Governors - General Information
Welcome to our Governors’ section.
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.
For information about the board of trustees and members of Odyssey Collaborative Trust, please click here.
The current governing body members are:
Chair of Governors
- C Merrick
Joint vice-chair of Governors
- S Handsley - Chair of Standards Committee
- L Smith - Chair of Resources Committee
Parent Governors
- L Smith - PP link governor/Finance link governor
- G Carr - SEND,Safeguarding link governor. Vice Chair of Standards Committee
Co-opted Governors
- C Merrick - Finance link governor
- Dr Stephen Handsley - LAC link governor
- I Bestwick - Health and Safety link governor. Vice Chair of Resources Committee
- Helen Bauer
Staff Governors
- Miss Z Fletcher (Headteacher)
- Staff Governor - Jon Mills
Clerk to the Governors
- Jo Coleman
Should you wish to contact governors please write a letter and send it into the school office clearly stating that the letter is for the governing board. The letter will be passed on to the Chair or Vice Chair of Governors. Letters to the governing board are treated in the strictest confidence. They are handled by the Clerk to Governors, Mrs J Coleman and are not opened by a member of school staff.
You can also email the chair of governors via the Clerk to Governors email address: bwpsclerk@borrowwood.derby.sch.uk
Register of governor attendance at Full Governing Body and Committee Meetings
Y - Attended meeting A - Apologies received
Standards Committee 2022 - 2023 | 15.11.22 | 17.01.23 | 09.05.23 - to be rescheduled |
Zoe Fletcher | Y | Y | |
Chris Merrick | Y | Y | |
Stephen Handsley | Y | Y | |
Gerry Carr | Y | Y | |
Laura Smith | Y | Y | |
Helen Bauer | Y | Y |
Resources Committee 2022 - 2023 | 18.10.22 | 07.02.23 | 25.04.23 rescheduled for 09.05.23 |
Zoe Fletcher | Y | Y | Y |
Chris Merrick | Y | A | Y |
Ian Bestwick | Y | A | A |
Stephen Handsley | A | Y | Y |
Laura Smith | Y | Y | Y |
Gerry Carr | Y | Y | Y |
Helen Bauer | Y | Y | Y |
Full Governing Board 2022 - 2023 | 13.09.22 | 13.12.22 | 21.03.23 | 11.07.23 |
Zoe Fletcher | Y | Y | Y | |
Chris Merrick | Y | Y | Y | |
Ian Bestwick | A | Y | Y | |
Stephen Handsley | Y | Y | A | |
Laura Smith | Y | Y | Y | |
Gerry Carr | Y | Y | Y | |
Jon Mills | A | Y | Y | |
Helen Bauer | Y | Y |
GOVERNORS REGISTER OF INTEREST
All governors are elected for a term of 4 years from their starting date.
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Claudine Edwards | Parent Governor | Housing Development Nottingham Community HA | Project Manager | Parent election | Nov 2014 Re-elected Nov 2018 | 17.9.20 | 10.02.22 |
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Zoe Fletcher | Head Teacher |
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| Sept 2012 | 12.9.17 |
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Liz Best | Co-opted governor |
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| Governor appointed | 14th Jan 2016 | 12.9.17 | 31.1.20 |
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Christine Merrick | Co-opted governor | Ashgate Nursery Ashgate and Central Federation Sightline Initiative We can together charity | Chair of Governors Chair of Governors
Director Trustee | Governor appointed | 20th October 2016 | 16.9.20 |
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Ian Bestwick | Parent Governor
Co opted governor | Industrial Action Benefit Ltd | Director | Parent election
Governor appointed
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19.10.2021 | 18.9.20 19.10.2025 |
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Sophie Wadsworth | Staff Governor | Staff election | 12.6.18 | 12.6.18 | 12.07.22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Matthew Lacey | Parent Governor | Parent Election | 11.12.18 | 11.12.18 | 10.3.20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David Noble | Co opted governor | Director of Life MAT | Governor appointed | 29.1.19 | 17.9.19 | 23.07.21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elizabeth Cochrane | Co-opted governor | Governor appointed | 10.3.20 | 15.09.2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abigail Marsden | Co-opted governor | Governor appointed | 15.9.20 | 10.09.2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dr Stephen Handsley | Co-opted governor | Governor appointed | 30.09.21 | 30.09.25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laura Smith | Parent governor | Parent Nomination | 15.10.21 | 15.10.25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gerry Carr | Parent governor | Parent Nomination | 15.10.21 | 15.10.25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Helen Bauer | Co-opted governor | Governors appointed | 27.09.2022 | 27.09.2026 |