Governing Board

GOVERNORS OF ST. JOHN FISHER CATHOLIC COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL

St. John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School inspires students, spiritually and educationally forming them through Faith, so that they will achieve their aspirations and contribute to their community.

Details of the current Governors

NAME	CATEGORY	POSITION	DATE TERM STARTED	DATE TERM ENDS
Clive Mailing	Foundation Governor (appointed by the Diocese)	Chairman(elected by the Governing Board)	Sep 2018	Aug 2022
Deacon Jim Coleman	Foundation Governor (appointed by the Diocese)	Vice-Chair (elected by the Governing Board) Chair: Catholic Mission & Ethos	Jan 2013	Dec 2021
Dympna Lennon	Headteacher	Headteacher	Sep 2016	Not Applicable
Fr. Chris Baker	Foundation Governor (appointed by the Diocese)		Sep 2019	Sep 2023
Katherine Sexton	Foundation Governor	Chair: School Monitoring & Improvement	Sep 2016	Jan 2021
Tracy Marsh	Parent Governor		Jun 2018	Jun 2022
Leon Rouncivell	Parent Governor		Jun 2018	Jun 2022

Governors who have recently retired

NAME	CATEGORY	DATE TERM STARTED	DATE RETIRED
Ruth Bourne	Local Authority Governor	Jan 2018	Mar 2020
Jan Gillespie	Foundation Governor	Jun 2016	Dec 2018
Marie Foster	Parent Governor	Oct 2016	Mar 2018
Maureen Pearson	Foundation Governor	Sep 2018	Sep 2019
Matthew Roberts	Staff Governor	Feb 2017	Jul 2020

GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERSHIP 2019-2020
The Governors of St John Fisher Catholic school provide management and oversight of budgets, curriculum, policy setting and staff appointments throughout the school.

RESOURCES	SCHOOL MONITORING & IMPROVEMENT	CATHOLIC MISSION & ETHOS
Clive Mailing (chair)	Kathy Sexton (chair)	Dcn Jim Coleman (chair)
Dympna Lennon	Dympna Lennon	Fr Baker
Leon Rouncivell	Clive Mailing	Dympna Lennon
	Matthew Roberts	Clive Mailing
		Tracy Marsh

Click here for the ‘Terms of Reference’ for the School Monitoring and Improvement Committee.

Additional ‘Terms of Reference’ for the other committee’s will be published here as they become available.

 

Governing Board & Committee Meetings 2020/2021 & Term 1 2021/2022

Terms 1 & 2 – Tuesday 1st September 2020 – Friday 18th December 2020

SMIC	Monday 21 Sept 2020	4.00pm to 5.30pm	Exam Results
Full Governing Board Business Meeting	Monday 28 September 2020	6:00pm to 8.00pm	Election of Chair & Vice-Chair, agree committee membership, roles and responsibilities, delegation of responsibilities to HT, sign and update register of business interests
Resources Committee	Monday 12 October 2020	4.00pm to 5.30pm
CME Committee	Monday 9 November 2020	4.00pm to 5.30pm
Resources Committee	Monday 23 November 2020	4.00pm to 5.30pm
Full Governing Board	Monday 7 December 2020	6:00pm to 8.00pm	Full Governing Board
SMIC Committee	Monday 14 December 2020	4.00pm to 5.30pm

 

Terms 3 & 4 – Monday 4th January 2021 – Friday 1st April 2021

Resources Committee	Monday 25 January 2021	4.00pm to 5.30pm
CME Committee	Monday 8 February 2021	4.00pm to 5.30pm
Resources Committee	Monday 1 March 2021	4.00pm to 5.30pm
Full Governing Board	Monday 15 March 2021	6:00pm to 8.00pm
SMIC Committee	Monday 22 March 2021	4.00pm to 5.30pm

 

Terms 5 & 6 – Monday 19th April 2021 – Tuesday 22th July 2021

Resources Committee	Monday 26 April 2021	4.00 pm to 5.30pm Final Accounts 2020/21 & LA Budget Allocation 2021/22
CME Committee	Monday 10 May 2021	4.00pm to 5.30pm
Resources Committee	Monday 14 June 2021	4.00pm to 5.30pm
Full Governing Board	Monday 5 July 2021	6:00pm – 8.00pm meeting FGB to formally ratify 2019/20 budget
SMIC Committee	Monday 12 July 2021	4.00pm to 5.30pm

 

2021-2022

SMIC	Monday 21st Sept 2020	4.00pm to 5.30pm	Exam Results
Full Governing Board Business Meeting	Monday 28 September 2020	6:00pm – 8.00pm meeting	Election of Chair & Vice-Chair, agree committee membership, roles and responsibilities, delegation of responsibilities to HT, sign and update register of business interests

 

