Governors
Pembury School Governing Board
The Governing Board is made up of Staff, Parents, a Governor nominated by the Local Authority, and Co-opted Governors who are appointed for their specific skill sets and experience.
The Governing Board has three main functions:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
- Holding the headteacher to account for the education and performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
- Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent
Governors at Pembury use the Circle Model of Governance which enables the Governing Board to work as a ‘whole team’, meeting 6 times per year, once in each term. All governors are required to undertake monitoring visits to the School which may apply to statutory functions such as Safeguarding, Special Educational Needs and Disability, Health and Safety, the Performance Management of the Head Teacher and overseeing the financial running of the school, as well as the priorities outlined in the School Plan. An agenda for each meeting includes all the tasks which the Governing Board is required to consider.
All new governors are supported by a thorough induction process and undertake training to ensure they remain up to date with current legislation.
Please contact the School Business Manager if you wish to have a copy of approved governor minutes.
The Chair of Governors, Dr Philip Drew can be contacted on the following email address (pdrew@pembury.kent.sch.uk).
Please note that Governors do not get involved in the day-to-day running of the school. The class Teacher should always be the first point of contact if you wish to discuss an issue relating to your child, or a member of the Senior Leadership Team. Alternatively, information about the complaints procedures for the school can be found in the School Policies section.
Current Governors
Governors who have served in the past 12 months
Details and Register of Interests – 2023-24
| Governor | Category | First Appointed | Current Term of Office | Role on Governing Board | Attendance of Full Governing Board Meetings | Declared Business Interests | |
| 2023/4 | 2022/3 | ||||||
| Mark Beacom | Elected Parent | 16/11/2022 | 16/11/2022 -15/11/2026 | Personal Development Health and Safety/ Cyber Security | 5/5 | 7/7 | |
| Amanda Bowring | Co-opted | 13/07/2022 | 13/7/2022-12/07/2026 | Safeguarding Strategy Working Group | 4/5 | 6/7 | |
| Chrissie Conway | Co-opted | 18/05/2022 | 18/05/2022-17/05/2026 | Safeguarding, Strategy Working Group Pay Panel | 4/5 | 7/7 | |
| Philip Drew (Chair) | Co-opted | 23/03/2022 | 23/03/2022-22/03/2026 | Chair of Governors Strategy Working Group SEND, Finance, Targeted Funding Pay Panel | 4/5 | 6/7 | Chair at TWGSB |
| Abigail Harvey | Elected Parent | 13/06/2022 | 13/06/2022-12/06/2026 | Vice Chair Behaviour and Attitudes Quality of Education | 5/5 | 6/7 | |
| Michael Harvey | Co-opted | 13/03/2018 | 23/03/2022-13/3/22 | Pay Committee (Chair), Vice chair Finance, HTPM member | 5/5 | 7/7 | |
| Richard Housley | Elected Parent | 23/11/2023 | 23/11/2023-22/11/2027 | Shadowing | 3/3 | n/a | |
| Felicity Howe | Co-opted | 18/05/2022 | 18/05/2022-17/05/2026 | Chair of HTPM, Leadership and Management Whole School Wellbeing SEND | 4/5 | 6/7 | |
| Miles Muttitt | Co-opted | 11/10/2023 | 11/10/2023-10/10/2027 | Personal Development Early Years | 5/5 | n/a | |
| Josh Rubin | Co-opted | 23/03/2022 | 23/03/2022-22/03/2026 | Health and Safety/ Cyber Security Leadership and Management Whole School Wellbeing | 4/5 | 4/7 | |
| Alex St Clair | Elected Staff | 22/09/2023 | 22/09/2023-21/09/2027 | Training and Development | 5/5 | n/a | |
| Hannah Walters | Headteacher | 01/09/2019 | Ongoing | Headteacher | 5/5 | 7/7 | |
Other Governors who have served in the last 12 months
| Governor | Category | First Appointed | Stepped Down | Reason for leaving | Attendance of Full Governing Board Meetings | Declared Business Interests | |
| 2023/4 | 2022/3 | ||||||
| Gemma Farina | Co-opted | 11/6/2015 | 1 May 2023 | End of appointed term | n/a | 4/4 | None |
| Lauren Holbrook | Elected Parent | 27/6/2022 | 21 July 2023 | Resigned | n/a | 3/6 | None |
| Paul Barker | Local Authority | 04/07/2018 | 21/5/2024 | Strategy Working Group | 2/3 | 3/6 | None |
Lower Green Road, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4EB