Governing Board
The three core functions of the Governing Board are:
- to ensure clarity of vision, ethos, and strategic direction
- to hold leaders to account for the educational performance of the school and its students, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff
- to oversee financial performance of the school and ensure money is well spent
The Chair of Governors is Mrs Melisa Clottey
The Vice Chair of Governors is Mrs Bronwen Gray
Governor Standing Orders and Committees Terms of Reference
Minutes of Full Governing Board Meetings
- Minutes of Full Governing Board meeting September 2022
- Minutes of Full Governing Board Meeting November 2022
- Minutes of Full Governing Board Meeting April 2023
- Minutes of Full Governing Board Meeting June 2023
- Minutes of Full Governing Board Meeting September 2023
- Minutes of Full Governing Board Meeting November 2023
- Minutes of Full Governing Board Meeting April 2024
- Minutes of Full Governing Board Meeting June 2024
Committees for the academic year 2024-25 are:
- Financial Monitoring (Chair of Committee - Mrs Bronwen Gray) - responsible for overseeing the financial performance of the school, including staffing structures & costs, policies, premises-related issues and health & safety;
- Curriculum Monitoring (Chair of Committee - TBC) - responsible for monitoring the educational performance of the school and its students;
- Pay - (Chair of Committee - Mrs Bronwen Gray) will deal with issues relating to the pay of individual staff;
- Headteacher's Performance - will carry out the Headteacher's performance review.
Meeting Frequency:
- The Full Governing Board will meet five times this year (including one Governors' Away Day);
- The Curriculum Monitoring and Financial Monitoring Committees will meet three times (once every term);
- The Pay and Headteacher's Appraisal Committees will meet once (late in the Autumn term).
Committee Membership
Curriculum Monitoring Committee
- Dominic Malins
- Deborah Hogan
- Cllr Nanda Manley-Browne
- Ciara Sowrey
- Sasha McBean
- Melisa Clottey
- Francisco Orjales-Mourente
- In attendance: Asha Sidhu (SLT)
Financial Monitoring Committee
- Bronwen Gray (Chair)
- Dominic Malins
- Tony Dabor
- Paul Waite
- Melisa Clottey
- In attendance: Paul Steward (SLT)
Headteacher's Performance Review
- Melisa Clottey
- Cllr Nanda Manley-Browne
- Bronwen Gray
Pay Committee
- Bronwen Gray (Chair)
- Melisa Clottey
- Tony Dabor
- Paul Waite
- In attendance: Dominic Malins and Paul Steward (SLT)
DATES OF MEETINGS 2024-25
Full Governing Board will meet on:
- Monday, 16 September 2024 at 5pm
- Monday, 18 November 2024 at 5pm
- Monday, 31 March 2025 at 5pm
- Monday, 16 June 2025 at 5pm
Financial Monitoring Committee will meet on:
- Monday, 11 November 2024 at 5pm
- Monday, 17 March 2025 at 5pm
- Monday 19 May 2025 at 5pm
Curriculum Monitoring Committee will meet on:
- Monday, 14 October 2024 at 5pm
- Monday, 10 February 2025 at 5pm
- Monday, 12 May 2025 at 5pm
Pay Committee will meet on 11 November 2024 at 4pm
REGISTER OF GOVERNORS 2024-25
Name & Term of Office | Category of Governor | Attendance level at meetings in 2023/24 | Any relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests declared | Other Governing Board membership |
Melisa CLOTTEY First appointed: 19.12.22 Term of office ends: 18.12.26 |
Foundation Appointed by Archdiocese of Southwark |
6 out of 7 | None | N/A |
Tony DABOR First appointed: 27.3.23 Term of office ends: 26.3.27 |
Parent | 5 out of 7 | None | N/A |
Bronwen GRAY First appointed: 29.1.20 Term of office ends: 28.1.28 |
Foundation Appointed by Archdiocese of Southwark |
6 out of 7 | None | N/A |
Deborah HOGAN First appointed: 16.7.16 Term of office ends: 15.9.28 |
Co-opted
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6 out of 7 | None | N/A |
Dominic MALINS Ex-officio First appointed: 1.9.15
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Ex officio Headteacher | 10 out of 10 | Headteacher at La Retraite RC Girls' School Member of ASCL (School Leaders Union) |
N/A |
Cllr Nanda MANLEY-BROWNE First appointed: 20.4.24 Term of office ends: 28.4.28
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Local Authority Appointed by LB Lambeth |
5 out of 7 |
Company Director: Universal Hotpoint |
N/A |
Sasha McBEAN First appointed: 27.3.23 Term of office ends: 26.3.27 |
Parent
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4 out of 7 |
None |
N/A |
Francisco ORJALES-MOURENTE First appointed: 1.9.18 Term of office ends: 14.9.26 |
Staff Nominated by the Staff Body |
6 out of 7 |
Teacher of Spanish & Higher Level Teaching Assistant (EAL) at La Retraite RC Girls' School |
N/A |
Paul WAITE First appointed: 13.9.21 Term of office ends: 12.9.25 |
Co-opted | 6 out of 7 | None | N/A |
Sue WOODMAN First appointed: 18.10.10 Term of office ends: 17.10.24 |
Foundation Appointed by Archdiocese of Southwark |
6 out of 7 | Employed by Perscitus LLP Trustee of Wimbledon Arts, RBB Barnes Charitable Trust |
N/A |
Vacancy |
Foundation Appointed by Archdiocese of Southwark |
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Foundation Appointed by Archdiocese of Southwark |
i) To address any queries to any of the above Governors, please send all correspondence via Mrs A Love, Head of Administration, at the school who can be contacted at alove@laretraite.co.uk
ii)The Clerk to Governors is Mrs Clare Baskott, who can be contacted at cbaskott@laretraite.co.uk
Governors who have left in the last 12 months:
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Camilla Aspinall (Foundation Governor) - 25/9/20 - 24/9/24
Ciara Sowrey (Foundation Governor) - 5/10/20 - 4/10/24
Piero Greco (Foundation Governor & then Associate Governor) - 6/2/18 - 16/9/24
Helena Wojnowska (Staff Governor & then Co-opted Governor) - 20/6/08 - 6/9/24