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
- Mr D Noble
Vice Chairs of Governors
- Mrs C Merrick
Parent Governors
- Mrs C Edwards - Chair of Resources Committee; Head Teacher Performance Management
- Mr I Bestwick - LAC; PP
- Vacancy
Co-opted Governors
- Mrs C Merrick - Resources and Standards Committees; EYFS Governor; Safeguarding
- Mr D Noble
- Ms A Marsden
Staff Governors
- Miss Z Fletcher (Headteacher) - Standards and Resources Committees
- Mrs S Wadsworth (Teacher)
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 2020 - 2021 |
17.11.20 | 12.01.21 | 04.05.21 |
Zoe Fletcher | Y | Y | |
Chris Merrick | Y | Y | |
David Noble | Y | Y | |
Abigail Marsden | A | Y |
Resources Committee 2020 - 2021 |
20.10.20 | 23.02.21 | 27.04.21 |
Zoe Fletcher | Y | Y | |
Claudine Edwards | Y | Y | |
Chris Merrick | Y | Y | |
David Noble | Y | Y | |
Ian Bestwick | A | Absent | |
Sophie Wadsworth | Y | Y | |
Abigail Marsden | Y | Y |
Full Governing Board 2020 - 2021 |
15.09.20 | 15.12.20 | 23.03.21 | 13.07.21 |
Zoe Fletcher | Y | Y | ||
Claudine Edwards | Y | Y | ||
Chris Merrick | Y | Y | ||
David Noble | A | Y | ||
Ian Bestwick | Y | Y | ||
Sophie Wadsworth | Y | Y | ||
Abigail Marsden | Y | Y |
GOVERNORS REGISTER OF INTEREST
All governors are elected for a term of 4 years from their starting date.
Name |
Position |
Name of Organisation |
Nature of Interest |
Appointed by |
Date of Appointment |
Date Interest Registered |
Date Interest ceased |
Notes |
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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 |
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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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Chair of Governors Central Nursery |
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Ian Bestwick |
Parent Governor |
Industrial Action Benefit Ltd |
Director |
Parent election |
11.7.17 |
18.9.20 |
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Sophie Wadsworth | Staff Governor | Staff election | 12.6.18 | 12.6.18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elizabeth Cochrane | Co-opted governor | Governor appointed | 10.3.20 | 15.09.2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abigail Marsden | Co-opted governor | Governor appointed | 15.9.20 |