Governor Who's Who

Christ Church School has 14 governors. Please see below for more details about the people who currently make up the Governing Body.

The Department for Education instructs that governors should be recruited for the skills they can bring into the service of the school. The 14 governors are made up of 8 foundation governors, 1 nominated by the borough, 1 member of staff, 2 elected by the parents, 1 co-opted and the Headteacher. This gives a majority of 2 foundation governors as required by legislation.

NAME	GOVERNOR TYPE/DATE OF OFFICE	DETAILS/REGISTER OF INTEREST	COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Amy Brown	Staff Governor November 2021 - October 2025	Amy has been teaching for 7 years and has experience across Key Stage 2. Originally from North Yorkshire, she began teaching in a small village primary school before moving to London to teach at Christ Church at the beginning of 2020. She is PSHE lead as well as being part of the RE teaching and learning team and the ECT mentor for new teachers. She is passionate about helping children and staff reach their full potential as well as creating a happy and safe learning environment. She is looking forward to speaking on behalf of the children and staff of Christ Church.	Business Impact Christian Ethos
Claire Caldwell	Elected Parent Governor May 2021 - April 2025	Claire is a parent of four children, two at the school and two who are now in secondary school. Her family are part of New Malden Baptist church. Claire previously taught RE and Philosophy at a secondary school in Tooting. She originally is from Northern Ireland but has enjoyed living in both Vancouver and Zambia before moving to New Malden. Claire is also deeply interested in wellbeing amongst both staff and pupils. Claire enjoys sports, cooking and travel, though people bring her the biggest joy.	Admissions Christian Ethos Pupil Impact
Anna Edwards	Foundation governor appointed by the Diocese May 2022 - April 2026	Anna is a member of Christ Church and has two children at Christ Church School. Anna is a qualified teacher who has been working in education for 12 years, she currently is working as Head of Psychology at Kingston Grammar School and has previously taught science and worked as a nurture group teacher.	HR Pupil Impact
Marcy Gwanzura	Foundation governor appointed by the Diocese August 2021 - July 2025	Marcy comes from an Engineering, Computer Science and Business background and, in her current work as a Cyber Security engineer, she is passionate about fostering a sense of gender equality and racial diversity within primary school education and encouraging children from all backgrounds to pursue their interest in STEM subjects. As a practising Christian, her values align with the school ethos and she hopes to inspire pupils to explore the positive relationship between faith and education. Having two girls of her own has taught her a lot about being compassionate, patient and attentive to children’s needs, as well as creating an environment conducive to healthy development. Marcy is excited about being a governor because she believes she brings a wide range of experience from having worked in both the private and public sectors. She is particularly interested in ensuring mathematics and IT lessons are engaging and accessible to all students.	Business Impact (Chair) Human Resources
Dave Pamphilon	May 2022 - April 2026	Dave has worked within Primary Education for over 45 years, including 5 years at Christ Church Junior School in the 1970s. He spent his last 16 years as head of a school in Brixton followed by 10 years as Clerk to a Governing Body in Vauxhall. Now retired, he is involved in the lay leadership at St. John's Church as well as various other voluntary roles in the community.
Andrew Rankin	Governor appointed by the Local Authority January 2021 - December 2025	Andrew retired a few years ago from working in the post-16 sector of education but he has a lively interest in primary education. He has college management experience and is a long term member of the Association for Science Education. Andrew is keen that all subjects are taught well but science is his passion. Andrew has been a member of Christ Church since he was a teenager.	Admissions Business Impact Christian Ethos (Chair)
Mike Sainsbury	Foundation governor appointed by the Diocese September 2020 - August 2024	Mike has lived in New Malden since 1986 and is a member of St Johns, Kingston Road. He has been an Operations Manager at UCL since 2018 having previously worked in Human Resources for many years. Mike has been delighted to bring his personal and professional experience to the school, particularly on the HR and Business Impact committees. Mike enjoys working with the school’s excellent staff and other governors to ensure that Christ Church remains a school where every pupil has the opportunity to thrive in a caring Christian community.	Business Impact HR (Chair)
Emma Scott	Elected Parent Governor November 2018 – October 2022	Emma is the mother of two children, who both attend/ed the school. A Chartered Accountant with over 15 years of professional experience. Emma is delighted to be able to apply her skills to support and help advance the school.	Business Impact Pupil Impact
Robert Shrimpton	Foundation Governor (appointed by SDBE) September 2022 - August 2026	Robert (Chair of Governors) has worked in the Education sector for 12 years and is a qualified teacher with experience in teaching children with special needs across the Key stages. He is an Assistant Headteacher at Cricket Green School in Mitcham. Robert is a Designated Safeguarding Lead and has expertise in this field and delivering training to support special needs children in education.	Admissions Business Impact HR Pupil Impact
Joy Uren	Foundation Governor (appointed by SDBE) June 2022 - May 2026	Joy is a member of St John the Divine Church in New Malden and has been associated with Christ Church school for many years, as a neighbour to the school and as a parent of two girls who attended the school a number of years ago. Joy taught for many years in special education at St Philips School in Chessington. She is a specialist dyslexia teacher and since retiring in 2012, works part-time tutoring from home. She has a great interest in the area of dyslexia and in facilitating young people to achieve their potential.	Christian Ethos Pupil Impact
Neil Meehan	Headteacher Ex-officio	Neil has been headteacher at Christ Church since September 2022. Neil has 16 years of previous headship experience in both community and church schools, over three different schools, including most recently as Executive Headteacher over Ashford and Laleham CofE Primary Schools in Surrey.	Pupil Impact Business Impact HR Christian Ethos

