Governance

Our Governing Body

Members of the UTC Swindon Governing Body are shown below.

Dates of our meetings and minutes can be requested by emailing clerk@alet.org.uk

Hollie Danby
Headteacher

Beverley Bailey
Chair of Governors

Paul Holmes
Vice Chair of Governors

Clair Dallamore
Governor – Safeguarding

Scott Reilly
Governor – sponsor

Linda Grant
Governor

Anne Haig-Smith 
Governor

Dani Amorim
Governor – Teacher

Become a Govenor

If you want to make a difference in your community and develop your own professional skills, come and volunteer as a school governor and you can do both. We all want the best for children and for our local schools: governors play a key role in leading, supporting and improving these schools, and becoming one can be a very rewarding experience. Plus, it may not be as time consuming as you think, and we offer lots of training and support to help you.

It doesn’t matter whether you have children or not, what role you have in an organisation or whether you know anything about education: everyone brings a unique perspective and can have a truly transformative impact on outcomes for children and for local communities. All you have to be is aged over 18 and possess the necessary skills, attributes, and time to positively impact our learners.

YOUR SKILLS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO CHILDREN’S LIVES

What do school Governors do?

School governors play a key role in leading our schools. They set the strategic vision and direction, approve budgets, support staff recruitment, monitor school performance, approve school policies and procedures, and hold the senior leadership team to account.

What you need to commit to

Take part in regular governors’ meetings, usually four times per year with additional committee meetings as required.
Spend time on training and getting to know the school through termly link governor visits.
Occasionally sit on appointments panels or panels that handle staff or student discipline issues or complaints against the school.

Why become a School Governor?

There are significant benefits of being a governor, both personally and professionally. And it may not be as a big a time commitment as you imagine – governors meet on average around twice a term.

As a governor you will:

Have a genuine, positive impact on the lives and education outcomes for children and young people
Use and develop your professional skills and experience in areas such as strategic planning, leadership, financial planning, good practice, and team working – skills that feed back directly into your own career and personal development
Build relationships and networks in your locality
Gain satisfaction knowing that your input directly supports young people and the wider community served by the school
Being part of a multi-academy trust also enables your knowledge to be shared across other schools to provide support to more teachers and students

How we'll support you

We know that not all, in fact sometimes not even the best, governors have education experience, so we offer a comprehensive programme of training and support to help you gain confidence and build your skills. These include access to professional governance support both inside the Trust and outside, using The Key and the National Governors Association, 1:1 training on specific topics as needed, and lots of opportunities to link with governors in other schools to support and learn from each other.

Policies and Procedures

UTC Oxfordshire follows policies common to the member schools of Activate Learning Education Trust. You may access the full list of Activate Learning Education Trust Policies via this link.