St Bernadette's School Governance
Welcome to St Bernadette’s Website. Below is some information that you may find useful – together with a since Thank You to our staff, parents and Community for their ongoing hard work and support particularly over the past 18 months. This has been particularly critical at this time given the Challenges of COVID-19.
Our key aim is to:
The key roles of our Governing Board are:
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;
The Governing Body meets monthly with the exception of holiday periods December, February and August
In between Board meetings “Lead Governors” make visits to the school and report to Board on their in-depth findings. Each and every Governor has a “Key Lead” Role to exercise, covering all areas of the school:
In response to the COVID-19 challenges we established a Board COVID-19 Sub Committee – a “rapid respond” and planning Committee to preempt and plan and respond to the ever changing situation. This Committee formulated an agreed Strategy outlining our key objectives – placing ongoing Education and Safety of our Pupils, staff and families at the centre of all our plans. The Chair of Governor's Annual Report of Covid-19 is embedded below.
On-going update of our Website and communication from Mrs Zamora has kept our families abreast of developments.
St Bernadette’s opened in 2005 and we are particularly fortunate that our school community has shown tremendous interest and support since then.
The last OFSTED Inspection gave us some valuable feedback on our areas of strength and those we needed to focus on and recent monitoring has shown that those have been tackled successfully. We were hoping for an OFSTED revisit this year – to demonstrate our achievement but this has not been possible due to COVID-19
We are confident as we go forward to meet the challenges and changes ahead that by continuing to work closely with the NORES, 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 move forward as a school.
Mary McGowan
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 | 57% | 50% |
Male | 43% | 50% | |
Ethnicity | White British/White English | 43% | 14% |
White Irish | 14% | 0.5% | |
White Other | 14% | 17% | |
Black or Black British African | 21% | 44% | |
Any other ethnic Group | 7% | 2% | |
Traveller of Irish/Gypsy/Roma heritage | 0 | 0 | |
Mixed/Dual background | 0 | 11% | |
Asian/Asian British | 0 | 7% | |
Chinese | 0 | 1% | |
Refused/Not Known |
| 4% | |
Religion | Catholic | 77% | 45% |
Other Christian | 15% | 38% | |
Muslim | 8% | 3% | |
Language | First Language English | 93% | 51% |
Ms M McGowan - Chair Of Governors / Foundation Governor
Mr G Callan - Foundation Governor / Vice Chair
Mr A Amusan - Foundation Governor
Dr S Lanzon-Miller - Foundation Governor
Mr C Edordu - Foundation Governor
Mrs F Lazzari - Foundation Governor
Mrs I Ogbonna - Foundation Governor
Deacon J Walls - Foundation Governor
Mrs K Foulger - Local Authority Governor
Mrs A Upton - Parent Appointed Governor
Mr A Reyahi - Parent Appointed Governor
Mrs J Pughe - Staff Governor
Mrs C Potter - Co-opted Staff Governor
Mrs J Zamora - Headteacher
Mr H Booth - Clerk to Governors
St Bernadette's Governing Board Information for the Last Full Academic Year (2021-22)
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 (2021/22) | Interests | ||
Relevant business and pecuniary | Other governing body membership(s) | Personal | |||||||
Mr Augustine Amusan | GDPR Governor | 1 Dec 2021 until 30 Nov 2025 | 4 Years | Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese | 5/6 | 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 | 6/7 | None to publish | None | None | |
Mr Ali Reyahi | Finance, STEAM | 17th Nov 2021 until 16th Nov 2025 | 4 Years | Parent Governor Elected by Parents | 6/7 | None to publish | None | Child at school | |
Ms Ruby Anugwom | Co-ordinator of Statutory Group – HR and Workload Lead Child Protection and Safeguarding Governor | 1 June 2021 until 31 May 2025 | 4 Years | 21/07/22 | Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese | 7/9 | 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 | Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese | 8/9 | None to publish | None | None | |
Dr Chibuzor Edordu | Finance Group GDPR Governor Admissions and appeals Committee STEM, Design Technology and Local Community Governor and the Wider Curriculum Governor Pupil Communication and Local Communication Governor | 1 June 2019 until 31 May 2023 | 4 Years | Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese | 7/9 | 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 | LA Appointed Governor Appointed by the Local Authority | 5/9 (inc 1x distance attendance) | 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 | 9/9 | 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 | 4 Years | 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 | |
Mr Brian Plunkett | Finance Group Admissions and Appeal Committee | 1 June 2019 until 31 May 2023 | 4 Years | 07.10.2021 | Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese | 1/1 | None to publish | None | None |
Mrs Joanne Pughe | RE Lead | 27 Nov 2017 until 26 Nov 2021 - re-voted by staff 27 Nov 2021 - 26 Nov 2025 | 4 Years | Staff Governor Elected by Staff | 8/9 | None to publish | None | None | |
Fr Brendan Seery | Statutory Group – HR and Workload Lead Admissions and Appeals Committee RE Governor | 1 May 2019 until 30 April 2023 | 4 Years | 23/06/22 | Foundation Governor Appointed by the Diocese | 2/8 | None to publish | None | None |
Mrs Alison Upton | Co-ordinator of the Finance Group Pupil Premium Governor Looked After Children Governor | 27 Nov 2017 until 26 Nov 2021 Renewed 27 Nov 2021 to 26 Nov 2025 | 4 Years | Parent Governor Elected by Parents | 8/9 | None to publish | None | Children at the school | |
Mrs Jane Zamora | 17 April 2021 until 16 April 2025 | 4 Years | Headteacher | 9/9 | None to publish | None | None |