Governors
Welcome to our Governors’ section.
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.
St Christopher’s Multi Academy Trust (MAT) is structured in accordance with its Memorandum and Articles of Association. It aims to provide governance that is conducive to effective working, ensuring that checks and balances are in place whilst avoiding duplication and delivering effective two way communication.
The founding members appoint further Trustees with the Diocesan Board of Education maintaining a majority of appointments. When appointing new Trustees, the Board gives consideration to the skills and experience mix of existing Trustees in order to ensure that the Board has the necessary skills to contribute fully to the MATs development.
Each school within the MAT has its own local governing body to whom delegated authority is clearly defined via a scheme of delegated authority. Each Trustee takes responsibility for a portfolio area and provides the point of contact on this topic to local governors to ensure effective communication.
In simple terms, the governance structure delegates the ‘business’ matters of running a school to the Board of Trustees and Trust senior management team, freeing up school leaders to focus on teaching, learning and school improvement.
Governors have specific areas of responsibility:
Chair of Governors: Kirsty Sidgreaves
Vice-Chair of Governors: Andrew Thomas
Safeguarding Lead: Shirley Herod
Clerk to the LGB Sam Brown email: mod.clerk@stcmat.org
If you wish to contact the Governing Body then please email mod.clerk@stcmat.org
Composition of governors for 2022 - 2023
N.B. Please use the slider bar to see governor attendance figures for 2021/22
Current Governors | |||||||
Name | Type of Governor | Appointing Body | Role | Term Start/End | Committee(s) | Registered Interests | Attendance 2021/22 |
Phillippa Bellows | Foundation | Trust |
| 16/11/2021 | LGB, P&P, Admissions | Minister of religion: Assistant curate West Dartmoor Mission Community | 3 of 5 |
Maddy Carr | Parent | Parents/carers |
| 01/07/2022 | LGB, P&P, Admissions | Member Meavy School PTFA , Mount Kelly school teacher | 1 of 1 |
Phillip Gasche | Foundation | Trust |
| 16/12/2019 | LGB, P&P, Admissions | None | 6 of 7 |
Kate Gawadzyn | Ex-officio | Trust | Headteacher | n/a | LGB, Admissions | Parent of pupil at Meavy School | 7 of 7 |
Shirley Herod | Foundation | Trust | Safeguarding Lead Gov | 08/02/2021 | LGB, P&P, Admissions | None | 6 of 7 |
Sarah Milne | Foundation | Trust | 02/03/23 | LGB, P&P, Admissions | Self employed court and parliamentary reporter; Adventus transcription Ltd, Councillor @ Burrator Parish; | ||
Alison Rogers | Parent | Parents/carers |
| 27/01/22 | LGB, P&P, Admissions | None | 3 of 3 |
Louise Scott | Ex-officio | Trust | Headteacher | n/a | LGB, Admissions | Husband conducts small building/remedial works on adhoc basis for school | 7 of 7 |
Kirsty Sidgreaves | Foundation | Trust | Chair of Governors | 10/12/18 and reappointed as of 10/12/22 | LGB, P&P, Admissions | Business owner: Sid and Tumble
| 7 of 7 |
Andrew Thomas | Parish Priest Ex-officio | Trust | Vice Chair | n/a | LGB, P&P, Admissions | None | 5 of 7 |
VACANCY | Foundation | Trust |
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VACANCY | Co-opted | LGB |
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Governors that have ceased governing in the last 12 months | |||||||
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Nuala McDermott | Staff | Staff | 10/11/22 | 11/05/23 | No longer employed at the schools | ||
Mike Godkin | Foundation | Trust | 01/09/21 | 27/05/22 | Resigned |
| 3 of 6 |
Anne-Marie Critchley | Staff | Staff | 01/09/21 | 07/09/22 | Resigned |
| 7 of 7 |