The Craylands Governing Body
As the governing body of The Craylands School, we will:
Use challenge to hold school leaders to account
Provide clarity of vision and strategic view
Ensure financial probity
This is the constitution of our Governing Board:
The Headteacher
7 Co-opted Governors
1 Local Authority Governor
1 Staff Governor
2 Parent Governors
The Governing Board operates on the Circle Model of governance. This means that rather than having committees governors work as individuals or small groups to monitor the work of the school. They report back to the full governing body on their activities.
Governor diversity
As a maintained school we have a duty to recognise that diverse thoughts, voices and perspectives is essential to good governance and the effective running of any organisation.
The Craylands School believes it is important that Local Governing Committees reflect the diversity of the school communities they serve. Diverse boards promote inclusive school environments and provide diverse role models for staff and children.
Collectively, we are gathering data on the diversity of our governors, including data on age, gender and ethnicity. We will use that data to inform recruitment and training needs and ensure there is always a diverse range of perspectives around the table to support robust decision making.
We do not publish any diversity information that may disclose personal information about individual governors. This is due to our legal obligation to protect their personal data.
Governors roles and responsibilities
These are the people in post, with their terms of office and governor responsibilities.
|
Term of office |
Nominated by |
Responsibilities |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Headteacher |
|
Ex-officio |
|
|
Kris Hiscock |
|
1/04/16 |
|
|
Lacie Kerner |
Co-opted by FGB |
19/10/2025 - 18/10 2029 |
Chair of Governors Safeguarding/Child Protection Pupil premium Leadership and management Headteacher’s Performance Managament, quality of education |
|
Co-opted Governors |
|
|
|
|
Kelly Chandler |
Co-opted by FGB |
7/2/25 - 6/2/2029 |
Health and safety, Leadership and management |
|
Samson Akinwale |
Co-opted by FGB |
8/2/2024 – 7/2/2028 |
Health and Safety, quality of education |
|
Pelumi Adetokunbo |
Co-opted by FGB |
14/05/2024 – 13/05/2028 |
Finance; HT PM; Leadership and governance |
|
Antonia Tony-Fadipe |
Co-opted by FGB |
10/12/24-9/12/28 |
pay comittee; behaviour and attendance; personal development |
|
Eloise Callanan |
Nominated by parents/carers |
08/10/2024 - 07/10/2028 |
SEND; training governor; Early Years |
|
Claire Espline |
Parents |
15/7/25 - 14/7/2029 |
EYFS; quality of education |
|
Staff Governor |
|
|
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|
Anne Scarborough |
Nominated by staff |
12/10/22 – 11/10/26 |
Other premiums, safeguarding, EYFS |
The Clerk to the Governors is Bill Stone.
If you wish to contact the Governing Board please address correspondence to the Chair of Governors or the Clerk to Governors C/O the school.
We have vacancies on the Board. If you are interested in joining the Governing Board this could be an opportunity for you. Contact the Headteacher in the first instance for more information.
Business Interests
The governors declare their business interests annually and update them during the year if required. This is the summary from September 2024:
|
Governor |
Business |
Nature of business |
Interest |
|---|---|---|---|
|
K Hiscock |
None |
|
|
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K Chandler |
None |
|
|
|
A Scarborough |
None |
|
|
|
L Kerner |
None |
|
|
|
E Callanan |
None |
|
|
|
S Akinwale |
None |
|
|
|
P Adetokunbo |
None |
|
|
|
A Tony - Fadipe |
None |
— |
— |
Attendance
Here is the governor attendance record for the 2023-24 academic year:
|
Full Governing Board |
Feb 2025 |
March 2025 |
May 2025 |
July 2025 |
Oct 2025 |
Dec 2025 |
Feb 2026 |
|
K Hiscock |
3/3 |
4/4 |
5/5 |
6/6 |
1/1 |
2/2 |
— |
|
K Chandler |
3/3 |
4/4 |
5/5 |
6/6 |
1/1 |
2/2 |
— |
|
A Scarborough |
3/3 |
4/4 |
5/5 |
6/6 |
1/1 |
2/2 |
— |
|
E Callanan |
2/2 |
3/3 |
4/4 |
5/5 |
1/1 |
2/2 |
— |
|
L Kerner |
3/3 |
4/4 |
5/5 |
6/6 |
1/1 |
2/2 |
— |
|
S Akinwale |
2/3 |
3/4 |
4/5 |
5/6 |
1/1 |
2/2 |
— |
|
P Adetokunbo |
3/3 |
4/4 |
5/5 |
6/6 |
0/1 |
0/2 |
— |
|
A Tony Fadipe |
2/2 |
3/3 |
4/4 |
5/5 |
1/1 |
2/2 |
— |
|
Claire Espline |
— |
— |
— |
1/1 |
0/1 |
0/2 |
— |