Governance

Members of the LGB

Name	Role	Date Appointed	Business & Pecuniary Interests	Attendance this year	Attendance last year*
Andrea MacDonald	Chair SEND Governor	Takes up post September 2023			1:4
Lesley Dolben	Former Chair of Governors & SEND Governor 2021 - July 2023	17.03.21	Employee of United Learning Director of Integrity Leadreship LTD Chair of LGB Fulford School York, South Yorks Multi Academy Trust (SYMAT)	4:4	7:7
James Cain	Vice Chair Safeguarding Governor	01.06.19	Parent	4:4	7:7
Esther Johnson	EYFS Governor		Parent	4:4	N/A
Christine Pryor	Curriculum / Pupil Premium	15.07.21		N/A	N/A
Tom Spender		Takes up post September 2023	Parent	4:4	7:7
Marisa Etienne		Takes up post September 2023
Whitney Otchere	Staff Governor representative	Takes up post September 2023	Staff	N/A	N/A
Also in attendance at our meetings, but not a LGB member
Jane Woods Bardhyl Velia Karen Matthews	Head Teacher EBM Regional Director			1:4 1:4 1:4	7:7 7:7 N/A
Members who stepped down last year		Date stepped down
Ankita Patel	Health & Safety				0:7
Pamela Smith	EYFS Governor	31.08.22			7:7
Lindsay Batchford		31.12.21			1:2
Fiona Ooman		31.12.22			1:2

*Local governance arrangements for 2021-22 were discharged via a School Improvement Board.

Clerk to the Governing Body: Waltham Forest Governors Service

The clerk(s) may be contacted via office@longshawprimaryacademy.org.uk

Tel no. 0208 529 5693

If you would like to contact the LGB, the chair may be contacted via post at:

Longshaw Primary School,
Longshaw Road,
Chingford,
London
E4 6LH.
Tel no. 0208 529 5693

Email: office@longshawprimaryacademy.org.uk

Please mark any correcpondence FAO the Chair of the LGB.

Longshaw Primary Academy is a part of United Learning whose Trustees hold the ultimate responsibility for the governance of each United Learning school.

The Department for Education’s governance handbook 2020 identifies the essentials of effective governance as follows:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
Holding the executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and
Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.

United Learning’s Trustees delegate certain key roles and responsibilities to the school’s Local Governing Body (LGB) and these are set out clearly in our Scheme of Delegation which can be seen on the United Learning website.

Click here to view the Scheme of Delegation

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