Local Governance
The school is a member of a multi-academy trust called Anthem Schools Trust (formerly CfBT Schools Trust).
Anthem has a Board of Trustees who govern all of the schools within their Trust. Further details are available on their website: https://www.anthemtrust.uk/governance
The school has a Local Governing Body. The Local Governing Body has been established to carry out the responsibilities delegated to them by the Trust. The scheme of delegation is published on the Anthem website: https://www.anthemtrust.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=1563&type=pdf
The Local Governing Body is made up of twelve members. The Chair of the Local Governing Body, the Headteacher and ten Local Governors:
Name |
Role |
Category |
Appointed by |
Date Appointed |
Relevant Business Interests |
Other Governor Positions |
Connected with the Trust's Services |
Bridget Holland (LGB Chair) |
Pupil Premium/ Disadvantaged and Standards (Teaching & Learning), attendance and Science |
Chair of Local Governing Body
|
Anthem Schools Trust |
November 2016 |
None |
None |
None |
Alun Ebenezer (Head Teacher) |
|
Ex officio |
|
September 2022 |
None |
None |
Staff |
Gareth Baker |
Staff | Local Staff Governor | Anthem Schools Trust | September 2019 | None | None | Staff |
Kevin Clayton |
Maths | Local Governor |
Anthem Schools Trust |
February 2019 | None | None | None |
Roger Gale |
Behaviour, attendance and wellbeing DofE verifier |
Local Governor |
Anthem Schools Trust | July 2019 | None | None | None |
Tim Hutton (Vice-Chair of LGB) |
English, Geography, History, Sixth Form and Parents Forum |
Vice Chair of Local Governing Body | Anthem Schools Trust | November 2016 | None | None | Parent |
Helen Morgan |
PSHE and Careers |
Local Governor | Anthem Schools Trust | May 2017 | None | None | Parent |
Zoe Rock |
Staff |
Local Staff Governor | Anthem Schools Trust | November 2020 | |||
Kate Shinkins-Hoppe |
SEN and Food on Schools | Local Governor | Anthem Schools Trust | March 2018 |
Deeping St James Parish Councillor (+20 years) Trustee, Deeping United Charities (+10 years) LCC School Admissions Appeals Panel member (February 2018) |
None | None |
Rachel Stewart |
Finance, Health & Safety and Travel Plan |
Local Governor |
Anthem Schools Trust | October 2017 | None | None | None |
Luke Thornhill |
Extra-curricular | Local Governor | Anthem Schools Trust | July 2021 | Parent |
Meetings
The Local Governing Body meet a minimum of six times each year. The meeting schedule for this acdemic year is in the document section at the end of this page.
Contact the Governors
The Chair of the Local Governing Body can be contacted by post or by email, via the Clerk to the Local Governing Body, Sharron Baird-Parker.
Address: Clerk to Local Governing Body, The Deepings School, Park Road, Deeping St James, Peterborough, PE6 8NF. Please mark your correspondence for the attention of the Chair of Local Governing Body.
Email: clerk@deepings.anthemtrust.uk
Telephone: 01778 342159
Please note that if you wish to raise a concern that you need to follow the school's Concerns and Complaints Policy: /1393/policies-and-privacy-notices
Vacancies
Local Governing Body vacancies are advertised when they arise. The term of office is four years. Existing Local Governors can be re-elected for a second four year term, to take their service up to a maximum term of eight years.
Interested persons will be given an application form and a skills audit to complete. Local Governors are appointed by Anthem Schools Trust.
If you wish learn more about the work of the Local Governing Body, Sharron Baird-Parker, the Clerk to the Local Governing Body will be happy to help:
Governor Vacancies
We would like to invite enquiries from interested persons; whether parents or members of the community.
Local Governors will engage in all normal activities linked with the Local Governing Body including attending the termly Local Governing Body meetings (on average 6 meetings per year) and visiting the school during the day. In addition, each Local Governor will have responsibility for a link area, including meeting with the link person/team on a termly basis and reporting their findings to the Head Teacher and Local Governing Body meetings.
Meetings usually take place on a Thursday evening at 6pm. Please see the list of meeting dates on our Local Governing Body information section (at the bottom of this page).
If you are interested in joining our Local Governing Body, please contact Sharron Baird-Parker, Clerk to the Local Governing Body for more information: sbairdparker@deepings.anthemtrust.uk
The application form and skills audit are available in the Local Governing Body information section (at the bottom of this page).
Applications and skills audits should be returned to the Clerk once complete.
Full training will be provided.
Bridget Holland
Chair of the Local Governing Body
Previous Governors
Governors who have served in the last twelve months:
Name |
Role |
Category |
Appointed by |
Term Dates |
Relevant Business Interests |
Other Governor Positions |
Relationships with other governors or staff |
Christine Halls |
Local Governor | Anthem Schools Trust | July 2019 - January 2021 |
Trustee - Deepings Youth Group Deeping St James Parish Councillor Deeping Police station voulnteer |
None | None | |
Julian Welch |
Science | Local Governor | Anthem Schools Trust | July 2019 - October 2021 | None | None | Parent |
Local Governing Body Attendance
|
Governors Meeting Record of Attendance |
|
|
The Deepings School 2020-21 |
| Meetings | Exams | PD1 | PD2 | PD3 | Training | |||
| Date | 8.10.20 | 28.1.21 | 13.5.21 | 15.7.21 | 3.12.20 | |||
| Clerk | Sharron | Baird-Parker | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | |
| Head Teacher | Richard | Lord | Present | Present | Present | Present | n/a | |
| CoG | Bridget | Holland | Present | Attended | Present | Present | Present | |
| Governors | Kevin | Clayton | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | |
| Roger | Gale | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Christine | Halls | Absent | NOD | NOD | NOD | NOD | ||
| Tim | Hutton | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Helen | Morgan | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Kate | Shinkins-Hoppe | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Rachel | Stewart | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Luke | Thornhill | NOD | NOD | NOD | Present | NOD | ||
| Julian | Welch | Present | Present | Present | Apologies | Present | ||
| Staff | Fiona | Litman | Present | NOD | NOD | NOD | NOD | |
| Zoe | Rock | NOD | Present | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Gareth | Baker | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Guests | Raja | Akhtar | Present | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Marie-Claire | Bretherton | n/a | n/a | Present | n/a | |||
| Richard | Corner | Present | Present | Present | Present | |||
| Mike | Friend | Present | Present | Present | Present | |||
| Lisa | Goodchild | n/a | n/a | n/a | Present | |||
| Tony | Meneaugh | Present | Present | Present | Present | |||
| Jo | Robertson | n/a | n/a | n/a | Present | |||
| Phil | Smith | Present | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||
| Jamie | Smith | Present | n/a | n/a | n/a |