Governors
The local governing committee at Upper Shirley High school is a committee of the Hamwic Education Trust Board and has three key functions: • Helping to set the strategy for the school • Holding school leaders to account for school performance • Stakeholder management, including parents, pupils, staff and the wider community
Details of the constitution of the board and its role are documented in the Hamwic Terms of Reference for Local Governing Committees, and the Scheme of Delegation.
Contact Details: To contact the governing board please email:
chair@ushschool.org or clerk@ushschool.org.
If you wish to raise a complaint, please refer to the school Complaints policy which sets out the process to follow.
Our governors:
Name |
Role |
Appointment |
Appointment & term of
office |
Biog. |
Register of Interests (see
following table) |
Dr Michael Roe |
Chair of Governors Link role: Safeguarding |
Co-opted |
18/01/23 – 17/01/27 |
Mike is a consultant
paediatrician at University Hospital Southampton, and is the hospital lead on
safeguarding and child protection |
None |
Chris Sykes |
Headteacher USH |
Ex-officio |
None |
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Laura Starke |
Link role: SEN |
Parent governor |
06/02/23 – 05/02/27 |
Laura is an SEN teacher at
another Southampton secondary school |
None |
Rachele Newman |
Link role: Curriculum |
Co-opted |
17/07/24 – 16/07/28 |
|
|
Peter Holloway |
Link Role: Pastoral |
Co-opted |
25/09/24 – 24/09/28 |
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Bruno Duckworth-Russell |
Link Role: Data |
Staff |
19/11/24 – 18/11/28 |
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Malky Chaloner |
Link Role: Careers Education |
Parent |
19/11/24 – 18/11/28 |
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Simon Crispin |
Link Role: TBC |
Co-opted |
04/12/24 - 03/24/28 |
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Julie Staunton |
Link Role: TBC |
Co-opted |
26/02/25 - 25/02/29 |
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Aimee Hall |
Link Role: TBC |
Co-opted |
26/02/25 - 25/02/29 |
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Local Governing Committee Attendance - 2023/24
Local Governing Committee Register of Interests