St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

St Bernadette's School Governance

Welcome to St Bernadette’s Governing Board Webpage. Below is some information that you may find useful – together with a since Thank You to our staff, parents pupils and Community for their ongoing hard work and support.

Our key aim is to:.

Recruit, appoint and support the best teachers and staff to ensure the highest possible level of education and support for children placed in our care; within a framework of effective Governance.
Our Principles, Mission, Vision and Key Strategic Objectives are outlined in detail in our Strategic Plan (embedded below)

The key roles of our Governing Board are:

Setting the school’s Vision, Ethos and Strategic Direction
Holding the Head teacher to account for the Educational Performance of the School and it’s pupils
Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure available resources are appropriately spent and in line with our key aim.

We work closely with MK Local Authority (MKLA) and as a Catholic School within the Vision, Values and Policies of Northampton Dioceses (NORES) and the Department for Education (DfE)

There are 14 Governors;

8 Foundation Governors are appointed by His Lordship the Bishop of Northampton Catholic Dioceses, The Right Reverend David OAKLEY
1 Governor appointed by Milton Keynes Local Authority
2 Governors elected by parents (vacant positions from Sept 2026)
1 Governor elected by the staff
1 co-opted governor
Our Head Teacher - Mrs Jane Zamora

The Governing Body meets monthly with the exception of the holiday periods of December, February and August

In between Board meetings Lead Governors make visits to the school and report to the Board on their in-depth findings. Each and every Governor has a Key Lead Role to exercise, covering all areas of the school:

Head Teacher Performance
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Child Protection and Safeguarding
Curriculum/ Pupil/achievement – with key Leads for specific areas that the Governing Board wants to look at in more detail
Finance
Admissions and Appeals
Health and Safety
Statutory and Policy Development and Monitoring
Inclusion - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Pupil Premium
Data Protection
Complaints and Suggestions
Sustainability
The Arts
Looked After / Previously Looked After Children (LAC/PLAC)

St Bernadette’s opened in 2005 and we are particularly fortunate that our school community has shown tremendous interest and support since then.

We are confident as we go forward to meet the challenges and changes ahead that by continuing to work closely with the NDES, MKLA and our parents and local community, St Bernadette’s will continue to strive to provide the best education possible in an efficient, effective and transparent manner.

It is with this invaluable support and the hard work of our staff and Governors demonstrating total commitment to the safety and education of our pupils that we continue to move forward as a school.

Dr C Edordu
Chair of Governors

To contact our Governing Board, please do so via the school office: office@stbernadettesschool.com

St Bernadette’s Governing Board Diversity Information			Comparative Pupil Diversity Information
Sex	Female	42%	52%
Sex	Male	58%	48%
Ethnicity	White British/White English	25%	11.3%
	White Irish	8%	0.25%
	White Other	17%	15%
	Black or Black British African	33%	41.79%
	Any other ethnic Group	8%	2%
	Traveller of Irish/Gypsy/Roma heritage	0	0
	Mixed/Dual background	8%	7.2%
	Asian/Asian British	0	8%
	Chinese	0	2%
	Refused/Not Known		12.8 %
Religion	Catholic	83%	41%
	Other Christian	8%	39%
	Muslim	8%	4%
Language	First Language English	75%	47%

Current Members of our Governing Board and Attendance for the Last Full Academic Year (2025-26)

