Governance
KCSP Governance Model
KCSP Governance Model
KCSP Information
Kent Catholic Schools' Partnership is a charitable trust and a company limited by guarantee. The Trust was established in August 2012 by the Archbishop of Southwark.
The Trust Board of Directors ('Trustees') are responsible for overseeing the management and administration of the Trust and they fulfil this role by delegating functions to committees.
The Trust understands the importance of the role of governance committees and the Trust has set out guidance and support in its Governance Handbook and Scheme of Delegation.
Executive Governance Committee and Academy Committee
The Executive Governance Committee and Academy Committees are ‘critical friends’ of the school. They provide Strategic Leadership in school improvement. They do this by being appropriately involved in the school improvement cycle as follows:-
- Developing and sharing the values and vision
- Setting out the aims and objectives of the school
- Setting out the policies and procedures by which the aims and objectives will be achieved
- Establishing the criteria by which the aims and achievements will be seen to be achieved
- Taking the views of stakeholders into account
- Evaluating evidence on how well the school is doing
- Finding out how well the school is doing in comparison with similar schools
- Agreeing targets for improvement
- Planning to achieve improvement
- Ensuring that deployment of staffing and resources match the school’s priorities.
Key Issues
The governance committees will consider and keep under review: the progress and attainment of all groups of pupils, evidence of narrowing gaps between under achieving groups and other pupils, improvements in the quality of teaching, the school’s improvement since the last inspection, and the school’s self-evaluation of how well it is doing currently. Governance committee members are not expected to be involved in the day to day running of the school.
Who can be a governance committee member?
- Almost everyone over 18 can become a member. Governance committee members are volunteers from all walks of life – everyone has experience and skills to offer
- An effective governance committee has people from different backgrounds and with a mix of skills. No formal qualifications are needed to be a member
- Governance committee members are not education experts – they are there to offer a fresh perspective
What makes a good governance committee member?
- The ability to work in a team
- An interest in education and a commitment to the school
- Patience, energy and enthusiasm
- A willingness to listen, learn and to spend time in school
- A willingness to undertake training
Contacting the team:
Our Chair of Governors , Rob Sharpley, can be contacted by email: rob.sharpley@holy-family-maidstone.kcsp.org.uk
Our Clerk to the committee, Phil Barham, can be contacted by email: pbarham@kcsp.org.uk
Copies of Governance committee minutes are available from the school office
Executive Governance Committee information
Committee Member Name | Category | Appointing Body and Term of Office | Details of Responsibility | Register of Business Interests |
Niall Fox | Executive Principal | KCSP N/A |
| Nothing declared. |
Brigitte Park | Foundation | Diocese 20/05/19 – 19/05/23 | Chair of More Park Academy Committee | Nothing declared |
Pamela Parnell | Foundation | Diocese 14/02/22 – 13/02/26 | Vice Chair | Governor – Brockhill Park School for Performing Arts, Hythe |
Rob Sharpley | Foundation | Diocese 01/06/22 – 31/05/26 | Chair Chair of Holy Family Academy Committee | Employee of Lloyds Bank (school’s banker) |
Suneth Silva | Foundation | Diocese 01/06/21 – 31/05/25 | Finance Lead | Two children attend More Park |
Committee Members attendance records for Academic Year 2021-22 | EGC Meeting 1 27/09/21 | EGC Meeting 2 29/11/22 | EGC Meeting 3 31/01/22 | EGC Meeting 4 09/05/22 | EGC Meeting 5 04/07/22 |
Robert Sharpley
| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Pamela Parnell
| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Niall Fox
| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Brigitte Park
| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Suneth Silva
| N No Apols | Y | Y | Y | Y |
In Attendance
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Mandy Boxall
| Y | N/A | Y | Y | Y |
Committee Members attendance records for Academic Year 2022-23 | EGC Meeting 1 10/10/22 | EGC Meeting 2 05/12/22
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| EGC Meeting 5
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Robert Sharpley
| Y | Y |
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Pamela Parnell
| N Apols | Y |
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Niall Fox
| Y | Y |
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Brigitte Park
| Y | Y |
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Suneth Silva
| Y | N Apols |
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In Attendance
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Phil Barham
| N/A | Y |
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Mandy Boxall
| Y | N/A |
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Academy Committee Information
Committee Member Name | Category | Appointing Body and Term of Office | Details of Responsibility | Register of Business Interests |
David Goldsmith | Co-opted | Holy Family AC 19/01/23 – 22/03/25 |
| Nothing declared |
Felicity Goldsmith | Staff | Holy Family AC 08/11/21 – 07/11/25 |
| Teacher at Holy Family. |
Keith Mewes | Co-opted | Holy Family AC 08/02/22 – 07/02/26 | Health & Safety Lead, Safeguarding Lead. | Nothing declared. |
Clare Nursey | Co-opted | Holy Family AC 12/07/21 – 11/07/25 | Pupil Premium/SEND Lead. | Governor at Coxheath Primary School. |
Timothy Oladimeji | Parent | Holy Family AC 18/06/21 – 17/06/25 | Joint Catholic Character & Ethos Lead, Joint Curriculum Lead | Nothing declared. |
Pamela Parnell | Foundation | Diocese 14/02/22 – 13/02/26 | Vice Chair, Joint Catholic Character & Ethos Lead | Governor at Brockhill Park School for Performing Arts – Hythe. |
Rob Sharpley | Foundation | Diocese 01/06/22 – 31/05/25 | Chair, Joint Curriculum Lead | Employee of Lloyds Bank (school’s banker). |
Megan Underhill | Academy Principal | KCSP N/A |
| Nothing declared. |
Committee Members attendance records for Academic Year 2021-22 | AC Meeting 1 13/09/21 | AC Meeting 2 08/11/21 | AC Meeting 3 10/01/22 | AC Meeting 4 25/04/22 | AC Meeting 5 20/06/22 |
Felicity Goldsmith
| N/A | N/A | N/A | Y | Y |
Keith Mewes
| Y | N Apols | Y | N Apols | Y |
Clare Nursey | Y | Y
| Y | Y | Y |
Timothy Oladimeji
| N Apols | Y | Y | N Apols | N Apols |
Pamela Parnell
| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Rob Sharpley
| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Megan Underhill
| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
In Attendance
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Mandy Boxall (Clerk)
| Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Committee Members attendance records for Academic Year 2022-23 | AC Meeting 1 10/10/22 | AC Meeting 2 14/11/22 | AC Meeting 3
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Felicity Goldsmith (Staff) | Y | Y |
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Keith Mewes (Co-opted) | N Apols | Y |
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Clare Nursey (Co-opted) | Y | Y |
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Timothy Oladimeji (Parent) | Y | N No Apols |
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Pamela Parnell (Foundation) | N Apols | Y |
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Rob Sharpley (Foundation) | Y | Y |
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Megan Underhill (Academy Principal) | Y | Y |
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Mandy Boxall Clerk) | Y | Y |
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Phil Barham (Clerk) | N/A | N/A |
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Copies of the Academy Committee minutes are available from the School Office.
Governance handbook - https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/kent-catholic-partnership-redesign/UploadedDocument/18c257f9-bd34-40fb-9ff8-a16e952b961d/governance-handbook-final-2022-23.pdf
Scheme of delegation - https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/kent-catholic-partnership-redesign/UploadedDocument/95d08f06-7623-45b0-a589-84717782db76/scheme-of-delegation-final-2022-23.pdf