The role of the governing body is to support and challenge the head teachers and staff to ensure that the children receive a high standard of education in a supportive and inclusive environment. In practical terms this means making decisions with regard to a wide range of policies and tracking the progress and direction taken by the schools. The responsibility for the day to day running of the school is delegated to the head teacher. The full governing body meets twice a term in addition to which all governors are attached to a number of subcommittees which meet one to three times a year.
List of Current Governors
| Name | Category of Governor | Appointed By | Term of Office Ends | Committees |
|
Laura Pincus (Chair) |
Co-opted | Governing Body |
20/04/2020 - 20/04/2024 |
Finance, Communication & Community, HT Performance (Chair), Safeguarding, Strategy, Educational Visits Governor |
|
Sapna Shah (Vice Chair) |
Local Authority | London Borough of Barnet |
15/03/2020 - 15/03/2024 |
Finance (Chair), Curriculum, HT Performance, Personnel, Gifted & Talented Governor |
| Harriet Bloom | Associate Governor | Governing Body |
05/10/2018 - 05/10/2022 |
Communication & Community Engagement |
| Tim Jackson | Co-opted | Governing Body |
06/07/2020 - 06/07/2024 |
Premises(Chair), Personnel, Strategy, Head Teacher Performance |
| James Clare | Parent | Governing Body |
27/09/2018 - 27/09/2022 |
Communication and Community Engagement, Finance, Personnel |
| Michael Farhi | Parent | Governing Body |
27/09/2018 - 27/09/2022 |
Finance, Premises |
| Claire Rosen | Parent | Junior Parents |
21/09/2017 - 21/09/2021 |
Personnel, Premises, Chair of Curriculum |
| Brenda McCafferty | Headteacher |
N/A | Ongoing | Finance, Premises, Communication and Community Engagement, Curriculum, Personnel, Safeguarding |
| Jenny Aylen | Headteacher | N/A | Ongoing | Finance, Premises, Communication and Community Engagement, Curriculum, Personnel, Safeguarding |
| Jenny Catley | Staff | Infant Staff |
15/03/2017 - 15/03/2021 |
Safeguarding |
| Lisa Weinbrenn | Co-opted | Governing Body |
12/02/2019 - 12/02/2023 |
Safeguarding (Chair), Communication & Community Committee |
| Carol Frankl | Co-opted | Governing Body |
07/02/2019 - 07/02/2023 |
Safeguarding |
| Anthony Brand | Co-opted Governor | Governing Body |
24/09/2019 - 24/09/2023 |
Curriculum, Communication & Community Committee |
| Farnoush Bikdeli | Co-opted Staff | Governing Body |
28/09/2016 - 28/09/2020 |
Chair of Communication and Community, Safeguarding, Training & Development Link Governor |
| Emma McCabe | Co-opted Staff | Governing Body |
27/09/2018 - 27/09/2022 |
Communication and Community Engagement, Curriculum |
| Shiv Haria-Shah | Co-opted | Governing Body |
27/09/2018 - 27/09/2022 |
Personnel, Safeguarding |
| Katie Attwood | Associate Member | Governing Body |
05/07/2020 - 05/07/2024 |
Finance |
| Name | Category of Governors | Appointed By and Date of Appointment | Term of Office End | Committees |
| Mark Leibling | Co-opted | Governing Body |
18/03/2019 (Left: 02/07/2019) |
Curriculum, Strategy (Chair) Head Teacher Performance |
| Phil Mulvihill | Staff |
Infant Staff 01/04/2016 |
31/03/2020 (Left: 06/01/2017) |
Premises |
| Karen Tickner | Parent |
Governing Body 01/04/2012 |
31/03/2016 | Personnel (Chair), Safeguarding |
| Alexandra Taylor-Yeates | Parent |
Governing Body 01/04/2012 |
31/03/2016 | Finance, Curriculum |
| Sheryl Bekhor | Co-opted |
Governing Body 19/01/2016 |
19/01/2020 (Left: 05/07/2016) |
|
| Denis Lam |
Co-opted |
Governing Body 17/03/2015 |
17/03/2019 (Left: 06/09/2016) |
|
| Sara Wolfin | Parent | Junior Parent Governor | (Left:29/10/17) | Personnel, safeguarding, premises |
| Harriet Bloom | Parent |
Governing Body (05/07/2016) |
05/07/2020 (Left: 03/03/2018) |
Communication, Curriculum |
| Russell Caller | Associate Governor | Governing Body | Left:27/09/2018 | Personnel |
| Rachel Beard | Co-opted | Governing Body | Left: 27/09/2018 | Communication, Curriculum |
| Katie Fearn | Co-opted | Governing Body | Left: 21/07/2018 | Communications, Safeguarding
|
| Anna Black | Co-opted | Governing Body | Left: 01/11/2018 | Safeguarding & Personnel (Chair), Communication and Community Engagement, Strategy, Personnel Safeguarding Governor |
| Chris Rafferty | Governing Body | Left: 31/12/2019 | Personnel, Curriculum |
|
Claire MacKenzie |
Co-opted |
Governing Body |
Left 07/01/19 |
Sen Governor |
| Simon Greenhouse | Co-opted Staff | Governing Body |
Left 24/09/2022 |
Premises, Curriculum |
| Name | Relevant Business and Pecuniary Interests |
Meetings Attended 2018-2019 |
| Laura Pincus | Nothing to declare | 1 of 1 |
| Sapna Shah | Nothing to declare | 1 of 1 |
|
Brenda McCafferty |
Trustee at “De Nederlandse Regenboog School”. |
1 of 1 |
| Jenny Aylen | Governor at Christ's College Finchley | 1 of 1 |
| Carol Frankl | Chair of Trustees at Southover | 0 of 0 |
| Tim Jackson | Nothing to declare | 0 of 1 |
| Claire Rosen | Nothing to declare | 1 of 1 |
| James Clare | Nothing to declare | 1 of 1 |
| Michael Farhi | Nothing to declare | 1 of 1 |
| Simon Greenhouse | Nothing to declare | 1 of 1 |
| Farnoush Bikdeli | Governor at Christ College | 1 of 1 |
| Emma McCabe | Nothing to declare | 1 of 1 |
|
Mark Leibling |
Nothing to declare |
1 of 1 |
| Katie Attwood |
Forest Environmental LTD Environmental services Asbestos removal Director since 2008 |
Finance committee member only |
| Jenny Catley | Nothing to declare | 1 of 1 |
| Shiv Haria-Shah |
Nothing to declare |
1 of 1 |
| Chris Rafferty | Nothing to declare | 1 of 1 |
Governor Code of Conduct
See document at the foot of this page outlining the Brookland Schools' Governors code of conduct