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Paul Davis

Headteacher

Mary Aston

Co - Chair of Governors Co-opted

Mary graduated in history and has an employment background in management within the travel industry, before owning and managing a successful travel consultancy business. Later moved into the education sector, working in administration/finance in both secondary and primary schools. Hobbies include travel, archaeology and the theatre.

Phil Hardy

Co - Chair of Governors Co-opted

Phil graduated in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He recently retired after a 40 year career in the sales side of the IT industry, working for some of the largest computer companies in the world, such as Oracle and Amazon Web Services. He has lived in Brighton for almost 7 years and has become involved in various volunteer work - such as being a Garden Greeter at the Brighton Pavilion and guiding in the Air Raid shelters at Downs Junior School

Jennifer Book

Parent Governor

Jennifer has worked in education for many years and is currently a lecturer at the University of Sussex specialising in teacher training for English as a Foreign Language. She also works for an exam board, presents at conferences and is a member of various teacher training committees. She has been a parent governor since 2017.

Lou Alexander

Co-opted Governor

Lou Alexander has worked in education for 32 years. Initially she worked in Further Education as a lecturer in Film and Media, and then moved over to work in Special Schools. She has worked as a SENCO for 10 years now. She is part of the Lead SENCO team.

Orla May

Parent Governor

Orla is a parent at the school (2020 intake) and a former pupil. She is an economist by training and has spent most of her career working for the Bank of England and as a financial regulator. Orla has long links with the school, as a pupil in the 1980s, and cares deeply about making it a great place for children to learn. She sits on the Finance Committee and is the "link" governor for stakeholder engagement.

Billy Bryan

Vice-Chair of Governors

Dr Billy Bryan is Vice-chair of governors and chair of the Quality of Education sub-committee. Outside of the school, he is a senior policy consultant at Technopolis group (headquartered next door to the pavilion), where he works on education, aid and green energy programmes. Prior to that, he studied for his medical education PhD in Sheffield, his hometown.

Alyson Kennedy-Walker

Parent Governor

Alyson is a parent at the school (2020 intake) and has lived in Brighton for 25 years. She believes passionately in quality education for all and has taken a great interest in her daughters schooling. Alyson's career has spanned publishing and advertising and she now works in student accommodation as well as running her own pet care business. Alyson is a keen naturalist and has a passion for hiking and reading, having volunteered as the school librarian at Stanford Infant School for three years.

Laurence Hill

Elected Parent Governor

Juliette McCaffery

Associate Governor

David Johnson

Local Authority Governor

Shane Murray

Staff Governor

Governors are one of the largest volunteer forces in the country and have an important part to play in raising school standards.

The role of the governing board is absolutely key to the effectiveness of a school.

School governors are responsible for:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;

Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff;

Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation
and making sure its money is well spent

School governors

The governing body thought it would be useful to give some background to our work in school, where we fit into school life and our role within the school.

We currently have 12 governors on the board, including parents, governors from the community, the local authority, a member of staff and the head teacher.

Full governing board meetings are held six times a year and there are two committees, Finance and Buildings and Quality of Education. The terms of reference for these committees can be found below.

For further information please email the Clerk.

Stanford Junior School Governing Body

Name	Role	Term of office
Mary Aston	Co-Chair, Co-opted governor, Chair of Finance Committee	20.09.18 -19.09.22
Jennifer Book	Parent governor	15.12.17 - 14.12.21
Billy Bryan	Vice Chair, Co-opted governor, Chair of Quality of Education committee	22.05.18 - 21.05.22
Paul Davis	Headteacher governor	03.09.14 - 03.09.18
David Johnson	Local authority governor	14.05.19 - 13.05.22
Phil Hardy	Co-Chair, Co-opted governor	14.05.19 - 13.05.22
Laurence Hill	Parent governor	15.12.17- 14.12.21
Alyson Kennedy-Walker	Parent governor	26.11.20 - 25.11.24
Orla May	Parent governor	26.11.20 - 25.11.24
Shane Murray	Staff governor	22.09.20 - 21.09.24
Juliet McCaffery	Associate governor	18.09.18 - 18.09.22
Governors serving in the last 12 months
Nathalie Stephenson	Parent governor	24.01.17 - 24.01.21
Esther Randall	Parent governor	22.11.16 - 22.11.20
Alex Scott	Co-opted Governor	19.11.19 - 20.04.20