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

Dr Michael Roe

Chair of Governors

Link role: Finance & HR

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

Tora Mitra Ganguli

Link role: Curriculum

Co-opted

18/10/23 -17/10/27

Tora has worked in STEM around the world and is currently at BAT. Tora is keen to ensure that STEM teaching and curriculums are both informative and stimulating

Governor at Bassett Green Primary School

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

 

 

Bruno Duckworth-Russell

 

Staff

19/11/24 – 18/11/28

 

 

Malky Chaloner

 

Parent

19/11/24 – 18/11/28

 

 

 

Past Governors

Name

Appointment

Appointment & term of office

Register of Interests

Robin Doulton

Co-opted

08/03/23 – Resigned w.e.f. 23/10/24

None

Paul Webber

Parent governor

 

06/02/23 – Resigned w.e.f. 03/09/24

None

Saarah Azam

Staff Governor

08/02/24 – Resigned w.e.f. 24/08/24

None

Professor Zheng-Tong Xie

Parent governor then co-opted

03/11/21 – resigned w.e.f. 17/07/24

None

Jacqui Westbury-Hogg

Co-opted

30/11/20 – Resigned w.e.f. 17/07/24

None

Sonal Mehta

Co-opted

16/06/22 – Resigned w.e.f. 17/07/24

None

Bhavini Goldman

Staff

11/11/22 – 31/12/23

None

Local Governing Committee Attendance - 2023/24

Local Governing Committee Register of Interests

Parent Governor Nomination Form

Governor Application Form