Governors
Committee Members wanted.
Foundation Governors Wanted.
KCSP
Kent Catholic Schools' Partnership is a charitable trust and a company limited by guarantee. The Trust was established in August 2012 by the Archbishop of Southwark.
The Trust Board of Directors ('Trustees') are responsible for overseeing the management and administration of the Trust and they fulfil this role by delegating functions to committees.
The Trust understands the importance of the role of governance committees and the Trust has set out guidance and support in its Governance Handbook and Scheme of Delegation.
The Governance Committee is a ‘critical friend’ of the school. It provides Strategic Leadership in school improvement. It does this by being appropriately involved in the school improvement cycle as follows:
- Developing and sharing the values and vision
- Setting out the aims and objectives of the school
- Setting out the policies and procedures by which the aims and objectives will be achieved
- Establishing the criteria by which the aims and achievements will be seen to be achieved
- Taking the views of stakeholders into account
- Evaluating evidence on how well the school is doing
- Finding out how well the school is doing in comparison with similar schools
- Agreeing targets for improvement
- Planning to achieve improvement
- Ensuring that deployment of staffing and resources match the school’s priorities.
Key Issues
The governance committee will consider and keep under review: the progress and attainment of all groups of pupils, evidence of narrowing gaps between under achieving groups and other pupils, improvements in the quality of teaching, the school’s improvement since the last inspection, and the school’s self-evaluation of how well it is doing currently. Governance committee members are not expected to be involved in the day to day running of the school.
Who can be a governance committee member?
- Almost everyone over 18 can become a member. Governance committee members are volunteers from all walks of life – everyone has experience and skills to offer
- An effective governance committee has people from different backgrounds and with a mix of skills. No formal qualifications are needed to be a member
- Governance committee members are not education experts – they are there to offer a fresh perspective
What makes a good governance committee member?
- The ability to work in a team
- An interest in education and a commitment to the school
- Patience, energy and enthusiasm
- A willingness to listen, learn and to spend time in school
- A willingness to undertake training
Local Governance Committee information*:
Local Governance Committee
|
Governor Name |
Category |
Date of Appointment |
Appointing Body and Term of Office |
Details of Responsibility |
Register of Business Interests |
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Dr Carmel Digman |
Foundation Committee member |
01 January 2018 |
Archdiocese of Southwark 01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2025 |
Chair Safeguarding Lead Catholic Character & Ethos |
Nothing declared |
|
Mr David Hunt |
Foundation Committee member | 17 May 2021 |
Archdiocese of Southwark 17 May 2021 - 16 May 2025 |
Vice-Chair Curriculum Lead Pupil Premium/SEND Lead |
Wife Elizabeth Hunt is a teacher at the school |
|
Hester Seager-Fleming |
Headteacher |
Ex Officio |
|
|
Nothing declared |
| Hilda Chatizembwa | Parent Committee member | 06th March 2024 |
Elected by parents 06th March 2024 |
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Mr Philip Smye-Rumsby |
Foundation Committee member |
03 February 2014 |
Archdiocese of Southwark 12 May 2022 - 11 May 2026 |
|
Owner of Smye-Rumsby Ltd company who provides CCTV, entry systems, public address and electrical services. |
Our Chair of Governors, Carmel Digman , can be contacted by email:
carmel.digman@st-josephs-aylesham.kcsp.org.uk
The Clerk to the committee Sally Posnett, can be contacted by email:
Copies of Governing Body minutes are available from the School Office.
* We are aware of the recommendation to publish diversity data for the governing body but have chosen not to publish this. Because of the small number of governors it would be difficult to keep the results anonymous.
Meeting attendance 23-24