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

2025 - 2026 Committee Dates

Autumn Term

Strategic - 25th September 2025

FGB - 15th October 2025

Compliance - 23rd October 2025

Curriculum and Standards - 27th November 2025

Spring Term

Strategic - 15th January 2026

FGB - 4th February 2026

Compliance - 12th March 2026

Summer Term

Governor Monitoring Groups to be arranged for summer one

FGB - 6th May 2026

Compliance - 2nd July 2026

Strategic - 9th July 2026