Who we are
Please see our Governing body structure by selecting an option from the drop down menu below.
2023 - 2024
Co-Chair: Anthony Shayle
Co-Chair: Tara Ward-Amoun
Infant School Head Teacher: Sarah Sands
Junior School Head Teacher: Eileen Bhavsar
Clerk: Amira Nassr - GAO (LA): George Peradigou
Committee Chairs
Environment, Resources and Audit: Anthony Shayle
Curriculum and Education Recovery: Tara Ward-Amoun
Pupils Wellbeing and Experience: Evathia EL 'Siwidy
Staffing: Greg Bookman
Communication and Engagement: Luisa Pettigrew
Name |
Type of Governor |
Term of Office |
Committee |
Pecuniary & other Interests |
Appointing Body |
Lisa Berger (Junior Deputy HT) |
Non-voting observer |
N/A |
Curriculum and Educational Recovery Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Eileen Bhavsar |
Junior Head Teacher |
N/A |
All |
None |
Governing Body |
Andrea Bailey (Junior Business Manager) |
Associate member |
N/A |
Environment, Resources and Audit Marketing and Outreach |
None |
Governing Body |
Sarah Jowsey (Infant Deputy HT) |
Non-voting observer |
N/A |
Curriculum and Educational Recovery Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Alexia Dobinson |
Staff governor |
April 2017-April 2022 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Marketing and Outreach |
None |
Staff |
Biljana Elia |
Infant Teacher governor – co-opted |
April 2017-April 2022 |
Curriculum and Educational Recovery Staffing Pupils |
None |
Governing Body |
Ruth Henrywood |
Junior Parent elected governor |
March 2018 – March 2022 June 22- May 2026 |
All |
Frontier Learning Trust Safeguarding Trustee |
Parents/Carers |
Adrian Hodgson |
Co-opted governor |
May 2023 – May 2027 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Curriculum and Educational Recovery |
None |
Governing Body |
Isabel Clarke |
Junior Teacher co-opted Staff Governor |
October 2021 - October 2025 |
Curriculum and Educational Recovery Staffing Pupils |
Owns a Sticker Company |
Governing Body |
Sarah Sands |
Infant Head Teacher |
N/A |
All |
Board Member of Barnet Education and Where some services the school uses are bought |
Governing Body |
Anthony Shayle |
Parent Co-opted governor |
March 2021 - March 2025 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Staffing Marketing and Outreach |
None |
Governing Body |
Tara Ward-Amoun |
Co-opted governor |
December 2017- December 2021 December 2021- December 2025 |
Curriculum and Educational Recovery Pupils |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Pamela Omeye-Howell |
Parent co-opted Governor |
December 2020 - December 2024 |
Staffing Marking and Outreach |
None |
Governing Body |
Evathia EL 'Siwidy |
LA Governor |
December 2019 - December 2023 |
Pupils Curriculum and Educational Recovery |
None |
Governing body
|
Luisa Pettigrew |
Junior Parent Governor |
July 2022 - July 2026
|
Marketing and Communication Pupils |
None | Parents/Carers |
Caroline Olshewsky |
Co-opted Governor |
December 2022- February 2024 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Pupils Marketing and Communication |
None | Governing Body |
Greg Bookman | Co-opted Governor | December 2022- December 2026 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Staffing |
None | Governing Body |
Clare Calman | Co-opted Governor | March 2024 - March 2028 |
Curriculum Finance |
None | Governing Body |
Ian Phillips | Co-opted Governor | November 2023 - November 2027 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Headteachers and Chairs |
None | Governing Body |
Abigail Hayes | Co-opted Governor | January 2024 - January 2028 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Staffing |
None | Governing Body |
2022 - 2023
Chair of Governors: Ruth Henrywood
Co-Vice Char: Anthony Shayle
Co Vice Chair: Tara Ward-Amoun
Infant School Head Teacher: Sarah Sands
Junior School Head Teacher: Eileen Bhavsar
Clerk: Amira Nassr - GAO (LA): George Peradigou
Committee Chairs
Environment, Resources and Audit: Anthony Shayle
Curriculum and Education Recovery: Tara Ward-Amoun
Pupils Wellbeing and Experience: Evathia EL 'Siwidy
Staffing: Pamela Omeye-Howell
Marketing and Communication: Luisa Pettigrew
Name |
Type of Governor |
Term of Office |
Committee |
Pecuniary & other Interests |
