Governors

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 different 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	Link Governor - Health & Safety	None
Malcolm Brand	Co-opted	15/07/2019	Vice-Chair of Governors Link Governor – College Business Plan including Finance.	None
Ian Brewerton	Parent	30/11/2020	Link Governor - Teaching, Learning & Assessment	None
Claire Brown	Parent	20/02/2022	TBC	None
Claudia Cubbage	Staff (Principal)	-	Principal	Employed since Sept 2015
Andy Ford	Staff	31/03/2021	Development & Training Governor	Employed since Sept 2010
Christine Hansford	Co-opted	05/06/2022	TBC
Andrew March	Local Authority	15/12/2021	Chair of Governors Link Governor – Leadership & Management	None
Tracey Murphy	Co-opted	15/07/2019	Link Governor - Staff Well-Being	None
VACANCY	Co-opted
Sara Smith	Co-opted	30/11/2020	SEND Governor Link Governor - Outcomes	None
Gary Steward	Co-opted	15/07/2019	Safeguarding Governor Link Governor – Personal Development, Behaviour & Welfare	None

Attendance at Full Governing Board Meetings during Academic Year 2018/19

Name	Meetings Attended	Out of a Possible
Mr M Brand	8	9
Ms C Cubbage	9	9
Mr A March	8	9
Mr I Brewerton	9	9
Mrs T Murphy	8	8
Mrs S Smith	7	9
Mr G Steward	6	9
Mr A Ford	9	9
Mr M Badger	8	9
Mrs C Brown	8	9
Mrs C Hansford	8	9
Mr T Munowenyu	1	1
Mrs J Nutt	1	1

Register of Governor Interests – 2017/18

Name	Name of Business*	Nature of Business	Nature of Interest	Date of Appointment or Acquisition	Date of Cessation of Interest
Malcolm Brand	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Claudia Cubbage	Employed at school	Education	Principal	01/09/2015
Andrew March	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Tracey Murphy	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Jonathan Smith	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Gary Steward	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Sara Smith	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Ian Brewerton	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Andy Ford	Employed at school	Education	Senior Site Manager	31/03/17
June Powell (Associate Member)	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL

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

Page updated: 21 August 2019