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.
At St John's the Governors are made up of:
If you wish to contact the Chair of Governors then please email chair@st-johns-trowbridge.wilts.sch.uk
| Name | 21 Sep | 7 Dec | 1 Feb | 22 Mar | 10 May | 19 Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Father Tom | Yes | |||||
| Caroline King | No | |||||
| Clare Doogue | Yes | |||||
| Douglas Marr (Vice Chair) | Yes | |||||
| Lukasz Wrona | Yes | |||||
| Mike Simmons (Chair) | Yes | |||||
| Simon Miller | Yes | |||||
| Tracey Sessions (Head) | Yes | |||||
| Kim O Rourke (Deputy Head) | Yes | |||||
| Rhianna Cole | Yes | |||||
| Dee Perkins | Yes | |||||
| Nicola Hughes | Yes |
| Name | 14 Sept 21 | 27 Sept 21 | 7 Oct 2021 | 15 Oct 2021 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Doogue | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
| Douglas Marr (Chair) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
| Tracey Sessions (Head) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
| Mike Simmons | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |||||||||||
| Dee Perkins | n/a | n/a | Yes | No |
| Name | 19 Oct 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Doogue (Chair) | Yes | ||||
| Douglas Marr | No | ||||
| Pam Poulter (School Business Manager) | Yes | ||||
| Lukasz Wrona | |||||
| Simon Miller | |||||
| Tracey Sessions (Head) | |||||
| Mike Simmons | |||||
| Nicola Hughes |
| 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 | ||
| Lukasz Wrona | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Dec 2021 | Works for a supplier | ||
| Mike SImmons | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Sep 2025 | SEN / Safeguarding | ||
| Rhianna Cole | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Dec 2022 | |||
| Nichola Hughes | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | May 2025 | |||
| Dee Perkins | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Jun 2025 | |||
| Father Tom Finnegan | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Aug 2025 | |||
| Caroline King | Parent | Yes | Parents of St John's | Apr 2022 | |||
| Parent | |||||||
| Douglas Marr | LEA | Yes | St John's GB | Mar 2022 | Vice Chair, Chair Admissions | ||
| Simon Miller | Staff | Yes | Staff of St John's | Oct 2023 | |||
| Tracey Sessions | Ex-Officio | Yes | Ex-Officio | - | Head Teacher | ||
| Kim O Rourke | Ex-Officio | No | Ex-Officio | - | Deputy Head Teacher | ||
| 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 | ||