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Welcome to Governors' information

School governors are responsible for three core functions:

  1. Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;

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

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

The governing board is comprised of 12 governors, 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, with sub-committees, working groups and school visits taking place between formal meetings. Minutes of the board's meetings are published on the school website here, and we also communicate regularly with families via the school newsletter.

We review our governance arrangements regularly. As at Sept 2022, we have one sub-committee (Finance & Premises) and cover all other matters at the full governing board. We have two governors linked to each of the school's main curriculum areas (arts and humanities; STEM; health & wellbeing) and also assign other specific roles as described in our bios below. 

We take succession planning seriously and are always keen to hear from potential new governors - if you are interested in becoming a governor, please contact our Clerk John Parr for more information. 

Who's Who: Our Governors, their terms of office and declared interests

Name  Governor type Term of office  Declared interests
Paul Davis Head teacher from 3/9/2014 Son working at school
Peter Searle Co-opted governor - Chair 01/09/2022-02/09/2026 nil
Jordan Kaleta Local authority governor 14/05/2023-13/05/2027 nil
Olivia Upchurch Co-opted governor 14/05/2023-13/05/2027 nil
George Mackerron Co-opted governor 21/09/21-20/09/25 Children are pupils at school
Alexander Scott Co-opted governor 09/02/22-08/02/26 nil
Lauren Whedbee Staff governor 04/09/2023-05/09/2027 Working as teacher at school
Chris Cunningham Parent governor 21/02/22-20/02/26 Child is pupil at school
Gabrielle Looney Parent governor 21/02/22-20/02/26 Children are pupils at school
Dawn Long Co-opted governor 01/09/22-31/08/26 nil
Yasha Gosrani Co-opted governor 08/02/23-07/02/27 nil
James Muschamp Associate governor from 13/10/22 School business manager

 

Who's Who: Some short bios of our governors and a brief description of our roles and responsibilities

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Paul Davis
Head teacher; Finance & Premises Committee
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Peter Searle
Co-opted Governor; Chair; Finance & Premises Committee; STEM Link Governor; SEND Link Governor; Headteacher Appraisal Panel. Pete retired in June 2022 after 35 years in the civil service, including recent Policy Director roles leading on pensions, working-age benefits and strategic finance. He has lived with his family in the Preston Park area since 2006. His two children, now grown up, studied at Balfour, Varndean and BHASVIC. He loves Brighton and Hove and is passionate about helping to create an inclusive and supportive environment in which all members of the local community can thrive.
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Alexander Scott
Co-opted Governor; Vice-Chair of Governors; STEM Link Governor
Alex is a parent at Stanford Infant School, and is passionate about the role of schools in forging strong futures. Alex works in communications and fundraising with the charity and education sector. He specialises in helping organisations understand and articulate the impact they have and the difference they can make. Alex loves Brighton and Hove, and sees the potential in schools to creating cohesive and progressive communities.
Olivia Upchurch
Olivia Upchurch
Co-opted Governor
Olivia has worked in education for ten years, and is an assistant head at a Brighton secondary school. She has lived in Brighton for almost a decade.
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Gabrielle Looney
Parent Governor. PTFA Link Governor. Gabrielle is a parent to two pupils at Stanford Junior. She is a forest school practitioner, chef in a local nursery, nutritionist, committee member for Rainbow Families and passionate about supporting families in the local community.
George Mackerron
George Mackerron
Co-opted Governor; Chair Finance & Premises Committee; STEM Link Governor; Health & Safety Governor
George is a parent at the school (since 2020), and a university lecturer in environmental and behavioural economics. He’s on the Finance & Premises committee and has the Health & Safety link role.
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Chris Cunningham
Parent / carer Governor; Safeguarding & Looked After Children Link Governor; Health & Wellbeing Link Governor
Chris has a wide range of experience to bring to the role of Parent Governor, with a 25 year background in social work. She works on a part-time basis as a Therapeutic Parenting Practitioner supporting foster carers who look after children who have experienced complex trauma in their early lives. She has also been a foster carer in the past for over 12 years looking after children in the care of the Local Authority.
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Lauren Whedbee
Staff Governor and Phase Leader
Dawn Long
Dawn Long
Co-opted Governor; Arts & Humanities Link Governor; Headteacher Appraisal Panel. Dawn recently retired after a career working for the British Council. This involved overseas postings in France, Mauritius, China and Senegal. As well as helping UK schools to add an international dimension to the curriculum, she also managed a number of the British Council’s English Language Teaching Centres overseas. On returning to the UK, she settled in Brighton and live close the school. She is passionate about helping all children to achieve their full potential.
Yasha Gosrani
Yasha Gosrani
Yasha is a parent at Stanford Infant School. She is an executive and life coach, having previously worked as a corporate solicitor. Yasha is passionate about ensuring every child flourishes at the school and is particularly concerned about equal access to opportunities and the barriers to access and success such as poverty, gender, race and sexual identity. Yasha is keen to focus on the role of school in shaping engaged and thoughtful young citizens.
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Jordan Kaleta
Jordan has been working in the education sector for over 10 years, specialising in the management of school estates and funding for older buildings. She currently is a Project Manager for the Department for Education, and has previously worked for Brighton and Hove City Council within their Early Years team. Prior to joining the civil service, she worked as an archaeologist in Sussex, and is still passionate about heritage management.

In addition, in the past twelve months the following governors have stood down from the board: 

* Temi Clements: Co-opted Governor; Appointed 14/10/22; Stood down 08/02/23

* Zara Ralphs; Co-opted Governor; Appointed 21/9/21; Stood down 30/09/22

* Lou Alexander; Co-opted Governor; Appointed 23/06/20; Stood down 31/07/22

* Alyson Kennedy-Walker; Parent Governor; Appointed 26/11/20; Stood down 13/04/22

 

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