Welcome to our Governors’ section.
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, terms of appointment and the curriculum area for which they are the link Governor. Kindly note there are no individual committees.
Whilst currently have one vacancy for a parent governor. Please contact the Clerk if this is of interest to you.
Ridgmont Lower School actively seeks to recruit governors in order to promote diversity, including though not limited to age, gender, ethnicity and religion.
Instrument of Government
Governing Body 2024-2025
Category | Name | Term Started | Term Ends | Relevant Business, Relationships Between Governors & Staff (material interests) and Pecuniary Interests | Link Governor Role | Appointed by |
| Headteacher | Allison Jakes | September 2019 | None | Ex Officio | ||
| Staff | Jane Stringall | September 2024 | August 2025 | None | Governing Body | |
| Parent | Vacancy | |||||
| Parent | Vacancy | |||||
| Co-opted Governor | Felicity Maxwell (Vice Chair) | September 2024 | September 2028 | None | Computing History Geography Science
Finance | Governing Body |
| Co-opted Governor | Paul Bowyer | July 2024 | July 2028 | None | Art DT French Maths Music | Governing Body |
| Co-opted Governor | Christine Sweetnam (Chair) | May 2024 | May 2028 | Chair of Governors at Marston Moreteyne VC School | English EYFS PE | Governing Body |
| Co-opted Governor | Criston Thomas | July 2024 | July 2028 | None | Health & Safety | Governing Body |
| Local Authority Governor | Councillor Robert Morris | September 2021 | August 2025 | Governor at Shelton Lower School | Attendance | Local Authority |
| Clerk | Cerri Begley | September 2024 | None | Governing Body |
Contact details :
Clerk : office@ridgmont-lower.org.uk
Chair : csweetnam@ridgmont-lower.org.uk