Appointing Body |
Lisa Berger (Junior Deputy HT) |
Non-voting observer |
N/A |
Curriculum and Educational Recovery Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Eileen Bhavsar |
Junior Head Teacher |
N/A |
All |
None |
Governing Body |
Andrea Bailey (Junior Business Manager) |
Associate member |
N/A |
Environment, Resources and Audit Marketing and Outreach |
None |
Governing Body |
Sarah Jowsey (Infant Deputy HT) |
Non-voting observer |
N/A |
Curriculum and Educational Recovery Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Alexia Dobinson |
Staff governor |
April 2017-April 2022 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Marketing and Outreach |
None |
Staff |
Biljana Elia |
Infant Teacher governor – co-opted |
April 2017-April 2022 |
Curriculum and Educational Recovery Staffing Pupils |
None |
Governing Body |
Ruth Henrywood |
Junior Parent elected governor |
March 2018 – March 2022 June 22- May 2026 |
All |
Frontier Learning Trust Safeguarding Trustee |
Parents/Carers |
Adrian Hodgson |
Co-opted governor |
July 2016 – July 2022 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Curriculum and Educational Recovery |
None |
Governing Body |
Isabel Clarke |
Junior Teacher co-opted Staff Governor |
October 2021 - October 2025 |
Curriculum and Educational Recovery Staffing Pupils |
Owns a Sticker Company |
Governing Body |
Paola Riddle |
Co-opted governor |
May 2018 – May 2022 |
Curriculum and Educational Recovery Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Sarah Sands |
Infant Head Teacher |
N/A |
All |
Board Member of Barnet Education and Where some services the school uses are bought |
Governing Body |
Anthony Shayle |
Parent Co-opted governor |
March 2021 - March 2025 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Staffing Marketing and Outreach |
None |
Governing Body |
Sanaz Saifolahi |
Parent Co-opted governor |
March 2018- March 2022 June 2022 - June 2026 Left July 2022 |
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Françoise Wagneur |
Co-opted Governor |
November 2018 Left November 2022 |
Staffing Curriculum and Educational Recovery Pupil Experience and Wellbeing |
None |
Governing Body |
Tara Ward-Amoun |
Co-opted governor |
December 2017- December 2021 December 2021- December 2025 |
Curriculum and Educational Recovery Pupils |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Pamela Omeye-Howell |
Parent co-opted Governor |
December 2020 - December 2024 |
Staffing Marking and Outreach |
None |
Governing Body |
Evathia EL 'Siwidy |
LA Governor |
December 2019 - December 2023 |
Pupils Curriculum and Educational Recovery |
None |
Governing body
|
Paul Cohen |
Parent c0-opted Governor |
March 2021 - September 2022 Left September 2022 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Marking and Outreach |
None |
Governing body |
Luisa Pettigrew |
Junior Parent Governor |
July 2022 - July 2026
|
Marketing and Communication Pupils |
Parents/Carers | |
Daniel Asher | Infant Parent Governor |
July 2022 - July 2026 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Staffing Marketing and Communication |
Parent/Carers | |
Caroline Olshewsky |
Co-opted Governor |
December 2022- December 2026 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Pupils Marketing and Communication |
Governing Body | |
Greg Bookman | Co-opted Governor | December 2022- December 2026 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Staffing |
Governing Body |
Summary of main changes to our committee structure this year
GB and committee structure supports our strategic priorities for this academic year (2021-2022):
- Financial sustainability
- Education recovery
- Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)
2021 - 2022
Chair of Governors: Ruth Henrywood
Vice Chair of Governors: Sanaz Saifolahi
Infant school Head Teacher: Sarah Sands
Junior school Head Teacher: Eileen Bhavsar
Clerk: Amira Nassr - GAO (LA): George Peradigou
Committee Chairs
Environment, Resources and Audit: Anthony Shayle
Curriculum and Education Recovery: Paola Riddle
Pupils: Evathia EL 'Siwidy
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Sanaz Saifolahi
Staffing: Pamela Omeye-Howell
Marketing and Outreach: Pamela Omeye-Howell
Name |
