Brookland Junior School

Creating Opportunities, Supporting Aspiration, Striving for Excellence

Welcome to the Governors' section. Governors are a vital part of our school. If you are interested in joining the governing body or would like to find out more information, please do not hesitate to come and talk to us.

Brookland Schools' Governing Body

At Brookland there is one combined (federated) governing body for both the Infant and Junior schools. It is made up of the two head teachers, four staff governors (three of whom are co-opted), six parent governors (four of whom are co-opted), one local authority governor and five further co-opted governors. From time to time, we also appoint associate members where appropriate.

A photograph sheet of our current governors can be found on each of the playground noticeboards.

Should you wish to contact any of them, please do so via the school office or, in the case of parent governors, feel free to approach them in the playground.

Role of the Governing Body

The role of the governing body is to support and challenge the head teachers and staff to ensure that 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.

The main committees are:

Curriculum
Finance
Personnel
Premises, Health & Safety and Community
Safeguarding and Pupil Wellbeing
Strategy
Head Teachers' Performance

List of Current Governors

Name	Category of Governor	Appointed By	Term of Office Ends	Committees
Laura Pincus (Chair)	Co-opted	Governing Body	23/03/2024 - 12/03/2028	Finance, Curriculum, Safeguarding, Strategy (Chair), HT Performance (Chair)
James Clare (Vice Chair)	Co-opted	Governing Body	27/09/2018 - 26/09/2026	Finance, Personnel, Strategy, HT Performance
Michael Farhi	Parent	Governing Body	27/09/2018 - 26/09/2026	Finance, Premises
Karen	Gabbay		09/07/2025 - 09/07/2029
Brenda McCafferty	Headteacher	N/A	Ongoing	Finance, Premises, Curriculum, Personnel, Safeguarding, Strategy
Jenny Aylen	Headteacher	N/A	Ongoing	Finance, Premises, Curriculum, Personnel, Safeguarding, Strategy
Jenny Catley	Staff	Infant Staff	05/02/2025 - 04/02/2029	Safeguarding, Curriculum
Lisa Weinbrenn	Co-opted	Governing Body	12/02/2019 - 10/02/2027	Safeguarding (Chair), Strategy
Farnoush Bikdeli	Co-opted Staff	Governing Body	29/09/2024 - 28/09/2025	Safeguarding
Nick Astaire	Co-Opted	Governing Body	21/03/2023 - 20/03/2027	Premises (Chair), Strategy
Daniella Jackson	Co-Opted	Governing Body	19/05/2025 23/01/2028	Personnel (with voting rights)
Amy Lipton	Co-Opted Staff	Governing Body	26/11/2021 25/11/2025	Curriculum
Gabi Symons	Co-Opted staff	Governing Body	16/05/2023 15/05/2027	Curriculum
Jeff Harris	Co-opted	Governing Body	16/05/2023 15/05/2027	Finance, Personnel (Chair), Strategy
Samantha Jayasekera-Heffer	Parent	Infant Parents	16/05/2023 15/05/2027	Curriculum (Chair), Safeguarding, Strategy
Kate Blumhof	Parent	Governing Body	15/03/22 14/03/26	Finance (Chair), Strategy, HT Performance
Judith Bernstein	Co-Opted	Governing Body	27/03/2023 26/03/2027	Personnel, Safeguarding
David Lee	Co-Opted	Governing Body	03/10/2023 02/10/2027	Curriculum
Lucy Tobin	Local Authority	Appointed by Barnet	16/05/2024 15/05/2028	Curriculum, Premises
Sapna Shah	Associated Governor	Governing Body	16/03/2024 - 15/03/2028	Finance

3 Oct 2023 to 2 Oct 2027

List of Governors who were members of the Governing Body during the last 12 months but have now left:

Name	Category of Governors	Appointed By and Date of Appointment	Term of Office End	Committees
Sapna Shah	Associated Governor	Governing Body	16/03/2020 - 15/03/2024	Finance
Marcelle Jennings (Maternity)	Co-Opted Staff	Governing Body	12/01/2022 11/01/2026	Curriculum
Harriet Bloom	Associate Member	Governing Body	05/10/2018 - 04/10/2022	Communications (with voting rights)
Sue Maran	Co-Opted	Governing Body	17/11/2022 17/12/2022
Katie Attwood	Associate Member	Governing Body 8/05/2021	01/07/2023	Finance, Premises
Joshua Hamerton	Co-Opted	Governing Body 29/09/2020	24/07/2023 (28/09/2024	Premises, Safeguarding
Tony Brand	Co-opted	Governing Body	24/09/2019 - 23/09/2023	Curriculum
Carol Frankl	Co-opted	Governing Body	07/02/2019 - 05/02/2027	Safeguarding (with voting rights)
Claire Rosen	Associated	Governing Body	9/11/2017 - 8/11/2025	Personnel

Information on Current Governors:

Name	Relevant Business and Pecuniary Interests	Meetings Attended 2022-2023
Sapna Shah	Nothing to declare	2 of 2
Laura Pincus	Nothing to declare	2 of 2
Claire Rosen	Nothing to declare	1 of 2
Jenny Aylen	Governor at 'Christ College'	2 of 2
Farnoush Bikdeli	Governor at 'Christ College'	2 of 2
Katie Attwood	Nothing to declare	2 of 2
Jenny Catley	Nothing to declare	2 of 2
James Clare	Chair of Governor at 'Harris Academy, St John's Wood' Partner at Deloitte LLP	2 of 2
Tony Brand	Nothing to declare	2 of 2
Michael Farhi	Nothing to declare	2 of 2
Kate Blumhof	Nothing to declare	2 of 2
Carol Frankl	Chair of trustees of 'The Southover Partnership'	1 of 2
Josh Hamerton	Teacher at Aylward Academy, Edmonton Part of Senior Leadership Team of Mini Minors - XUK LTD Chair of CHAT at Kingfisher Hall Primary Academy	1 of 2
Nicholas Astaire	Nothing to declare	2 of 2
Lisa Weinbrenn	Nothing to declare	1 of 2
Aimee Epstein	Nothing to Declare	2 of 2
Marcelle Jennings	Nothing to Declare	2 of 2
Brenda McCafferty	Nothing to Declare	2 of 2
Daniella Jackson	Nothing to declare	2 of 2

Governor Attendance

Governor Code of Conduct

See document at the foot of this page outlining the Brookland Schools' Governors code of conduct

Becoming a Brookland Governor

If you are interested in becoming a governor, please click below for more information.