Governors

The School Governors

The governing body's main aim is to help raise standards of achievement and make sure the school provides a good quality education.

The day-to-day management of the school is the responsibility of the headteacher and staff. Rather than manage, governors are there to help shape the school's future direction and focus.

Governors work as a team. Individual governors have no power or responsibility. It is only the full governing body which has legal duties and powers and all governors share in that corporate responsibility.

Governors are at the heart of how a school operates. It's important they get things right. How they do their job affects the interests of pupils, staff morale and how the school is seen by parents and others in the community. They are not there to rubber stamp decisions. Governors are responsible for how the school is performing. They have to be prepared to support and challenge their headteacher by gathering views, asking questions and deciding what's best for the pupils.

The task can be divided into three main roles:

providing a strategic overview
acting as a critical friend to the school
ensuring accountability.

Holmer’s governors are proud to be part of this fantastic school! We support the pupils, staff and parents in making it even better.

Holmer C E Academy currently has 9 governors. The full governing body meets six times a year, and subcommittees deal in greater detail with particular areas. There are three sub-committees:
· Finance, Buildings & Audit - which includes finance, health & safety, building project and the resources of the school
· Curriculum and standards committee
· Personnel Committee

The ” Articles of Association state the Academy structure is

Members

a) the Diocesan Corporate Member;

(b) the chairman of the Directors;

The Members with the written consent of the Diocesan Corporate Member may agree by passing a special resolution to appoint such additional Members as they think fit.

Currently the Members of Holmer C E Academy are :

Diocese Corporate Member

Mrs Samantha Lewis ( Chair of Directors)

Mr Andrew Wibmer

Cllr Polly Andrews

Directors

Holmer C of E Academy shall have the following Directors:

(a) No fewer than five Directors

(b) A minimum of 2 Parent Directors

c)A minimum of 2 Directors appointed by the Diocese including the incumbent

There may also be any number of Co-opted Director

To contact the Governing Body please write to the Chair of Governors, Mrs Samantha Lewis - samantha.lewis@nmite.ac.uk

Alternatively you may contact the Clerk to the Governors via email: clerk@holmer.hereford.sch.uk

If you are interested in finding out more about the Governing Body or becoming a member when a vacancy arises please contact the above people to express your interest.

Meet Our Governors

The Accounting Officer of the Academy is Rachel Jayne Maund who is also a trustee.

The Chief Financial Officer of the Academy is Emma Stackhouse

No employees have a gross annual salary and benefits of £100,000 or more.

The following are available for public inspection on request:

- the agenda for every meeting of the trustees and committees

- the approved minutes of each meeting

- any report, document or other paper considered at each meeting

The trust may exclude any item or material relating to:

- a named teacher or other employee or proposed employee

- a named pupil or student at the academy or candidate for admission or referral to it

- any matter which, by reason of its nature, the trustees are satisfied should remain confidential

Governors Register of Attendance 2024 2024

	FGB 24/9/24	FGB 3/12/24	R and F 3/12/24	FGB 28/1/25	FGB 25/3/25	R and F 25/3/25	FGB 2/5/25	FGB 24/6/25	R and F 24/6/25
Samantha Lewis	Y	Y	Y	Apologies	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Amy Barnstable	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Wayne Davies	Y	Y		Y	Y		Y	Y
Jane Tate	Y	Apologies	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Catriona Chappleman		Y		Y	Y		Y	Apologies
Rebecca Wargen	Y	Y		Apologies	Apologies		Y	Y
Steve Murphy	Apologies	Y		Apologies	Y		Y	Apologies
Jayne Maund	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	y	Y	Y

