Welcome to our Governors’ section
The Local Governing Board at Ranikhet Academy is made up of parents, school staff, members of the local community and REAch2 appointed governors. Governors hold the school to account, they meet each term through 'Full Governing Board ' meetings and committee meetings.
The governors have a wide range of responsibilities including:
- Appointing teaching and support staff of the school
- The school budget
- Oversight of school management
- Oversight of policies and major decisions concerning the general direction of the school
- Some governors have responsibility for a specific area such as safeguarding, SEN provision or finance.
REAch2 Reading Cluster Local Governing body
Ranikhet Academy shares a governing body with Civitas Academy & The Palmer Academy as part of REAch2 Reading Cluster.
REAch2 Governance Structure & Information
To view the REAch2 Governance Structure click here.
For further information about REAch2 Governance click here.
Our Governors
Below is a list of our current governors, their positions of responsibility, terms of office, nature of business interests that could present as a conflict of interest, any connections of other interested parties.
The Reading Cluster Local Governing Body – 2018-19 |
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| Name | Type | Start | Term of Office Ends |
Committee membership |
Cluster Governor responsibilities |
Dec of Interest | Relationship with schools |
Other Governor roles |
| Salima Ducker | Executive Headteache |
September 2016 |
None | Executive Headteacher |
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| Dom Prendergast | Associate | September 2016 |
TPA ROSE | None | Head of School TPA |
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| Mark Wieder | Associate | January 2018 |
Civitas ROSE | None | Head of School Civitas |
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| Louisa Compton | Associate | September 2018 |
Ranikhet ROSE | None | Head of School Ranikhet |
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| David Leeper | Chair of Governors Trust |
September 2016 |
September 2020 |
Civitas ROSE Ranikhet ROSE TPA ROSE |
Leadership Governance Chair of TPA ROSE |
National leader of governance |
None | |
| Kate Lamburn | Trust | September 2016 |
September 2020 |
TPA ROSE | Safeguarding | None | None | |
| Faruq Bilbe | Trust Vice Chair of Governors |
September 2016 |
September 2020 |
Civitas ROSE Ranikhet ROSE TPA ROSE |
Finance Chair of Ranikhet ROSE |
None | None | Alfred Sutton Primary School |
| Abby Stevens | Trust | November 2017 |
November 2021 |
Civitas ROSE | Chair of Civitas ROSE |
None | Parent Civitas | |
| Libby Thomassen | Palmer Staff | September 2016 |
September 2020 |
TPA ROSE | Health and safety |
None | Teacher TPA | |
| Julia Abbott | Ranikhet Staff |
June 2017 | June 2021 | Ranikhet ROSE | Health and safety |
Fiancé works with Thames Valley Police |
Teacher Ranikhet | |
| Mani Coulter | Trust | May 2018 | May 2022 | TPA ROSE | ABC to Read vol | None | ||
| Moji Kolawole | Trust | May 2018 | May 2022 | Ranikhet ROSE | Education Development Trust |
None | ||
| Susan Camilleri | Civitas Parent |
May 2018 | May 2022 | Civitas ROSE | None | Parent Civitas | ||
| Graeme Wallace | Trust | July 2018 | July 2022 | Ranikhet ROSE | Rivers Academy West London |
None | ||
| Vacancy | TPA Parent |
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| Vacancy | Ranikhet Parent |
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| Vacancy | Civitas Staff | |||||||
https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/information/governors
Governors Meeting Attendance
To contact the Chair of Governors, Mr David Leeper, please write to:
David Leeper
Chair of Governors,
c/o The Palmer Academy
70 Northumberland Avenue,
Reading,
RG2 7PP
Governor Visits
Our Governors visit the school regularly to moderate, monitor, audit and get to know the pupils.
If you are interested in joining the Local Governing Board please check the school newsletter where vacancies are advertised.