Our Board of Governors

 St Mary’s Church of England Primary School is an academy run by the St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Multi Academy Trust (MAT). The Directors of the MAT have delegated responsibility for running the academy to the Local Governing Body, as set out in the Scheme of Delegation dated 1 February 2016. Details of the MAT governance can be found here. The funding agreement with the MAT can be found here.

The Local Governing Body comprises of up to 14 members:

  • 8 general members appointed by the MAT Directors, of whom one is normally the Rector of St Mary’s church;
  • 1 staff members who are employed by the school, usually elected by school staff and appointed by the MAT Directors;
  • 2 parent members, elected by parents of registered pupils at the school;
  • The Headteacher;
  • Up to 2 members co-opted by the MAT Directors.

With the exception of the Headteacher and the Rector, members are appointed for 4 years, and people who are co-opted serve for 1 year at a time. 

  Our Governing Body

Name of Governor

 

Appointment Dates

Catherine Banthorp

Chair

Appointed governor

15 Feb 2024 to 14 Feb 2028

Sophie Bingham

Co Vice-Chair

Appointed governor

17 Mar 2022 to 17 Mar 2026

Ambra Carretta

Appointed governor

1 Sep 2022 to 31 Aug 2026

Veronica Howe

Appointed governor

31 Jan 2024 to 30 Jan 2028

Lucy Jackson

Parent governor

1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2025

Sarah Lankester

Staff governor

29 Nov 2022 to 28 Nov 2026

Elaine Mayhew

Co Vice-Chair

Appointed governor

1 Feb 2023 to 31 Jan 2027

Chris Patten

Appointed governor

1 Sep 2022 to 31 Aug 2026

Father Nigel Prior

Ex-officio foundation governor

1 Sep 2020

Karen Read

Ex-officio headteacher

1 Sep 2017

Zoe Reavill

Parent governor

1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2025

Ceri Walker

Appointed governor

12 Sep 2023 to 11 Sep 2027

Recently retired governors:

Mrs Justine Berkeley   Retired 31 August 2024 Parent
Mrs Sarah Agar   Retired 31 August 2023 Appointed
Mrs Lizzy Welsh  1 Jan 21 Retired 31 January 2023 Elected (staff)
Mr Stephen Cole   Retired 1 September 2022 Trustee
Mr Michael Moll  1 feb 16 Retired 31 August 2022 Parent
Mrs Virginia Spray 26 Mar 20 Retired 1st September 2021 MAT Directors
Mr William Herbert 1 Feb 16 Retired 1st February 2021 MAT Directors
Mrs Lucy Overton 1 Feb 16 Retired 1st December 2020 MAT Directors
Mrs Alison Wilson 1 Feb 16 Retired 1st Jan 2021 Elected (staff)
Rev Canon Kevan McCormack             1 Feb 16 Retired 13 Feb 20 MAT Directors (Rector of St. Mary's ex officio)
Mrs Anne Wright 1 Feb 16 Retired 13 Feb 20 MAT Directors

 

Governor Documents

NameFormat
Files
Articles of Association-93297 1.pdf .pdf

For information about the St Edmundsbury and Ipswich MAT trustees click here

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