Governing Body
The governing board exists to provide strong strategic leadership to the school, ensuring accountability for its educational and financial performance. There are three core functions to the board:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
- Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
- Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent
Bentley has a governing body with 13 members, and two associate members, and one vacancy. Each member initially signs up to a term of four years (end dates are noted below) and all members are voted onto the board at a Full Governing Body meeting. Parent Governors remain for their four year term or until their child leaves the school, whichever is sooner.
Full Governing Body meetings are held six times each academic year as are our committee meetings.
Local Authority Governors
Dave Ibbotson (Chair) July 2023
Nick Austin (Vice Chair) June 2022
Co-opted Governors
James Aston March 2022
Laura Brace November 2023
Paul Harrison July 2023
Nick Myers October 2024
Esther van Rooyen May 2022
Parent Governors
Eliza Bell February 2021
Vacancy
Clerk
Judith Araque
Foundation Governors
Greg Dalton September 2022
Yann Dubreuil (ex officio)
Trevor Nixon July 2023
Staff Governors
Katy Pinchess - Headteacher
Becky Miffling December 2020
Natalie Drew July 2023
Associates (re-elected annually)
Claire Aston July 2021
Mark Desborough July 2021
COMMITTEES
Resources (Covering Finance & Buildings, Health and Safety)
James Aston
Greg Dalton
Mark Desborough
Paul Harrison (Chair)
Trevor Nixon
Katy Pinchess
Laura Wellstead
Curriculum and Standards
Nick Austin (Chair)
Eliza Bell
Natalie Drew
Dave Ibbotson
Becky Miffling
Nick Myers
Katy Pinchess
Esther van Rooyen
Policy/Hub link
Natalie Drew
Personnel
Claire Aston
Yann Dubreuil
Paul Harrison (Safer Recruitment trained)
Dave Ibbotson (Safer Recruitment trained)
Katy Pinchess (Safer Recruitment trained)
Emily Spicer
Esther van Rooyen (Chair)
Headteacher Performance Management
Dave Ibbotson
Greg Dalton
Claire Aston
Pay Committee
Paul Harrison
Greg Dalton
Dave Ibbotson
Annual Self Evaluation and Data
Nick Austin
Should the following committees be needed, the Clerk will contact three eligible Governors in alphabetical order (excluding the Chair, Headteacher and Staff Governor) starting at the last member to serve on a panel. The Clerk will ensure that the Governors have not had prior involvement'. Capability, Disciplinary, Flexible working requests, Grievance, Pay Appeals, Redundancy, Staff Dismissal, Time off.
The pecuniary interests of the members can be downloaded from the foot of this page, along with the attendance details of the members for the last academic year. With the exception of Yann Dubreuil, who is a governor at Binsted School, no-one else holds a governance role in any other educational institution.