Meet the Governors

Meet the Governors of Highfields Primary School

Please find below information on our Governing Body, how the Governing Body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.

You will also find information on Governor attendance to committee meetings and full governor meetings, the current register of Business Interests, subject responsibilities and Annual Statement.

Malcolm Gentry- Chair

Member of the Personnel, Finance and Strategy Committees I have been a governor at Highfields for 18 years or so. I have had the honour of being chair for the best part of 15 years. (To be honest I can’t quite remember when I first became chair).

My wife and I have lived in the area for 30 years and have two sons, now both adults. Both my sons were former pupils of Highfields and it would be fair to say that I am a governor because I wanted to give something back to the school that played a part in their development.

I am now retired but prior to this was an employee of BT plc. I was the Principal Commercial Manager for BT Enterprises. I have many years of managerial experience with large teams and with commercial responsibilities for large budgets.

Gaius Phillingham

In May 2007 we moved into the area and our eldest son took a place at Highfields. A year or two later I became a governor and although both our children have moved onto High School; I don't want to leave!

I have recently been asked to serve as Vice Chair of the whole governing body, am chair of the Premises Committee and sit on the Finance Committee too. I am the Pastor at a local church and so really enjoy my subject responsibilities of Music and Religious Education.

It has been a privilege to serve the school during the time that we have achieved an Outstanding rating from Ofsted.

Dave Ashley

I have been a governor at Highfields for over 10 years and am currently the Chair of the Finance Committee, as well as being on the Strategy Committee and being the governor responsible for Assessment.

My two children went to Highfields, which prepared them very well towards success at Manningtree High School, which they both now attend.

A primary school teacher myself at a school in Colchester, leading the junior phase and being responsible for the teaching of maths across the school, as well as being a Safeguarding Deputy Designated Person, I find my working experiences very portable to my role as a governor.

Away from schools, I am the Chairman of Lawford Parish Council, sitting on all committees associated with this role, and hence am able to make links between Highfields and the wider community. I am also a trustee of a charity responsible for the Alms-houses in Manningtree, and a trustee of a local housing enterprise trust.

Hannah Doran
I’ve been a governor for four years and chair the Curriculum Committee, with particular responsibility for the Early Years Foundation Stage, Art and Design & Technology, and Behaviour.

We moved to Manningtree in April 2013 and have really enjoyed settling into the local community and getting to know everyone. All my children went to Highfields Primary School.

I became a governor because it’s a fantastic opportunity to support Highfields, its staff and students, and to have a positive impact on children’s education. I also work four days a week as a managing editor at the Financial Conduct Authority in London.

Kathryn Glover

I sit on the Premises Committee and I also have subject responsibility for PE. I have two children who both went to Highfields. I became a governor because I wanted to support Highfields to become the best it can be. I also work part-time as a civil servant at the Department of Health and hope that my experience of governance and management will be a useful contribution to the governing body and the school.

Darren Cole

I am a new governor with responsibility for Computing and Raising Attainment.

My two children have both attended Highfields.

My background is suited to my role as governor as I spent 7 years as a Primary school teacher. For the past 10 years I have worked as an education adviser for Essex County Council with a particular focus on software to support assessment and data analysis. With all the recent changes to the Primary curriculum and end of Key Stage assessment I wanted to offer my knowledge and skills in this area to help support the school through the necessary changes.

Christine Meadway

I’ve been a governor since my youngest son was a pupil at Highfields and I think I’ve served on the Premises Committee for most of this time. I also serve on the Personnel Committee and because I used to work in the community health services with children with additional needs I’m now the governor with responsibility for children with SEND, working closely with the school SENCO, Mrs Bowden. I also have governor responsibility for monitoring the way Pupil Premium is spent within the school and ensuring that the school and its environment is a safe and happy place for everyone who studies and works here.

One of my greatest pleasures as a governor is seeing our children being encouraged to grow in confidence and develop their skills and talents, whatever they may be.

Jordan Marshall

I am a parent Governor at Highfields Primary and I am on the Finance Committee.

Robert White

Awaiting Content

The Governing Body 2020- 2021

Name	Committees	Category	Date Appointed	Term of Office Ends
Mrs Hilary Cook	All Committees	Head Teacher	1-9-94	-
Mrs Christine Deane	Curriculum Premises	Staff	2-2-08	Until 1-2-22
Mr David Ashley	Finance Chair	Co-opted	14-10-16	Until 13-10-24
Mr Malcolm Gentry (Chair Full Governing Body)	Personnel Chair Finance	Co-opted	18-10-00	Until 30-8-21
Mrs Katie Tait	Curriculum	Co-opted	6-10-15	Until 6-10-23
Mrs Christine Meadway	Personnel Chair Premises	Co-opted	14-10-98	Until 13-10-22
Rev Gaius Phillingham	Premises Chair Finance	Co-opted	14-5-16	Until 13-5-23
Mrs Hannah Hancock (Doran)	Curriculum Chair	Co-opted	10-2-15	Until 9-2-22
Mr Darren Cole	Curriculum Personnel	Co-opted	17-6-15	Until 16-6-22
Mrs Kathryn Glover	Premises	Co-opted	15-6-15	Until 14-6-22
Mr Mike White		Associate	3-10-17	Until 3-10-21
Mr Jordan Marshall	Finance	Local Authority	22-2-18	Until 22-2-22
Mr Robert White	Finance	Co- opted	8-10-19	Until 8-10-23

