Governors

School governors have a responsibility for supporting their schools, while also holding them to account.

At Rushey Green, Governors are actively involved in all aspects of school life and contribute time and energy to ensure the school continually improves. Governors share the school’s aims and values, and are keen to enhance the environment, provide the right resources and to see that every child receives the best possible education.

The purpose of the Governing Body is to help the school to provide the best possible education for its pupils.

They work closely with the Headteacher and the Senior Leadership Team to set the school’s strategic aims and policies and actively work to monitor, support and improve the quality of teaching and learning for all pupils. T

he role of the Governing Body is one of strategic oversight; governors are not involved in the day-to-day running of the school. That is the responsibility of the Headteacher.

Our Governors represent our wider school community: elected parent and staff governors, one Local Authority nominee and co-opted members from the wider community. They have a mix of skills, experiences and backgrounds to help provide the best possible support to the School.

You can contact the Governors by emailing admin@rusheygreen.lewisham.sch.uk 

Responsibilities

A Governing Body’s responsibilities cover three key areas:

 

To Provide a Strategic View: To be a 'Critical Friend':  To ensure Accountability of the School: 
- Focus on the future - Offer support and constructive   advice. - Ensuring the school delivers good quality education
- Set appropriate objectives - Be a sounding board for ideas - Monitoring the school's overall performance
- Develop a strategic framework and policies to   achieve these objects - Ask challenging questions when   necessary - Ensuring the school complies with its statutory and   legal responsibilities.

 

The full Governing Body meets formally twice a term. Sub-committees also meet once or twice a term to focus on particular areas in more detail.

The two main sub-committees are: Resources, Pay, Learning and Achievement, and Behaviour and Inclusion. Other committees, panels and project teams meet when needed.

It's also important for Governors to see the school in action, and they make regular visits to classrooms, to speak with teachers and to join in school events and celebrations.

Governors take very seriously the role they play and the contribution they can make. Governors are expected to sign up to a code of practice agreeing to act with honesty and integrity, to keep up to date with training and to respect confidentiality at all times.

RUSHEY GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL – 2024  Information

GOVERNING BODY STRUCTURE- Reconstituted 10/07/2019   - 15 governor places.

               

Headteacher                                                                         1

Staff                                                                                       1

Appointed by the London Borough of Lewisham            1

Elected parents of pupils attending the school                4

Co-opted by the governing body                                        8

 

                                               Total                                        15                         

 

Co- Chairs of the Governing Body: Ms Daisy Hooper & Ms Rachel Hope 

Vice Chair of the Governing Body: Ms Lilian Brooks

 

COMMITTEE STRUCTURE

 

Learning and Achievement: Chair – Rev. Charles Pickstone

Resources  Committee: Chair -  Ms Nariell Morrison 

Behaviour & Inclusion : Chair  Ms Lilian Brooks 

Pay Committee: Chair – Ms Daisy Hooper

 

Pupil Discipline Committee / Staff Discipline Committee / Grievance Committee / Dismissal Committee / Complaints Committee / Pay Appeals Committee : Membership to comprise any three members of the Governing Body having regard to availability, personal knowledge or involvement in a case, and any advice from Lewisham Personnel regarding the appropriate make up of a committee.

 

Clerk to the Governing Body:  Mike Garrick, Lewisham Governors Services, 3rd Floor, Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, London  SE6 4RU

 

RUSHEY GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL - Register of Interests 2023 -24

Name

Name of Business or Organisation

Including:

  • governor elsewhere (please include school or educational institutions name)
  • relationships with school staff including spouses, partners and close relatives
  • employed at school

Nature of Business

Nature of Interest

Date Declaration Made

Lisa Williams

Rushey Green Primary School

Also, governor at St John Baptist Primary School

Headteacher

School Employee

02.10.2023

Rachel Hope

NHS England

Director of Digital Resources

None

02.10.2023

Daisy Hooper 

Chartered Management Institute   

Head of Policy & Public Affairs 

None 

02.10.2023

Amarjeet Singh

Rushey Green School

Office manger

School Employee

02.10.2023

Oliver Payne

GL Education, EdTech

 

Education Adviser & International consultant

None

13.11.2023

Nariell Morrison     

Imperial College London

Clinical Education Fellow  

None

02.10.2023

Lilian Brooks           

Carer

Carer

None

02.10.2023

Christine Kiwanuka

Soverein Network Group  

Departmental lead 

None

02.10.2023

Edison Huynh

York Academy of science   

Cllr Lewisham Council

Trustee of Lewisham Youth Théâtre

Director of Research & Special Projects 

None

02.10.2023

Charles Pickstone

Church of England

Vicar

None

02.10.2023

Brenda Montague

Greenwich Martime Museum

Customer Sales Associate

None

02.10.2023

Arlina Pali

None

 

None

 

None

02.10.2023

Nadine Charles

EY LLP (Accounting firm),

Senior Manager

None

18.03.  2024

Peter Baker- Lowe

Sydenham School

Teacher

None

02.10.2023

Nerissa Fisher

Rushey Green Primary School

Deputy Head

School Employee

14.11.2023

Maria Kilcoyne

Rushey Green Primary School

Business Manager

School Employee

14.11.2023

 

 

Equality Monitoring

 

White British  5
Black Caribbean  3
Black African  1
Asian Indian  2
MWBR   1 
OVIE  1 
WALB   1 
   
Male  4
Female   10
   
20-39 Years  1
30-39 Years  8
40-49 Years  2
50-59 Years  3
60+ Years  0