As a Voluntary Aided School our Governors are responsible for the creation and administration of the School's policy on admissions 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 sex education policy.
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.
The Coordinating Committee comprises the Chair of Governors, chairs of each of the Governors’ committees (including the independent Foundation committee), the Headteacher and Deputy Heads together with other School Leadership Team (SLT) members whose presence may be required. This Committee coordinates the work of the other committees and the Full Governing Body.
Members of the Governing Body
This represents the Reconstituted Governing Body (from September 2015). The Chair and Vice-Chair of Governors are also Foundation Governors.
| Governor Type | Term of Office ends | Appointed by | ||
| Chair of Governors | ||||
| Mr Andrew Burton | to 11.03.24 | DBE | ||
| Vice-Chair of Governors | ||||
| Mrs Karen Brown | to 13.11.22 | DBE | ||
| Foundation | ||||
| Mrs Claire Alsop * | to 31.08.22 | PCC | ||
| Mr Philip Coomber * | to 27.04.24 | DBE | ||
| Mrs Christina Cunningham | to 21.10.22 | DBE | ||
| Mrs Denise Nixon | to 14.05.25 | DBE | ||
| Mr Paul Sylvester * | to 31.08.22 | 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 | PCC | |||
| Staff Governors | ||||
| Mrs Elisabeth Gilpin | Appointed 01.09.05 | Ex-Officio | ||
| Mr Anthony Shorter | to 17.12.23 | |||
| Parent Governors | ||||
| Mrs Joanne Kingston | to 29.03.24 | |||
| Mrs Hazel Nendick | to 15.11.22 | |||
| Mr Biju Saimen | to 29.03.24 | |||
| Local Authority Governor | ||||
| Mr Martin Walker | to 19.07.23 | |||
| Co-Opted Governors | ||||
| Mrs Kim Cussans | to 01.12.23 | |||
| Mr Omar Douglas | to 24.09.23 | |||
| Mrs Liz Thackeray | to 12.04.23 | |||
| Associate Member | ||||
| Mrs Cath Roberts | ||||
| 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. A blank entry (in grey) indicates that the person is not a member of that committee.
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 Claire Alsop | Freelance musician | Peripatetic teacher | ||||||||
| Mrs K Cussans | Friend of Exams Officer | |||||||||
| Mrs Liz Thackeray | Occasional supply teaching at SMRT | Supply teaching | The Hope (virtual School for Children in Care) | |||||||
| Canon Daniel Tyndall | Vicar of St Mary Redcliffe Church | Responsible for securing SMR PCC Foundation Governors | ||||||||
| Mrs Greca Warr | Temple Ecclesiastical Charity, South Bristol Deanery Synod, St Mary Redcliffe PCC Trustee |
No relevant interests declared: K Brown, A Burton, C Cunningham, O Douglas, P Farr, E Gilpin, H Nendick, D Nixon, C Roberts, P Sylvester, M Walker.
