Governors’ Committee Structure 2025-26

The Governing Body of Athelstan Primary School has a structure whereby every governor is a member of the Full Governing Body Committee.

• Chair of Governors: Richard Joel
• Vice Chair of Governors: Colin Havard
• Clerk to the Governors: Simon Smith

We have two sub-committees and two monitoring groups as below:

• Compliance Committee - Richard Joel (Chair); Colin Havard; Rochelle Kirk; Shabana Sharif
• Strategic Committee - Richard Joel (Chair); Jenny Buttery; Emma Fox; Iffat Yasmin; David Fernley
• Standards Monitoring Group - Richard Joel; Colin Havard; David Fernley; Jenny Buttery
• Inclusion Monitoring Group - Rochelle Kirk; Iffat Yasmin; Emma Fox; Shabana Sharif

2026 - 2027 Committee Dates

Autumn Term

Strategic - 24th September 2026

FGB - 14th October 2026

Compliance - 22nd October 2026

Standards Monitoring Group - w/c 16th November 2026

Inclusion Monitoring Group - w/c 30th November 2026

Spring Term

Strategic - 14th January 2027

FGB - 3rd February 2027

Compliance - 11th March 2027

Standards Monitoring Group - w/c 8th February 2027

Inclusion Monitoring Group - w/c 22nd March 2027

Summer Term

Strategic - w/c 5th July 2027

FGB - 5th May 2027

Compliance - 19th April 2027

Inclusion Monitoring Group - w/c 21st June 2027

Standards Monitoring Group - w/c 24th May 2027