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Governors

At Ursuline High School we have a dedicated and committed Governor team. As these Governors can be a part of important decisions of the school Ursuline make sure that they follow council guidelines meaning no possibilities on conflicts or bias decisions occur.

Ursuline ensures that:

Each member of staff or of the governing body should ensure that, before they become involved in making a decision, or participate in a discussion or authorises any transaction on any matter, there are no conflicts of interests that, in the opinion of a fair-minded and informed observer, would suggest a real possibility of bias.

In the interests of transparency and accountability, members of schools staff and the governing body are required to register in advance interests that are capable of causing conflicts. In addition, in relation to specific decisions, disclosure should be made of any interests that might conflict with their duties.

Declaration of Interests for Staff and Governors at Ursuline High School.

School Governor Nominations Needed!

Sancta Familia Catholic Academy Trust has established a local Governing Board (LGB) to monitor and understand how the academy (Ursuline High School) is led and managed, in accordance with the powers delegated to it and its role as a link between the Trust Board, the academy and its community.

A vacancy has arisen for a parent governor on our local Governing Board. We are asking you to nominate someone with parental responsibility for a student at the school. If we receive more than one nomination, then a ballot will be held. Find out more below.

Parent Governor Letter 2025

Parent Governors Nomination Form

Our Governors for 2024 - 2025

Name	Type	Appointed by	Committees served	End of term of office	Declarations of interest
Mr Eoin Kelly	Headteacher	Governing body	Strategy Ethos and Admissions Curriculum Sixth Form Health, Safety, Finance and General Purposes Pastoral Personnel	In post since September 2023	None
Mrs Adwoa- Buahema Fadahunsi (Chair) Equalities and Racial Justice Link Governor afadahunsi.gov@uhsw.com	Foundation	Archdiocese of Southwark	Personnel Pastoral (Chair)	October 2026	Lay member of the Merton Childrens’ and Adult Safeguarding Board
Ms Claire Thorogood	Foundation	Archdiocese of Southwark	Ethos and Admissions Strategy (Chair) Sixth Form	December 2025	None
Mrs Fiona Hicks H&S Link Governor	Foundation	Archdiocese of Southwark	Strategy Ethos and Admissions Curriculum Health, Safety, Finance and General Purposes	February 2025	None
Ms Elaine Killerby SEND Link Governor	Foundation	Archdiocese of Southwark	Pastoral Curriculum	February 2026	Retired from the London Borough of Merton in the Educational Psychology Service, which provides a service to the school.
Mrs Karen Peck Safeguarding and Sexual Harrassment Link Governor	Foundation	Archdiocese of Southwark	Strategy Pastoral Sixth Form	October 2026	Trustee at AFC Wimbledon
Mrs Estelle Lambert Wellbeing Link Governor	Foundation	Archdiocese of Southwark	Pastoral Personnel (Chair)	December 2025	Governor at Sacred Heart Primary School, Fulham
Dr Ardle MacMahon (Vice Chair) Curriculum Standards and PP Link Governor, Careers Link Governor	Foundation	Archdiocese of Southwark	Curriculum (Chair) Sixth Form	October 2027	None
Ms Iasone Lucas	Foundation TBC	Archdiocese of Southwark	Ethos and Admissions Health, Safety, Finance and General Purposes	December 2027	None
Mr Eugene McCormick	Co-opted	Governing body	Health, Safety, Finance and General Purposes	June 2027	None
Mr Suraj Sudra	Parent	Parents and carers of students at the school	Personnel Ethos and Admissions	July 2027	None
Mr Alfredo Trivino	Parent	Parents and carers of students at the school	Curriculum Sixth Form	July 2027	None
Ms Rekha Theaker	Parent	Parents and carers of students at the school	Sixth Form	January 2027	None
Professor Claire Ozanne	Co-opted	Governing body	No committees served	September 2024	None
Mrs Rachael Gilmore	Staff Governor	Governing body	Pastoral Curriculum	November 2024	None
Mr Michael Lord	Associate	Governing body	Curriculum Pastoral	November 2024	None

Mrs Faye McGillian

Clerk

Governing body

Strategy
Ethos and Admissions
Curriculum
Sixth Form
Health, Safety, Finance and General Purposes
Pastoral
Personnel

In post since November 2014

Clerk to Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School.

Resignations in last 12 months	Type of Governor	Appointed by	Committees served
Ms Fiona Razvi Sixth Form Link Governor November 2023	Foundation	Archdiocese of Southwark	Strategy Ethos and Admissions Sixth Form (Chair)
Ms Priyanka Banerji-Bhatia May 2024	Associate	Governing body	Personnel
Mr Gary Hipple September 2024	Local Authority	Local Authority	Health, Safety, Finance and General Purposes

Financial Information

Benchmarking information for our school.

Employees’ salaries over £100,000

No of Employees with gross salary of £110,000 - £119,999	1
No of Employees with gross salary of £100,000 - £109,999	0

Governors Donations Fund

The Ursuline Governors Donations Fund is the schools’ regular giving parental contribution scheme. Ursuline High School is a Voluntary Aided Secondary Girls Catholic School.

As a Voluntary Aided School all Capital Works undertaken around the school are 10% funded by the parents. Additionally, Governors contribute to the School’s Chaplaincy programmes to sustain and develop the school’s charism and ethos, and our Laptop Scheme.

We would like to thank the many Ursuline High School parents, past and present, for their generous financial contributions to the school. They have defined the schools’ overall success. We ask that those parents yet to sign up to The Fund to consider doing so. Please contact our financial department for further information or to discuss your donation.