Governors provide strategic leadership and accountability in all St Christopher’s Multi Academy Trust schools however, the ultimate responsibility for the school lies with the Board of Directors with much of the work delegated to the Local Governing Body (LGB).
In trusts, the purpose of local governance is to provide:
· strategic leadership
· accountability and assurance
· strategic engagement
Governors set the aims and objectives for the school and set the targets/policies for achieving those aims and objectives. They monitor and evaluate the progress the school is making and act as a source of challenge and support to the headteacher.
Governors bring a wide range of skills and expertise from their professional lives to the governing body and schools benefit greatly from working with skilled volunteers.
If you are interested in hearing more about becoming a governor please contact;
The board believes that it is important that we reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Diverse boards promote inclusive school environments and provide diverse role models for staff and young people. We collect data on the diversity of the board, including age, ethnicity, and gender and we use this data to inform our recruitment and training needs, ensuring there is always a diverse range of perspectives around the table to support robust decision making. We do not publish diversity data online as individual governors could be identified and we have a legal obligation to protect their personal data.
In his role as Headteacher for St Peter's, Marc is also part of the governing body. He works closely with all of the governors through school visits and at our termly meetings.
Chris is the Trust's Director of Education and is currenyly acting Chair of St Peter's governing body.
Associate Governor
Staff Governor
Parent Governor.
Rayann is a mother of four who has been involved in the school for over ten years and has recently started training to become a teaching assistant. She is passionate about children getting the best start to their education and believes in what St Peter's can provide for them. Rayann has a particular interest in developing literacy and numeracy skills.
Rayann is also a Rainbow Leader within Girl guiding and she is looking forward to using some of the skills that she has learnt as a Rainbow Leader in school.
Foundation Governor
Foundation Governor and parish priest.
Foundation Governor.
Susan is a Homeless Projects Manager for a National Charity and has skills in the following areas. Human Resources, Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Child Protection, Finance and Budgeting. In her Church life, she has developed skills that contribute to the work of the Governing Body.
Foundation Governor
Parent Governor - We currently have 1 vacancy.
Foundation Governors - we currently have 0 vancancies
If you wish to contact the Governing Body then please email the clerk to the Governing Body
We currently have vacancies. Click on the poster below to see what we are looking for. If you think you could be a Governor then we would love to hear from you. You can download the application form below and send it to spe.clerk@stcmat.org
|
Name |
Type of Governor |
Appointing Body |
Role |
Term Start/End |
Committee(s) |
Registered Interests |
Attendance 2024/25 |
|
Marc Wheeler |
Ex-officio |
Trust |
Headteacher |
01/09/2022 |
ALL
|
None |
6/6 |
|
Fr David Way |
Ex-officio Foundation |
Trust |
Vice Chair, Behaviours & Attitudes and Safeguarding Governor |
01/09/2015 |
LGB |
Parish Priest, Charity Trustee at St Peter’s Hostel for Men, Married to S Way |
5/6 |
|
Susan Way |
Foundation |
Trust |
Standards |
14/10/2023 13/10/2027 |
LGB, Performance & Pay |
Homeless Manager at South West Regional development Office, Charity Trustee at Church Army Pension Scheme, Married to D Way |
4/6 |
|
Jeffrey Stratton |
Foundation |
Trust |
Leadership & Management Governor |
16/11/2022 15/11/2026 |
LGB |
|
6/6 |
|
Rayann Maker |
Parent |
Trust |
Curriculum Governor |
12/12/2022 11/12/2026 |
LGB |
|
3/6 |
|
Ro Harvey |
Staff |
Staff |
Teaching Assistant |
01/09/2025 |
LGB |
None |
n/a |
|
Ben White |
Foundation |
Trust |
|
11/06/2025 10/06/2029 |
LGB |
|
n/a |
|
Karolina Brodacka |
Associate |
Trust |
|
11/06/2025 10/06/2029 |
LGB |
|
n/a |
Governors who have left in the last 12 months
|
Name |
Type of Governor |
Appointing Body |
Role |
Term end date |
Committee(s) |
Registered Interests |
Attendance 2024/25 |
| Debbie Sweet | Foundation | Trust | Curriculum | resigned 14/10/2025 | LGB | None | 5/6 |
| 01/10/2025 | Dec 25 | Jan 26 | March 26 | May 26 | July 26 | |
| Marc Wheeler | Present | |||||
| Chris Connors | Present | |||||
| David Way | Present | |||||
| Susan Way | Present | |||||
| Rayann Maker | Present | |||||
| Ro Harvey | Present | |||||
| Jeffrey Stratton | Present | |||||
| Karolyna Brodacka | Present | |||||
| Ben White | Present | |||||
| Debbie Sweet | Present | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |