Governors
The Governing Body is responsible for overseeing the work that needs to be done to ensure everything is in place for the School. The Governing Body has 11 members.
We are always keen to welcome new members, so if you would like to get involved and are interested in joining the Governing Body place contact the school office on: 0118 9265493
If you would like to ask the governors a question please use the following link to a form https://forms.office.com/r/n3L972NxxV
Below is a list of our current governing body and the following useful information.
- The structure of the governing body and any committees, and the full names of the chair of each.
- The details of each governor who has served at any point over the past 12 months.
- Any relevant business and pecuniary interests.
- Any governance roles in other educational institutions
- Any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff (including spouses, partners and close relatives)
- The attendance record at governing body and committee meetings over the last academic year.
Highwood Primary School Governing Body
Name |
Category |
Position(s) |
Committee(s) |
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Mr Matt Hickey |
Headteacher |
Headteacher |
QE & RES |
Vacancy |
Local Authority |
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Vacancy |
Staff |
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Mrs Kay Bridges |
Co-opted |
Vice Chair of Governors, Health & Safety, Reading |
QE & RES |
Mr Rehan Kamal |
Co-opted |
Chair of Resources, Sports Premium |
RES |
Mrs Wendy Sabaroche |
Co-opted |
Chair of Governors, Development governor, HTPM, ICT Strategy, The Key |
QE |
Dr Lois Beaver | Co-opted | Chair of QE, Speech & Language Resource governor, Catch-up Premium, GDPR, SEN, Inclusion,Safeguarding Governor, PP, LAC, Reading | QE & RES |
Vacancy | Co-opted | ||
Mrs Jen Ravindran | Parent | ||
Vacancy | Co-opted | ||
Vacancy | Parent |
Terms Of Office and Attendance
Classification |
Start Date |
End Date |
Attendance 2022/2023 |
Voting rights |
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FGB |
QE |
RES |
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Parent Elected |
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Mrs Jen Ravindran | 29.03.2022 | 28.03.2026 | 40% | n/a | 67% | Yes |
Vacancy | ||||||
LA Appointed |
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Vacancy |
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Member Appointed |
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Mr Rehan Kamal |
04.12.2023 |
03.12.2027 |
80% |
n/a |
100% |
YES |
Dr Lois Beaver | 16.07.2022 | 15.07.2026 | 100% | 75% | 100% | YES |
Mrs Kay Bridges | 30.10.2023 | 29.10.2027 | 100% | 75% | n/a% |
YES |
Mrs Wendy Sabaroche 20.03.2023 | 19.03.2027 | 100% | 100% | 100% | YES | |
Vacancy | ||||||
Vacancy | ||||||
Headteacher |
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Mr Matt Hickey |
01.09.2014 |
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100% |
100% |
100% |
YES |
Staff Elected |
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Vacancy |
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Members Who Have Served In The Past 12 Months Mrs Jen Vinton, Dr Anne Love, Mrs Zahida Younis |
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FGB: Full Governing Body | QE: Quality of Education | RES: Resources: Staffing & Finance
We have 2 main sub-committees of Resources and Quality of Education. We also have other committees which meet as required. Pay, HTPM and ICT Strategy
Register of Business Interests - 2023 - 2024
Governor |
Business |
Interest |
Date Recorded |
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Mrs Wendy Sabaroche |
CGI IT company |
17.10.2021 |
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Mr Matt Hickey | Bulmershe Gymnastics & KJM childcare | 06.10.2021 | |
Mrs Jen Ravindran | Mace consult Ltd | 01.04.2022 | |
Governance Roles in Other Educational Institutions
Governor |
Role |
Date Recorded |
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