Governors
Welcome to our Governors’ section
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School (Northfleet) has 2 governing committees - The Our Lady of Hartley & St Joseph’s Executive Committee and The St Joseph’s Academy Committee. Both are made up of volunteers who work together to support our schools across all aspects of daily school life, including strategic, financial and the curriculum.
All of our committee members work in different ways and have their individualised roles however, their main aim as a whole is to help us to provide the best possible education for our pupils by:
- Setting the school's vision and strategic aims, agreeing plans and policies and making creative use of resources.
- Monitoring and evaluating performance, supporting and challenging the Executive Principal & Academy Principal in the management of the school.
- Ensuring that the school is accountable to the children and parents it serves, to its local community, to those who fund and maintain it, as well as the staff it employs.
As St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School (Northfleet) is a member of the Kent Catholic Schools’ Partnership, a Multi-Academy Trust, its governance arrangements are regulated by the KCSP Governance Handbook (which includes the Scheme of Delegation and Terms of Reference).
Click the link below to read a copy of this document:
As a member of the Kent Catholic Schools’ Partnership Multi-Academy Trust, St Joseph's has a Local Governing Body which operates under the terms of the KCSP Scheme of Delegation.
The Chair of Governors may be contacted via the school office (see the home page for details) – any correspondence marked ‘Private and Confidential’ will be passed to him without opening in school.
The St Joseph’s Academy Committee Members
Governor | Status | Role/Responsibility |
Andrew Brett | Foundation Governor | Chair of Governors/Safeguarding/ health and safety/curriculum |
Father Michael | Foundation Governor | Catholic Life of the School |
Rebecca Davy | Co-Opted Governor | Resources/Pupil Outcomes and Progress/Pupil Premium/SEND |
Lucy Owen | Staff Governor | Pupil Outcomes and Progress |
Abenaa Opong | Parent Governor | Resources/Pupil Outcomes and Progress/ Catholic character and ethos |
Andrew Baldock | Ex-Officio Academy Principal | Academy Principal |
Resigned
Yvonne Alexander - Foundation Governor
The Our Lady of Hartley & St Joseph’s Executive Committee
Governor | Status | Role/Responsibility |
Noel Keady | Foundation Governor | Chair of the Executive Committee |
Andrew Brett | Foundation Governor | Chair of the Academy Committee |
Barry Mullan | Foundation Governor | Chair of Academy Committee |
Patrina Begley | Ex-Officio Executive Principal | Executive Principal |
Steven Watkins | Co-Opted Governor | Health and safety |
Robert Littlefield | Foundation Governor | Finance |