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St. John's School Governors

Welcome to the Governors' section.

The purpose of the governing body:

The governing body is the school’s responsible body.  It operates at a strategic level with three main responsibilities:

1. Ensuring clarity of the Catholic vision, ethos and strategic direction;
2. Holding the head teacher to account for the educational performance and Catholic character of the school and its pupils; and
3. Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent

Our school's governing body is made up of 4 different categories of governors:

Foundation Governors: 

There are seven Foundation Governors. Foundation Governors are practising Catholics appointed by the Bishop of the Diocese of Portsmouth.

Local Authority Governors:

There is one Local Authority Governor appointed by the Local Authority.

Parent Governors:

There are two Parent Governors who are elected by the parents of children who attend the school.

Staff Governors:

There is one staff Governor (who can be a teacher or non-teacher) who is elected by other staff.

Governor

Category

Appointment

Term

Committees

Responsibilities

Business or Pecuniary Interests

Meeting Attendance Sep 22 to March 23

Vivienne McCabe

Foundation

By the Diocese

2022-2026

Curriculum

Finance & Personnel

Pay Review

Chair of Governors

Training Liaison

None

7/10

Sharon Furtado

Foundation

By the Diocese

2021-2025

Admissions

Appeals

Vice Chair of Governors

Health & Safety

Safeguarding

None

3/5

John Grinsted

Foundation

By the Diocese

2022-2026

Finance & Personnel

Pay Review

Appeals

Chair of Finance & Personnel

None

8/8

Laura Park

Head Teacher

 

2017-

 

 

None

11/11

Flavia Baldotto da Rocha Santana

Parent

Elected by parents

2022-2026

None

Chidibere Iheanacho

Foundation

By the Diocese

2022-2026

Curriculum

 SEN

None

3/6

James McAuley

Foundation

By the Diocese

2024-2028

RE

None

Shakira Powell

Foundation

By the Diocese

2023-2027

None

Ryan Browne

 

Foundation

 

By the Diocese

2025-2029

None