KCSP
Kent Catholic Schools' Partnership is a charitable trust and a company limited by guarantee. The Trust was established in August 2012 by the Archbishop of Southwark.
The Trust Board of Directors ('Trustees') are responsible for overseeing the management and administration of the Trust and they fulfil this role by delegating functions to committees.
The Trust understands the importance of the role of governance committees and the Trust has set out guidance and support in its Governance Handbook and Scheme of Delegation.
The Governance Committee is a ‘critical friend’ of the school. It provides Strategic Leadership in school improvement. It does this by being appropriately involved in the school improvement cycle as follows:
Key Issues
The governance committee will consider and keep under review: the progress and attainment of all groups of pupils, evidence of narrowing gaps between under achieving groups and other pupils, improvements in the quality of teaching, the school’s improvement since the last inspection, and the school’s self-evaluation of how well it is doing currently. Governance committee members are not expected to be involved in the day to day running of the school.
Who can be a governance committee member?
What makes a good governance committee member?
Local Governance Committee information:
Local Governance Committee
Governor Name | Category | Date of Appointment | Appointing Body and Term of Office | Details of Responsibility | Register of Business Interests |
Dr Carmel Digman | Foundation Governor | 01 January 2018 | Archdiocese of Southwark 01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2025 | Chair Safeguarding Lead Catholic Character & Ethos | Nothing declared |
Mr David Hunt | Foundation Governor | 17 May 2021 | Archdiocese of Southwark 17 May 2021 - 16 May 2025 | Vice-Chair Curriculum Lead Pupil Premium/SEND Lead | Wife Elizabeth Hunt is a teacher at the school |
Hester Seager-Fleming | Headteacher |
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| Nothing declared | |
Mr Philip Smye-Rumsby | Foundation Governor | 03 February 2014 | Archdiocese of Southwark 12 May 2022 - 11 May 2026 |
| Owner of Smye-Rumsby Ltd company who provides CCTV, entry systems, public address and electrical services. |
Meeting attendance list for last academic year |
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Y = Attended, N = Apologies Accepted, NA = Apologies not Accepted, NS = No Apologies sent, ? = Attendance Not Marked, Blank = Not Required, CA = Consent for absence, - = Not applicable
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Academy Committee Meetings:
Governor | Governor Type | 13 Sep 2022 | 15 Nov 2022 | 07 Feb 2023 | 02 May 2023 | 11 Jul 2023 |
Mr Phil Barham | Clerk | Y | Y | Y | Y |
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Dr Carmel Digman | Foundation governor | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Mr David Hunt | Foundation governor | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Hannah Ives |
| Y |
| Y |
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Mrs Sam Paterson | Clerk |
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| Y | Y |
Hester Seager-Fleming | Headteacher | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Bronwen Strinati |
| N | N | N |
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Our Chair of Governors, Carmel Digman , can be contacted by email:
carmel.digman@st-josephs-aylesham.kcsp.org.uk
The Clerk to the committee Samantha Paterson, can be contacted by email:
Copies of Governing Body minutes are available from the School Office.
Governance handbook - Governance Handbook 23/24
Scheme of delegation - Scheme of Delegation 23/24