Governors
Kent Catholic Schools’ Partnership
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.
KCSP Governance Model
St Simon of England Local Governance Committee
The Local Governance Committee is a ‘critical friend’ of the school. It provides Strategic Leadership in school improvement. It does 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 Local Governance Committee 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
St Simon of England RC Local Governance Committee
Governor Name | Category | Appointing Body and Term of Office | Details of Responsibility | Register of Business Interests |
Mrs Marcia Stevens | Foundation Governor | Roman Catholic Diocese Southwark 13 Dec 2020-12 Dec 2024 | Chair P.E, Maths, Englis, Science, Computing, D & T | Nothing to Declare |
Mrs Margaret Eldridge | Foundation Governor | Roman Catholic Diocese Southwark 4 Feb 2022- 3 Feb 2026 | Vice-Chair English, R.E, Art, History | Nothing to Declare |
Mr Phil Monday | Foundation Governor | Roman Catholic Diocese Southwark 18 Dec 2020-17 Dec 2024 | Health and Safety, Pupil Premium, Computing | Nothing to Declare |
Mr Titus Msoka | Foundation Governor | Roman Catholic Diocese Southwark 8 Jan 2020- 17 Dec 2024 | Music, D & T | Nothing to Declare |
Mrs Elizabeth Willis | Foundation Governor | Roman Catholic Diocese Southwark 9 Nov 2022-8 Nov 2026 | Curriculum, MFL | Son H/T at Catholic Primary School, Rochester |
Mr Dino Dimarco | Co-opted Governor | 23 May 2019- 22 May 2023 | Safeguarding, Science, RHE, P.E, Maths, MFL, Art, EYFS | Nothing to Declare |
Mrs Dawn Smith | Parent Governor | 29 July 2021- 28 July 2024 | Pupil Premium, SEND, EYFS | Nothing to Declare |
Mrs Heidi de Wynter | Parent Governor | 8 Sept 2021- 7 Sept 2025 | Curriculum, Geography, History | Nothing to Declare |
Mrs Rufina Ebenebe | Staff Governor Teaching | Elected Teacher Governor 27 June 2023- 26 June 2027 |
| Nothing to Declare |
Mrs Julie Gibbs | Staff Governor Support | Elected Support Staff 18 May 2023-17 May 2027 |
| Nothing to Declare |
Mr Peter McCabe | Headteacher | Roman Catholic Diocese Southwark 13 Sept 2013 to present |
| Nothing to Declare |
Meeting attendance list for last academic year (2022-2023)
Governor | Governor Type | 13 Oct 2022 | 24 Nov 2022 | 09 Feb 2023 | 18 May 2023 |
Mrs Heidi De Winter | Parent governor | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Mr Dino Di Marco | Co-opted governor | Y | N | Y | N |
Mrs Rufina Ebenebe | Staff governor | Y | Y | N | Y |
Mrs Margaret Eldridge | Foundation governor | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Mrs Julie Gibbs | Staff governor | Y | Y | N | Y |
Mr Peter McCabe | Headteacher | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Mr Philip Monday | Foundation governor | Y | N | Y | N |
Mr Titus Msoka | Foundation governor | N | N | Y | Y |
Ms Lauren Riby | Clerk | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Mrs Dawn Smith | Parent governor | N | Y | Y | N |
Mrs Marcia Stevens | Foundation governor | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Our Chair of Governors, Mrs Marcia Stevens, can be contacted by email:
Email address for chair: marcia.stevens@st-simons-ashford.kcsp.org.uk
The Clerk to the committee Ms Lauren Riby, can be contacted by email:
Email address for Clerk: lriby@kcsp.org.uk
Copies of Governing Body minutes are available from the School Office.