Type of Governor |
Term of Office |
Committee |
Pecuniary & other Interests |
Appointing Body |
Lisa Berger (Junior Deputy HT) |
Non-voting observer |
N/A |
Curriculum and Educational Recovery Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Eileen Bhavsar |
Junior Head Teacher |
N/A |
All |
None |
Governing Body |
Andrea Bailey (Junior Business Manager) |
Associate member |
N/A |
Environment, Resources and Audit Marketing and Outreach |
None |
Governing Body |
Sarah Jowsey (Infant Deputy HT) |
Non-voting observer |
N/A |
Curriculum and Educational Recovery Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Alexia Dobinson |
Staff governor |
April 2017-April 2022 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Marketing and Outreach |
None |
Staff |
Biljana Elia |
Infant Teacher governor – co-opted |
April 2017-April 2022 |
Curriculum and Educational Recovery Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Aneka Grover |
Parent co-opted governor |
December 2017- December 2021 Left December 2021 |
Staffing |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Ruth Henrywood |
Junior Parent elected governor |
March 2018 – March 2022 |
All |
Frontier Learning Trust Safeguarding Trustee |
Parents/Carers |
Adrian Hodgson |
Co-opted governor |
July 2016 – July 2022 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Curriculum and Educational Recovery |
None |
Governing Body |
Isabel Clarke |
Junior Teacher co-opted Staff Governor |
October 2021 - October 2025 |
Curriculum and Educational Recovery Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Paola Riddle |
Co-opted governor |
May 2018 – May 2022 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Curriculum and Educational Recovery |
None |
Governing Body |
Sarah Sands |
Infant Head Teacher |
N/A |
All |
Board Member of Barnet Education and Where some services the school uses are bought |
Governing Body |
Anthony Shayle |
Parent Co-opted governor |
March 2021 - March 2025 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Staffing Marketing and Outreach |
None |
Governing Body |
Sanaz Saifolahi |
Parent Co-opted governor |
March 2018- March 2022 |
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Françoise Wagneur |
Co-opted Governor |
November 2018 - November 2022 |
Staffing Curriculum and Educational Recovery Pupil Experience and Wellbeing |
None |
Governing Body |
Tara Ward-Amoun |
Parent co-opted governor |
December 2017- December 2022 |
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Pupil Experience and Wellbeing |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Pamela Omeye-Howell |
Parent co-opted Governor |
December 2020 - December 2024 |
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Staffing Marking and Outreach |
None |
Governing Body |
Evathia EL 'Siwidy |
LA Governor |
December 2019 - December 2023 |
Pupil Experience and Wellbeing Curriculum and Educational Recovery |
None |
Governing body
|
Paul Cohen |
Parent c0-opted Governor |
March 2021 - March 2025 |
Environment, Resources and Audit Marking and Outreach |
None |
Governing body |
Summary of main changes to our committee structure this year
GB and committee structure supports our strategic priorities for this academic year (2021-2022):
- Financial sustainability
- Education recovery
- Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)
2020 - 2021
Joint Chairs of Governors: Ruth Henrywood & Omar Shah
Infant school Head Teacher: Sarah Sands
Junior school Head Teacher: Eileen Bhavsar
Clerk: Amira Nassr - GAO (LA): George Peradigou
Committee Chairs
Curriculum: Paola Riddle
Finance: Omar Shah
Premises: Adrian Hodgson
Inclusion and Pupil Wellbeing: Françoise Wagneur
Staffing: Françoise Wagneur
Name |
Type of Governor |
Term of Office |
Committee |
Pecuniary & other Interests |
Appointing Body |
Lisa Berger (Junior Deputy HT) |
Non-voting observer |
N/A |
Curriculum; Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Eileen Bhavsar |
Junior Head Teacher |
N/A |
All |
None |
Governing Body |
Andrea Bailey (Junior Business Manager) |
Associate member |
N/A |
Premises; Finance |
None |
Governing Body |
Sarah Jowsey (Infant Deputy HT) |
Non-voting observer |
From Sept 2019 |
Curriculum |
None |
Governing Body |
