking part in many of the school activities, such as school trips and productions.
As you can appreciate, this requires a lot of time and commitment and we are incredibly grateful to those who give up their time in order to do this invaluable role within our school.
From December 1st 2014 the re-constituted Governing Body consists of:
1 x LA Governor
1 x HT Governor
1 x Staff Governor
2 x Parent Governors
6 x Co-opted Governors
Total: 11 Governors
The membership of the Governing Body is now required to be skills-based. Vacancies will be filled by Governors whose relevant skills can be matched to the needs of the school. This is to ensure that every child in the school receives the best education possible.
Code of Conduct for Governors at Broadwater Down Primary School
To see our past years of Governor information, please click here.
Broadwater Down Governor Information 2021 - 2022
Name and Term |
Appointed by |
Committee |
Responsibility |
Register of Business or pecuniary Interests |
Register of relationships between Governors or between Governors and school staff |
Other Governors Responsibilities |
Penny Kift LA Governor 08/11/21 to 07/11/25 |
Local Authority & Governing Body |
Resources, Strategy |
Chair of Governing Body, Vice Chair of Strategy, Chair of Resources Safeguarding Health and Safety |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Neil Pegrum Co-opted Governor 13/03/23 to 12/03/27 |
Governing Body |
Strategy |
Vice Chair of Governing Body, Chair of L and D, Chair of Strategy |
Nil
|
Nil
|
Associate Governor of Skinners Kent Academy
|
Katie Harris Staff Governor 01/09/19 |
N/A
|
All
|
Headteacher
|
Nil |
Nil |
|
Caroline Hodgkins Staff Governor 14/11/19 to 13/11/23 |
Staff election
|
Learning & Development, Strategy
|
Deputy Head
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
Linda Wybar Co-opted Governor 01/12/18 to 30/11/26 |
Governing Body
|
Learning & Development, Strategy
|
English
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Governor and Headteacher of Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School |
Robert Bollen Co-opted Governor 13/07/20 to 12/07/24 |
Governing Body
|
Resources, Strategy
|
SEN/D
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
Gemma Pearmain Co-opted Governor 22/11/19 – 21/11/23 |
Governing Body
|
Learning and Development
|
Sports and Pupil Premium
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
Sarah West Parent Governor 22/09/21 – 21/09/25 |
Governing Body
|
Resources
|
Wellbeing
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
Harry Wild Co-opted Governor 12/07/21 to 11/07/25 |
Governing Body |
Learning and Development |
Maths |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Alice Penfold Co-opted Governor |
Governing Body |
Learning and Development |
EYFS |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Sarah Rome 28/10/19 - Ongoing |
KCC Clerk |
|
|
|
|
Broadwater Down School - Governors Attendance 2021 - 2022
To see our past years of Governor Attendance, please click here.
Governors | FGB 8th November 2021 | FGB 15th March 2022 | FGB 11th July 2022 | Total |
Katie Harris | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Penny Kift | Y | Y | N | 67% |
Robert Bollen | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Caroline Hodgkins | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Gemma Pearmain | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Neil Pegrum | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Linda Wybar | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Harry Wild | Y | N | Y | 67% |
Sarah West | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Governors | Strategy Committee 27th September 2021 | Strategy Committee 7th February 2022 | Strategy Committee 26th May 2022 | Total |
Katie Harris | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Penny Kift | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Robert Bollen | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Caroline Hodgkins | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Gemma Pearmain | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Neil Pegrum | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Linda Wybar | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Harry Wild | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Sarah West | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Governors | Resources Committee 13th October 2021 | Resources Committee 1st February 2022 | Resources Committee 17th May 2022 | Resources Committee July 2022 (CANCELLED) | Total |
Katie Harris | Y | Y | Y | N/A | 100% |
Penny Kift | Y | Y | Y | N/A | 100% |
Robert Bollen | Y | Y | Y | N/A | 100% |
Caroline Hodgkins | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Gemma Pearmain | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Neil Pegrum | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Linda Wybar | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Harry Wild | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Sarah West | Y | Y | Y | N/A | 100% |
Governors | L&D Committee 11th January 2022 | L&D Committee 28th March 2022 | L&D Committee 5th July 2022 | Total |
Katie Harris | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Penny Kift | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Robert Bollen | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Caroline Hodgkins | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Gemma Pearmain | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Neil Pegrum | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Linda Wybar | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Harry Wild | Y | Y | Y | 100% |
Sarah West | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |