Governors

School Governors

The Local Governance Board (LGB) 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
• Assisting in the appointment of senior members of staff, including the Headteacher

We meet as an LGB termly, and we each have different responsibilities to fulfil.  For example, Governors may focus on safeguarding, SEND, learning pathways, or leadership and management.

The school is an academy in the Howard Partnership Trust (THPT) which is a multi-academy trust. THPT 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,  this information is held in a Scheme of Delegation, which can be found on THPT 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 LGB 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. 

Below is the list of Governors and their attendance for the academic year 2019/20 

 Introductions over the past 12 months

  Resignations over the past 12 months

Below is the declared governor interests for the academic year 2020/21