Governing Board & Committee Meetings 2018/2019 & Term 1 2019/2020

Terms 1 & 2 – Tuesday 3^rd September 2019 – Friday 20^th December 2019

Full Governing Board Business Meeting	Monday 9 September 2019	6:00pm to 8.00pm meeting	Election of Chair & Vice-Chair, agree to committee membership, roles and responsibilities, the delegation of responsibilities to HT, sign and update register of business interests
SMIC Committee	Monday 16 September 2019	4.00 pm to 5.30 pm	Exam Results
Resources Committee	Monday 11 November 2019	4.00 pm to 5.30 pm
Catholic Mission & Ethos Committee	Monday 12 November 2018	4.00 pm to 5.30 pm
Resources Committee	Monday 2 December 2019	4.00 pm to 5.30 pm
Full Governing Board	Monday 9 December 2019	6:00pm to 8.00pm meeting
SMIC Committee	Monday 16 December 2019	4.00 pm to 5.30 pm

Terms 3 & 4 – Monday 6th January 2020 – Friday 3rd April 2020

Resources Committee	Monday 27 January 2020	4.00 pm to 5.30 pm
CME Committee	Monday 24 February 2020	4.00 pm to 5.30 pm
Resources Committee	Monday 2 March 2020	4.00 pm to 5.30 pm
Full Governing Board	Thursday 21 March 2019	6:00pm to 8.00pm
SMIC Committee	Monday 16 December 2019	4.00 pm to 5.30 pm

Terms 5 & 6 – Monday 20th April 2020 – Tuesday 17th July 2020

Resources Committee	Monday 27 April 2020	4.00 pm to 5.30 pm Final Accounts 2019/20  LA Budget Allocation 2019/20
CME Committee	Monday 11 May 2020	4.00 pm to 5.30 pm
Resources Committee	Monday 1 June 2020	4.00 pm to 5.30 pm
Resources Committee	Monday 22 June 2020	4.00 pm to 5.30 pm
Full Governing Board	Monday 6 July 2020	6:00 pm to 8.00 pm meeting FGB to formally ratify 2019/20 budget
SMIC	Monday 13 July 2020	4.00 pm to 5.30 pm

 2020-2021

SMIC	Monday 21 Sept 2020	4.00 pm to 5.30 pm	Exam Results
Full Governing Board Business Meeting	Thursday 28 September 2020	6:00pm – 8.00pm meeting	Election of Chair & Vice-Chair, agree to committee membership, roles and responsibilities, the delegation of responsibilities to HT, sign and update register of business interests

GOVERNORS DECLARATION & SKILLS AUDIT
This page shows the Governor’s declaration of interests and a skills audit for each person. This page is under frequent review and will be updated on a regular basis.

Name	Organisation	Nature of interest	Date from which involved
Clive Mailing	St Augustine of Canterbury School	Chair of Governors	2003
Clive Mailing	Diocese Local Authority Representative	Diocese Representative on Medway Council’s Children & Adults Overview & Scrutiny Committee	Nov 2013
Clive Mailing	Medway Council’s Schools Forum	Secondary Local Authority Maintained School Governor Representative	Oct 2014
Clive Mailing	Medway Catholic Schools	Chairman of the Academies Working Group	Nov 2016
Fr. Chris Baker	St. Michael’s R.C. Church		Continuous
Katherine Sexton	St Michael’s RCP School, Chatham		2015

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GOVERNORS MEETING ATTENDANCE

FULL GOVERNING BOARD

Name	09/12/2019	16/03/2020	06/07/2020	28/09/2020
Clive Mailing	X	Cancelled	X
Dympna Lennon	X	Cancelled	X
Maureen Pearson		Cancelled
Deac. Jim Coleman	X	Cancelled	X
Fr. Chris Baker	X	Cancelled
Ruth Bourne		Cancelled
Matthew Roberts	X	Cancelled
Katherine Sexton	X	Cancelled	X
Tracy Marsh	X	Cancelled	X
Leon Rouncivell	X	Cancelled	X

 

CATHOLIC MISSION & ETHOS

Name	11/11/2019	24/02/2020	11/05/2020
Clive Mailing	X	X	Cancelled
Dympna Lennon	X		Cancelled
Deac. Jim Coleman	X	X	Cancelled
Fr. Chris Baker	X	X	Cancelled
Tracy Marsh	X	X	Cancelled

 

SCHOOL MONITORING & IMPROVEMENT

Name

16/09/2019

16/12/2019

30/03/2020

13/07/2020

21/09/2020

Clive Mailing

X

X

Cancelled

Cancelled

Dympna Lennon

X

X

Cancelled

Cancelled

Fr. Chris Baker

Cancelled

Cancelled

Maureen Pearson

Cancelled

Cancelled

Katherine Sexton

X

X

Cancelled

Cancelled

Matthew Roberts

X

Cancelled

Cancelled

Tracy Marsh

Cancelled

Cancelled

Resources

	14/10/2019	02/12/2019	27/01/2020	02/03/2020	27/04/2020	01/06/2020
Clive Mailing	X	X	X	X	X	X
Dympna Lennon	X		X	X	X	X
Maureen Pearson
Ruth Bourne
Katherine Sexton					X
Tracy Marsh						X
Leon Rouncivell	X	X	X	X	X	X
Deac. Jim Coleman					X	X
Matthew Roberts					X

 Archive of Governor Attendance from previous years