Governing Body
Executive Head Teacher – Mr J Cooper
Clerk to the Governors – Mrs H Osman
Parent Governors – Miss Sanna Malik, Mr A Mahmood
Local Authority Governor – Cllr S Duffy (Chair)
Co-opted Governors – Mrs J Payne (Vice chair), Mr G Walker, Mrs H Weatherhead, Mr J Henkel, Mr S Hussain
Associate Members – Mr M Hitchen, Mrs F Newsome
SEN Governor – Jacky Payne
The Governing Body consists of parents, teachers, members of the local community and people appointed by the Local Authority. Governors are appointed to act together to:
- help to establish the aims and policies of the school
- interview and select staff
- advise on spending of the school’s budget
- ensure the National Curriculum is being delivered
- provide outside advice and support and a link between the local community
Advice, support and training are provided by the School Governors Service to help Governors fulfil their legal requirements. The school employs a Governors’ Clerk to deal with agendas, minutes and correspondence but Governors themselves do not receive any payment for carrying out their duties.
Parents Governors are elected by parents of children in the school and serve on the Governing Body for 4 years, as do all Governors. They can bring views of parents to the Governing Body although they speak and act as individuals.
The Governing Body usually meets twice a term. Dates and minutes of meetings are available from the office. The Governors are responsible for the publication of the Prospectus. Mr Cooper and the staff encourage parental involvement in the life of the school: becoming a Parent Governor or attending a Governors’ meeting is another element of “Parents in Partnership”.
If you would like more information on any aspect of School Governors please contact Mr Cooper or myself.
Yours sincerely
Cllr S Duffy
Chair of Governors
To contact Cllr S Duffy please email: sue.duffy@sandylane.bradford.sch.uk
Please click on the link below to see pen portraits of our Governors:
Register of Interests of Current Governors serving, and those who have served at any point in the last 12 months, on the Board of Governors at 26th April 2016.
| Full Name | Type of Governor (including Associate Members) Appointed by | Date of Appointment / Term of Office | End date (if applicable) | Committee membership voting rights of Associate Members and any special roles or chairing responsibilities | Other educational institutions at which a governor | Business Interests and Date notifications | Any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff (including spouses, partners and close relatives) | Meetings attendance over previous academic year out of a total number of applicable meetings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Cooper | Executive Headteacher | 1.01.16 | n/a | Full Governing Body Resources Committee (RC) Quality of Education Behaviour and Attitudes Personal Development Leadership and Management Parent and Community Involvement Safeguarding | None | None | None | 12/12 5/5 1/1 1/1 0/0 1/1 1/1 1/1 |
| Sue Duffy | Co-opted | 17.03.15 4 years | 16.02.23 | Chair RC QE - Link LM - Link SG - Named Gov | None | None | None | FGB 12/12 SG 1/1 QE 1/1 LM 1/1 RC 4/5 |
| Mark Hitchen | Associated Member | 16.09.14 4 years | 15.09.22 | None | None | None | FGB 5/12 | |
| Jacky Payne | Co-opted | 05.07.16 4 years | 04.07.24 | Vice Chair QE - Link PD - Link EY - Link | None | None | None | FGB - 11/12 QE 1/1 |
| Graham Walker | Co-opted | 05.07.16 4 years | 04.07.24 | RC BA - Link P/CI - Link Pupil Voice / Pupil Premium and Sports Premium - Named Gov | None | None | None | FGB 11/12 P/CI 1/1 RC 4/5 |
| Heather Weatherhead | Co-opted | 10.10.17 4 years | 9.10.21 | RC BA Health and Safety - named Gov | None | None | None | FGB 10/12 RC 4/5 BA 1/1 |
| Sajid Hussain | Co-opted | 28.11.19 | 27.11.23 | EY Looked After Children - named Gov | FGB 11/12 | |||
| Sarah Egan | Staff | 29.3.19 | 28.3.23 | FGB 10/12 | ||||
| John Henkel | Co-opted | 04.10.2018 | 03.10.2022 | LM link School Website named Gov | ||||
| Miss Sanna Malik | Parent Governor | 4.12.2020 |
Governors that have now left:
| Full Name | Type of Governor (including Associate Members) Appointed by | Date of Appointment / Term of Office | End date (if applicable) | Committee membership voting rights of Associate Members and any special roles or chairing responsibilities | Other educational institutions at which a governor | Business interests and Date notifications | Any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and staff (including spouses, partners and close relatives) | Meetings attendance over previous academic year out of a total number of applicable meetings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Brown | Co-opted | 16.09.14 4 years | 15.09.18 | Resigned | None | None | None | |
| Eric Chapman | Co-opted | 16.09.14 4 years | 15.09.18 | Resigned | None | None | Wife is a Nursery Nurse in school | |
| Linda Walker | Staff | 08.05.13 4 years | 07.05.17 | Resigned | None | None | None | |
| Alina Khan | Parent | 21.10.14 4 years | 27.03.15 | Resigned | None | None | None | |
| Michael McCabe | Co-opted | 16.09.14 4 Years | 15.09.18 | Resigned | None | None | None | |
| Noreen Shah | Parent | 27.03.15 5 years | 16.03.19 | Resigned | None | None | None | |
| Shakil Ahmed | Co-opted | 30.11.12 4 years | 29.11.16 | RC | None | None | None | FGB 1/3 RC 0/5 |
| Kauser Nawaz Rauf | Parent | 22.09.15 4 years | 21.09.19 | RC SG | None | Volunteer at National Zatat Foundation 22.10.15 | None | FGB 3/3 SG 1/3 RC 4/5 |
| Shaheena Ghani | Parent | SG | None | None | None | FGB 2/3 SG 3/3 |
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| Rebecca Spencer | Staff | 12.03.18 4 years | 11.03.22 | RC | None | None | None | FGB 1/3 Just joined |
| Mrs T Noor | Parent Governor | 4.12.2020 | ||||||
| Lesley Persico | Co-opted | 05.07.2018 | 04.07.2022 | PD link P/CI link SEND named Gov |