Governors
Governors
The Governing Body meet regularly to make decisions about the work of the schools. The focus of the Governing Body is on providing a high quality education for all the Blue Coat Infant and Junior pupils. All the schools’ policies, budgets and curriculum are agreed by the Governing Body.
Key Documents
WHO ARE THE GOVERNORS AND WHAT DO THEY DO?
These are the members from our community:
Mrs A. Edwards
Chair
Date of appointment: Nov 2017
Mr J. Jones
PCC/Vice Chair
Date of appointment: Oct 2015
Miss D. Buchanan
Trustee/ Chair Emeritus
Date of appointment: Sept 2015
Foundation
Date of appointment:
Mr A. Orlik
Executive Head
Date of appointment: Sept 2015
Clerk to the Governors
Date of appointment:
Rev. J. Trood
Rector of St Matthew’s Church
Date of appointment: Feb 2015
Mr D. Smith
Principal Blue Coat Academy
Date of appointment: March 2017
Mrs S Hartshorne
PCC
Date of appointment: Oct 2015
Mrs J. Ridgway
Foundation
Date of appointment: Sept 2018
Mr D. Barker
Associate
Date of appointment: Sept 2015
Mrs D. Hepburn
Parent
Date of appointment: Nov 2019
Mrs A. Barrington
Staff (Infant)
Date of appointment: Sept 2019
Mr J. Short
Parent – Infant
Date of appointment: Oct 2019
Mr S Thomas
Staff – Junior
Date of appointment: Oct 2019
Mrs Huma Rashid
Parent – Infant
Date of appointment: Nov 2021
Mrs S Sargent
Foundation
Date of appointment: Sept 2018
Mrs Zsuzsa Girhiny
Parent – Junior
Date of appointment: Nov 2021
Mrs M. Pearson-Sutherland
Local Authority
Date of appointment: Feb 2018
Mrs N. Francis
Parent – Junior
Date of appointment: Nov 2019
We do not have any governors with relevant business and pecuniary interests.