School Standards Board (SSB)
Our School Standards Board (SSB) meets once per half term. Our SSB provides the local governance function for our schools which fits within the overall governance structure of GLF Schools. Further information about governance at GLF Schools can be found here.
The three core functions of governance are:
1. Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
2. Holding leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management, including well-being, of staff
3. Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.
It is therefore important that our SSB comprises the right people with the right skills to make appropriate and informed decisions for a school, taking into account the views of children and students, staff, parents and the local community.
To contact the Chair of our Standards Board, Mr Kevin Gawley, please email k.gawley@glfschools.org
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Kevin Gawley - Chair of School Standards Board
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Kevin Gawley graduated from St. Mary’s College, Strawberry Hill in 1978 and began his teaching career in Surrey. He developed his leadership experience in Slough, and worked for Berkshire County Council as a Management Consultant before taking his first substantive Headteacher role in Surrey in January 1995. He has extensive headship experience in four schools and most recently was Executive Headteacher at a Primary school in Guildford, where he worked on a part-time basis in a strategic role. He has been actively involved in school-to-school projects using his experience of headship of schools in Ofsted categories, and is now working as an Education Consultant. He is an NCSL Consultant Leader and Local Leader of Education. He has served as a school governor for more than 25 years in both Primary and Secondary schools |
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David Fry - Member of the School Standards Board
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David Fry retired after a long career in senior financial positions around the world with Philips, the Dutch multinational electronics company. He has been involved in school governance directly or indirectly for some 25years. Prior to Southgate, he had been a local authority governor in West Sussex, mostly in Secondary but latterly in the Primary sector. From 2008 he was Chair of Governors for 8 years in a large Secondary school followed by 2 years in a Primary school. He is a member of the Chartered Governance Institute. His main interest is in finance and strategic/ improvement planning. Travel, reading and playing bowls are his main leisure interests. |
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Samantha Gray - Parent Member of the School Standards Board
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Samantha has worked within childcare for 15 years, 13 of which were within an SEN school, and the last 2 years as a childminder. Samantha has joined the SSB to give a parents perspective. She wants to support the school and its changes positively, as her eldest son attends Southgate, and her youngest will be joining 2020. |
Jemima Barnes - Member of the School Standards Board |
Jemima lives in the local community and is delighted to be appointed as a Governor for Southgate Primary - she is looking forward to working with both the school (pupils, parents, staff) and local community to ensure that we deliver against the Southgate mission: the school will be a 'place where excellence, pride and ambition is at the heart of all we do.'
Although now working day to day in the finance industry, Jemima has always had a keen interest in education - she graduated from Loughborough University with a PhD in Psychology - the focus of her studies was adolescent motivation in physical education. Most recently she has been a Career Ready mentor (connecting young people with the world of work) and previously she has worked as a Learning Support Assistant. Jemima enjoys open water swimming, gardening, dog walking and yoga. |