Name	role	date appointed	relevant business and pecuniary interests, inlcuding start date	trusteeships and governorships at other educational institutions/charities, including start date	personal relationships with trust employees or other members/trustees/ local governors	date interest declared
Samantha Lewis	Chair	23/09/21	Employee of Nmite Chess HR Consulting director HVSC Chair	Director - NMITE – 2018	None	19/9/24
Amy Barnstable	Vice Chair	5/12/19	Parent of child in Year 2 Employee of Sanctuary Housing Association	None	None	24/9/24
Steven Murphy	Parent	21/3/23	Parent of child in Year 6 Employee of Earl Mortimer College	None	None	03/12/24
Rachel Maund	Head Teacher	1/4/15	Employed by the Academy Trust	None	None	19/9/24
Anna Keating	Deputy Head, SLT	SLT	Employed by the Academy Trust	None	None	18/9/24
Katie Thomas	SLT	SLT	Employed by the Academy Trust	None	None	18/9/24
Beth Deuchar	SLT	SLT	Employed by the Academy Trust	None	None	18/9/24
Zoe Jackson	SLT	SLT	Employed by the Academy Trust Jacksons Estate Agency - Husband owner	None	None	18/9/24
Edward Hartland	SLT	SLT	Employed by the Academy Trust	None	None	18/9/24
Jane Tate	Foundation	20/6/23	Holmer PCC	None	None	24/9/24
Andrew Wibmer	Member	1/9/20	None	None	None	23/9/24
Polly Andrews	Member	21/9/17	County Counsellor, Hereford City Counsellor Hereford Municipal Trust Westfield Hall Trustee	None	None	20/9/24
Rebecca Wargen	Parent	19/6/24	Parent of child in Year 1 SLT at Lord Scudamore Academy	Governor of Lord Scudamore Academy	None	24/9/24
Catriona Cappleman	Foundation	October 2024	Christian Concern for One World Trustee 2020	None	None	3/12/24

	Full Governing Body Meeting 28/9/23	Finance and Premises Committee 07/12/23	Full Governing Body Meeting 07/12/23	Full Governing Body Meeting 25/1/24	Finance and Premises Committee 20/3/24	Full Governing Body Meeting 20/3/24	Full Governing Body Meeting 24/4/24	Finance and Premises Committee 19/6/24	Full Governing Body Meeting 20/6/23
Samantha Lewis Parent Gov Chair	Yes	yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Amy Barnstable Co opted	yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Erin Butler Foundation Gov resigned 7/11/23	Yes
Margaret Hampshire Foundation Gov	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	yes	Yes	Yes
Steven Murphy Parent Gov	No		No	Yes		No	Yes		Yes
Jane Tate	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rebecca Wargen Parent Gov Appointed 19/6/24									Yes
Heather Shellam Teacher Governor Resigned 31/3/24	Yes		Yes	No		No
Emma Stackhouse Non teacher Governor	Yes	Attends as Facilitator not committee member	Yes	No	Attends as Facilitator not committee member	Yes	Yes	Attends as Facilitator not committee member	Yes
Jayne Maund Ex Officio by virtue pf head teacher	Yes	Attends as Facilitator not committee member	yes	Yes	Attends as Facilitator not committee member	Yes	Yes	Attends as Facilitator not committee member	Yes
Anna Keating ( observer)	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes

Yes – present/ No -absent

Name	role	date appointed	relevant business and pecuniary interests, inlcuding start date	trusteeships and governorships at other educational institutions/charities, including start date	personal relationships with trust employees or other members/trustees/ local governors	date interest declared
Samantha Lewis	Chair	23/09/21	Parent of Child in Year 6	Director - NMITE - 2018	None	28/9/23
Amy Barnstable	Vice Chair	5/12/19	Parent of two children – 1 in year 6 and one in year 1	None	None	28/9/23
Margaret Hampshire	Foundation	27/9/19	None	None	None	28/9/23
Heather Shellam	Teacher	17/11/21	Employed by Academy Trust	None	None	26/9/23
Steven Murphy	Parent	21/3/23	Parent of child in Year 5	None	None	25/11/23
Emma Stackhouse	Non Teaching	1/12/20	Parent of child in year 3 Employed by the Academy Trust	None	None	28/9/23
Rachel Maund	Head Teacher	1/4/15	Employed by the Academy Trust	None	None	26/9/23
Anna Keating	Deputy Head, SLT	SLT	Employed by the Academy Trust	None	None	26/9/23
Katie Thomas	SLT	SLT	Employed by the Academy Trust	None	None	26/9/23
Beth Deuchar	SLT	SLT	Employed by the Academy Trust	None	None	26/9/23
Zoe Jackson	SLT	SLT	Employed by the Academy Trust	None	None	26/9/23
Edward Hartland	SLT	SLT	Employed by the Academy Trust	None	None	26/9/23
Jane Tate	Foundation	20/6/23	None	None	None	7/12/23
Andrew Wibmer	Member	1/9/20	None	None	None	20/11/23
Polly Andrews	Member	21/9/17	County Counsellor, Hereford City Counsellor	None	None	7/12/23
Rebecca Wargen	Parent	19/6/24	None	None	None	28/4/24
Erin Butler	Foundation	June 2012	None	None	None	28/9/23

Governor Diversity Information

If you require copies of the agendas or minutes of the Governing Body meetings please contact the school office.