Governing Body

Local Governing Body

The Boswells School Local Governing Body (LGB) consists of 10 members.

If you want to address the Local Governing Body, you can write to: Janet Wood, Chair of Govenors, C/o The Boswells School, Burnham Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 6LY or via email: 

Name

Appointed By

Term of Office

Chair of Governors

Janet Wood

 

Trust Governor

 

17/06/2021 - 16/06/2025

Vice Chair

Stuart Geddes

Community Governor

01/09/2021 - 31/08/2025

Karen Jeffery

Parent Governor

06/11/2020 - 05/11/2024

Grant Scott

Community Governor

05/03/2024 – 04/03/2028

Stella Little

Parent Governor

06/11/2020 - 05/11/2024

Mike Mackrory

Co-opted Governor

01/06/2021 - 31/05/2025

Stephen Mansell

Headteacher

16/10/2022 - 15/10/2026

Vanessa Lamb

Staff Governor

21/06/2022-20/06/2026

Maria Williams

Staff Governor

17/01/2023-16/01/2027

The role of the LGB is:
  • To support the vision of the Chelmsford Learning Partnership Trust 
  • To govern admissions/exclusions/complaints 
  • To monitor and be accountable for standards in the school 
  • Monitoring the educational performance of the school/s and progress towards agreed targets 
  • To act as a critical friend to the school’s Leadership Team 
  • To represent the views of and engage with the local community 
  • To agree a draft budget every year and submit this budget to the trustees 
  • To monitor the performance of the budget 
  • To authorise expenditure up to agreed levels in the Financial Regulations 
  • To ensure that the academy delivers ‘value for money’ 
  • To monitor appointments/appraisals of all academy staff excluding Headteacher/Head of School 
  • To oversee safeguarding procedures 
  • To monitor the School Improvement Plan 
  • To monitor and be accountable for the curriculum provision of the school 
  • To review and determine local policy 
  • To make representations to the board of trustees  

Additional Information

Document Title Date Download
Boswells School Effectiveness Grid 2023 2024 22nd Aug 2024 Download