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Governance 

Local Governing Body (LGB) of Dereham Neatherd High School, part of the Enrich Learning Trust.

Dereham Neatherd High School is a member of Enrich Learning Trust. This is a charitable trust and, like all similar academy groups in England, has three levels of governance. At the Trust level, there are Members and Trustees. See this page on the Trust site for all the Trust governance information. Currently Enrich Learning Trust comprises of Dereham Neatherd High School, Kenninghall Primary School, Long Stratton High School, Spooner Row Primary School and Wymondham High Academy. Every school within the Trust then has its own board of local governors: Local Governing Body (LGB.)

The constitution for Neatherd’s LGB provides for:

  1. a) The headteacher or deputy headteacher
  2. b) At least two parent representatives
  3. c) One staff representative
  4. d) A maximum of three co-opted representatives

Current members of the LGB are:

Name

Role

Date of appointment

End of term

Business interests

Meeting attendance

20/10/22

15/12/22

01/02/23

09/03/23

27/04/23

29/06/23

Alex

Bucher

Chair of Governors

11th Feb

2016

10th Feb

2024

Employee of Norfolk Constabulary

Y

Y

Y

Y

 Y

 

Julie

Tyler

Vice chair

9th May

2017

10th Feb

2024

Supply teacher for TEACH agency

N

Y

Y

Y

 N

 

Julie

Bremner

Trust

governor

29th Mar

2022

28th Mar

2026

None declared

Y

Y

N

Y

 

Georgia Cranmer

Trust

governor

12th Oct

2022

11th Oct

2026

1. Employee of 2Simple

2. NCC school appeals panel volunteer

Y

Y

N

N

 N

 

Amy Culverhouse

Parent

governor

19th Sept

2022

7th Feb

2023

Governor at Dereham Church Infant and Nursery School

Y

Y

Y

 

 

 

Laura

Dagless

Parent

governor

1st Sept

2022

31st Aug

2026

None declared

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Holly

Medcraft

Staff

governor

1st Sept

2022

31st Aug

2026

Employee of Dereham Neatherd High School

Y

Y

N

Y

 N

 

Ian

Osley

Parent

governor

1st Sept

2022

31st Aug

2026

None declared

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Chris

Smith

Headteacher

1st Jan

2019

31st Dec

2022

Headteacher

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

Jaime

Mallett

Headteacher

1st Jan

2023

 

Headteacher

Governor at Dereham CofE Junior Academy

 

 

Y

Y

 

 

Former Governors

Name

Date of appointment

Term in office

Date stepped down

Appointed by

Nicki Gogle

1st September 2017

4 years

31st August 2021

Trust appointed

Pat Pedlow

1st September 2017

4 years

31st August 2021

Trust appointed

Faye Le Bon

17th January 2018

4 years

16th January 2022

Trust appointed

Amy Culverhouse

18th September 2022

4 year term
(Resigned before end of term)

Resigned
7th February 2023

Trust appointed

A skills audit will be completed on a regular basis and further representatives will be appointed (or, in the case of parent representatives, elected if there is more than one candidate for each position) to ensure that the LGB covers the full set of skills required for effective governance.

Members of the LGB are appointed or elected for a period of four years. They may then be re-appointed or re-elected for one further term of office, giving a maximum of eight years in total.

All representatives are required to disclose any interests they may have which could relate to their role as a member of the LGB. A list of disclosures and interests can be found here.

LGB members are bound by the NGA Code of Conduct and the conventions established in the Nolan Committee’s “Seven Principles of Public Life”.

The Scheme of Delegation, outlining the LGB’s remit and responsibilities, can be found here.

Neatherd’s “School Funding Agreement” with the Department for Education can be found here.

 

If you would like to contact the governors of the Local Governing Body, please email helen_dasilva@neatherd,org.

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