Governors
St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School Governing Body:
Chair: Mr Marc Miell
Contact Address: St Anthony's School, Primate Road, Titchfield Common, PO14 4RP
Governor name: | Status: | Responsibility: | Class link: |
Marc Miell |
Chair of Governors Foundation Governor |
High Attainers, Science, Development & Training | Year 3 |
Tom Bint | Associate Governor (non-voting) | ||
Sudhir Rao |
Foundation
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Computing and PDL | Year 4 |
Clare Belli |
Chair of Standards & Admissions Foundation Governor |
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Roxy Ashworth | Headteacher | ||
Katie Pace |
Community Governor (Co-opted) Vice Chair |
Humanities | Year 2 |
Juliana Callaghan | Parent Governor |
Maths |
Year 6 |
Kathryn Adams | Staff Governor | ||
Daniela Ambrosetti | Support Staff Governor | French | |
Nick O'Donnell | Foundation Governor | English, Health & Safety | Year 5 |
Deacon Brian Stoker |
Chair of Resources Committee Foundation Governor |
RE | Year R |
Anita FitzPatrick | Foundation Governor | Safeguarding, Pupil Premium, | Pre-school |
Darren Pattison | Parent Governor | PE, Creative Arts (Music, DT, Art) | Year 1 |
Teresa Allen | Clerk |
The three core functions of a governing body, as reflected in Ofsted’s inspection criteria are:
They are also responsible for specific actions such as ensuring that there is a procedure in place for handling complaints; approving the school budget; and appointing the headteacher.
Our governing body has three sub-committees: Standards and Admissions, Resources and ICT.
Please see the report at the bottom of this page for details of how many meetings each governor attended, pecuniary interests and an annual statement.
St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School is an Academy within The Catholic Academy Trust in South Hampshire.
Academies are publicly-funded independent schools that provide a first-class education.
What’s different about academies?
Freedoms
Academies benefit from greater freedoms to innovate and raise standards. These include:
Funding
Academies receive the same level of per-pupil funding as they would receive from the local authority as a maintained school, plus additions to cover the services that are no longer provided for them by the local authority. However, academies have greater freedom over how they use their budgets to best benefit their students.
Academies receive their funding directly from the Education Funding Agency (an agency of the Department for Education) rather than from local authorities.
Governance
The principles of governance are the same in academies as in maintained or Voluntary Aided schools, but the governing body has greater autonomy. The composition of the Governing Body is laid down in the Academy Trust Articles of Association.
… and what’s the same
Admissions, special educational needs and exclusions
Academies are required to follow the law and guidance on admissions, special educational needs and exclusions as if they were maintained schools.
Collaboration
Academies have to ensure that the school will be at the heart of its community, collaborating and sharing facilities and expertise with other schools and the wider community.
The Academy Trust
The Catholic Academy Trust in South Hampshire has been set up as a multi academy model, with St Anthony’s as the sole Academy school currently within the Trust.
As a result all Governors are Directors of the Academy Trust, and the Board of Directors act also as the Local Governing Body.
The Catholic Academy Trust in South Hampshire is formed of:
MEMBERS Canon Michael Dennehy
Right Reverend Philip Egan
Reverend Paul James Smith
Mrs Mary Breen
DIRECTORS 3: Marc Miell, Brian Stoker and Clare Belli
Must always be a majority of 2 Foundation Governors
The Members, similar to company shareholders, have no direct involvement in the running of the Academy Trust, however they do have oversight and one of their principal responsibilities is to ensure the Catholic ethos of the Academy Trust and the Academy schools is maintained on behalf of the Bishop.
Freedom of information
The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act (2000) applies to academies as it does to maintained and Voluntary Aided schools.