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 October 2021 - October 2025	Amy Brown has been teaching for 5 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 at the beginning of 2020.She is PSHE lead at Christ Church as well as being part of the RE teaching and learning team and on the Christian Ethos committee. She is passionate about helping children reach their full potential as well as creating a happy and safe learning environment. She is looking forward to being on the Governing body and being able to bring the voice of the children and staff of Christ Church.
Claire Caldwell	Elected Parent Governor May 2021 - May 2025	Claire Caldwell is a parent of four children, two who currently are 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 part of the Admissions committee, the Pupil Impact committee and the Christian Ethos committee. She is also deeply interested in Wellbeing amongst both staff and pupils. Claire enjoys sports, cooking and travel, though people bring her the biggest joy.	Pupil Impact Christian Ethos
Anna Edwards	Foundation governor appointed by the Diocese July 2022 - July 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.
Marcy Gwanzura	Foundation governor appointed by the Diocese September 2021 - September 2025	Marcy Gwanzura 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. She 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.
Dave Pamphilon		Details to follow
Andrew Rankin	Governor appointed by the Local Authority January 2021 - January 2025	Andrew Rankin 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. He 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.	Christian Ethos (Chair) HR
Mike Sainsbury	Foundation governor appointed by the Diocese September 2020 - 2024	Mike Sainsbury became a governor in 2020. He has lived in New Malden since 1986 and has been an active member of Christ Church since then. He has been an Operations Manager at a large London university since 2016 having previously worked in Human Resources for many years. Mike has substantial previous experience as a primary school governor and is delighted that he can bring his personal and professional experience to the school, particularly at the moment to the HR and Business Impact committees. He is very pleased to be working with the school’s excellent staff and the other governors to ensure that Christ Church remains a school where every pupil has the opportunity to thrive in a caring Christian community.	HR Business Impact
Emma Scott	Elected Parent Governor November 2015 – November 2022	Emma Scott 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 (Chair)
Robert Shrimpton	Foundation Governor (appointed by SDBE) September 2014 - September 2022	Robert Shrimpton (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.	Pupil Impact
Joy Uren	Foundation Governor (appointed by SDBE) November 2018 - November 2022	Joy Uren 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. She 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
Neil Meehan	Headteacher Ex-officio	Neil Meehan joined the school as Headteacher in September 2022. He was previously Executive Headteacher at Laleham and Ashford C of E Primary Schools Partnership 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.

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

NAME	PICTURE	GOVERNOR TYPE/DATE OF OFFICE	RECENT PREVIOUS GOVERNORS	COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Nick Hudson		Co-opted Governor March 2015 - August 2022	Nick Hudson (Vice-Chair) is parent to two boys, both formerly at the school, and he has been an active member of Christ Church since 2002. He has extensive experience of committee, management and team-related work and is passionate about working with the school and its excellent staff to help ensure that all pupils are given the best chance to achieve their potential. He also has a particular interest in technology and IT and how its use can help the school’s teaching staff. He has a passion for sporting and creative activities, such as the school’s brilliant provision for music.	Pupil Impact (Chair)
Tabitha White		Headteacher Ex-officio 2012-2022	Tabitha White joined the school as Headteacher in January 2012, having previously been the Headteacher of St Michael's CofE Primary School for nearly 12 years.	Pupil Impact Business Impact HR Christian Ethos

NAME

PICTURE

GOVERNOR TYPE/DATE OF OFFICE

RECENT PREVIOUS GOVERNORS

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

Nick Hudson

Co-opted Governor

March 2015 - August 2022

Nick Hudson (Vice-Chair) is parent to two boys, both formerly at the school, and he has been an active member of Christ Church since 2002. He has extensive experience of committee, management and team-related work and is passionate about working with the school and its excellent staff to help ensure that all pupils are given the best chance to achieve their potential. He also has a particular interest in technology and IT and how its use can help the school’s teaching staff. He has a passion for sporting and creative activities, such as the school’s brilliant provision for music.

Pupil Impact (Chair)

Tabitha White

Headteacher

Ex-officio

2012-2022

Tabitha White joined the school as Headteacher in January 2012, having previously been the Headteacher of St Michael's CofE Primary School for nearly 12 years.

Pupil Impact

Business Impact

Christian Ethos

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 PCC 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 PCC 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