Mrs J Adamson is the Clerk to Governors

Governing Board Membership and Attendance 2025-26							Interests
Name	Committee membership / lead role	Date appointed	Term of office	Date stepped down	How appointed	Number of meetings attended in the last full academic year (2025-26)	Relevant business and pecuniary	Other governing body membership(s)	Personal
Mr Augustine Amusan	UK GDPR - Data Protection Governor	1 Dec 2021 until 30 Nov 2025 01/12/2025 to 30/11/2029	4 Years 2^nd term	N/A	Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	5/10	None to publish	None	None
Mr Ali Reyahi	Co-opted Staff Governor Finance and resources & Wider Curriculum	17 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2029	4 Years	N/A	Co-opted by Governing Board	4/10	None to publish	None	None
Dr Angela Marqui	Parent Governor Finance and resources	21 Nov 2025 to 20 Nov 2029	4 Years	24/09/2026	Parent Governor Elected by Parents	7/7	Director on Undergraduate programmes in the Business School of the University of Birmingham.	Director on Undergraduate programmes in the Business School of the University of Birmingham.	Child at school
Mrs Roxana Mendez Parraga	Parent Governor Finance Website compliance	21 Nov 2025 to 20 Nov 2029	4 Years	25/09/2026	Parent Governor Elected by Parents	6/7	None to publish	None	Child at school
Mrs Ima Ogbonna	Co-ordinator of Statutory Group – HR and Workload Lead Child Protection and Safeguarding Governor Mental health & wellbeing	1 September 2022 Until 31 August 2026 1/09/26 – 31/08/2030	4 Years (2^nd term)	N/A	Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	7/10	None to publish	None	None
Dr Chibuzor Edordu	Chair – from 20/04/2026 Headteacher Performance Management Finance Group Admissions and appeals Committee STEM & Wider Curriculum	1 June 2019 until 31 May 2023 Renewed 1 June 2023 until 31 May 2027	4 Years (2^nd term)	N/A	Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	10/10	None to publish	None	Children at the school
Dr Sandro Lanzon Miller	Chair from Sept 2023 Statutory Group – HR and Workload Lead Mental Health and Wellbeing Governor Behaviour and Attitudes (Pupils) Workload Governor (Staff) Headteacher Performance Management	1 June 2019 until 31 May 2023 1 June 2023 until 31 May 2027	4 Years (2^nd term)	N/A	Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	6/6	None to publish	None	Daughter is a teacher at the school Grandchildren attend the school
Mrs Joanne Pughe	Staff Governor	27 Nov 2017 until 26 Nov 2021 - re-voted by staff 27 Nov 2021 to 26 Nov 2025 and again 27 Nov 2025 to 26 Nov 2029	4 Years (3rd Term)	N/A	Staff Governor Elected by Staff	6/10	None to publish	None	None
Deacon Reg Abrahams	RE and Catholic Life Lead Governor Personal Development including Relationships and Sex Education	01 Sept 2025 - 31 Aug 2029	4 years	N/A	Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	8/10	None to publish	None	None
Mrs Katherine Foulger	Curriculum Headteacher Performance Management Quality of Education including Overall Pupil Performance Data, English and Maths Governor EYFS Governor	23 Jan 2023 until 22 Jan 2027	4 Years	N/A	Local Authority Governor Appointed by the Local Authority – Milton Keynes	7/10	Deputy Headteacher at Milton Keynes Preparatory School	None	None
Mrs Izabela Kocan	Health and Safety Governor until Feb 2025, then Inclusion - SEND/PP	1st Dec 2023 to 31st Dec 2027	4 years	N/A	Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	7/10	None to publish	None	Child at the school. Husband works at other local Catholic school
Mr Martin Muiru	Finance and sustainability	01.02.2025 to 31.01.2029	4 years	28/10/2026	Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	8/10	None to publish	None	None
Mr Budge Wells	Health and Safety	01.01.2025 end 31.12.2028	4 years	N/A	Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	8/10	None to publish	None	None
Mrs Jane Zamora	Headteacher	-	-	N/A	Headteacher	10/10	None to publish	None	None

