Our Governors
Our governors are very supportive of our school and all that the children do. They care deeply about the school's vision and school improvement. They help us to make improvements so we can be the best children, staff and parents possible. They carry out regular monitoring of the school through learning walks, pupil conferencing, book trawls and interviews with staff. They also attend meetings of the Full Governing Body, Business Committee, Teaching and Learning Committee and the Christian Distinctiveness Group. Hardly a day goes by without at least one governor in the school.
When new staff arrive, governors are part of the induction process and are involved in the pastoral care of the teaching team.
Every monitoring activity is recorded with points for further development so the governors and the school can ensure that our school improvement objectives are being met.
Our Chair of Governors is Mrs Michelle Jenkins and our Governor who monitors Safeguarding within the school is Mrs Jo Knights. They can be contacted through the school office if you wish to speak with them.
Minutes from our governors' Meetings are available by request to the Chair of Governors who can be contacted through the school office.
If you are interested in becoming a governor please contact the school.
These are details of our governors in the last academic year and the roles they played in school.
St Matthew’s CE Primary School Governors’ Details for 2021/2022 and 2022/23
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Name |
Category |
Appointed by |
Term of Office (no. of years & end date) |
Committee membership |
Responsibilities |
Voting Rights (if Associate Member) |
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Chloe BERESFORD |
Co-opted |
GB |
4 |
15/09/2026 |
Teaching & Learning |
Forum Rep |
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Hilary BETTS
(resigned July 2022) |
Foundation |
Diocese |
4 |
20/07/2022 |
Business Committee Pay Committee
(resigned July 2022) |
Vice Chair of GB Chair of Business
(resigned July 2022) |
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Sylvia BODDINGTON |
Foundation |
Diocese |
4 |
31/08/2025 |
Business Committee HTPM Committee |
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Samantha DAY |
Foundation |
Diocese |
4 |
14/09/2026 |
Business Committee Pay Committee |
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Donna HORLOCK |
Parent |
Elected |
4 |
11/03/2023 |
Teaching and Learning Committee Pay Committee |
DTG |
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Michelle JENKINS
|
Parent |
Elected |
4 |
10/10/2023
|
Teaching& Learning Committee Business Committee |
COG |
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Janet JOHNSTONE
|
Foundation |
Diocese |
4 |
14/03/2025 |
Teaching& Learning Committee HTPM Panel |
Chair of T&L |
|
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Joanna KNIGHT |
Foundation (from 02/02/2022) |
Diocese |
4 |
01/02/2026 |
Teaching & Learning HTPM Panel |
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Catherine LEE
|
Staff
Foundation (from 16/11/2022) |
Elected
Diocese |
4
4 |
09/09/2022
15/11/2026 |
Business Committee
Business Committee |
To be confirmed |
|
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Sian MANNING |
Foundation |
Diocese |
4 |
09/02/2024 |
Business Committee Pay Comittee |
V/COG 2022-23
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Kevin MCELHATTON |
Local Authority |
GB |
4 |
13/05/2023 |
Business Committee Pay Committee |
Chair of Business |
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Kay PENNICOTTE-HENRIE |
Head Teacher |
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Business Committee Teaching & Learning Committee |
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Matthew PETTS |
Staff |
Elected |
4 |
01/10/2026 |
|
To be confirmed |
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Mary WALKER |
Foundation |
Diocese |
4 |
26/09/2025 |
Teaching & Learning Committee
|
Vice Chair of Teaching & Learning |
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Alice WOOD (resigned July 2022) |
Foundation Ex- Officio |
Diocese |
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David WOOD (resigned July 2022) |
Foundation |
Diocese |
4 |
20/07/2022 |
Business Committee |
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Register of Governors’ Interests 2021/22
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Name |
Name of Business Including:
|
Nature of Business |
Nature of Interest |
Date of Appointment or Acquisition |
Date of Cessation of Interest |
Date of Entry |
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Chloe BERESFORD (Associate) |
None |
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Hilary BETTS |
None |
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Sylvia BODDINGTON |
None |
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Donna HORLOCK |
None |
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Michelle JENKINS |
None |
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Janet JOHNSTONE |
None |
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Joanna KNIGHT |
None |
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Catherine LEE |
Works at School |
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Sian MANNING |
None |
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Kevin McELHATTON |
None |
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Kay PENNICOTTE-HENRIE |
Works at School |
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Mary WALKER |
None |
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Alice WOOD |
Spouse works at school |
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David WOOD |
Works at School |
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Governor Attendance Record For the Academic Year 2020-21
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FULL GOVERNING BODY |
TEACHING & LEARNING COMMITTEE |
BUSINESS COMMITTEE |
PAY COMMITTEE |
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Name |
Number of meetings the governor should have attended |
Number attended |
(%) |
Number of meetings the governor should have attended |
Number attended |
(%) |
Number of meetings the governor should have attended |
Number attended |
(%) |
Number of meetings the governor should have attended |
Number attended |
(%) |
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Chloe BERESFORD (Associate Member) |
2 |
1 |
50% |
1 |
1 |
100% |
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Hilary BETTS |
6 |
5 |
83% |
5 |
4 |
80% |
5 |
4 |
80% |
2
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2 |
100% |
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Sylvia BODDINGTON |
6 |
5 |
83% |
5 |
4 |
80% |
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Donna HORLOCK |
6 |
6 |
100% |
5 |
3 |
60% |
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Michelle JENKINS |
6 |
6 |
100% |
5 |
4 |
80% |
5 |
4 |
80% |
2 |
2 |
100% |
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Janet JOHNSTONE |
6 |
6 |
100% |
5 |
5 |
100% |
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Joanna KNIGHT |
6 |
6 |
100% |
5 |
3 |
60% |
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Catherine LEE |
6 |
6 |
100% |
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5 |
3 |
60% |
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Sian MANNING |
6 |
6 |
100% |
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5 |
3 |
60% |
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Kevin McELHATTON |
6 |
3 |
50% |
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5 |
5 |
100% |
2 |
2 |
100% |
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Kay PENNICOTTE-HENRIE |
6 |
6 |
100% |
5 |
5 |
100% |
5 |
5 |
100% |
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Mary WALKER |
6 |
6 |
100% |
5 |
5 |
100% |
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Alice WOOD
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6 |
5 |
83% |
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David WOOD |
6 |
5 |
83% |
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5 |
5 |
100% |
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Please visit this website to see the financial benchmarking for St. Matthew's and compare our school to similar schools.
We have no staff who receive a salary of £100,000 or more.