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Governors
Last Updated: 14 July 2024
Welcome to our Governors’ section.
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor, our Vision Statement and attendance at meetings.
At St John's the Governors are made up of:
- Foundation Governors who are elected by the Diocese (7),
- Staff Governor (1)
- Head Teacher (1)
- Parent Governors who are elected by the parents (2)
- Local Education Authority Governor (1)
If you wish to contact the Chair of Governors then please email chair@st-johns-trowbridge.wilts.sch.uk
Governors Vision Statement for St John's Primary School
Full Governing Body Attendance (September 2023 - July 2024)
| Name | 26 Sep | 28 Nov | 27 Feb | 24 Apr * | 21 May | 11 July |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Doogue (Vice Chair) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Douglas Marr (Vice Chair) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Mike Simmons (Chair) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Simon Miller | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Tracey Sessions (Head) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Kim O Rourke (Deputy Head) | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Dee Perkins | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Rebecca Dixon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Alessia Bertoncello | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Peter Matthews | N/A | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Craig Bain | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
* Extraordinary FGB
Admissions Committee Attendance (September 2023 - July 2024)
| Name | 11 Sept | 19 Sept | 12 Oct | 9 Nov | 5 Dec | 11 Jan | 14 Mar | 17 April | 23 May | 7 June |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Doogue | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Douglas Marr (Chair) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tracey Sessions (Head) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Mike Simmons | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Resources Committee Attendance (September 2023 - July 2024)
| Name | 9 Nov | 14 Mar | 7 May | 3 Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Doogue (Chair) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Douglas Marr | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pam Poulter (School Business Manager) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Simon Miller | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tracey Sessions (Head) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dee Perkins | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Rebecca Dixon | No | No | No | No |
| Mike Simmons | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Peter Matthews | n/a | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Governor Details & Register of Interests (Term of Office is 4 years)
| Name | Category | Voting Rights | Appointing Body | Term Ends | Responsibility | Register of Interests | Stepped Down |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Doogue | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Sept 2025 | Chair Resources, Vice Chair | ||
| Mike Simmons | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Sep 2025 | Chair SEN / Safeguarding | ||
| Dee Perkins | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | ||||
| Alessia Bertoncello | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Oct 2027 | |||
| Peter Matthews | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Nov 2027 | |||
| Rebecca Dixon | Parent | Yes | Parents of St John's | Mar 2026 | |||
| Craig Bain | Parent | Parents of St John's | Feb 2028 | ||||
| Douglas Marr | LEA | Yes | St John's GB | Mar 2026 | Vice Chair, Chair Admissions | ||
| Simon Miller | Staff | Yes | Staff of St John's | Oct 2023 | |||
| Tracey Sessions | Ex-Officio | Yes | Ex-Officio | - | Head Teacher | August 2024 | |
| Kim O Rourke | Ex-Officio | No | Ex-Officio | - | Deputy Head Teacher | ||
| Nichola Hughes | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | May 2025 | May 2023 | ||
| Father Tom Finnegan | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Aug 2025 | May 2023 | ||
| Rhianna Cole | Foundation | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Dec 2022 | July 2022 | |||
| Lukasz Wrona | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Feb 2022 | Works for a supplier | Feb 2022 | |
| Caroline King | Parent | Yes | Parents of St John's | Apr 2022 | Nov 2021 | ||
| Clare Farrow | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Aug 2022 | Safeguarding Gov, Chair from Jan 2015 | July 2021 | |
| Annie Slade | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Jan 2024 | April 2021 | ||
| Bernadette Barret-John | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | May 2021 | Governor St Augustine's | Feb 2021 | |
| Richard Woods | Parent | Yes | Parents of St John's | Nov 2020 | Sep 2020 | ||
| John Kelly | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Aug 2021 | May 2020 | ||
| Andrea Blackmore | Parent | Yes | Parents of St John's | May 2022 | Aug 2019 | ||
| Paul Walsh | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Aug 2019 | Safeguarding Gov (Deputy) | Aug 2019 | |
| Douglas Marr | Parent | Yes | Parents of St John's | May 2018 | Chair Admissions / Vice Chair | Became LEA Gov Mar 2018 | |
| Nick Bracey | LEA | Yes | St John's GB | Oct 2018 | SEN Gov from Sept 2016 | Mar 2018 | |
| Adrian Weissenbruch | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Jul 2020 | SEN Gov Sep 2016 | Jul 2017 | |
| Frank Toner | Ex-Officio | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Head Teacher | Jul 2017 | ||
| Canon Liam O'Driscol | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Jul 2017 | |||
| Yvonne Wilkins | Ex-Officio | Yes | Ex-Officio | Deputy Head | Jul 2017 | ||