Governance
Welcome to our Governors' Section
Please find below details of how our Local Governing Body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.
| Governor | Role | Responsibilities | Date of Appointment | Term | Appointed by | Business and pecuniary interests | Attendance (previous academic year) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Lane | Chair of Governors | Assessments
Complaints/Attendance (Pupils & Staff) | 16/06/2018 | 4 years | GB/Board | NONE | 100% (3 of 3 meetings) |
| Sue Cook | Vice Chair | Premises
Health and Safety
Mentoring Assessments
Pupil Admissions and Pupil Admissions Appeals
Headteacher's Performance Management Review
Pay Review Group | June 2014
Re-appointed
| 4 years | GB/Board | - Create Room
- Loft Consultancy | 33% (1 of 3 meetings) |
| Mary Evans | Executive Headteacher | September 2001
Re-appointed
| 4 years | Academy Members | - Director at Harlow Education Trust
- Harlow Health Centre's Trust
- Harlow Civic Society
- Gibberd Garden Trust
- Lifetime Financial Consulting Ltd
- Sister in Law works at Milwards | 100% (3 of 3 meetings) | |
| Sue Carrington | Local Governor | Pupil Admissions | 17/07/2018 | 4 years | GB/Board | NONE | 100% (3 of 3 meetings) |
| Sarah Cowley | Headteacher | Data & Assessment
| January 2011
Reappointed
| 4 years | GB/Board | NONE | 67% (2 of 3 meetings) |
| Christine Lee | Staff Governor | Special Educational Needs (SEN) Inclusion Data & Assessment | January 2011
Re-appointed
| 4 years | GB/Board | NONE | 100% (3 of 3 meetings) |
| Sharon Springer | Parent Governor | Assessments
Safeguarding
SMSC/Parental Engagement |
17/07/2018
Re-appointed
| 4 years | GB/Board | NONE | 67% (2 of 3 meetings) |
| Suzanne Cassidy | Parent Governor | Inclusion and Pupil Premium | 08/02/2020 | 4 years | GB/Board | NONE | 33% (1 of 3 meetings) |
| Laura Geggus | Parent Governor | 16/02/2022 | 4 years | GB/Board | NONE | 100% (1 of 1 meetings) |
Former Governors (those who have left within the last 12 months)
| Governor | Role | Date of Appointment | Term of Office | Date of Departure | Appointed by | Business and pecuniary interests | Attendance (previous academic year) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenna Redding | Parent Governor | 08/02/2020 | 4 years | February 2022 | GB/Board | NONE | 50% (1 out of 2 meetings) | |
| Gina Kleinhans | Parent Governor | 01/09/2021 | 4 years | April 2022 | GB/Board | NONE | 100% (1 out of 1 meetings) | |
| Carole Toms | Staff Governor | 17/06/2018 | 4 years | 16/06/2022 | GB/Board | CT Plumbing
Aynsley Estates |
| 100% (3 out of 3 meetings) |
You may contact our Governors by emailing the clerk, Mike Behnke, at mike.behnke@judicium.com
or sending a letter to the school
Governance within the Harlow Inspirational Learning Trust
HARLOW INSPIRATIONAL LEARNING TRUST (HILT)
Trust Members
Sue Cook
Ann Bard
William Cairns
Richard Attew
Board of Directors
William Cairns (Chair)
Julie Lane
Mary Evans (Executive Headteacher/CEO)
David Ives
Simon Plumb
Clare O'Sullivan
Vacancy
Within the Harlow Inspirational Learning Trust (HILT), the ultimate strategic decision-making body is the Board of Trustees (sometimes referred to as the Trust Board of Directors). It is the responsibility of the Trustees to hold the executive headteacher to account, and to provide challenge and support to ensure the Trust fulfils its charitable remit, which is to deliver high-quality education to all our pupils.
Above the Board of Trustees is a committee of Members who are responsible for scrutinising the actions of the Board. Members appoint the Trustees, and can remove them if they are unhappy with their performance.
Under the Board of Directors sit three committees: the Finance, Audit and Strategy Committee – which takes a detailed look at finance, premises, health and safety and other matters on behalf of the Board – and the two Local Governing Bodies, one at Milwards and one at Henry Moore.
The job of the Local Governing Bodies is to be the eyes and ears of the Trust at the local level, and to monitor and report on whether the Trust’s strategic objectives and policies are being met. But the Local Governing Bodies also represent the views and needs of the school and its stakeholders within the Trust, so that Trust policies and decisions can take those views and needs into account.
The roles and responsibilities of these different layers of governance are set out in the Trust's Scheme of Delegation.
For further information on the Trust, its Members and Board of Trustees, visit the HILT website.