Alexia Dobinson |
Staff governor |
April 2017-April 2021 |
Finance |
None |
Staff |
Biljana Elia |
Infant Teacher governor – co-opted |
April 2017-April 2021 |
Curriculum; Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Aneka Grover |
Parent co-opted governor |
December 2017- December 2021 |
Staffing; Curriculum |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Ruth Henrywood |
Junior Parent elected governor |
March 2018 – March 2022 |
GB Chair; Inclusion and Pupil Wellbeing; Staffing |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Adrian Hodgson |
Co-opted governor |
July 2016 – 7 July 2020 |
Premises; Inclusion and Pupil Wellbeing |
None |
Governing Body |
Janina Quinn |
Junior Teacher co-opted Governor |
5 October 2017 – 5 October 2021 |
Curriculum; Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Paola Riddle |
Co-opted governor |
May 2018 – May 2022 |
Curriculum; Finance |
None |
Governing Body |
Sarah Sands |
Infant Head Teacher |
N/A |
All |
None |
Governing Body |
Omar Shah |
Parent Co-opted governor |
July 2016 – 7 July 2020 |
GB Chair; Curriculum; Finance |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Sanaz Saifolahi |
Parent Co-opted governor |
March 2018- March 2022 |
Staffing; Inclusion and Pupil Wellbeing |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Françoise Wagneur |
Co-opted Governor |
November 2018 - November 2022 |
Curriculum; Inclusion and Pupil Wellbeing; Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Tara Ward-Amoun |
Parent co-opted governor |
December 2017- December 2021 |
Curriculum; Premises |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Pamela Omeye-Howell |
Parent co-opted Governor |
December 2020 - December 2024 |
Curriculum; Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Evathia EL 'Siwidy |
LA Governor |
December 2019 - December 2023 |
Inclusion and Pupil Wellbeing |
None |
Governing body
|
Anthony Shayle |
Parent Co-opted governor |
March 2021 - March 2025 |
Finance; Premises |
None |
Governing Body |
Gerard Wiseman |
Parent co-opted Governor |
July 2016–December 2020 |
Finance; Premises |
None |
Parents/Carers |
2019 - 2020
Joint Chairs of Governors: Ruth Henrywood & Omar Shah
Infant school Head Teacher: Sarah Sands
Junior school Head Teacher: Eileen Bhavsar
Clerk: Amira Nassr - GAO (LA): George Peradigou
Committee Chairs
Curriculum: Paola Riddle
Finance: Omar Shah
Premises: Adrian Hodgson
Inclusion and Pupil Wellbeing: Françoise Wagneur
Staffing: Françoise Wagneur
Name |
Type of Governor |
Term of Office |
Committee |
Pecuniary & other Interests |
Appointing Body |
Lisa Berger (Junior Deputy HT) |
Non-voting observer |
N/A |
Curriculum; Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Eileen Bhavsar |
Junior Head Teacher |
N/A |
All |
None |
Governing Body |
Julia Chalfen (Junior Business Manager) |
Associate member |
N/A |
Premises; Finance |
None |
Governing Body |
Sarah Jowsey (Infant Deputy HT) |
Non-voting observer |
From Sept 2019 |
Curriculum |
None |
Governing Body |
Alexia Dobinson |
Staff governor |
April 2017-April 2021 |
Finance |
None |
Staff |
Biljana Elia |
Infant Teacher governor – co-opted |
April 2017-April 2021 |
Curriculum; Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Aneka Grover |
Parent co-opted governor |
December 2017- December 2021 |
Staffing; Curriculum |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Ruth Henrywood |
Junior Parent elected governor |
March 2018 – March 2022 |
GB Chair; Inclusion and Pupil Wellbeing; Staffing |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Adrian Hodgson |
Co-opted governor |
July 2016 – 7 July 2020 |
Premises; Inclusion and Pupil Wellbeing |
None |
Governing Body |
Janina Quinn |
Junior Teacher co-opted Governor |
5 October 2017 – 5 October 2021 |
Curriculum; Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Paola Riddle |
Co-opted governor |
May 2018 – May 2022 |
Curriculum; Finance |
None |
Governing Body |
Sarah Sands |
Infant Head Teacher |
N/A |
All |
None |
Governing Body |
Omar Shah |
Parent Co-opted governor |
July 2016 – 7 July 2020 |
GB Chair; Curriculum; Finance |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Sanaz Saifolahi |
Parent Co-opted governor |
