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:

a) The headteacher or deputy headteacher
b) At least two parent representatives
c) One staff representative
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
Name	Role	Date of appointment	End of term	Business interests	20/10/22	15/12/22	01/02/23	09/03/23	27/04/23	29/06/23
Alex Bucher	Chair of Governors	11^th Feb 2016	10^th Feb 2024	Employee of Norfolk Constabulary	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Julie Tyler	Vice chair	9^th May 2017	10^th Feb 2024	Supply teacher for TEACH agency	N	Y	Y	Y	N
Julie Bremner	Trust governor	29^th Mar 2022	28^th Mar 2026	None declared	Y	Y	N	Y	Y
Georgia Cranmer	Trust governor	12^th Oct 2022	11^th Oct 2026	1. Employee of 2Simple 2. NCC school appeals panel volunteer	Y	Y	N	N	N
Amy Culverhouse	Parent governor	19^th Sept 2022	7^th Feb 2023	Governor at Dereham Church Infant and Nursery School	Y	Y	Y
Laura Dagless	Parent governor	1^st Sept 2022	31^st Aug 2026	None declared	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Holly Medcraft	Staff governor	1^stSept 2022	31^st Aug 2026	Employee of Dereham Neatherd High School	Y	Y	N	Y	N
Ian Osley	Parent governor	1^st Sept 2022	31^st Aug 2026	None declared	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Chris Smith	Headteacher	1^st Jan 2019	31^st Dec 2022	Headteacher	Y	Y
Jaime Mallett	Headteacher	1^st Jan 2023		Headteacher Governor at Dereham CofE Junior Academy			Y	Y	Y

Former Governors

Name	Date of appointment	Term in office	Date stepped down	Appointed by
Nicki Gogle	1^st September 2017	4 years	31^st August 2021	Trust appointed
Pat Pedlow	1^st September 2017	4 years	31^st August 2021	Trust appointed
Faye Le Bon	17^th January 2018	4 years	16^th 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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