St Mary’s Church of England Primary School

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:

8 general members appointed by the MAT Directors, of whom one is normally the Rector of St Mary’s church;
Up to 2 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.

Name	Date Appointed	Term of Office / date retired	Appointed by
Ms Justine Berkeley	Oct 18	4 years	Elected (parent)
Mrs Elizabeth Cooper	3 Oct 17	4 years	MAT Directors
Mr Jonathan Cope	1 Feb 16	4 years	MAT Directors
Mr Willian Herbert	1 Feb 16	4 years	MAT Directors
Miss Veronica Howe	1 Feb 16	4 years	MAT Directors
Mrs Elaine Mayhew (vice-chair)	1 Sept 18	1 year	MAT Directors (co-opted)
Rev Canon Kevan McCormack	1 Feb 16	Indefinite	MAT Directors (Rector of St Mary's, ex officio)
Mr Michael Moll (chair)	1 Feb 16	4 years	Elected (parent)
Mrs Lucy Overton	1 Feb 16	4 years	MAT Directors
Mrs Karen Read	1 Sept 17	Indefinite	Headteacher (ex officio)

Mrs Alison Wilson	1 Feb 16	4 years	Elected (staff)
Mrs Anne Wright	1 Feb 16	4 years	MAT Directors

Recently retired governors: