You are the light of the whole world
Welcome to Sundridge & Brasted Primary School's Governor’s page.
Our Governing Body is a diverse group of volunteers, made up of parents, staff and members of the local community, who have a common interest in education and have made a commitment to the staff and pupils to provide strategic leadership and accountability. Each Governor has an area of responsibility and reports back to the full Governing Body at least once per term.
Our Governing Body has 3 core functions, as set out by the Department for Education:
· Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.
· Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils.
· Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure it is money well spent.
Our Governing Body carries out these responsibilities by reviewing and monitoring core policies, overseeing school improvement and ensuring a broad and enriching curriculum is taught. Through regular meetings and visits to the school we have strategic oversight of curriculum, finance, safeguarding, SEND and Health & Safety. Whilst day-to-day management of the school is the responsibility of the Executive Headteacher, the Governors provide challenge, support and constructive advice.
On this page, you can meet all of the Governors of The Darent Federation, and learn a little bit of their background and their interest in governance.
Sundridge & Brasted is a wonderful school, filled with happy, confident children, with a love of learning. As part of our monitoring visits, we are privileged to witness this in action and we are all proud to serve on the Governing Body of such a nurturing, welcoming school.
The Darent Federation
(Sundridge & Brasted Primary School and Kemsing Primary School)
Full Governing Body Details as at July 2023
The Governing Body was re-constituted in September 2022 following the federation with Kemsing Primary School. The structure is now as follows:
1 Executive Headteacher
1 Staff Governor
2 Parent Governors
1 Local Authority Governor
4 Co-opted Governors
4 Foundation Governors
Business, financial or other interests:
Rebecca Hamburger is Assistant Maths Hub Lead at Leigh Academy Trust, Kent and Medway Maths Hub.
Minutes of the Full Governing Body (non-confidential) meetings are available upon request from the clerk of governors Jacky Falcon-Uff via g.clerk@kemsing.kent.sch.uk
Below is a list of Governors and their roles within the Hybrid Model of Governance. Attendance at Governing Body meetings in 2022/23 is noted in brackets below each governor and shows how many meetings they attended against how many they were required to attend.
Special Educational Needs = SEN
Governor Name | Dates of Office | Governor Type | Appointed by | Responsibilities |
Tom Hardwick (10/10) | 30.03.20 – no end date | Executive Headteacher | Ex Officio | Safeguarding Staff Wellness School Improvement Monitoring Resources Personnel |
Rebecca Hamburger (7/7)
| 01.09.22 - 31.08.26
| Co-opted and Co-Chair
| Full Governing Body
| Strategy Group Head Teacher Performance Safeguarding Health and Safety Maths |
Kirsty Oliver (9/10)
| 01.09.22 - 31.08.26
| Foundation and Co-Chair
| Diocese of Rochester Full Governing Body | Strategy Group Head Teacher Performance Finance Disciplinary
|
Tara Anderson (8/10) | 01.09.22 - 31.08.26 | Co-opted Vice Chair | Full Governing Body | Stakeholder Engagement Safeguarding Pupil Premium Sports Premium Finance |
Sophie Sutherland (3/7) | 01.09.22 - 31.08.26 | Foundation | Ex Officio | SEND SIAMS |
Stephanie Stephens (7/7) | 01.09.22 - 31.08.26 15.09.21 - 14.09.25 | Co-opted | Full Governing Body | Pupil Premium Sports Premium |
Tina Howe (1/6) | 01.09.22 - 31.08.26 | Co-opted | Full Governing Body | Safeguarding |
Denise Hart (3/5) | 23.11.22 - 22.11.26 | Co-Opted | Full Governing Body | Finance Resources Personnel |
Fiona Christmas (4/5) | 21.11.22 - 20.11.26 | Staff | Staff | Staff Wellness |
Paul Mayo (2/3) | 20.04.23 - 19.04.27 | Foundation | Ex Officio | SIAMS Finance |
Jacky Falcon-Uff
| 09.09.22 - | Clerk of governors |
Declarations
Rebecca Hamburger is Assistant Maths Hub Lead at Leigh Academy Trust, Kent and Medway Maths Hub.
Governors resignations since June 2022
Governor Name | Governor Type | Appointed by | Dates of Office | Resigned | |
Charles Brand | Co-opted | Full Governing Body | 02.07.18 - 01.07.22 | 01.07.22 | |
Carlos Lopez | Co-opted | Full Governing Body | 31.01.22 - 30.01.26 | 01.09.22 | |
Georgie Low | Co-opted | Full Governing Body | 23.05.22-22.05.26 | 01.09.22 | |
Susanne Darr | Parent | Parents | 29.03.21 - 28.03.25 | 01.09.22 | |
Karen Brand | Clerk to govs | 19.01.16 - no end date | |||
Douglas Gemmell | Parent | Parents | 28.09.22 - 27.09.26 | 01.05.23 | |
Susan Robbins | Co-opted | Full Governing Body | 01.09.22 - 31.08.26 | 12.07.23 | |
Kate Perkins | Co-Opted | Full Governing Body | 01.09.22 - 31.08.26 | 12.07.23 | |
Tina Howe | Co-Opted | Full Governing Body | 01.09.22 - 31.08.26 | 12.07.23 |
Declarations
Charles Brand - married to clerk of governors.