At our next Academy Committee meeting we will be electing a new chair , however in the meantime, if you wish to contact a memebr of the Academy committee please contact Colin Ricketts, the Chair of the Executive Governing Committee (EGC), you can do so by emailing him on: cricketts@st-margaret-tonbridge.kcsp.org.uk
Kent Catholic Schools' Partnership is a charitable trust and a company limited by guarantee. The Trust was established in August 2012 by the Archbishop of Southwark.
The Trust Board of Directors ('Trustees') are responsible for overseeing the management and administration of the Trust and they fulfil this role by delegating functions to committees.
The Trust understands the importance of the role of governance committees and the Trust has set out guidance and support in its Governance Handbook and Scheme of Delegation.
The Governance Committee is a ‘critical friend’ of the school. It provides Strategic Leadership in school improvement. It does this by being appropriately involved in the school improvement cycle as follows:
Key Issues
The governance committee will consider and keep under review: the progress and attainment of all groups of pupils, evidence of narrowing gaps between under achieving groups and other pupils, improvements in the quality of teaching, the school’s improvement since the last inspection, and the school’s self-evaluation of how well it is doing currently. Governance committee members are not expected to be involved in the day to day running of the school.
Who can be a governance committee member?
What makes a good governance committee member?
Academy Committee/EGC information
Academy Committee
Governor Name | Category | Appointing Body and Term of Office | Details of Responsibility | Register of Business Interests |
Colin Ricketts | Foundation Member | Education Commission 01.09.22 – 31.08.26 | Chair | Declarations of interests confirmed on 28.09.22 |
Ian Fowler | Parent Member | KCSP 07.11.22- 06.11.26 | Health and Safety | Declarations of interests confirmed on 11.11.22 |
Delia Williams | Foundation Member | Education Commission 10.01.23 - 09.01.27 |
| Declarations of interests confirmed on 28.02.23 |
Suzanne Harrod | Staff Member | KCSP 12.09.22 - 11.09.26 | CPD lead | Declarations of interests confirmed 01.03.23 |
Alan Mcternan | Co-Opted Member | KCSP 14.06.21 – 13.06.25 | Vice Chair | Declarations of interest confirmed on 27.08.22 |
Executive Governance Committee
Governor Name | Category | Appointing Body and Term of Office | Details of Responsibility | Register of Business Interests |
Colin Ricketts | Foundation | Education Commission 01.09.22 – 31.09.26 | Chair | Declarations of interest confirmed on 28.09.22 |
Anthony Halter | Foundation | Education Commission 01.08.22 – 31.07.26 | AC Chair | Declarations of interests confirmed on 27.09.22 |
Catherine Ingram | Foundation | Education Commission 18.04.19 – 17.04.23 | AC Chair | Declarations of interests confirmed on 12.09.22 |
Marc Wray | Foundation | Education Commission 24.05.22 – 23.05.26 | Finance Lead | Declarations of interests confirmed 03.10.22 |
Fr David Gibbons | Foundation | Education Commission 01.02.21 – 31.01.25 |
| Declarations of interests confirmed 03.10.22 |
Our Chair of Governors, Colin Ricketts, can be contacted by email: Colin.Ricketts@st-margaret-tonbridge.kcsp.org.uk
The Clerk to the committee Trish Shingles, can be contacted by email:
tshingles@kcsp.org.uk
Copies of Governing Body minutes are available from the School Office.
Governance handbook - https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/kent-catholic-partnership-redesign/UploadedDocument/18c257f9-bd34-40fb-9ff8-a16e952b961d/governance-handbook-final-2022-23.pdf
Scheme of delegation - https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/kent-catholic-partnership-redesign/UploadedDocument/95d08f06-7623-45b0-a589-84717782db76/scheme-of-delegation-final-2022-23.pdf