Governors
School Governors
The governing body is a group of volunteers from within the school and the local community.
Our main responsibilities are:
- acting as a critical friend to the school
- providing strategic direction
- ensuring accountability
- promoting high standards of education and achievement
- planning the school’s long-term future
- setting the school’s aims and values
- assisting in the appointment of senior members of staff, including the Headteacher
We meet as a Local Governing Body three times a year, and we each have different responsibilities to fulfil. For example, governors may focus on safeguarding, SEND, learning pathways, or leadership and management.
As the school is an academy in the LIFT Partnership, which is a multi-academy trust, the Local Governing Body is part of a governance structure. The LIFT Partnership has a Board of Trustees, which provides strategic leadership for the schools in the trust. The Board has delegated certain functions to be locally managed, which means that Local Governing Bodies have general responsibility for the effective management of the school. This information is held in a Scheme of Delegation, which can be found on the LIFT Partnership website.
Being a governor is deeply rewarding, and it does require a commitment. Governors are expected to complete induction training and to take full advantage of a detailed programme of development to help build expert knowledge and practice.
If you are interested in joining West Hill’s Governing Body and feel that you have the skills and experience to work with other governors to lead the school, please email Nichola Hooper (nhooper@west-hill.surrey.sch.uk) to arrange an informal discussion in the first instance.
| Role | Name | Appointing Body |
| Chair | Mrs R Goodwin | Trust Board |
| Governors |
Mr P Bower Mr N Fisher (Parent) Mr J Kidd Mrs B Read (Parent) Mrs R Sanderson (Staff) Miss A Slade (Headteacher) |
Trust Board Parents Trust Board Parents Staff Ex-officio |
Below is the list of Governors and their attendance for the academic year 2019/20
| Name | LGB attendance | EGB attendance | Date of appointment and Term end date | Appointing body |
| Nigel Fisher | 4 out of 4 | 1 out of 1 | 06.11.18 - 05.11.22 | Parents |
| Rosemary Goodwin | 4 out of 4 | 1 out of 1 | 01.11.14 - 31.10.22 | Trust Board |
| James Kidd | 4 out of 4 | 1 out of 1 | 25.02.19 - 24.02.23 | Trust Board |
| Becky Read | 4 out of 4 | 1 out of 1 | 08.05.18 - 07.05.22 | Parents |
| Becky Sanderson | 4 out of 4 | 1 out of 1 | 01.09.19 - 31.08.23 | Staff |
| Abigail Slade | 4 out of 4 | 1 out of 1 | 23.04.19 | Ex-officio |
Introductions over the past 12 months
| Governor | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Philip Bower | 15/09/2020 | 14/09/2024 |
Resignations over the past 12 months
| Governor | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Ricardo Estee-Wale | 20/11/2017 | Resigned 28/10/2019 |
Below is the declared governor interests for the academic year 2020/21
| Name of Governor | Date of Appointment | Name of Organisation | Nature of Business | Nature of Interest | Date declared |
| Phil Bower | 15.09.2020 | HM Revenue & Customs | Central Government | Employee | 15.09.2020 |
| Nigel Fisher | 06.11.2018 |
Wild Frontiers Travel
The Marketing Travel Agency |
Travel |
Director & Secretary
DMC Management |
23.09.2020 |
| Rosemary Goodwin | 01.11.2014 | Rugosa Consultancy Ltd | Information Technology | Director | 23.09.2020 |
| James Kidd | 25.02.2019 |
DLD College, London
PJ Real Estate Limited |
Education
Property Business |
Employee / Vice Principal
Director |
14.09.2020
14.09.2020 |
| Becky Read | 08.05.2018 | Surrey Family Voice | Charity | Volunteer | 14.09.2020 |
| Abigail Slade | 23.04.2019 | West Hill School | Education | Headteacher | 23.09.2020 |
| Rebecca Sanderson | 01.09.2019 | West Hill School | Education | Teacher | 14.09.2020 |
Our LGB operates by meeting as a whole Governing Body for each meeting. The LIFT Partnership operates with both a Standards and Resources and Audit Committees. The structure of which can be found here.
