Our Governors

Arboretum School Governors

Type of Governor	Name	Date of Appointment	Term of Office
Chair of Governors	Suzanne Forster	13/10/2020	4 years
Vice-Chair	Lynda Wynn	29/01/2020	4 years

Head Teacher	Helen Phillips		Ongoing
Trust Governors	Parveen Ali Vacancy Vacancy Lynda Wynn	22/02/2021 29/01/2020	4 years 4 years 4 years
Staff Governor	Michele Kelly	17/10/2022	4 years
Parent Governors	Uzma Lal Shazia Khan Vacancy	29/11/2021 17/03/2022	4 years 4 years 4 years

Trust governors are appointed by the governing body and are people who the governing body believes have skills that required to contribute to the effective governance and success of the school.

Staff governors are elected by the school staff. Both teaching and support staff employed to work at the school are eligible for staff governorship; volunteers are not eligible.

Parents, including carers, of pupils at the school are eligible to stand for election as parent governors. They are elected by other parents. If not enough parents stand for election, the governing body can appoint parent governors. The law does not allow elected members of the local authority, or people who work at the school for more than 500 hours in a year, to become parent governors.

Governor Committees

Resources Committee

Lynda Wynn (Chair)

Shazia Khan

Michele Kelly

Standards Committee

Suzanne Forster (Chair)

Parveen Ali

Uzma Lal

All governors are eligible to attend committee meetings. However only the people listed below hold voting rights within the committee.

Governor Responsiblities

Specialist Area	Governor
Safeguarding	Suzanne Forster and Michele Kelly
Looked After Children	Suzanne Forster
Special Educational Needs	Parveen Ali and Michele Kelly
Health and Safety	Vacancy
Mental Health/Wellbeing	Lynda Wynn
Pupil Premium	Lynda Wynn
Sports Premium	Usma Lal
Website	Shazia Khan
EYFS	Suzanne Forster
ECT (Early Career Teachers)	Suzanne Forster