In June 2017 Gayhurst, Kingsmead and Mandeville schools became a federation with one governing body across the three schools. In 2025 Grasmere school joined the LEAP federation which became a four school partnership with a new elected governing body.  The governing body and our four schools work in partnership to ensure outstanding outcomes for all the children of our schools and beyond.

The governing body are mostly volunteers, meeting regularly and working closely with the Executive Headteacher and the LEAP senior leadership team to help the schools develop successfully and to promote high standards of educational achievement.

The governing body is made up of the school’s Executive Headteacher, Local Authority governors and co-opted governors, elected parents and elected staff members.  Together, our primary concern is for the welfare of the schools as a whole and we operate within a standard Code of Conduct for those involved in aspects of public life.

 

Gill Brady and Shanielle Shrouder are Co-Chairs of the Governing Body and Rosalyn Berrisford and Lizzie Thorne are Co-Vice Chairs.

 

Membership of the Governing Body

Clerk to governing body and committees: Susan Moyse

                                                                                                            * in office until first meeting of 2027_28 school year

Full details of the Governing body membership can be found on the page titled: Governing Body Structure and Register of Interests

What do we do?

The responsibilities of the governors include:

• Setting strategic direction, objectives and targets for the school    
• Reviewing progress against the budget, plans and targets    
• Approving the school budget    
• Acting as ‘critical friends’ to senior school staff, to both support and challenge as appropriate
• Appointing the head teacher
• Developing and reviewing school policies

Committees

The newly federated governing body consists of three committees made up of the wider governing body as listed here: 

Link governor responsibilities are listed below:

• Safeguarding, Health, Mental Health & Wellbeing & Attendance - Gill Brady
• Empowerment Framework & Justin Thompson Project - Shanielle Shrouder
• Sustainability & Environmental education - Rosalyn Berrisford
• Inclusion, SEND & Looked After Children + Adaptive teaching - Koen Van Lieshout
• Writing development - Lizzie Thorne
• EYFS & Wrap Around Care - Khadija Adewusi
• Marketing, PR, Premises Development  - Ian Quest
• Finance - Lizzie Thorne, Gill Brady & Louise Nichols
• Governor Training - Lizzie Thorne
• Hackney Young Governor - Gill Brady

How can you let us know what you think?

In any of the schools please send mail to us via the school office or email us with the subject line 'for the attention of the chair of governors' at:

 admin@gayhurst.hackney.sch.uk for Gayhurst school

 admin@kingsmead.hackney.sch.uk for Kingsmead school  

 mdvoffice@mandeville.hackney.sch.uk for Mandeville school

 info@grasmere.hackney.sch.uk for Grasmere school