The Governing Body

The members of a Governing Body work collectively to perform a strategic role and carry out key functions such as: setting the aims and objectives for the school; setting targets and policies so those aims can be achieved and monitoring and evaluating the progress the school is making towards its set aims and objectives. There is a wide variety of expertise within the Governing Body at our school thus governors are a reliable source of challenge and support to the Head Teacher, they are a 'critical friend.' 

The School Governing Body includes representation from staff and parents, as well as our Sponsor Governors. The Chair of the Governing Body at Kingsford Community School is Dr William Bolton; he can be contacted c/o Kingsford. There are two sub-committees of the Governing Body. The Finance, Personnel and Premises Committee is responsible for scrutinising the school's budget, expenditure, Human Resources and dealing with the PFI Company from whom the school leases its premises. The Curriculum Committee is responsible for scrutinising the school’s curriculum arrangements and levels of attainment across all years.

The Clerk to the Governing Body is Andrew Barr; he can be contacted on 02074764700 ext. 114 or at abarr@kingsford.newham.sch.uk. 

Name	Governor Type	Term of Office End Date	Committee	Business and Financial Interests	Governance Roles In Other Schools
Dr William Bolton (Chair of Governors	Co-Opted Governor	27/03/21	Finance, Personnel and Premises Committee	N/A	N/A
Mr Richard Cairns	Associate Governor	08/06/21			Governor of King’s College School, Wimbledon since September 2009 Governor of Brighton College, Abu Dhabi since September 2010
Cllr Ayesha Chowdhury	Authority Governor	17/08/18	Curriculum Committee
Mr Joel Cohen (Vice-Chair)	Co-Opted Governor	22/10/18	Curriculum Committee
Ms Joan Deslandes OBE	Head Teacher	Member	Curriculum Committee
Ms Elaine Fleming	Staff Governor	22/10/18	Finance, Personnel and Premises Committee
Mr Horatio Georgestone	Co-Opted Governor	06/06/21
Mr Paul Jackson	Co-Opted GOvernor
Ms Judith-Jackson-Forte	Co-Opted Governor	20/11/17	Curriculum Committee
Mr Graham Lane	Co-Opted Governor	26/03/21	Finance, Personnel and Premises Committee
Mr John Rolfe	Co-Opted Governor	20/11/17
Ms Elizabeth Weeks (Safeguarding Children)	Co-Opted Governor	16/07/18		N/A	Brighton College Governor since June 2015
Mr John Weeks	Co-Opted Governor	08/06/21

_{All governors, except associate governors, have the right to vote.}