Governing Body

The Governing Board of The Archbishop’s School is made up of 21 volunteers, supported by a governance professional, whose role is to provide clerical support and procedural advice.

The 21 volunteers include parents, staff, people nominated by the Diocese, as we are a Foundation school, people nominated by the Local Authority, and people ‘co-opted’ (chosen) by the school, specifically for the skills they bring to the Governing Board.

At the moment, that means we have Governors who have experience in Health and Safety, in Finance, in Marketing and in student wellbeing, among others. 

In the strictest sense, the Governors employ the Headteacher and the Senior Leadership Team. We don’t do this without support and consultation from the Local Authority, from the Diocese and from other education experts.  The Governors have strategic oversight of the whole school.

As Governors, our purpose is to provide confident and strong strategic leadership which leads to robust accountability, oversight and assurance for education and financial performance. 

We have three core functions:

• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;

• Holding executive leaders to account for educational performance of the organisation and its students, and effective and efficient performance management of staff; and

• Overseeing the financial performance of the organization and making sure its money is well spent.

In addition, and at the very heart of the work we undertake as Governors, is the role the Governing Board has in upholding and developing the distinctive Christian character of The Archbishop’s School.

We are fortunate at the moment, in that the Chair of Governors is Mrs K Stoner, a retired Headteacher who has significant experience with improving schools. Under Kim’s leadership, the Governing Board have recently steered the school to a return to financial stability and have begun to see a significant improvement in results, behaviour and perhaps most importantly, student wellbeing. 

We fully support Mr Elliott’s vision to see the school become the school of choice for young people coming into Kent from areas of conflict and fear, while also upholding and improving opportunities for long term Kent residents. 

If you have any queries for the Governing Board, comments, feedback or other communications, please contact them via their clerk, Dr Jane CoomberSewell on jcoombersewell@archbishops.kent.sch.uk.

Governor Roles

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Clerk to the Governing Body 

Constitution: 

1 Local Authority; 3 Parents; 1 Headteacher; 4 Co-opted; 3 Foundation (incl Ex Officio); 8 Associate (Advisory; Non-Voting); 1 Staff

Associate Members sit in an advisory capacity only and do not have voting rights.