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 | 27 Aug * | 5 Oct + | 9 Oct | 7 Dec | 11 Jan | 8 Feb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernadette Barrett-John | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
| Caroline King | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Clare Doogue | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Clare Farrow (Chair) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Douglas Marr | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Lukasz Wrona | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Mike Simmons | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Simon Miller | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Tracey Sessions (Head) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Kim O Rourke (Deputy Head) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Rhianna Cole | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Annie Slade | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Nicola Hughes | n/a | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
* Review & agree COVID Risk Assessment
+ Review & agree Pay Policy 2020-21
| Name | 4 Sept | 16 Sept | 2 Oct | 12 Oct | 16 Oct | 9 Nov | 27 Nov | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Farrow | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||||
| Clare Doogue | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Douglas Marr (Chair) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Tracey Sessions (Head) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Mike Simmons | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Name | 24 Sept | 26 Nov | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Doogue (Chair) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Douglas Marr | Yes | Yes | ||
| Pam Poulter (School Business Manager) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Lukasz Wrona | No | Yes | ||
| Simon Miller | Yes | No | ||
| Tracey Sessions (Head) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Mike Simmons | Yes | Yes | ||
| Nicola Hughes | n/a | Yes |
| Name | Category | Voting Rights | Appointing Body | Term Ends | Responsibility | Register of Interests | Stepped Down |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernadette Barret-John | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | May 2021 | Governor St Augustine's | ||
| Clare Doogue | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Aug 2022 | Chair Resources | ||
| Clare Farrow | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Aug 2022 | Safeguarding Gov, Chair from Jan 2015 | ||
| Lukasz Wrona | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Dec 2021 | Works for a supplier | ||
| Mike SImmons | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Sep 2021 | SEN | ||
| Rhianna Cole | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Dec 2022 | |||
| Annie Slade | Foundation | Yes | Bishop, Clifton Diocese | Jan 2024 | |||
| Caroline King | Parent | Yes | Parents of St John's | Apr 2022 | |||
| Nichola Hughes | Parent | Yes | Parents of St John's | May 2024 | |||
| Douglas Marr | LEA | Yes | St John's GB | Mar 2022 | Vice Chair, Chair Admissions | ||
| Simon Miller | Staff | Yes | Staff of St John's | Oct 2019 | |||
| Tracey Sessions | Ex-Officio | Yes | Ex-Officio | - | Head Teacher | ||
| Kim O Rourke | Ex-Officio | No | Ex-Officio | - | Deputy Head Teacher | ||
| 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 | ||