Governors
The local governing board 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
& term of office |
Biog. |
Register
of Interests |
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Dr Michael
Roe |
Chair
of Governors Link
role: Finance & HR |
Co-opted |
Mike is
a consultant paediatrician at University Hospital Southampton, and is the
hospital lead on safeguarding and child protection |
None |
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18/01/23
– 17/01/27 |
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Chris
Sykes |
Ex-officio |
Headteacher
USH |
None |
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Tora
Mitra Ganguli |
Link
role: Curriculum |
Co-opted
18/10/23 |
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 |
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Laura
Starke |
Link
role: SEN |
Parent
governor |
Laura
is an SEN teacher at another Southampton secondary school |
None |
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06/02/23
– 05/02/27 |
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Robin
Doulton |
Link
role: Safeguarding |
Co-opted |
Robin
teaches secondary Science at another Southampton school. |
Spouse
employed by another Hamwic/JEP school. |
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08/03/23
– 07/03/23 |
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Rachele
Newman |
Link
role: Curriculum |
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Sara
Babahami |
Co-opted |
None |
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25/02/21
Resigned w.e.f. 22/09/23 |
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Bhavini
Goldman |
Link
role: Teaching & Learning/Curriculum |
Staff
governor |
None |
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11/11/22
– 31/12/2023 |
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Sonal
Mehta |
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Co-opted |
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None |
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16/06/22
– Resigned w.e.f. 17/07/24 |
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Jacqui
Westbury-Hogg |
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Co-opted |
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None |
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30/11/20
– Resigned w.e.f. 17/07/24 |
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Professor
Zheng-Tong Xie |
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Co-opted |
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None |
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03/11/21
– 05/02/23 |
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06/02/23
– Resigned w.e.f. 17/07/24 |
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Saarah Azam |
Staff
Governor |
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None |
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Paul
Webber |
Parent
governor 06/02/23
– resigned w.e.f. 03/09/24 |
None |
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