As a Voluntary Aided School our Governors are responsible for the creation and administration of the School's Admissions Policies and for the maintenance and upkeep of the school's buildings, in addition to those matters set out by the 1986 and 1988 Education acts, e.g. curriculum, charging policy for educational activities, budget, access to information, employment of staff, standards of discipline, and Relationships, Sex and Health Education Policy. The school also benefits from the support of two historical Trusts, overseen by the Executive Trustees of SMR with Temple (Executive Trustees Committee) and the SMR with Temple Educational Charity (Educational Charity Committee). These are governed by their respective Trust Deeds and work independently of, as well as in conjunction with, the FGB. The school’s Foundation Governors act as the Trustees.
School policies can be accessed via the Policies page of this website. All queries should be referred to the Clerk to the Governors, Mrs S Josham, by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by phone 0117 377 2100 (ext 233). Please send any correspondence for Governors to St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, Somerset Square, Bristol, BS1 6RT.
Governors' Management System
The Full Governing Body meets four times a year. The majority of the Governors' work is done through Committees as shown below, which meet either three or four times each year. Disciplinary panels are convened as necessary
* Committees stand outside of main Governance structure but work with and alongside FGB.
The Co-Ordinating Committee comprises the Chair of Governors, Chairs of each of the Governors’ Committees (including the independent Foundation committee), the Headteacher and Deputy Heads (as appropriate) together with other School Leadership Team (SLT) members whose presence may be required. This Committee co-ordinates the work of the other Committees and the Full Governing Body.
Members of the Governing Body
This represents the Reconstituted Governing Body (from April 2015). The Chair and Vice-Chair of Governors are also Foundation Governors/Trustees. Associate Members are non-voting members at both the Committee to which they are appointed and at FGB level.
| Governor Type | Term of Office ends | Appointed by | ||
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| Chair of Governors | ||||
| Mr Stephen Brooke * | to 16/10/26 | SMR PCC | ||
| Vice-Chair of Governors | ||||
| Mr Andy Spens * | to 04/04/27 | DBE | ||
| Foundation/Trustees | ||||
| Mrs Claire Alsop * | to 31/08/26 | SMR PCC | ||
| Mrs Denise Nixon | to 23/05/25 | DBE | ||
| Mr Paul Sylvester * | to 31/08/26 | SMR PCC | ||
| Miss Aisha Thomas * | to 11/03/24 | DBE | ||
| Canon Daniel Tyndall | Appointed 20/05/13 | Ex-Officio | ||
| Mrs Greca Warr | to 21/10/23 | Temple Trustees | ||
| Vacant | DBE | |||
| Vacant | DBE | |||
| Staff Governors | ||||
| Mr Delroy (Del) Planter | From 01/09/22 | Ex-Officio | ||
| Mr Jon Pike | to 14/12/26 | |||
| Parent Governors | ||||
| Mrs Joanne Kingston | to 29/03/24 | |||
| Mr Biju Saimen | to 29/03/24 | |||
| Vacant | ||||
| Local Authority Governor | ||||
| Vacant | ||||
| Co-Opted Governors | ||||
| Mrs Kim Cussans | to 01/12/23 | |||
| Mrs Liz Thackeray | to 12/04/27 | |||
| Mrs Jeanette Bain-Burnett | to 22/02/27 | |||
| Associate Member | ||||
| Mrs Cath Roberts (Admissions) | ||||
| Clerk to the Governors | ||||
| Mrs Sue Josham |
* Also parents/carers of current students
Committee Structure
Details of the various Governing Body committees and their membership can be found in the attachment below.
Attendance
Attendance at Governors Meetings for the current academic year is available in the attachment below. This will be updated periodically during the year.
Register of Interests
All Governors have been asked to declare any relevant interests. A summary of relevant business and pecuniary interests where held appears below. All other Governors have no relevant interests declared.
| Name | Connection/Interest | Name of Organisation/ Business |
Address | Nature of Organisation | Governance of Other Settings | |||||
| Mrs N C Alsop | Freelance musician | Peripatetic teacher | ||||||||
| Mrs J Bain-Burnett | Chair of Trustees, ACTA Theatre Ltd Founder and Non-Executive Director, Dream Camp Ltd | |||||||||
| Mrs J Kingston | Staff Governor at Holy Cross RC Primary School | |||||||||
| Mr A Spens | Governor at Ashley Down Primary Federation | |||||||||
| Mrs J E Thackeray | The Hope (virtual School for Children in Care) | |||||||||
| Miss A Thomas | No current contracts with SMRT, but training has been provided to school in past | Representation Matters | Education and Equalities | |||||||
| Rev D Tyndall | Vicar of St Mary Redcliffe Church |
Responsible for securing SMR PCC Foundation Governors Temple Ecclesiastical Charity |
St Mary Redcliffe Primary School | |||||||
| Mrs G Warr | Temple Ecclesiastical Charity, South Bristol Deanery Synod, St Mary Redcliffe PCC Trustee |
No relevant interests declared: S Brooke, K Cussans, D Nixon, J Pike, C Roberts, B Saimen, P Sylvester.
Left Governing Body during 2022/23: A Burton (30/1/23), K Brown (13/11/22), C Cunningham (21/10/22).
School Leadership Pay
Members of our School Leadership Team (apart from the School Business Manager) are paid in accordance with the latest School Teachers Pay and Condition Document (STPCD). The Leadership Team are remunerated on the published scales which range from points 17 to point 41.
Employees with a gross annual salary of £100,000 or more: At St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, one individual employee has a gross annual salary of £100,000 or more.
School Financial Benchmarking
Key financial information, including financial benchmarking in comparison to other schools is available online.
Please follow the link below for financial benchmarking:
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School Financial Benchmarking
