Thomas Willingale School and Nursery
Meet the Governors
Welcome to our Governors’ section.
Name of Governor or Associate Member | Category of Governor; term of office start and end date
All terms of office are for four years unless otherwise stated | Appointing body | Membership of committees* | Position/area of responsibility | Relevant pecuniary and/or personal interests that could present a conflict of interest, including whether a governor at another school and personal relationship (if any) with members of school staff | Governor Attendance during last academic year 2020/21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Governing Board 5 Meetings | Pay Committee 1 Meeting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhian Jenkins | Co-opted 26.9.2019 to 25.9.2023 | Governing Board |
· Pay · HTPM | · Chair of Governors · Leadership & Management · Safeguarding · Training Link · Understanding of the World | Office Manager at Primary School in London Borough of Redbridge |
100% |
100% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stuart Leigh
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Co-opted 11.12.2019 to 10.12.2023
| Governing Board |
| · Health & Safety Link
| - Barker Richmond Ltd - property maintenance - Director of Door-Check |
20% |
N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alan Weinberg, MBE
| Authority 13.07.2022 to 12.07.2026 | Local Authority |
| SEN, Inclusion, Pupil Premium, Sports premium | - Director Hainault Business Park - Director Boleyn Court Management Ltd - Vice chair Ilford County High School 2015 - Member of Beacon Multi Academy Trust since 2022 - Member of Buckhurst Hill Parish Council - Member British Tamil Conservatives - Redbridge Jewish Community |
100% (1/1) |
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N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Emma Hill
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Parent 5.7.2022 to 4.7.2026
| Parents |
| · Vice Chair of Governors - English | Employee HSBC Holdings Plc |
100% (1/1) |
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N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chijioke Ubah
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Partnership 11.7.2022 to 10.7.2026
| Governing Board |
| -Website |
· Employee Sainsbury’s · King of Kings Community Centre Rainham -Director Sunny Tez |
100% (1/1) |
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N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debbie Symes |
Partnership 13.07.2022 to 12.07.2026
| Governing Board | -Safeguarding -SEN, Inclusion, Pupil Premium, Sports premium -Well-being |
| Deputy Headteacher Limes Farm | 100% (1/1) |
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N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teresa Phillips |
Headteacher 1.1.2015 - Ex-officio
| Ex-officio |
| · Headteacher | Headteacher · Mother is School Data Protection Officer from April 2018 |
100% |
N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lorna Ford Richards
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Staff 25.9.2021 to 24.9.2025
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Staff
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· Member of School Staff
| · Member of School Staff |
100% |
N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lynda Collins
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Associate Member 1.1.2019 to 31.12.2022
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Governing Board
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| · Deputy Headteacher | · Deputy Headteacher |
100% |
N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jodie Erics
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Associate Member 04.10.2021 to 03.10.2025
| Governing Board |
| · School Business Manager
| · School Business Manager |
100% |
N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Governors who have left during the last twelve months
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THOMAS WILLINGALE SCHOOL AND NURSERY
GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERSHIP DETAILS AND REGISTER OF INTERESTS
The Constitution of the Governing Board since 23 March 2015 has comprised of -
Authority Governor x 1; Co-opted Governors x 2; Parent Governors x 3; Partnership Governors x 2; Staff Governors x 2 including the Headteacher.
*The Governing Board has also appointed Associate Members. Associate Members do not have any voting rights on the Governing Board or Committees on which they serve.
The Governing Body changed its governance structure from 1 September 2019 and now meets as a full Governing Body five times a year, twice in the Autumn and Spring terms and once in the Summer term and has reduced the number of committees to one which deals with pay matters. There is also a Headteachers Performance Management Review Panel.