ST MARY'S LEWISHAM CE PRIMARY SCHOOL
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St Mary's Governing Body

2024-2025

Governing Body Membership & Committees Roles 2024-25
Governing Body Business Interests 2023-2024
Governing Body Attendance 2023-2024
Governing Body Attendance 2024-2025

Welcome to the Governing Body of St Mary's

Who are the governors?
School governors are drawn from the school community and are volunteers who wish to make a positive contribution to children’s education. Our priorities include raising standards, improving the quality of teaching and making sure that children are safe.
At St Mary’s there are spaces for 16 governors, including governors elected by parents/carers and by staff, governors from the church community and those appointed by the Local Authority. We meet formally every term and also regularly for committee meetings. The Chair of Governors meets with the Headteacher regularly. All governors visit to see how well we are doing across the school.

What difference do we make?
Governors consider strategic issues, including the appointment of the Headteacher. We spend a lot of time looking at how children are learning, and children’s progress and achievement. We also set and monitor the school budget. We examine lots of evidence about the school – from test results to your responses to the parents’ questionnaire – in order to identify priorities for the coming year. We are responsible for providing support, and we are also under a duty to challenge.

We are always trying to improve our communication with you so that you are more aware of what we are doing in school and have the change to raise concerns with us. Please use the parents’ questionnaire to let us have feedback or you can leave a letter for the Chair of Governors at the school office. Alternatively please email us at [email protected].

Thank you very much for your support.
Dave Bassford (Chair of Governors)
March 2023

St Mary's Governing Body receive the Bishop of Southwark's Certificate for Governance

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Chair of Governors
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Dave Bassford
Safeguarding (LAC/SCR), Special Educational Needs and Disabilities 
Committees: Standard & Progress, Admissions, Pay, & Staff Capability/Disciplinary/Dismissal/Grievance
Vice-Chair of Governors
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Julia Pring
Pupil Premium, RE, Numeracy, Training
Committees:  Standard & Progress , Resources, Faith Group, Admissions, ​Pay, HT Appraisal Group, & Pupil Discipline/Exclusions
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Paula Anderson
Literacy, More Able
Committees: Standard & Progress, Pay Appeals, Staff Capability/ Dismissal/Grievance Appeals & Complaints

Governors

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Kate Riches
General Data Protection, EYFS
Committees: Resources, Faith Group and Pupil Discipline/Exclusions
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Mohamed Jalloh
Financial Resources
​Committees: Resources
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Christine Graham 
Committees: Standard & Progress, Resources, Faith Group, Admissions and Pay​
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Mark McLeish
​Website review, Cybersecurity, Parent PTA
​Committees: Standards & Progress



Ayesha Lahai-Taylor
Equality & Diversity
Committees: Resources
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Marcia Skinner
 Physical Education and Sports Premium Funding, Equality and Diversity
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Vicki Stead
Staff governor
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 Chris Stringfellow
Behaviour and safety
Committees: Faith Group and ​Admissions
Kevin Whipps
Premises, Health & Safety
Committees: Resources, Pay and Complaints
St Mary's Lewisham CE Primary School  -  329 Lewisham High Street  -  London  -  SE13 6NX
Tel: 020 8690 2613    email: [email protected]
  • Home
  • Our School
    • Welcome
    • Our Vision
    • Our Mission Statement
    • Our School Team
    • External Awards, Reviews and Reports
    • Our Videos
    • Staff Vacancies
  • Christian Distinctiveness
    • School of Sanctuary >
      • School of Sanctuary Blog
    • SIAMS
    • Values >
      • Respect
      • Peace
      • Love
      • Forgiveness
      • Responsibility
      • Faith
    • Worship
    • St Mary's Church
    • Southwark Diocese
  • Statutory Information
    • Safeguarding
    • Admissions
    • School Policies
    • SEND and Inclusion
    • Pupil, Sport and Catch Up Premium
    • OFSTED and Data
    • Data Protection and GDPR
    • Staff Statutory Information
    • Financial Benchmarking
  • Learning
    • Home Learning
    • Reading at Home and Story Time
    • Phonics
    • Pupil Online Safety
    • Early Years
    • English Maths Science
    • Religious Education >
      • RE Learning Blog
    • Thematic Curriculum
    • Other Subjects
    • Music and the Arts
    • Enrichment
  • Classes
    • Nursery >
      • Nursery Class Info
      • Nursery Learning Blog
    • Reception >
      • Reception Class Info
      • Reception Learning Blog
    • Year 1 >
      • Year 1 Class Info
      • Year 1 Learning Blog
    • Year 2 >
      • Year 2 Class Info
      • Year 2 Learning Blog
    • Year 3 >
      • Year 3 Class Info
      • Year 3 Learning Blog
    • Year 4 >
      • Year 4 Class Info
      • Year 4 Learning Blog
    • Year 5 >
      • Year 5 Class Info
      • Year 5 Learning Blog
    • Year 6 >
      • Year 6 Class Info
      • Year 6 Learning Blog
  • Community
    • Community Projects Blog
    • Forest School Blog
    • Activities in Lewisham
    • Sustainability
    • Where to find help
  • Parents
    • PGL October 2024
    • Newsletters
    • News Blog
    • School Calendar and Dates
    • Arbor
    • Online Safety for Parents
    • School Uniform
    • Pupil Absence
    • The School Day
    • School Meals
    • After School Care
    • Medication in School
    • School Fund
    • Friends of St Mary's
    • Language Leaders
  • Governors
    • Governing Body
  • Contact Us
    • Pupil Worry Box
    • Passport applications