March 2018- March 2022 |
Staffing; Inclusion and Pupil Wellbeing |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Françoise Wagneur |
Co-opted Governor |
November 2018 - November 2022 |
Curriculum; Inclusion and Pupil Wellbeing; Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Tara Ward-Amoun |
Parent co-opted governor |
December 2017- December 2021 |
Curriculum; Premises |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Gerard Wiseman |
Parent co-opted Governor |
July 2016–July 2020 |
Finance; Premises |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Evathia EL 'Siwidy | LA Governor |
December 2019 - December 2023 |
Inclusion and Pupil Wellbeing | None |
Governing body
|
2018 - 2019
Joint Chairs of Governors: Ruth Henrywood & Omar Shah
Infant school Head Teacher: Sarah Sands
Junior school Head Teacher: Eileen Bhavsar
Clerk: Amira Nassr - GAO (LA): George Peradigou
Committee Chairs
Curriculum: Paola Riddle; Finance: Michael Kkafas; Premises: Adrian Hodgson; Inclusion: Jane Harris; Staffing: Françoise Wagneur
Name |
Type of Governor |
Term of Office |
Committee |
Pecuniary & other Interests |
Appointing Body |
Lisa Berger (Junior Deputy HT) |
Non-voting observer |
N/A |
Curriculum; Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Eileen Bhavsar |
Junior Head Teacher |
N/A |
All |
None |
Governing Body |
Julia Chalfen (Junior Business Manager) |
Associate member |
N/A |
Premises; Finance |
None |
Governing Body |
Sarah Jowsey (Infant Deputy HT) |
Non-voting observer |
From Sept 2019 |
Curriculum |
None |
Governing Body |
Alexia Dobinson |
Staff governor |
April 2017-April 2021 |
Finance |
None |
Staff |
Biljana Elia |
Infant Teacher governor – co-opted |
April 2017-April 2021 |
Curriculum; Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Aneka Grover |
Parent co-opted governor |
December 2017- December 2021 |
Staffing; Curriculum |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Jane Harris |
LA governor |
April 2014 – April 2018 April 2018 – April 2022 |
Staffing; Inclusion |
None |
Governing Body |
Ruth Henrywood |
Junior Parent elected governor |
March 2018 – March 2022 |
GB Chair; Inclusion; Staffing |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Adrian Hodgson |
Co-opted governor |
July 2016 – 7 July 2020 |
Premises; Inclusion |
None |
Governing Body |
Michael Kkafas |
Co-opted governor |
July 2016- 7 July 2020 |
Finance; Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Ziya Kocabiyik |
Co-opted governor |
December 2017 – December 2021 |
Finance; Premises |
None |
Governing Body |
Janina Quinn |
Junior Teacher co-opted Governor |
5 October 2017 – 5 October 2021 |
Curriculum; Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Paola Riddle |
Co-opted governor |
May 2018 – May 2022 |
Curriculum; Finance |
None |
Governing Body |
Sarah Sands |
Infant Head Teacher |
N/A |
All |
None |
Governing Body |
Omar Shah |
Parent Co-opted governor |
July 2016 – 7 July 2020 |
GB Chair; Curriculum; Finance |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Sanaz Saifolahi |
Parent Co-opted governor |
March 2018- March 2022 |
|
None |
Parents/Carers |
Françoise Wagneur |
Co-opted Governor |
Nov 2014 – 26 Nov 2018 |
Curriculum; Inclusion; Staffing |
None |
Governing Body |
Tara Ward-Amoun |
Parent co-opted governor |
December 2017- December 2021 |
Curriculum; Premises |
None |
Parents/Carers |
Gerard Wiseman |
Parent co-opted Governor |
July 2016–July 2020 |
Finance; Premises |
None |
Parents/Carers |
2017 - 2018
Governors’ Attendance to GB & committee meetings
Academic year 2017 – 2018
Governing Body meetings (Apologies can be found in the GB minutes)
5th October 2017: Four apologies
7th December 2017: Six apologies
8th February 2018: Four apologies (one governor having stepped down, not counted)
22nd March 2018: Three apologies
17th May 2018: Two apologies
5th July 2018: One apology
All apologies were accepted by the Governing Body.
Governors Attendance at Committee meetings 2017 – 2018
Curriculum |
Finance |
Inclusion |
Premises |
Staffing |
|
Autumn Term |
1 apology |
1 apology |
None |
None |
1 apology |
Spring Term |
None |
2 apologies |
None |
2 apologies |
1 apology |
Summer Term |
None |
1 apology |
1 apology |
None |
3 apologies |