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| Name | Type | Role | Appointed by, Start Date & Term | Committee Membership | Relevant Pecuniary Interests & Relationships |
| Andy Shaw | Co-opted Governor | Chair of Governors, Health and Safety Governor, | 09/10/2020 to 7/10/2024 | Full Governing Body, Resources, Teaching & Learning | |
| Amanda Atkinson | Co-opted Governor | Vice-Chair of Governors, GDPR Governor | 16/05/2017 to 15/05/2024 | Full Governing Body, Resources, Teaching & Learning | |
| Temi Ajayi | Parent Governor | Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Governor | 1/10/2020 to 30/10/2024 | Full Governing Body, Resources, Teaching & Learning | |
| Sasha Carney | Parent Governor | Assessment and Maths Governor | 1/10/2020 to 30/10/2024 | Full Governing Body, Resources, Teaching & Learning | |
| Lola Kufeji | LA Governor | Development Governor | 16/06/2020 to 15/06/2024 | Full Governing Body, Resources, Teaching & Learning | |
| Esther Thorpe | Co-opted Governor | SEN Governor, Pupil Premium Governor, Early Years Governor | 21/10/2019 to 27/06/2027 | Full Governing Body, Resources, Teaching & Learning | |
Chris Shrimpton | Co-opted Governor | OPAL Play Governor | 09/06/2022 to 08/06/2026 | Full Governing Body, Resources, Teaching & Learning | |
| Iain Mortimer-Fox | Co-opted Governor | 19/3/2024 to 19/3/2028 | Full Governing Body, Resources, Teaching & Learning | Staff member | |
| Lora Edmonds | Staff Governor | 05/09/2022 to 04/09/2026 | Full Governing Body, Resources, Teaching & Learning | ||
| Emma Donoghue | Headteacher | 01/04/2021 to present | Full Governing Body, Resources, Teaching & Learning |
Newton Leys Primary School and Nursery Governing Board
Our Governors are a key part of the strategic leadership of the school and play a vital role in helping to ensure our children get the best from their time at Newton Leys Primary School and Nursery.
Our Governing board are a diverse group of individuals with a broad range of professional and personal skills, experiences, and attitudes. They are a group of volunteers, who help set and dedicate themselves to the vision, values, and strategic direction of the school, maintaining the highest of standards, whilst encouraging continual forward planning and thinking in their drive for excellence. Together they share a common goal, which is to help the school provide our pupils with the best education possible.
Effective governance is based on six key features:
- Strategic leadership that sets and champions vision, ethos, and strategy
- Accountability that drives up educational standards and financial performance
- People with the right skills, experience, qualities, and capacity
- Structures that reinforce clearly defined roles and responsibilities
- Compliance with statutory and contractual requirements
- Evaluation to monitor and improve the quality and impact of governance
They share responsibilities for monitoring and evaluating the performance of the school in delivering a fulfilling, broad and balanced education for all the children.
The Governing Board meets at least 9 times throughout the school year: 1 Full Governing Board meeting, 1 Teaching, and Learning Committee meeting, and 1 Resources Committee per term.
Governors serve for a 4-year term - below is a list of our current Governors, the category of Governor they are and the date when they were appointed.
Clerking Services to the Governing body are provided by Milton Keynes Council.
Minutes of all meetings are held on file within the School Office, and copies of non-confidential minutes are available on request.
If you wish to contact a member of the Governing body, please email office@newtonleysprimary.org and your message will be passed on. Alternatively you may wish to send private and confidential correspondence to the Governors in a sealed envelope, via the School Office.
Our Governors have a wide range of skills and experience, which they share with our school on a voluntary basis.