Welcome to our Governors' section.
The Local Governing Body are a group of volunteers who work alongside the Head Teacher to support in the strategic leadership of the school. Members are voted onto the Governing Body by their representative groups. Each Governor can then stay a member for four years. Much of the work of the Governing Body is around the strategic leadership of the school which means we support the school leadership team in making both good financial decisions and also making sure that decisions about children's education are good. We track the progress of the school which means we look at how well our children are performing in their education. We also look at how well our teachers are teaching and support school leaders in helping them to get better.
We hold half termly Local Governing Body meetings which have either a financial or pupil related focus.
Chair of Governors: Mr Roy Roberts
Contact: admin@ryedene.essex.sch.uk
Vice Chair: Mrs Megan Jenkins
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.
We have also provided a Register of Governor Interests.
Name | Category | Date of Appointment | Term | Office Expiry Date | Position & Responsibilities within LGB |
Tracy Dennis
| Head | N/A | N/A | N/A | Head |
Roy Roberts | Parent | 21/05/19 | 4 Years | 21/05/23 | Chair Finance Safeguarding Mental health & Well being |
Megan Jenkins | Co-opted | 02/09/21 | 4 Years | 02/09/25 | Vice Chair Pupil Premium Sports Premium Safeguarding Curriculum and remote learning. |
Iris Cerny | Co-opted | 7/12/2018 | 4 Years | 08/12/22 | Safeguarding
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Sam Marks | Staff- Teaching | 13/11/2021 | 4 Years | 13/11/2025 | Attendance |
Sharon Newton | Staff- Non teaching | 18/05/21 | 4 Years | 18/05/25 | Training Link |
Katherine Miles | Co-opted | 31/1/2019 | 4 Years | 30/01/23 | Health & Safety |
Fran Cavill
| Co-opted | 24/2/2020 | 4 Years | 24/02/24 | Attendance Pupil Premium Mental health & well being |
Josephine Walker | Co-opted | 25/2/2019 | 4 Years | 25/02/23 | Parent Voice SEND GDPR |
| Jodie With | Parent | 12/07/21 | 4 years | 12/07/25 | Mental health & well being Website Audit |
Helen Cooksey | Observer |
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| Deputy Head Inclusion Lead Pupil premium |
Debbie Galton | N/a |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Local Governing Body Attendance 2021-22
| Name | Role | 19/10/21 | 30/11/21 | ||||||
| Tracy Dennis | Head | Y | Y | ||||||
| Roy Roberts | Chair (Parent) | Y | N | ||||||
| Megan Jenkins | Vice Chair(Co-opted) | Y | Y | ||||||
| Iris Cerny | Co-opted | N | N | ||||||
| Sam Marks | Teaching staff | N | Y | ||||||
| Sharon Newton | Support staff | N | Y | ||||||
| Katherine Miles | Co-opted | Y | N | ||||||
| Fran Cavill | Co-opted | Y | Y | ||||||
| Sam Marks | Teaching staff | N | Y | ||||||
| Jodie With | Parent | Y | Y | ||||||
| Jo Walker | Co-opted | Y | Y | ||||||
| Helen Cooksey | Deputy Head-Observer | N | Y |