Why do we have a Governing Board?

 All schools are required to have a Governing Board, and like all such bodies our purpose is to:

• help the college to set high standards by planning for the college's future and setting targets for college improvement.
• keep the pressure up on college improvement.
• be a critical friend to the college, offering support and advice.
• help the college respond to the needs of parents and the community.
• make the college accountable to the public for what it does.
• work with the college on planning, developing policies and keeping the college under review.
• exercise its responsibilities and powers in partnership with the Principal and staff.
• not intervene in the day-to-day management of the college unless there are weaknesses in the college, then has a duty to take action.

If you would like to contact the Governing Board please email gb@henrycort.org.

Who are we?

We have Full Governing Board meetings monthly (excluding December, April and August).

The Henry Cort Community College has a Governing Board made up of 12 people from several backgrounds.

• 7 Co-opted Governors are appointed by the Governing Body.
• 2 Parent Governors - elected by the parents.
• 1 staff governor - elected by the staff
• 1 is appointed by the Local Authority (Hampshire County Council)
• At The Henry Cort Community College the Principal is automatically a member of the Governing Body.

Attendance at meetings and a Register of Governors Interests can be found at the bottom of this page.

Name	Category	Term of Office Ends	Responsibilities	Pecuniary Interests
Mark Badger	Co-opted	20/02/2022	Development and training governor Link governor — Health & Safety	None
Malcolm Brand	Co-opted	16/07/2023	Link governor — Finance	None
Ian Brewerton	Local Authority	15/09/2024	Link governor — Maths and IT Faculty	None
Roger Carpenter	Parent	26/11/2024	Link governor — Creative and Technical Arts Faculty
Claudia Cubbage	Staff (Principal)	—	Principal	Employed since Sept 2015
George Elliott	Staff	01/04/2025	Link governor — Careers and Humanities faculty	Employed since October 2020
Charlotte Faithfull	Parent	09/11/2024	Link governor — Staff Wellbeing
Christine Hansford	Co-opted	05/06/2022	Link governor — Careers and Communications Faculty	None
VACANCY	Co-opted		Link governor — Science and PE Faculty
Jenny Nutt	Co-opted	16/07/2023	Link governor — Disadvantaged students	Employed
Sara Smith	Co-opted	30/11/2024	Chair of Governors Safeguarding governor Link governor — Pastoral, student wellbeing and behaviour	None
VACANCY	Co-opted

Attendance at Full Governing Board Meetings during Academic Year 2019/20

Name	Meetings Attended	Out of a Possible
Mr M Brand	8	8
Ms C Cubbage	8	8
Mr A March	3	5
Mr I Brewerton	8	8
Mrs S Smith	7	8
Mr G Steward	6	8
Mr A Ford	6	8
Mr M Badger	8	8
Mrs C Brown	5	8
Mrs C Hansford	7	8
Mr T Munowenyu	6	8
Mrs J Nutt	8	8

Register of Governor Interests – 2020/21

Name	Name of Business*	Nature of Business	Nature of Interest	Date of Appointment or Acquisition	Date of Cessation of Interest
Mark Badger	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Malcolm Brand	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Ian Brewerton	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Claudia Cubbage	Employed at school	Education	Principal	01/09/2015
Christine Hansford	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Trinity Munowenyu	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Jenny Nutt	Employed at school	Education	Teacher of English & HPL	01/09/2017
Gary Steward	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Sara Smith	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
George Elliott	Employed at school	Education	Behaviour Support Worker	October 2020

 * Including: Governor elsewhere, Related / Married to member of staff, Employed at school

Page updated: 4 May 2021