Meet the Governors

Welcome to our Governors’ section.

Please find below details of how our Governing board is structured, including the names, categories and terms of appointment for each Governor.

	Role	Term of Office	Pecuniary Interests	Attendance 2019/20	Attendance 2018/19
David Pestridge	Chair of Governors - Parent	19/11/2018 18/11/2021	Children at the school	15 out of 17 meetings	8 out of 11 meetings
Ellen Thomas	Vice Chair Parent	22/11/2019-21/11/2022	Children at the school	13 out of 13 meetings
Debbie Buckingham	Acting Headteacher	2 terms	Trust board member ELAT	N/A
Tim Collingwood	Co-opted	05/02/2018-04/02/2022		13 out of 17 meetings	14 out of 14
Clare Carowicz	Staff	16/09/2020-15/09/2022		13 out of 15 meetings	11 out of 13
Philippa Denley	Co-opted	05/11/2018-04/11/2022		16 out of 16 meetings	9 out of 10
Matt Crossey	Parent	16/09/2020-15/092023	Child at the school
Vacancy
Vacancy
Clare Davies	Associate Member	14/05/2020-13/05/24	SENDco in another school	5 out of 6 meetings
Karen Yorke-Dunne	Clerk	1/3/2017	Clerk at 2 schools	All meetings

Contact details: chair@marytavyandbrentor.devon.sch.uk

Contact details: clerk@marytavyandbrentor.devon.sch.uk

We currently have a vacancy for a co-opted governor, if you wish to apply please contact the clerk at: clerk@marytavyandbrentor.devon.sch.uk

Former Governors

Terry Pearce

Role: Co-opted Governor
Appointed: 15/07/2019 Resigned: 9.7.2020
Business/Pecuniary Interests:Watts Charity trustee, West Devon Borough Councillor
Attendance at meetings over the last academic year 2018-20:14 out of 14 meetings

Glenys Mason

Role: Co-opted Governor
Appointed: 24/09/2018; Expires Resigned 22/04/2020
Business/Pecuniary Interests: Volunteer at the school
Attendance at meetings over the last academic year, 2019-20: 10 out of 11 meetings

Richard Thorne MBE

Role: Associate Governor
Appointed: 5/11/18; Resigned 07/19
Business/Pecuniary Interests:
Attendance at meetings over the last academic year, 2018-19: 6 out of 11 meetings

Natasha Litwinska

Role: Parent Governor
Appointed: 20/11/2016 by Parents at the school
Term of Office: 4 Years; Expires: 19/11/2020 - Resigned Oct 2018
Business/Pecuniary Interests: Child at school
Attendance at meetings over last academic year, 2017-18: 15 out of 15 meetings

Judith Baxter

Role: Vice-chair of Governors, Co-opted Governor
Appointed: 15/7/2019 by Governing Board
Term of Office: 4 years Expires: 14/07/2023
Business/ Pecuniary Interests: None to declare
Attendance at meetings over the last academic year, 2018-19: 11 out of 13 meetings

Steve Kendall

Role: SEND Governor, Parent Governor
Appointed: 18/09/2017 by Parents of the school
Term of Office: 4 Years; Expires: 17/09/2021
Business/Pecuniary Interests: Advisory Teacher of the Deaf (Plymouth CC)
Attendance at meetings over the last academic year, 2018-19: 14 out of 14 meetings

Pecuniary Interests

Strategic documents to govern by

Minutes of Governing Board Meetings 2019-20

Minutes of the Resources Meeting 2019-20

Minutes of General Committee 2019-20

Minutes of Governing Board Meetings (GBM) 2018-19

Minutes of Resouces Meetings 2018-19

Minutes of General Meetings 2018-19

Minutes of Governors Meetings 2017-18

Minutes of Resources Meetings 2017-18

Minutes of General Meeting 2017-18