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Governing Body
Please meet out amazing governing body. Attendance shown is for the academic year 2020-2021.
Mark Gay - Parent Governor
Term of Office 17th May 2020 to 16th May 2024
Chair of Governing Body
Member of D&P Committee, Resources Committee & Pay Committee
Responsibility for Attendance, HT Appraisal, GDPR
Attendance 2020/2021- 2/2 Resources Committee 1/2 D&P Committee
2/2 Full Governors
Governance of other Educational Establishments - None
Relationships between schools staff and members of governing body - None
Business Interests - None declared
Financial Interests - None declared
Mark was elected as a Parent Governor in 2016. Mark has a son who attends Westdale, and two daughters who are now at Westdale Junior School.
Mark works with data and analytics in marketing and media and works between an office at home in Nottingham, the business in London and with clients around the world. He is hoping to bring his business experience to hand on the Resources Committee and is also interested in how performance data is collected and used within school - relating his day job to the governor role.
With three young children other interests seem hard to come by, but he enjoys all sports as a spectator, has always been interested in politics and current affairs and likes to cook (well burn meat on a barbecue!).
Lee Freeley - Co-opted Governor
Term of Office - 8th June 2017 - 7th June 2021
Member of Resources Committee
Responsibility for Health & Safety
Attendance 2020/2021- 1/2 Resources Committee
1/2 Full Governors
Governance of other Educational Establishments - None
Relationships between schools staff and members of governing body - None
Business Interests - Lee owns a company called The Chameleon Group who have previously helped the school with projects in the playground and who we receive quotes for work to be done in the school from.
Financial Interests - As above
Lee has a son who attends Westdale Infants and another who attends Westdale Junior School.
Charlotte Hartwell - Parent Governor
Term of Office 19th December 2017 - 18th December 2021
Member of D&P Committee, Chair of Resources Committee & Chair of Pay Committee
Responsibility for Volunteer Co-ordinator, RE/Collective Worship & HT Appraisal
Attendance 2020/2021 - 2/2 Resources Committee 2/2 D&P Committee
2/2 Full Governors
Governance of other Educational Establishments - None
Relationships between schools staff and members of governing body - None
Business Interests - None declared
Financial Interests - None declared
Charlotte has a daughter who currently attends Westdale Infant School and a son at Westdale Infants.
Sharon Clarke - Co-opted Governor
Term of Office 29th March 2018 - 28th March 2022
Vice Chair and Member of D&P Committee
Responsibility for Safeguarding & Children Looked After
Attendance 2020/2021 - 1/2 D&P Committee , 2/2 Full Governors
Governance of other Educational Establishments - None
Relationships between schools staff and members of governing body - None
Business Interests - None declared
Financial Interests - None declared
Anja Feegal - Parent Governor
Term of Office 6th June 2018 - 5th June 2022
Member of Resources Committee
Attendance - 2/2 Resources Committee, 2/2 Full Governors
Governance of other Educational Establishments - None
Relationships between schools staff and members of governing body - None
Business Interests - None declared
Financial Interests - None declared
Anja has two daughters who currently attend Westdale Infant School & Westdale Junior School.
Paul Mullins - Parent Governor
Term of Office 18th January 2019 - 17th January 2023
Chair of D&P Committee
Responsible for SEN
Attendance 2020/2021- 2/2 Resources Committee, 2/2 D&P Committee 2/2 Full Governors
Governance of other Educational Establishments - None
Relationships between schools staff and members of governing body - None
Business Interests - None declared
Financial Interests - None declared
Paul has a son who currently attends Westdale Infant School.
John Smith - Local Authority Governor
Term of Office 28th March 2019 - 27th March 2023
Member of Resources Committee, D&P Committee, Pay Committee
Attendance 2020/2021- 2/2 Resources Committee, 2/2 D&P Committee, 2/2 Full Governors
Governance of other Educational Establishments - None
Relationships between schools staff and members of governing body - None
Business Interests - None declared
Financial Interests - None declared
John has a grandchild who attends Westdale Infants. John has extensive experience of working in schools as a previous Headteacher.
Suzy Burton-Sanders
Suzy Burton-Sanders Parent Governor
Term of Office 31st January 2020 to 30th January 2024
Member of D&P Committee
Attendance 2020/2021- 1/2 D&P Committee, 2/2 Full Governors
Governance of other Educational Establishments - None
Relationships between schools staff and members of governing body - None
Business Interests - None declared
Financial Interests - None declared
Suzy has a daughter who attends Westdale Infants. Suzy has extensive experience of working in schools as a primary school teacher.
Wendy Russell Co-opted Governor
Term of Office 30th November 2020 to 29th November 2024
Member of D&P Committee
Attendance 2020/2021 - 0/1 D&P Committee, 1/2 Resources Committee, 1/2 Full Governors
Governance of other Educational Establishments - None
Relationships between schools staff and members of governing body - None
Business Interests - None declared
Financial Interests - None declared
Wendy works as a serious youth crime and CCE Co-ordinator for Notts County Council. She has extensive experience as a school governor in previous settings.
I am a graduate from the University of Derby BA Hons degree in Youth and community applied practice in 2016. I am highly qualified and skilled to work with a diverse range of children and people.
I enjoy delivering Black history, Caribbean cookery and also equality and diversity courses.
I am also a qualified play worker and enjoy games and sports.
I am a mother and also a grandmother, I live locally in Sherwood and enjoy getting involved with community events and projects.
I look forwards to meeting parents in the new year and being part of Westdale infant School.
Our Governing Body Structure
Resources Committee: Responsible for finance and staffing issues
Chair: Charlotte Hartwell
Emma Estell & Rebecca Lewis(Headteachers)
Narelle Black (Staff Governor)
Lee Freeley
Anja Feegal-Harris
Mark Gay
John Smith
Paul Mullins
Suzy Burton-Sanders
Development and Planning Committee: Responsible for strategy and curriculum
Chair: Paul Mullins
Emma Estell & Rebecca Lewis (Headteachers)
Narelle Black (Staff Governor)
Charlotte Hartwell
Sharon Clarke
Mark Gay
John Smith
Discipline Committee: All Governors
Pay Committee: Approving pay awards
Mark Gay
Charlotte Hartwell
John Smith
Westdale Infant School Governing Body is made up of 13 people – parents/carers, a teacher representative and members of the local community.
Those governors have the legal duties, powers and responsibility to ensure that Westdale is organised efficiently and effectively and doing the very best for all children.
The full Governing Body meets once a term to monitor the progress of the school, with smaller committees meeting to monitor and discuss issues connected with finance, strategic development, personnel and pupils.
Parents can find out more about governors by looking on the school website and various governing body reports are available in the entrance foyer.
As part of their efforts to keep in touch with the school, Westdale governors hold coffee mornings throughout the year, as an informal way of meeting and listening to parents/carers. Look out for dates in the newsletter and come along for a chat.
Any issues relating to school should of course be taken to the Headteacher in the first instance, but if you needed to contact governors more formally; letters should be addressed via the school office.
How to become a School Governor
For more information on becoming a school governor please see click on the following link https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/education/school-governors/become-a-school-governor
If we have a Parent Governor vacancy we issue the vacancy out through school and send letters home to our parents/carers so please look out for these.