The Education Reform Act 1988 considerably increased the responsibilities of Governing Bodies in all state-controlled schools. School governors are responsible for overseeing virtually all aspects of school life, which are in turn delegated to the Head Teacher. She is responsible for the day-to-day running and organisation of the school.

The term of office is four years from the point of election, but occasionally a parent, co-opted or teacher governor may no longer be able to continue serving, or may become ineligible. In this case, an interim election will be held. All parents are kept informed of such developments.

A full list of the current Governing Body is displayed on the noticeboard inside the main entrance of the school.  Minutes of the Full Governing Body meeting are available on request to the Clerk at nflanagan5.312@warrenderschool.co.uk.

The main forum of discussion is the meeting of the full governing body, held termly. Most business, however, is carried out in two sub-committees: Children, Families and Learning committee and Resources committee.

 

Find out more about the skills and background of our governing body:

Sean is Head of Internal Audit at a global asset manager. He holds a Masters degree in Chemistry, is a Fellow-Chartered Accountant and is an FCA-Registered Senior Manager. 

Sonal is a former secondary English teacher and middle leader for eight years, now working for a leading provider of teaching education. 

Rebecca has experience in Asset Management, administering undergraduate and postgraduate academic programmes and is currently involved in university HR. 

Tim  is a former managing director of an IT services company so has experience in budgetary control, HR management and is now retired. His children attended Warrender over 30 years ago where he was a governor then and has returned to be a governor now.  

George followed a career as a qualified teacher of Business and English language in high school and college. He currently serves as a Magistrate in West London local justice area.

Sanjay has 17 years of experience delivering complex, infrastructure, cloud and security projects across multiple sectors in highly regulated environments. Driving transformational change by aligning technology investments with strategic business goals.

Jegs has a passion for education with a focus on teaching and learning. Her daily role is a primary teacher and  middle leadership within her school setting. 

Wendy is retired. She was an international tax accountant and global reward professional for a FTSE 100 company.

Charlotte is a staff Governor with a passion for supporting children  with additional needs and has a wealth of knowledge that she has gained over her educational studies and years in teaching.

Rachael is a parent governor with a wealth of knowledge of early learning in young children. She is a teacher and has taught over a range of year groups.

Tamara works for one of the leading British fashion designers and has a real passion to contribute to Warrender's school development and governance, where she is able to share knowledge about diversity.

 

 

Members of the Governing Body serve on one of these sub-committees, the Head Teacher and the Chair of Governors on both. All Governors are assigned with specific aspects of the School to monitor.

• Curriculum incl. School Development Plan and Additional Educational Needs
• Parents, Families and Communication
• Community and Partnerships

Children, Families & Learning Committee

• Rachael Marriott - Chair
• Helen Brown (Headteacher)
• George Armstrong
• Charlotte Cook 
• Jegs Kumaradevan
• Wendy Maynard
• Tamara Parker-Hamilton
• Sonal Patel

Members of the Governing Body serve on one of these sub-committees, the Head Teacher and the Chair of Governors on both. All Governors are assigned with specific aspects of the School to monitor.

• Finance
• Health and Safety
• HR
• Premises and other assets
• Lettings

Resources Committee

• Tim Markham - Chair
• Helen Brown (Headteacher)
• Sanjay Kareer
• Wendy Maynard
• Sean Murray
• Rebecca Wong

• Governance Statement 2023-24.pdf
• Governance Statement 2022-23.pdf
• Governance Statement 2021-22.pdf
• Governance Statement 2020-21.pdf