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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.

Our Governors for 2022 - 2023

Name	Type	Appointed by	Committees served	End of term of office	Attendance- Summer 21-Spring 22	Declarations of interest
Ms Julia Waters	Headteacher	Governing body	Strategy Ethos and Admissions Curriculum Sixth Form Health, Safety, Finance and General Purposes Pastoral Personnel	In post since September 2004	26/27	None
Ms Claire Thorogood (Chair) Contact Address: Crescent Road, Wimbledon, London SW20 8HA	Foundation	Archdiocese of Southwark	Pastoral Strategy (Chair) Sixth Form	December 2025	8/13	None
Ms Lisa Thefaut (Vice Chair) Ethos, Personal Development and Behaviour Link Governor	Foundation	Archdiocese of Southwark	Ethos and Admissions (Chair) Strategy	January 2023	10/11	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	17/18	None
Mrs Adwoa- Buahema Fadahunsi Equalities and Racial Justice Link Governor	Foundation	Archdiocese of Southwark	Personnel Pastoral (Chair)	October 2022	7/10	Lay member of the Merton Childrens’ and Adult Safeguarding Board
Ms Elaine Killerby SEND Link Governor	Foundation	Archdiocese of Southwark	Pastoral Curriculum	February 2026	9/10	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	October 2026	11/14	Trustee at AFC Wimbledon
Ms Fiona Razvi Sixth Form Link Governor	Foundation	Archdiocese of Southwark	Strategy Ethos and Admissions Sixth Form (Chair)	February 2026	9/14	Director of Wimbledon BookFest arts charity who provide/supply educational events and projects that the school take part in and purchase. The school is a sponsor of Wimbledon BookFest.
Mrs Estelle Lambert Wellbeing Link Governor	Foundation	Archdiocese of Southwark	Pastoral Personnel (Chair)	December 2025	10/10	Governor at Sacred Heart Primary School, Fulham
Mr Hugo Cruz	Parent	Parents and carers of students at the school	Health, Safety, Finance and General Purposes Curriculum	October 2025	8/8	None
Mr Ardle MacMahon Curriculum Standards and PP Link Governor	Parent	Parents and carers of students at the school	Curriculum (Chair) Sixth Form	October 2025	10/10	None
Mr Paul Barlow	Parent	Parents and carers of students at the school	Health, Safety, Finance and General Purposes Personnel	October 2025	7/8	None
Mr Eugene McCormick	Co-opted	Governing body	Health, Safety, Finance and General Purposes	June 2023	4/6	None
Professor Claire Ozanne	Co-opted	Governing body	No committees served	September 2024	2/4	None
Mr Gary Hipple Finance Link Governor	LA	London Borough of Merton	Health, Safety, Finance and General Purposes (Chair)	June 2023	8/8	Trustee of the London Grid for Learning who provide the school’s broadband connection.
Mrs Rachael Gilmore	Staff Governor	Governing body	Pastoral Curriculum	November 2022	4/9	None
Mr Adrian Laing	Associate	Governing body	No committees served	November 2022	2/4	Headteacher at Wimbledon College.
Ms Polly George	Associate	Governing body	Sixth Form Health, Safety, Finance and General Purposes	November 2022	4/11	None
Ms Priyanka Banerji-Bhatia	Associate	Governing body	Personnel	November 2022	6/7	Parent of a pupil at the school
Mr Michael Lord	Associate	Governing body	Curriculum Pastoral	November 2022	6/8	Parent of a pupil at the school

Mrs Faye McGillian

Clerk

Governing body

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

In post since November 2014

Clerk to Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School.

Resignations in last 12 months

Mrs Alexa Beale

Foundation

Archdiocese of Southwark

Personnel

August 2022

None

Financial Information

Benchmarking information for our school.

Employees’ salaries over £100,000

No of Employees with gross salary of £150,000 - £159,999	1
No of Employees with gross salary of £140,000 - £149,000	0
No of Employees with gross salary of £130,000 - £139,999	0
No of Employees with gross salary of £120,000 - £129,999	0
No of Employees with gross salary of £110,000 - £119,999	0
No of Employees with gross salary of £100,000 - £109,999	0

Board of Governors Model 2021

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