--- title: "Governors and Partnership Learning" url: "https://greatfieldsschool.com/governors-partnership-learning" school: "Greatfields School" --- [Sign up for Sixth Form Open Evening Thursday 12th November 4pm - 6pm](https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/dD7NrFzpVm) # Governors and Partnership Learning ### **GOVERNORS** Greatfields School is a partner school within the multi-academy educational trust – Partnership Learning. Roger Leighton, Chief Executive, Partnership Learning, c/o The Sydney Russell School, Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 5QT Tel: 020 3909 2333 **Please click on the link below to view the governor attendance at meetings for this academic year:** Attendance at Governors Meetings 2026-27 424 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/greatfields-school/files/documents/Greatfields_Governor_Attendance_Record_2026-27.pdf) **Please click on the link below to view the governor attendance at meetings for previous academic years:** Attendance at Governors Meetings 2025 -26 512 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/greatfields-school/files/documents/Attendance_at_Governors_Meetings_2025_-26(1).pdf) Attendance at Governors Meetings 2024-25 151 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/greatfields-school/files/documents/Greatfields-Governor-Attendance-Record-2024-25.pdf) Attendance at Governors Meetings 2023-24 111 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/greatfields-school/files/documents/Gov.png) Attendance at Governors Meetings 2022-23 454 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/greatfields-school/files/documents/Governor-Attendance-Record-2022-23.pdf) Attendance at Governors Meetings 2021-22 656 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/greatfields-school/files/documents/Governor-Attendance-Record-2021-22.pdf) Attendance at Governors Meetings 2020-21 387 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/greatfields-school/files/documents/Governor-Attendance-Record-2020-21.pdf) Attendance at Governors Meetings 2019-20 430 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/greatfields-school/files/documents/Governor-Attendance-2019-2020.pdf) ### ### **Greatfields School Governance:** **Overview:** Governors of the School as a Local Governing Board (LGB), meet at least once a term. Their remit is to: - Ensure clarity of educational vision for the school; to promote the best possible ethos for learning, and to set the strategic direction of the school as it grows - Hold the Head of School to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff - Oversee the financial performance of the school, making sure that money is well spent | Category | Name | Start Date | End Date | Business & Pecuniary Interests | |---|---|---|---|---| | Trust Appointed | Jane Hadlow | 19/09/2024 | 19/09/2028 | Chair of Governors | | Trust Appointed | Alan Lazell | 01/02/2025 | 01/02/2029 | Associate Governor | | Trust Appointed | Roger Carver | 10/10/2016 | 04/10/2026 | Associate Governor Retired from Further Education and Children Services in LBBD | | Trust Appointed | Grace Maryon | 01/10/2018 | 01/10/2030 | Vice Chair of Governors | | Trust Appointed | Eugenia Coffie | 27/02/2025 | 27/02/2029 | Vice Chair of Governors Assistant Headteacher at a LBBD primary school | | Trust Appointed | Amrit Kaur Potiwal | 15/09/2026 | 15/09/2030 | Governor ASE Security & Electrical Ltd | | Trust Appointed | Jack Webb | 07/05/2024 | 07/05/2028 | Governor Entrepreneur in the Third Sector | | Trust Appointed | Noman Hameed | 21/03/2024 | 21/03/2028 | Governor | | Trust Appointed | Lorraine Saunders | 28/03/2025 | 28/03/2028 | Governor Teacher and Staff Governor at a LBBD primary school | | Trust Appointed | Sahana Ravikumar Fernando | 13/04/2026 | 13/04/2030 | Governor Sapphire A Developments Ltd Ravi Building Services Ltd Cover work with Workwell | | Trust Appointed | Deborah Caleb | 05/11/2026 | 05/11/2027 | Governor | | Elected Staff | Anne Wright | 26/09/2023 | 31/08/2027 | Staff Governor (Designated Safeguarding Lead & Wellbeing Leader) | | Elected Parent | Hamida Ahmed | 27/01/2025 | 27/01/2029 | Parent Governor | ### ### **Greatfields School and Greatfields Primary School** **Subcommittees structure** The Local Governing Board, (LGB) is responsible for the Greatfields School (Secondary) and the Greatfields Primary School which opened in September 2024. This is not a through school structure. The LGB is supported and serviced by 4 