Register of Interest: Where no Register of Interest is noted, this is because the governor has declared that they have no pecuniary or business interests related to the school. They have also declared that they have no family or close personal connections to those working for the school. Declarations of Interest 2022

Local Authority Governor Checklists (which further indicates governor areas of interest): Kingston LA maintains a list of Mandatory Governing Roles. These will be reviewed in the Full Governing Body meeting on 29th September. For the 2021-22 academic year, these were as follows:

Chair: Robert Shrimpton; Clerk to Governors: Julia Tagg; Safer Recruitment (trained governors): Andrew Rankin and Neil Meehan; Performance Management (trained governors): Robert Shrimpton and Joy Uren.

Kingston LA also maintains a list of Link Governing Roles. In 2022/23 these are as follows: Child Protection: Robert Shrimpton & Andrew Rankin; Curriculum: Mike Sainsbury; Health and Safety: Mike Sainsbury; Looked after Children: Joy Uren; SEND: Joy Uren; Early Years: Robert Shrimpton.

Associate members

Associate members are non-governors who sit on at least one sub-committee. Associate members have no voting rights at the Full Board of Governors and, at CCNM, also have no voting rights at the committee level.

NAME	GOVERNOR TYPE/DATE OF OFFICE	ASSOCIATE MEMBERS (with no voting rights)	FULL BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Andrew Burkinshaw	Associate member September 2017 – ongoing	Andrew is the School’s Deputy Headteacher.	Full Board Business Impact Christian Ethos
Ian Duncan	Associate member June 2017 – ongoing	Ian is the School’s Business Manager responsible for anything that affects the operation of both sites including health and safety, maintenance, finances and human resources. Ian was a foundation governor of Christ Church Infants and then the amalgamated Primary School for eight years. Both Ian’s daughters attended the school.	Business Impact
Anna Hornby	Associate member September 2020 - ongoing	Anna is the class teacher in Lion Class and is the RE Subject Leader.	Christian Ethos

NAME

PICTURE

GOVERNOR TYPE/DATE OF OFFICE

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

(with no voting rights)

FULL BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

Andrew Burkinshaw

Associate member

September 2017 – ongoing

Andrew is the School’s Deputy Headteacher.

Full Board

Business Impact

Christian Ethos

Ian Duncan

Associate member

June 2017 – ongoing

Ian is the School’s Business Manager responsible for anything that affects the operation of both sites including health and safety, maintenance, finances and human resources. Ian was a foundation governor of Christ Church Infants and then the amalgamated Primary School for eight years. Both Ian’s daughters attended the school.

Business Impact

Anna Hornby

Associate member

September 2020 - ongoing

Anna is the class teacher in Lion Class and is the RE Subject Leader.

Christian Ethos

Past Governors (who have served within the last 12 months)

NAME	GOVERNOR TYPE/DATE OF OFFICE	COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Nick Hudson	Co-opted Governor March 2015 - August 2022	Pupil Impact (Chair)
Tabitha White	Headteacher Ex-officio 2012 - 2022	Pupil Impact Business Impact HR Christian Ethos

NAME

GOVERNOR TYPE/DATE OF OFFICE

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

Nick Hudson

Co-opted Governor

March 2015 - August 2022

Pupil Impact (Chair)

Tabitha White

Headteacher

Ex-officio

2012 - 2022

Pupil Impact

Business Impact

Christian Ethos