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Governing Body
The Governing Body has ultimate responsibility for the college and determines the general policy for it. Governors play an important part in the strategic management of the college and are vital for the success of the school. There are currently 17 governors at St Ignatius College (9 Foundation, 2 Parent, 1 Headteacher, 1 Staff, 1 Local Authority and 3 Co-Opted Governors); all governors have equal voting rights, including co-opted governors.
Their names and the offices they hold are listed below. All foundation governors are appointed by the Trustees (Society of Jesus). Staff governors are appointed by the staff body whereas parents are appointed by the parent body. Co-opted governors are appointed by the main Governing Body.
Additional members of the governing body, without voting rights are:
Admissions officer (Admissions Committee), Finance Manager (Resources Committee) and Administration Assistant (Curriculum Committee).
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NAME AND CATEGORY |
TERMS OF OFFICE |
FURTHER INFORMATION |
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Mrs Mary O'Keeffe Headteacher
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n/a |
Member of the Resources, Quality of Education, Premises Admissions, Site Development, Academisation and Section 48 Committees No business or financial interests Headteacher |
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Mr John Donnelly (Chair) Foundation Governor |
01/07/2017- |
Member of the Resources, Quality of Education, Section 48, Site Development, Academisation and Premises Committees Chair of Admissions and Performance Management Committee No business or financial interests St Anne’s Catholic High School For Girls (Chair); Trustee of the Enfield Citizen Advice Bureaux Occupation: Retired Sales Executive |
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Mrs Jacqui Barton Foundation Governor |
01/05/2017-31/08/2023 |
Member of the Resources, Performance Management and Site Development Committees No business or financial interests Occupation: Teaching Assistant at a local primary school |
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Mrs Deborah Thompson Foundation Governor |
24/05/2017- |
Member of the Quality of Education and Academisation Committees No business or financial interests Occupation: School Improvement office in LA (retired) |
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Fr Andrew Cameron-Mowat SJ Foundation Governor |
01/09/2019- 31/08/2023 |
No business or financial interests Occupation: Jesuit Priest |
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Fr Michael Holman SJ Foundation Governor |
01/09/2020- 31/08/2024 |
Section 48 and Academisation Committees No business or financial interests Occupation: Jesuit Priest |
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Mr Brian Dawson Foundation Governor |
11/03/2014- |
Vice Chair of Premises Committee and member of the Resources Committee No business or financial interests Occupation: Retired Building Services Manager Son: Mr J Dawson (School Chaplain) |
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Mr Edward McCluskey Foundation Governor |
16/11/2017- |
Chair of Quality of Education Committee No business or financial interests Occupation: Deputy Headteacher (retired) |
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Mr David Bailey Foundation Governor |
01/09/2018- |
Member of the Quality of Education, Premises and Admissions Committee No business or financial interests Occupation: School teacher at Our Lady's Catholic High School, Hackney |
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Mr John O'Brien Foundation Governor |
10/12/2015- |
Member of the Resources, Performance Management and Site Development Committees No business or financial interests Occupation: Investment Manager |
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Mr Ken Andrews Foundation Governor |
01/01/2018- |
Chair of Premises Committee, member of Quality of Education and Resources and Site Development Committees No business or financial interests Occupation: Environmental Engineer Also member of Governing Body of St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls, Enfield. |
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Mr Joe Tatham Co-opted Governor |
01/09/2020- 31/08/2024 |
Member of tbc No business or financial interests Occupation: Assistant Head at St Columba’s College |
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Mrs Alexia Ravat Co-opted Governor |
01/09/2020- 31/08/2024 |
Member of Quality of Education and Resources and Personnel Committees No business or financial interests Occupation: HLTA at St Ignatius College |
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Ms Maureen Shorten Parent Governor |
01/09/2019- |
Member of Quality of Education Committee No business or financial interests Occupation: Senior clinical nurse Parent |
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Ms Deborah Bailey Parent Governor |
01/09/2021- 31/08/2025 |
Member of tbc No business or financial interests Occupation: tbc Parent |
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Vacancy Co-Opted x 2 Foundation Governor LA Governor x2 Staff Governors |
Previous Governing Body members within the last 12 months
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NAME AND CATEGORY |
TERMS OF OFFICE |
FURTHER INFORMATION |
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Ms Samantha Seth Foundation Governor |
01/09/2018- 28/02/2023 |
Member of the Resources, Section 48 and Admissions Committees No business or financial interests Occupation: Chartered Certified Accountant |
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Mrs Teresa Neary Co-opted Governor |
01/09/2015- 31/08/2022 |
Member of the Premises Committee No business or financial interests Occupation: Student Support Services Manager at St Ignatius College Full voting rights |
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Mrs Eileen Girling (Vice Chair) Foundation Governor |
01/01/2014- 31/08/2022 |
Chair of Resources Committee No business or financial interests Occupation: HR Director |
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Mr Jason Braganza Co-opted Governor |
01/09/2019- 31/08/2023 |
Member of the Quality of Education and Premises Committees No business or financial interests Occupation: tbc |
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Mr Brendan McCabe Foundation Governor |
01/01/2018- 31/08/2021 |
Member of the Resources and Quality of Education committees No business or financial interests Occupation: Managing Director (retired) |
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Mr Alan Duguid Teacher Governor |
01/09/2019- 31/08/2023 |
Member of the Premises and Site Development Committee No business or financial interests Occupation: Teacher at St Ignatius College |
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Correspondence should be addressed to: |
Governing body attendance records:
Full governing body attendance record 2021-2022
School Financial Benchmarking:
Please follow link below to the School Financial Benchmarking website:
https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/school/detail?urn=102058
School Financial Information, Employees earning over £100,000
Register of Business Interest Information.pdf
Employees-earning-over-100k.pdf
Union Officials
The College has 2 union officials. No time was taken off from work in this capacity.
