Governors

Burnham Grammar School is an academy and part of the Beeches Learning and Development Trust. Each school within Beeches Learning and Development Trust is managed by its local governing body and the Senior Leadership Team of the school.

Working in partnership with the Headteacher and staff, governors ensure high standards of achievement for the young people in the school. We focus on strategy and school improvement; we decide what we want the school to achieve, set priorities and monitor progress to realise these aims.

We have three core strategic functions delegated to us by Beeches Learning and Development Trust Board:

• Setting the vision, ethos and strategic direction of the school, within the context of Beeches Learning and Development Trust
• Holding the Headteacher and senior staff to account for the educational performance of the school and its students
• Ensuring the school remains within the budget delegated by Beeches Learning and Development Trust and making sure the money is well spent.

 

The current committee of Governors for the school is as follows:

Governor	Committee Membership	Office Held	Date of Appointment	Term To	Appointed By
Shirley Foster (Community)	Admissions, Curriculum, Teaching Learning and Pastoral	Co Vice Chair Development Governor Subject Link: DT/Art	12/09/23	11/09/27	Appointed by Foundation/Trust
Andy Frith (Community)	Admissions, Finance & Lettings, Personnel, Marketing		17/11/2020	18/11/24	Appointed by Foundation/Trust
Andy Gillespie (Headteacher)	Admissions, Finance & Lettings, Personnel, Premises, H&S,  Marketing, School Travel Plan, Equality & Diversity		ex officio	ex officio	ex officio
Wayne Goldsmith (Parent)	Curriculum, Educational Visits, Complaints	Educational Visits Subject Link: PE	06/03/20	05/03/24	Elected by Parents
Matt Gordon-Smith (Community)	Teaching, Learning & Pastoral, Personnel, Premises, H&S	SEND/LAC, Whistleblowing, Sustainability (ESG) Subject Link: Computer Science & ICT	18/02/21	17/02/25	Appointed by Foundation/Trust
Emily Farrell (Support Staff)	Teaching, Learning & Pastoral, Educational Visits		16/11/22	15/11/26	Elected by School Staff
Lola Owolabi (Community)	Teaching Learning & Pastoral, Personnel, Equality & Diversity, Complaints	Equality, Diversity, Community Cohesion, English/Literacy Subject Link: English/Media, PSHE/Citizenship	09/10/18	08/10/26	Appointed by Foundation/Trust
Savita Rana (Community)	Admissions, Teaching Learning & Pastoral, Personnel, Marketing, Equality & Diversity	Co Vice Chair Careers/Gatsby, Equality/Diversity/Community, Wellbeing Subject Link: RS/Philosophy	09/02/21	08/02/25	Appointed by Foundation/Trust
Cecile Searle  (Community)	Finance & Lettings, Personnel, Premises, H&S, Marketing, School Travel Plan	Chair Travel Plan, Health & Safety Subject Link: MFL	17/01/20	16/01/24	Appointed by Foundation/Trust
Nick Walker (Community)	Curriculum, Educational Visits, Finance & Lettings, Complaints	Careers/Gatsby Sixth Form	04/02/10	01/03/24	Appointed by Foundation/Trust
Asad Parkar  (Community)	Curriculum, Educational Visits, Premises, H&S, Equality & Diversity	Careers/Gatsby, Maths/Numeracy Subject Link: Maths	23/02/23	22/02/27	Appointed by Foundation/Trust
Tracy Wrycraft  (Teaching Staff)	Curriculum, Premises, H&S, Equality & Diversity		22/02/21	21/02/25	Elected by School Staff
Joseph Rhymer (Community)	Admissions, Finance & Lettings, Personnel	Pupil Premium Subject Link: Business Studies & Economics	19/05/23	18/05/27	Appointed by Foundation/Trust
Gursharan Bansel  (Parent)	Teaching Learning & Pastoral, Personnel	Subject Link: Psychology/Sociology	22/09/23	21/09/27	Elected by Parents
Daljit Kalher (Parent)			10/10/23	09/10/27	Elected by Parents
Sridhar Somisetty (Parent)			10/10/23	09/10/27	Elected by Parents

Please note the below governor election/resignation dates for the past twelve months: 

• 31/12/21 Charlie Whieldon (Co-opted) Term Ended 
• 16/02/22 Gulzar Hanspal appointed by Trustees as a Governor (Co-opted)
• 22/09/22 Marilyn Goater resigned
• 11/10/22 Lola Owolabi term extended to 08/10/2026
• 07/10/22 Alison Bell resigned as a Governor but remains a BLDT Trustee/Member
• 15/11/22 Iffat Khalid (Support Staff) Term Ended
• 23/02/23 Asad Parkar appointed by Trustees as a Governor (Community)
• 02/05/23 Manu Bajaj (Parent Governor) Term Ended
• 17/05/23 Amarpreet Dhaliwal resigned
• 19/05/23 Joseph Rhymer appointed by Trustees as a Governor (Community)
• 12/09/23 Shirley Foster extended to 11/09/2027
• 22/09/23 Gursharan Bansel elected by Parents (Parent)
• 01/10/23 Veninder Dhariwal resigned
• 10/10/23 Daljit Kalher elected by Parents (Parent)
• 10/10/23 Sridhar Somisetty elected by Parents (Parent)
• 17/10/23 Cecile Searle elected Chair of Governors (unopposed), Shirley Foster & Savita Rana elected as Co Vice Chairs (unopposed). Andy Frith continues as a BLDT Trustee/Member and Chair of Trustees.
• 06/11/23 Gulzar Hanspal resigned

For information regarding Governance documents, Annual Reports, Financial Statements and Trustees/Members of the Beeches Learning and Development Trust, please view the BLDT section of the website. 

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To view attendance at governor meetings for 2022-23 please view the link below : 

BGS Governor Attendance at Meetings 2022-23 

To view the BGS LGB Grid for Committee/Working Group Membership, please view the link below : 

BGS - Local Governing Body - Committee/Working Group Membership 2023-24