subcommittees, independently clerked and comprising members of the LGB, the Headteachers and Executive leadership of both schools. Members of the Senior Leadership Teams (SLT) attend as appropriate. The Sub-Committees are: 1. Safeguarding, Student Experience and Curriculum and Standards (Secondary) 2. Finance, Operations and Audit (Secondary and Primary) 3. Curriculum, Standards and Safeguarding (Primary) 4. Pay and Personnel (Secondary) Greatfields Primary School opened in September 2024 with a single year group. Coordinated arrangements for governance are in place between the two schools as follows: - The Executive Headteacher and Head of School at Greatfields Primary School are members of the Local Governing Board. - Joint meetings arrangements are in place between both schools for Finance, Operations and Audit and Pay and Personnel matters. - There are separate subcommittees for Curriculum (Standards), given the clear differences in age groups and related teaching and learning issues. Any safeguarding issues arising at the primary school will be considered within this Curriculum (Standards) subcommittee. 1. **Safeguarding, Student Experience, Curriculum and Standards (Secondary)** **Scope for Safeguarding and Student Experience aspect (Secondary)** 1. Student Safeguarding (SG) 2. Attendance 3. Behaviour 4. School Inclusion 5. Vulnerable students across the school 6. Student Voice 7. Community Relations 8. Personal Development Curriculum 9. Student Opportunities and achievements 10. Alternative Provision (AP) **Scope for Curriculum and Standards aspect (Secondary)** 1. The breadth and balance of the curriculum 2. Oversight of assessment arrangements 3. Monitoring and review of examination results 4. Provision made for SEND 5. Oversight of CPD 6. Preparations made for progression / later life 7. The impact of Pupil Premium Grant funding A parallel subcommittee structure is in place with Greatfields Primary School. 2. **Curriculum, Standards and Safeguarding (Primary)** **Scope for this Committee** This sub-committee considers: 1. The breadth and balance of the curriculum 2. Oversight of assessment arrangements 3. Provision made for SEND 4. Oversight of CPD 5. The impact of Pupil Premium Grant funding 6. **Finance, Operations and Audit Committee (Secondary and Primary)** **Scope for this Committee** - Financial management for both schools - Audit of both schools - Deployment of capital and other resources for both schools - Risk management for both schools - Health and safety for both schools 4. **Pay and Personnel (Secondary)** **Scope for this Committee** 1. HR Matters and related policies and guidance 2. Staff Personnel issues and related policies and guidance 3. Pay Policy and related guidance 4. SCR 5. Review and amend the policies which come under its remit. 6. To enable governors to meet their duty of care of the staff of the school 7. Recruitment, redundancies and restructure of school staff 8. Training and professional development 9. Staff work life-balance, and well-being 10. Staff absences. 11. Staff discipline grievances, and capability. 12. Whistleblowing process and policy 13. Staff Voice. Matters relating to the primary school will be dealt with as need arises and with the growth in the school an appropriate accountability structure will be agreed and implanted. ### **Governors with specific areas of responsibility** The LGB has governors who have volunteered to undertake specific responsibilities within the School: Safeguarding These responsibilities include ensuring the school: - Has an effective safeguarding children policy in place and follows local procedures - Recruits staff and volunteers in line with safer recruitment processes - Has procedures for dealing with allegations of abuse made against staff and volunteers - Has a designated senior member of staff for dealing with safeguarding children issues - Accesses appropriate safeguarding children training for all staff - Makes suitable provision for Looked After Children ### **Health and Safety** These responsibilities include ensuring that: - The School has a written Health and Safety Policy, that all staff are aware of it, and that it is reviewed regularly - The School takes all appropriate actions (through a named member of staff) for out of school visits - All health and safety information is properly displayed e.g. location of first aid boxes, and that all staff are aware of this - All potential risks in the school to staff and pupil are suitably assessed, and resulting actions