Telephone:
020 8778 6101
Trust Governing Boards have three core functions:
1. Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction of the school;
2. Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils and the performance management of staff;
3. Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.
James Dixon Local Governing Body, SWALE Academies Trust, is responsible for:
Reviewing and monitoring school improvement
Monitoring and reviewing progress and attainment
Reviewing and monitoring the curriculum
Local Governing Body Members 2018/19
Governors can be contacted via the school office
| Chair and Local GB member | Mr Len Blomstrand |
| Joint Vice Chair and Local GB member | Mrs Marie Read |
| Headteacher | Mrs Michelle Aldred |
| Local GB member | Ms Jan Mackay |
| Local GB member | Mrs Biddy Gillman |
| Local GB member (staff) | Mr Robin Entwistle |
| Joint Vice Chair and Local GB member | Mrs Debbie Anderson |
| Local GB member | Mrs Louise Castello |
|
Local GB member |
Mr Matthew Weyham |
| Local GB member (parent) | Mrs Shola Animashaun |
| Local GB member (parent) | Mrs Valerie Barnes |
| Local GB member | Mrs S Quirke |
| Local GB Member | Mr M Wilson |
| Local GB Member | Mrs C Woods |
| Clerk | Miss Kathy Lewis |
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Local Governor
|
Date of Appointment/ Re-appointment |
Term of Office |
Appointed by |
Date Stepped Down |
Business Interests
|
Attendance at LGB Meetings 2017/18 |
|
Len Blomstrand |
26/09/2018 |
4 years |
Board of Directors |
|
Director of Blomstrand Education, Trust Governor Langley Park School for Boys. Director Bromley Youth Music Trust |
6/6 |
|
Michelle Aldred |
01/09/2017 |
n/a |
Ex officio by virtue of post |
|
Spouse Director of employment agency |
6/6 |
|
Marie Read
|
25/03/2019 |
4 years |
LGB Co-opted |
|
Trustee Clockhouse Pre-school, Beckenham |
6/6 |
|
Debbie Anderson |
25/03/2019 |
4 years |
LGB Co-opted
|
|
Spouse director of steel fabrication company |
3/6 |
|
Louise Castello
|
25/03/2019 |
4 years |
LGB Co-opted |
|
None |
3/6 |
|
Matthew Weyham |
13/02/2019 |
4 years |
LGB Co-opted
|
|
OSEL Architecture- employee T.MAT Architects - partner Belvedere Road Ltd (property management)- director |
2/6 |
|
Biddy Gillman |
25/03/2019 |
4 years |
LGB Co-opted
|
|
None |
5/6 |
|
Janice MacKay |
25/03/2019 |
4 years |
LGB Co-opted
|
|
None |
3/6 |
|
Robin Entwhistle |
31/03/16 |
4 years |
Staff Elected |
|
None |
4/6 |
|
Shola Animashaun |
11/03/19 | 4 years |
LGB Parent |
n/a | ||
|
Valerie Barnes |
11/03/19 | 4 years |
LGB Parent
|
n/a | ||
|
Sue Quirk |
01/09/2017 |
n/a |
Ex officio by virtue of post |
|
Advisory Headteacher, Swale Academies Trust, Member of Primary Improvement Team, Swale Academies Trust |
4/6 |
|
Claire Wood Shared Local Governor |
01/09/2017
|
n/a |
Ex officio by virtue of post |
|
Advisory Headteacher, Swale Academies Trust, Member of Primary Improvement Team, Swale Academies Trust, Member of the Challenge Board, Sittingbourne Community College |
1/6 |
|
Mike Wilson Shared Local Governor |
01/09/2017
|
n/a |
Ex officio by virtue of post |
|
Director of Primary, Swale Academies Trust, Member of Primary Improvement Team, Swale Academies Trust, Executive Headteacher, Rockmount Primary School |
2/6 |