Meet our Local Governing Board

Welcome from our Chair

Local Governing Board

The Local Board reports directly to Lighthouse Schools Partnership (LSP). 

The Local Board works in partnership with the Headteacher, ensuring every child has the opportunity to achieve their potential by delivering a good quality education.

The Local Board is responsible for the strategic management of the school that include:

  • Working with the Heads of School to determine the overall direction of the school
  • Form a policy on the school's curriculum
  • Oversee the school's budget
  • Appoint and monitor staffing and performance
  • Monitor the performance of the school, including target setting and standards
  • Making sure school buildings are welcoming and safe
  • Advising, setting and monitoring the school policies and procedures

Local Board Structure 

The Local Board (LGB) consists of all board members and meets once every term, or 6 times a year. Members also visit the school regularly to meet with the staff and monitor the learning environment. The members have individual roles and responsibilities including statutory areas such as health and safety and safeguarding, and subject areas such as English, Maths and Science.

The Local Board currently organises itself around focus areas of the School Development Plan (SDP), delegating review of each area to a board member.  The assignments of these 'link' roles are as follows.

  • Safeguarding (Christina Brugger, Chris Williams & Nick Jones) - Ant Couzens
  • Special Educational Needs (Liz Radnor & Meg Stacey) - Lucy Pountney

  • Maths (Victoria Price & Thomas Germain) - Tim Brown

  • Phonics & English (Carol Slinn & Nick Jones) - Kaye Cousins

  • EYFS (Sarah Birch) - Joe Cryan

  • Pupil Premium - Lucy Pountney

  • Health & Safety, Estates and Facilities ( Ryan Palmer) - Ant Couzens
  • Finance (Laura Freeland)  - Ant Couzens

  • Collective Worship & SIAMS (Susan Lavelle & Nick Jones) - Laura Verrall-Kelly
  • Staff & Wellbeing - Victoria Price 

  • Quality First Teaching (Liz Radnor) - Tim Brown

 

Our Local Board members

Anthony Couzens (Chair) - Community Member
Tim Brown (Vice Chair) - Community Member
Laura Verrall-Kelly - Foundation Member
Christina Brugger - Headteacher
Joe Cryan - Foundation Member
Kaye Cousins - Parent Member
Lucy Pountney - Parent Member
Vickie Price - Staff Member
Louisa Aldred -  Governance Professional to the Academy Council 

Chair of Local Board - Anthony Couzens

To contact, please email: a.couzens@smrp.org.uk

 

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Local Board Vacancies

Would you like to be more involved with your child's school? Then join us as a member of SMRP's Local Board.

See attached more information regarding this new post with us at SMRP.

Please note the nomination form MUST be completed by two other parents from our school and the person nominated CANNOT be a proposer or seconder in this instance. If you are interested in joining the Local Board, then apply using the nomination form (which can be obtained from the office) and hand into the school office so this can be processed via our LSP Trust.  

Contact Us

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If you require paper copies of any information from the website please contact the school office. 

Sorry there is no parking at school on Windmill Close. Please park safely on local roads; Whitehouse Street and other near by roads are for permit holders only.  

Parking around Victoria Park is best; it is only a quick walk through the park to the front of school. 

Address

  • Windmill Close Windmill Hill Bristol BS3 4DP

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