Governing Body Members for the current and previous academic year who have stepped down

Name	Category	Date Appointed	Date Stepped Down
Mrs Kathryn Filmer	Parent	6-12-16	6-10-2020

Name and address of Chair of Governors & Clerk to Governors:

Chair of Governors: Malcolm Gentry

Clerk to Governors: Sue Madell

Both can be contacted via the school:

Highfields Primary School,

Colchester Road,

Lawford,

Manningtree,

Essex CO11 2BN

Telephone: 01206 392223

Information supplied by Governor Services EES

Membership of Committee Highfields Primary School

Governing Body 2020- 2021

Personnel	Premises & Contract Management
Hilary Cook	Hilary Cook
Malcolm Gentry	Chris Deane
Christine Meadway	Kathryn Glover
Darren Cole	Christine Meadway
	Gaius Phillingham


Curriculum	Finance
Hilary Cook	Hilary Cook
Katie Tait	David Ashley
Darren Cole	Malcolm Gentry
Christine Deane	Gaius Phillingham
Hannah Doran	Louise Riddlestone Finance Manager
	Jordon Marshall
	Katie Tait Robert White

Salaries	Pupil Discipline/Staff Discipline
Headteacher	Malcolm Gentry
Chair of Governors Chair of Finance Chair of Personnel	Gaius Phillingham plus a further impartial governor.
	Strategy Committee
	Headteacher
	Chair of Governors
	Chair of Finance
	Chair of Personnel
	Chair of Curriculum
	Chair of Premises

Appeals
Associate Member with 2 other governors who haven’t been involved in any investigation and are not otherwise in conflict.

If you are not a member of a particular committee but are interested in the agenda you may attend any meeting as an observer.

Governor Subject Responsibilities/Support 2020- 2021

SUBJECT	TEACHER LEAD	GOVERNOR
Reading Manager English	Sally Allston Emma Grant	Hannah Doran
Foundation Stage	Katie Tait	Hannah Doran
Maths	Tara Marshall Key Stage 1 Karen Billings Key Stage 2	Robert White
Computing	Ashley Page	Darren Cole
Raising Attainment Manager	Katie Tait	Darren Cole
Science	Simon Smith	Malcolm Gentry
Design Technology	Jackie Turner Katie Tait	Hannah Doran
Equalities Link Governor Inclusion SEN,CP,PP, Able and Talented, Looked After and Safeguarding	Hilary Cook Amy Bowden	Christine Meadway Link Governor Hannah Doran
Assessment /AFL	Christine Deane	Dave Ashley
History and Geography	Tara Marshall	Jordan Marshall
PSHE	Victoria Yardley	Darren Cole
Music	Hannah Cole Hilary Cook	Jordan Marshall
PE/Sports funding	Karen Billings Simon Smith	Kathryn Glover
Art/Display	Melanie Battle	Hannah Doran
Health and Safety	Christine Deane	Kathryn Glover
Complaints and Whistle Blowing		Gaius Phillingham
Attendance	Hilary Cook	Dave Ashley
Able/Talented	Chris Deane	Christine Meadway
General Data Protection Regulations	Louise Riddlestone	Hannah Doran
RE	Ashley Page	Gaius Phillingham
MFL	Victoria Yardley	Vacancy
Attendance	Michelle Cooke Hilary Cook	Dave Ashley
Website	Ashley Page	Kathryn Glover
Remote Learning		Kathryn Glover

Register of Business Interests 2020- 2021

Governor	Interests Declared
Hilary Cook	Nil Declaration
Malcolm Gentry	BT shareholder
Gaius Phillingham	Trinity Free Church The Open Door Christian Fellowship, Norwich
Christine Meadway	Venture Centre 2000 1^st Lawford Scout Group
David Ashley	Lawford Housing Enterprise Trust Almshouse Association Spouse working at Highfields Primary School
Christine Deane	Nil Declaration
Katie Tait	Nil Declaration
Hannah Hancock (Doran)	Nil Declaration
Kathryn Glover	Nil Declaration
Darren Cole	Nil Declaration
Jordan Marshall	Spouse Teacher at Highfields Primary School
Robert White	Nil Declaration

Governor resigned from role in last 12 months

Governor	Interests Declared
Kathryn Filmer	Nil Declaration

Attendance of Meetings 2019- 2020

Autumn Term 2019	Committee Member of.	FGB 8-10	Curriculum 17-9 26-11	Finance 8-10	Personnel	Premises 27-9 8-11 29-11
Hilary Cook	All Committees	I	II	I		III
David Ashley	Finance (Chair)	X		X
Darren Cole	Curriculum Personnel	I	II
Christine Deane	Curriculum Premises	I	II			III
Kathryn Filmer	Premises Personnel	I				III
Malcolm Gentry	Personnel Finance	I		I
Kathryn Glover	Premises	I				III
Hannah Hancock (Doran)	Curriculum (Chair)	I	II
Christine Meadway	Personnel Premises	I				III
Jordan Marshall	Finance	II		I
Gaius Phillingham	Premises (Chair) Finance			I		III
Louise Riddlestone	Finance (observer)			I
Katie Tait	Curriculum Finance	I	II	I

