Meet The Governors

The Role of the Governing Body

At Christ Church the Governing Body has a key strategic leadership role to play in making sure that the School is operated as effectively as possible. Its three main core functions are based around:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the School, and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
Overseeing the financial performance of the School and making sure its money is well spent.

Our Mission Statement

Our vision is to be the champion of children in our care and provide the children and adults within our community with a loving, stimulating and supportive environment where they can feel safe, secure and valued as individuals. We aim to foster and nurture the Christian faith and ethos of the Church of England to enable all members of our community to develop spiritually, socially, intellectually and emotionally so that they can reach their full potential.

We aim for our children to:

Come to understand and apply Christian values through learning, worship, prayer and reflection
Become independent and confident individuals who show respect both to others and themselves as well as their environment
Understand their own place in God’s World and to appreciate the religious, moral and cultural traditions and different needs of others
Have a desire to learn new skills and experience new things so that they can reach their full potential both academically and as a ‘whole person’.

Staff, governors and parents undertake to:

Listen to the children and take their viewpoints into account.
Work as a team, showing Christian values in all that they do
Support the children as well as each other
Encourage personal growth and independence rooted in relationships
Accommodate each individual’s special needs
Provide a well-planned and well-delivered curriculum which will equip the children with knowledge, skills and understanding
Provide a safe environment in which children will feel respected and cared for.

Our Members

Mr Andrew New, Chair of Governors

Deborah Dumville, Vice Chair of Governors and Chair of Resources Committee

Mr Luigi Leccacorvi, Headteacher

Parent Governor(s)

Mr Andrew Parratt

Mrs Katharine Pons

Local Authority Governor

Nhamo Nyakambangue

Staff Governor(s)

Mrs Sarah Ling

Miss Ciara Carroll

Foundation Governors

Mtr Ariadne van den Hof (Ex-officio)

Ms Lesley Archard (PCC)

Mrs Cheryl Raithby (PCC)

Mr Elliott James (PCC)

Mrs Deborah Dumville (PCC)

Mr Andrew New (SDBE)

Mr Mike Leader (SDBE)

Register of Governors' Interests

Mtr Ariadne van den Hof

Foundation Governor, ex-Officio

Appointing or Electing Body: ex-Officio - Term of office started October 2011

Committees: Learning & Achievement

Positions of Responsibility: Chair of Learning & Achievement and Link Governor for RE & Collective Worship

Relevant Business Interests: None

Other Educational Establishments Governed: Shooters Hill Sixth Form College

Details of any relationships between the Governor and members of the school staff including spouses, partners and relatives: None

Andrew New

Foundation Governor

Term of Office: September 2018-September 2022

Appointing or Electing Body: Southwark Diocesan Board of Education

Committees: Learning and Achievement, Resources, Pay, Admissions and Safeguarding

Positions of Responsibility: Chair of Governors & Link Governor for looked After Children

Relevant Business Interests: Employed by St John Ambulance

Other Educational Establishments Governed: None

Details of any relationships between the Governor and members of the school staff including spouses, partners and relatives: None

Deborah Dumville

Foundation Governor

Term of Office: Sept 2018-September 2022

Appointing or Electing Body: PCC Christ Church

Committees: Resources

Positions of Responsibility: Vice-Chair of Governors, Chair of Resources Committee and Link Governor for Literacy and Website

Relevant Business Interests: None

Other Educational Establishments Governed: None

Details of any relationships between the Governor and members of the school staff including spouses, partners and relatives: None

Elliott James

Foundation Governor

Term of Office: September 2018-September 2022

Appointing or Electing Body: PCC Christ Church

Committees: Resources

Positions of Responsibility: Sports Premium, Health and Safety and Safeguarding

Relevant Business Interests: None

Other Educational Establishments Governed: None

Details of any relationships between the Governor and members of the school staff including spouses, partners and relatives: None

Rev Mike Leader

Foundation Governor

Term of Office: September 2018-September 2022

Appointing or Electing Body: Southwark Diocesan Board of Education

Committees: Learning & Achievement, Admissions

Positions of Responsibility Held: Link Governor for Music, KS2 and Community Cohesion

Relevant Business Interests: None

Other Educational Establishments Governed: Chair of Governors - Northwood Primary School, Bexley

Details of any relationships between the Governor and members of the school staff including spouses, partners and relatives: None

Cheryl Raithby

Foundation Governor

Term of Office: Oct 2017 – Oct 2021

Appointing or Electing Body: PCC Christ Church

Committees Served on: Learning and Achievement

Positions of Responsibility Held: Link governor for KS1 & PSHE

Relevant Business Interests: None

Other Educational Establishments Governed: James Wolfe Primary School

Details of any relationships between the Governor and members of the school staff including spouses, partners and relatives: None

Lesley Archard

Foundation Governor

Term of Office: August 2018-August 2022

Appointing or Electing Body: PCC Christ Church

Committees: Resources, Admissions

Positions of Responsibility: Link Governor for Behaviour and School Site

Relevant Business Interests: None

Other Educational Establishments Governed: None

Details of any relationships between the Governor and members of the school staff including spouses, partners and relatives: None

Katharine Pons

Parent Governor

Term of Office: June 2016 - June 2020

Appointing or Electing Body: Parents

Committees Served on: Resources

Positions of Responsibility Held: Link Governor for Special Educational Needs, Modern Foreign Languages and Computing

Relevant Business Interests: None

Other Educational Establishments Governed: None

Details of any relationships between the Governor and members of the school staff including spouses, partners and relatives: None

Andrew Parratt

Parent Governor

Term of Office: January 2016 - Jan 2020

Appointing or Electing Body: Parents

Committees: Learning & Achievement

Positions of Responsibility: Link Governor for Art and Science

Relevant Business Interests: None

Other Educational Establishments Governed: None

Details of any relationships between the Governor and members of the school staff including spouses, partners and relatives: None

Nhamo Nyakambangue

LA Governor

Term of Office: September 2018-September 2022

Appointing or Electing Body: local Authority

Committees: Resources

Positions of Responsibility: Link governor for maths and Pupil Premium