St Martin's Primary School

Fern Academy Trust is a new Trust as of 1st November 2024. Governors information will follow shortly.

Dewbridge Federation
(Governing Board of Marlbrook, St Martin’s and Little Dewchurch)

The school are maintained schools and are a formal federation. The governing body is constituted as follows:

1 Executive Headteacher
2 Parents

2 Heads of School
1 staff
2 Foundation
3 co-opted
1 local authority

The three core strategic functions of Marlbrook, St Martin’s and Little Dewchurch Governing Body are:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the School and its students
Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure that its money is well spent.

Governors are also responsible for ensuring that the school meets statutory requirements.

The Governing Body has established one committee to which it delegates day to day responsibility for the financial oversight, including premises and staffing.

Marlbrook, St Martin’s and Little Dewchurch Governing Body (Dewbridge Federation)- Declarations of interest

Full Name of Governor/ Associate Member	Governor Type	Governor Position	Committees	Initial start date	Start date for current term	End date	Appointing body	Declared Interests
Andy Goode	LA	Chair of governors	Finance	02/07/16	27/04/22	27/04/26	LA	None
Joy Carroll	Co-opted			27/09/16	27/04/22	27/04/26	Board	None
Peter Houghton	Foundation			01/09/2018	17/05/22	16/05/23	Diocese	None
Nicola Hudson	Head of School (Little Dewchurch)			04/10/22	04/10/22	Ex officio	Ex officio	None
Sue Jenkins	Executive Headteacher		Finance	01/09/12	04/10/22	N/A	Ex officio	None
Mark Johnson	Foundation – Ex officio			02/11/22	02/11/22	02/11/26	Ex officio	Chair of Governors The federation of two Herefordshire schools, Much Birch C of E Primary School and St. Mary's, Credenhill C of E Primary School.
Karen Morris	Co-opted		Finance - Chair	07/12/15	27/04/22	27/04/26	Board	Related to a member of staff Employee of Herefordshire Council
Nina Purcell	Co-opted		Finance	27/04/22	27/04/22	27/04/26	Board	I am chair of a Rotary group that has provided funding to St Martins School. The ability to request funding is open to individuals and charitable causes across Herefordshire.
Sarah Rosser	Staff			01/09/20	01/09/20	01/09/24	Staff	None
Tim Wilson	Head of School (St Martin’s)			04/10/22	04/10/22	Ex officio	Ex officio	None

Irene Goodman	Foundation			25/03/18	27/04/22	Resigned 04/10/22	Diocese	None
Lyndsey Francis	Parent		Finance	29/06/16	29/06/20	Resigned 14/12/22	Parents	None

Governor attendance 2022/23

√ Present

A Apologies

X Absent

The Governing Body

Meeting Date	04/10/22	13/12/22	14/02/23	EFGB 28/03/23	23/05/23	11/07/23	Total Meetings
Andy Goode	A	A	√	√	√	√	4/6
Joy Carroll	A	√	√	√	√	√	5/6
Peter Houghton	√	√	√	A	√	A	4/6
Nicola Hudson	√	√	√	√	√	√	6/6
Sue Jenkins	√	√	√	√	√	√	6/6
Mark Johnson	N/A	√	√	√	√	√	5/5
Karen Morris	√	√	√	√	√	√	6/6
Nina Purcell	√	√	√	√	√	√	6/6
Sarah Rosser	A	A	A	√	√	A	2/6
Tim Wilson	√	√	√	√	√	√	6/6

Irene Goodman	A	A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0/2
Lyndsey Francis	A	A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0/2

Finance Committee attendance 2022/23

Meeting Date	14/10/22	13/12/22	14/02/23	23/05/23	11/07/23	Total Meetings
Andy Goode	A	A	√	√	√	3/5
Sue Jenkins	√	√	√	√	√	5/5
Mark Johnson	N/A	√	√	A	√	3/4
Karen Morris	√	√	√	√	A	4/5
Nina Purcell	√	A	√	√	√	4/5
				√
Lyndsey Francis	A	A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0/2

Diversity Data

The governors of the Dewbridge Federation believe it is important that boards reflect the diversity of the school communities they serve. Diverse boards promote inclusive school environments and provide diverse role models for staff and young people.

The governors are currently collecting data on the diversity of the board, including data on age, gender and ethnicity. They will use that data to inform recruitment and training needs and ensure there is always a diverse range of perspectives around the table to support robust decision making.

Due to our relatively small governing body, we do not publish this diversity data online as individual governors could be identified and we have a legal obligation to protect their personal data.