Members of our Governing Board and Attendance for the Full Academic Year 2024-25

Name	Committee membership / lead role	Date appointed	Term of office	Date stepped down	How appointed	Number of meetings attended in the last full academic year (2024-25)	Interests
Name	Committee membership / lead role	Date appointed	Term of office	Date stepped down	How appointed		Relevant business and pecuniary	Other governing body membership(s)	Personal
Mr Augustine Amusan	UK GDPR - Data Protection Governor	1 Dec 2021 until 30 Nov 2025	4 Years	Renewal of new term pending	Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	8/10	None to publish	None	None
Mrs Charlotte Potter	Co-opted Staff Governor	17 Nov 2021 to 16 Nov 2025	4 Years	14/07/2025	Co-opted by Governing Board	3/3	None to publish	None	None
Dr Angela Marqui	Parent Governor Finance	21 Nov 2025 to 20 Nov 2029	4 Years		Parent Governor Elected by Parents		Director on Undergraduate programmes in the Business School of the University of Birmingham.	Director on Undergraduate programmes in the Business School of the University of Birmingham.	Child at school
Mrs Roxana Mendez Parraga	Parent Governor Finance Website compliance	21 Nov 2025 to 20 Nov 2029	4 Years		Parent Governor Elected by Parents		None to publish	None	Child at school
Mr Ali Reyahi	Finance, STEAM & Wider Curriculum	17th Nov 2021 until 16th Nov 2025 17th Nov 2025	4 Years 4 year		Parent Governor Elected by Parents until 16/11/2025 Co-opted by Governing Board from 17/11/2025	9/10	None to publish	None	Child at school
Mrs Ima Ogbonna	Co-ordinator of Statutory Group – HR and Workload Lead Child Protection and Safeguarding Governor	1 September 2022 Until 31 August 2026	4 Years		Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	7/10	None to publish	None	None
Dr Chibuzor Edordu	Finance Group Admissions and appeals Committee STEM & Wider Curriculum Pupil Communication and Local Communication Governor	1 June 2019 until 31 May 2023 Renewed 1 June 2023 until 31 May 2027	4 Years (2^nd term)		Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	8/10	None to publish	None	Children at the school
Mrs Frankie Lazzari	Co-Chair from Sept 2023 Chair of Admissions and Appeals Committee SEND and Inclusion Governor EAL Governor	1 September 2020 until 31 August 2024 and 1 September 2024 to 1 September 2028	4 Years	10/02/2025	Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	5/5	None to publish	None	None
Dr Sandro Lanzon Miller	Chair from Sept 2023 Statutory Group – HR and Workload Lead Mental Health and Wellbeing Governor Behaviour and Attitudes (Pupils) Workload Governor (Staff) Headteacher Performance Management	1 June 2019 until 31 May 2023 1 June 2023 until 31 May 2027	4 Years (2^nd term)		Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	10/10	None to publish	None	Daughter is a teacher at the school Grandchildren attend the school
Mrs Joanne Pughe	RE Leader	27 Nov 2017 until 26 Nov 2021 - re-voted by staff 27 Nov 2021 to 26 Nov 2025 and again 27 Nov 2025 to 26 Nov 2029	4 Years (3rd Term)		Staff Governor Elected by Staff	7/9	None to publish	None	None
Deacon Reg Abrahams	RE and Catholic Life Lead Governor Personal Development including Relationships and Sex Education	01 Sept 2025 - 31 Aug 2029	4 years		Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese		None to publish	None	None
Deacon Jon Walls	Statutory Group – HR and Workload Lead Admissions and Appeals Committee RE and Catholic Life Lead Governor Personal Development including Relationships and Sex Education Headteacher Performance Management	1 Sept 2022 until 31 August 2026	4 Years	21/10/2024	Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	1/2	None to publish	None	None
Mrs Alison Upton	Co-ordinator of the Finance Group Pupil Premium Governor Looked After and Previously Looked After Children Governor	27 Nov 2017 until 26 Nov 2021 Renewed 27 Nov 2021 to 26 Nov 2025	4 Years (2^nd term)	14/07/2025	Parent Governor Elected by Parents	7/10	None to publish	None	Children at the school
Mrs Katherine Foulger	Curriculum Co-ordinator – Quality of Education including Overall Pupil Performance Data, English and Maths Governor EYFS Governor	23 Jan 2023 until 22 Jan 2027	4 Years		Local Authority Governor Appointed by the Local Authority – Milton Keynes	7/10	Deputy Headteacher at Milton Keynes Preparatory School	None	None
Mrs Izabela Kocan	Health and Safety Governor until Feb 2025, then SEND/PP	1st Dec 2023 to 31st Dec 2027	4 years		Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	8/10	None to publish	None	Child at the school. Husband works at other local Catholic school
Mr Martin Muiru	Finance and sustainability	01.02.2025 to 31.01.2029	4 years		Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	4/6	None to publish	None	None
Mr Budge Wells	Health and Safety	01.01.2025 end 31.12.2028	4 years		Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	5/6	None to publish	None	None
Mrs Jane Zamora	Headteacher	-	-		Headteacher	10/10	None to publish	None	None