Attendance of Meetings 2019- 2020

Spring Term 2020	Committee Member of.	FGB 11-2	Curriculum 4-2	Finance 20-1	Personnel 28-2	Premises 15-1
Hilary Cook	All Committees	I	I	I	I	I
David Ashley	Finance (Chair)	I		X
Darren Cole	Curriculum Personnel	I	X		I
Christine Deane	Curriculum Premises	I	I			I
Kathryn Filmer	Premises Personnel	I			I	I
Malcolm Gentry	Personnel Finance	I		I	I
Kathryn Glover	Premises	I				I
Hannah Hancock (Doran)	Curriculum (Chair)	I	I
Christine Meadway	Personnel Premises	I			I	I
Jordan Marshall	Finance	I		I
Gaius Phillingham	Premises (Chair) Finance	I		I		I
Louise Riddlestone	Finance			I
Katie Tait	Curriculum Finance	I	I	I

Attendance of Meetings 2019- 2020

Summer 2020 LOCKDOWN FROM MARCH 22^nd 2020	Committee Member of.	FGB 23-6	Curriculum	Finance	Personnel	Premises
Hilary Cook	All Committees	I
David Ashley	Finance (Chair)	I
Darren Cole	Curriculum Personnel	I
Christine Deane	Curriculum Premises	I
Kathryn Filmer	Premises Personnel	I
Malcolm Gentry	Personnel Finance	I
Kathryn Glover	Premises	I
Hannah Hancock (Doran)	Curriculum (Chair)	I
Christine Meadway	Personnel Premises	I
Jordan Marshall	Finance	I
Gaius Phillingham	Premises (Chair) Finance	I
Louise Riddlestone	Finance (observer)
Katie Tait	Curriculum Finance	I

Attendance of Committee Meetings 2018- 2019

Summer 2019	Committee Member of.	FGB 26-6	Curriculum 7-5	Finance 20-6	Personnel	Premises 8-5/24-6
Hilary Cook	All Committees	I	I	I		II
David Ashley	Finance (Chair)	I		X
Darren Cole	Curriculum Personnel	I	I
Christine Deane	Curriculum Premises	I	I			II
Kathryn Filmer	Premises Personnel	I				IX
Malcolm Gentry	Personnel Finance	I		I
Kathryn Glover	Premises	I				II
Hannah Hancock (Doran)	Curriculum (Chair)	I	I
Christine Meadway	Personnel Premises	I				XI
Jordan Marshall	Finance	I		I
Gaius Phillingham	Premises (Chair) Finance	I		I		II
Louise Riddlestone	Finance (observer)			I
Katie Tait	Curriculum Finance	I	I	I

Autumn Term 2018	Committee Member of.	FGB 2-10	Curriculum 25-9 4-12	Finance 19-9 28-11	Personnel 27-9	Premises 19-9 21-11
Hilary Cook	All Committees	I	II	II	I	II
Karen Acfield	Curriculum	I	I*
David Ashley	Finance (Chair)	*		I*
Darren Cole	Curriculum Personnel	I	II		*
Christine Deane	Curriculum Premises	I	II			II
Kathryn Filmer	Premises Personnel	I			*	I*
Malcolm Gentry	Personnel Finance	I		II	I
Kathryn Glover	Premises	I				II
Hannah Hancock (Doran)	Curriculum (Chair)	I	II
Christine Meadway	Personnel Premises	I			I	II
Jordan Marshall	Finance	*		II
Gaius Phillingham	Premises (Chair) Finance	I		II		II
Louise Riddlestone	Finance (observer)			II
Katie Tait	Curriculum Finance	I	II	II

Spring Term 2019	Committee Member of.	FGB 29-1 30-4	Curriculum 5-2	Finance 24-1 30/4	Personnel 6-2 15-3	Premises 23-1 13-3
Hilary Cook	All Committees	II	I	II	II	II
David Ashley	Finance (Chair)	XI		II
Darren Cole	Curriculum Personnel	II	I		IX
Christine Deane	Curriculum Premises	II	I			II
Kathryn Filmer	Premises Personnel	II			II	II
Malcolm Gentry	Personnel Finance	II		II	II
Kathryn Glover	Premises	II				II
Hannah Hancock (Doran)	Curriculum (Chair)	II	I
Christine Meadway	Personnel Premises	II			II	II
Jordan Marshall	Finance	XI		XI
Gaius Phillingham	Premises (Chair) Finance	II		XI		IX
Louise Riddlestone	Finance			II	XI (6-7)
Katie Tait	Curriculum Finance	II	I	II	II (1-5)

Governing Body

Annual Governance Statement

Instrument of Government