Welcome to the Governors’ page of the website. School governors have general responsibility to parents and the Department for Education for the effective leadership of the school, acting within the framework set by national legislation and policies. All Governors have volunteered to work and support Bedmond Academy and come from a range of backgrounds and bring a variety of skills and knowledge to ensure that the school is continuously improving.

Governors help to decide school policy and share responsibility for the leadership of the school. They advise and support the Principal and staff, working with the school to meet the needs of the children whilst ensuring that all school policies and procedures are in place. They act as a link between the school and the community. Governors receive regular training, updates and support from Aspire Trust.  Whilst the Governing body has leads in particular areas (as highlighted in the table above), all Governors are expected to have knowledge of all areas.

The full LAB meets 6 times a year, however, each Governor will make additional visits to the school for their lead aspects, to visit their classes, to support school events and to attend any meetings with the Academy.

Autumn	Spring	Summer
29th September 2020	26th  January 2021	18th May 2021
8th December 2020	16th March 2021	6th July 2021

If you would like to contact a governor, please speak to the school office. If you would like to contact the chair of Governors, please do so by emailing: r.inskipp@bedmondacademy.org.uk

or giving the office a letter addressed to Mrs R.Inskipp who will pass it on. Letters marked for the attention of a Governor will be passed on in confidence.

If you are interested in being a governor, please contact the school office to find out if there are any vacancies.

Name	Lead	All Governors have responsibility for:	Link Class	Position
Mrs R Inskipp	Chair, Pupil and Sports Premium, Greater depth in Maths	Safeguarding Teaching and Learning Whole school improvement Community	Class 4	Community Governor
Mrs L Mason	Safeguarding, CLA/LAC and SEND		Class 3	Community Governor
Mrs K Lyons	GDPR, Health and Safety and Reading		Class 1 and Class 2	Parent Governor
Mrs L Butler	HR and Finance		School Office	Community Governor
Mrs M Smith	Vice Chair, Attendance and Reading		N/A	Staff Governor
Miss J Harris	Principal		N/A	Principal
Mr G Shepherd	Data, Pupil progress, Curriculum and Subject Leading		N/A	Community
Mrs T Palladino			N/A	Staff Governor

Academies are obliged to publish details of all governors who have served at any point over the last 12 months. These can be found here.