Mrs J Adamson is the Clerk to Governors

St Bernadette's Governing Board Information for Academic Year 2022-23

Name	Committee membership / lead role	Date appointed	Term of office	Date stepped down	How appointed	Number of meetings attended in the last full academic year (2022-23)	Interests
Name	Committee membership / lead role	Date appointed	Term of office	Date stepped down	How appointed		Relevant business and pecuniary	Other governing body membership(s)	Personal
Mr Augustine Amusan	UK GDPR - Data Protection Governor	1 Dec 2021 until 30 Nov 2025	4 Years		Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	4/9	None to publish	None	None
Mrs Charlotte Potter	Co-opted Staff Governor	17 Nov 2021 to 16 Nov 2025	4 Years		Co-opted by Governing Board	7/9	None to publish	None	None
Mr Ali Reyahi	Finance, STEAM & Wider Curriculum	17th Nov 2021 until 16th Nov 2025	4 Years		Parent Governor Elected by Parents	8/9	None to publish	None	Child at school
Mrs Ima Ogbonna	Co-ordinator of Statutory Group – HR and Workload Lead Child Protection and Safeguarding Governor	1 September 2022 Until 31 August 2026	4 Years		Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	8/9	None to publish	None	Child at school
Mr Geoff Callan	Statutory Group – HR and Workload Lead Admissions and Appeals Committee Finance Group Headteacher Performance Management Health and Safety Governor	1 July 2018 until 30 June 2022 renewed 1st July 2022 - 30 June 2026	4 years (2^nd term)		Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	5/9	None to publish	None	None
Dr Chibuzor Edordu	Finance Group Admissions and appeals Committee STEM & Wider Curriculum Pupil Communication and Local Communication Governor	1 June 2019 until 31 May 2023 Renewed 1 June 2023 until 31 May 2027	4 Years (2^nd term)		Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	6/9	None to publish	None	Children at the school
Mrs Alex Dixon	Curriculum Co-ordinator – Quality of Education including Overall Pupil Performance Data, English and Maths Governor EYFS Governor	21 January 2019 until 20 January 2023	4 Years	21 November 2022	LA Appointed Governor Appointed by the Local Authority	1/3	Deputy Headteacher at Great Linford Primary School	Governor at Great Linford Primary School	None
Mrs Frankie Lazzari	Chair of Admissions and Appeals Committee SEND and Inclusion Governor EAL Governor	1 September 2020 until 31 August 2024	4 Years		Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	6/9	None to publish	None	None
Dr Sandro Lanzon Miller	Statutory Group – HR and Workload Lead Mental Health and Wellbeing Governor Personal Development including Relationships and Sex Education, Behaviour and Attitudes (Pupils) Workload Governor (Staff) Headteacher Performance Management	1 June 2019 until 31 May 2023 1 June 2023 until 31 May 2027	4 Years (2^nd term)		Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	8/9	None to publish	None	Daughter is a teacher at the school
Miss Mary McGowan	Chair of Governors Board Development Governor	1 February 2020 until 31 January 2024	4 Years		Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	9/9	None to publish	None	None
Mrs Joanne Pughe	RE Leader	27 Nov 2017 until 26 Nov 2021 - re-voted by staff 27 Nov 2021 - 26 Nov 2025	4 Years (2^nd Term)		Staff Governor Elected by Staff	8/9	None to publish	None	None
Deacon Jon Walls	Statutory Group – HR and Workload Lead Admissions and Appeals Committee RE and Catholic Life Lead Governor	1 Sept 2022 until 31 August 2026	4 Years		Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese	8/9	None to publish	None	None
Mrs Alison Upton	Co-ordinator of the Finance Group Pupil Premium Governor Looked After and Previously Looked After Children Governor	27 Nov 2017 until 26 Nov 2021 Renewed 27 Nov 2021 to 26 Nov 2025	4 Years (2^nd term)		Parent Governor Elected by Parents	7/9	None to publish	None	Children at the school
Mrs Katherine Foulger	Curriculum Co-ordinator – Quality of Education including Overall Pupil Performance Data, English and Maths Governor EYFS Governor	23 Jan 2023 until 22 Jan 2027	4 Years		Local Authority Governor Appointed by the Local Authority – Milton Keynes	4/6	Deputy Headteacher at Milton Keynes Preparatory School	None	None
Mrs Jane Zamora	Headteacher	-	-		Headteacher	9/9	None to publish	None	None

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