Governors

Welcome to our Governors’ section

Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.

The Governing Body of Bishop Ridley C of E Primary

The Governing Body is a committed group of people made up of parents, church nominees, appointees of the Local Authority and school staff. They are a diverse group who bring a variety of experience and skills to the running of our school.

The Governing Body is the employer of all staff working at the school and has ultimate responsibility for what happens in the school. Its role includes having to make important decisions about how the school is run. It meets at least once a term, Other committees are constituted from time to time as the necessity arises (e.g., Admissions, Head Teacher's Appointment, Exclusion Appeals).

List of Governors

Name	Category	Date of appointment	Term of office	Appointed by	Special Interests or Roles	Declared pecuniary or business interest
Miss Letitia Ashcroft	Foundation governor	11/09/2018	4 years	Rochester Diocesan Board of Education	Safeguarding	None
Councillor Nigel Betts	Local Authority governor	23/01/2019	4 years	Bexley Local Authority		None
Mr Ben Bridges (Chair)	Parent governor	06/11/2020	4 years	Parent election	Mathematics Computing	None
Mr Jeremy Brown	Foundation governor	09/03/2020	4 years	Rochester Diocesan Board of Education		None
Mrs Debbie Haughton (Vice Chair)	Foundation governor	05/10/2018	4 years	Rochester Diocesan Board of Education	Foundation curriculum Equality and Diversity	None
Mrs Jean Jost	Foundation governor	17/11/2020	4 years	Rochester Diocesan Board of Education	English Equality and Diversity	None
Mr Stuart Keep	Headteacher	01/09/2017	NA	Ex-officio		None
Revd Mark Tariq	Foundation governor	00/00/0000	NA	Ex-officio		None
Mrs Louise Mitchell	Parent governor	01/04/2019	4 years	Parent election		None
Mrs Kim Charlwood	Foundation governor	01/09/2021	4 years	Parochial Church Council of Bishop Ridley	Health and Safety	None
Mrs Anna Gorin	Staff governor	16/05/2022	4 years	Staff election		None

Note:

Parent governors are elected by the parents and must have a child in the school at the time of appointment.
Staff governors are elected by school staff.
All governors have voting rights.
Foundation Governors are appointed by the Diocese of Rochester and the Parochial Church Council of Bishop Ridley

Former Governing Body Members (past 12 months)

Name	Category	Date of appointment	Date of departure	Appointed by	Declared pecuniary or business interest
Dr Les Brett	Foundation governor	01/08/2017	31 July 2021	Rochester Diocesan Board of Education	None
Mrs Kim Davies	Staff governor	10/10/2018	31 July 2021	Staff election	None
Mr Adam Nicholls	Staff governor	22/11/2021	18 April 2022	Staff election	None