recorded, and monitored ### **Pupil Premium** The Pupil Premium is additional funding received by the School from the Department for Education to improve the achievement of children from disadvantaged backgrounds. These responsibilities include ensuring that the School: - Has an up to date pupil premium strategy on its website - Is clear about the barriers to educational achievement faced by disadvantaged pupils in the School, individually and in groups - Has robust evidence to demonstrate the impact (effect) of Pupil Premium funding on the educational attainment of disadvantaged pupils ### **SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability)** These responsibilities include ensuring: - The progress of pupils with SEND are closely monitored through reviewing and understanding internal and external data - An understanding of how the SEND budget is used, and its impact - Contributing to the annual SEND information report published on the School’s website ### ## PARTNERSHIP LEARNING ### Board of Trustees: #### Saadat (Sid) Mubashar ##### Chair of Board of Trustees #### Alexander (Alex) Cameron ##### Trustees #### Alan Lazell ##### Trustees #### Roger Leighton ##### Trustees #### Li Li Long ##### Trustees #### Mwangala (Mo) Lishomwa ##### Trustees #### Deepa Chandrasekaran ##### Trustees #### Peter McPartland OBE ##### Trustees Memorandum & Articles Of Association Supplemental Funding Agreement [Employee Benefits](http://www.partnershiplearning.com/?page_id=4399) Gender Pay Gap Statement ### **Directors Annual Report and Audited Accounts:** For the year ended 31 August 2022 For the year ended 31 August 2021 For the year ended 31 August 2020 3.75 MB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/greatfields-school/files/documents/DIRECTORS-ANNUAL-REPORT-AUDITED-ACCOUNTS-FOR-THE-YEAR-ENDED-31-AUGUST-2020.pdf) For the year ended 31 August 2019 3.09 MB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/greatfields-school/files/documents/DIRECTORS-ANNUAL-REPORT-AUDITED-ACCOUNTS-FOR-THE-YEAR-ENDED-31-AUGUST-2019.pdf) For the year ended 31 August 2018 942 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/greatfields-school/files/documents/DIRECTORS-ANNUAL-REPORT-AUDITED-ACCOUNTS-FOR-THE-YEAR-ENDED-31-AUGUST-2018.pdf) For the year ended 31 August 2017 757 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/greatfields-school/files/documents/DIRECTORS-ANNUAL-REPORT-AUDITED-ACCOUNTS-FOR-THE-YEAR-ENDED-31-AUGUST-2017.pdf) For the year ended 31 August 2016 657 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/greatfields-school/files/documents/DIRECTORS-ANNUAL-REPORT-AUDITED-ACCOUNTS-FOR-THE-YEAR-ENDED-31-AUGUST-2016.pdf) ll other information can be found on the Partnership website: Telephone – 0203 909 2333 (Open from 8am – 4pm) ### Our School - [Vision ](https://greatfieldsschool.com/vision) - [Ofsted ](https://greatfieldsschool.com/ofsted) - [Governors and Partnership Learning](https://greatfieldsschool.com/governors-partnership-learning) - [Term Dates & Key Events ](https://greatfieldsschool.com/term-dates-key-events) - [Attendance ](https://greatfieldsschool.com/attendance) - [School Uniform](https://greatfieldsschool.com/school-uniform) - [School Day](https://greatfieldsschool.com/school-day) - [School Catering](https://greatfieldsschool.com/school-catering) - [Results](https://greatfieldsschool.com/results) - [Venue Hire](https://greatfieldsschool.com/venue-hire) ![Greatfields School](https://files.schudio.com/greatfields-school/images/logo/Logo_Footer.png) ### Greatfields School Net Street Barking Essex IG11 7QG 020 3946 5900 ### Quick Links - [Admissions](https://greatfieldsschool.com/admissions) - [Pupil Premium](https://greatfieldsschool.com/pupil-premium) - [Sixth Form](https://greatfieldsschool.com/sixth-form) - Extra Curricular Activities - [Contact Us](https://greatfieldsschool.com/contact) ### Useful Links - [Term Dates](https://greatfieldsschool.com/term-dates-key-events) - [School Day](https://greatfieldsschool.com/school-day) - [SEND](https://greatfieldsschool.com/send) - [Uniform](https://greatfieldsschool.com/school-uniform) ### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063696375070) [![Partnership Learning](https://files.schudio.com/greatfields-school/images/logo/AAAPartnership-Learning_white_(1).png)](https://partnershiplearning.com) © Copyright 2025–2026 Greatfields School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://greatfieldsschool.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)