Governors

The local governing board at Upper Shirley High school is a committee of the Hamwic Education Trust Board, and has three key functions: • Helping to set the strategy for the school • Holding school leaders to account for school performance • Stakeholder management, including parents, pupils, staff and the wider community

Details of the constitution of the board and its role are documented in the Hamwic Terms of Reference for Local Governing Committees, and the Scheme of Delegation.


Contact Details: To contact the governing board please email: 

chair@ushschool.org or clerk@ushschool.org

If you wish to raise a complaint, please refer to the school Complaints policy which sets out the process to follow.

 

Our governors:

Name

Role

Appointment & term of office

Biog.

Register of Interests

Sonal Mehta

Chair of Governors

Link role: Finance, Premises, HR

Co-opted

16/06/22 – 15/06/26

Sonal has two children at USH and works for Lloyds Register.

None

Jacqui Westbury-Hogg

Vice Chair of Governors

Link roles: SEN (lead), Pupil Premium (lead), Disadvantaged pupils, Staff and Pupil Wellbeing

Co-opted

30/11/20 – 29/11/24

Jacqui is a lecturer in Social Work and is currently our longest serving governor.

None

Chris Sykes

Ex-officio

Headteacher USH

 

None

Professor Zheng-Tong Xie

Link role: Health & Safety

Co-opted

03/11/21 – 05/02/23

06/02/23 – 05/02/27

Tong is a professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Southampton UniversityNone

Bhavini Goldman

Link role: Teaching & Learning/Curriculum

Staff governor

11/11/22 – 10/11/26

Bhavini is the Head of English at USH

None

Michael Roe

Link role: Safeguarding

Co-opted

18/01/23 – 17/01/27

Mike is a consultant paediatrician at University Hospital Southampton, and is the hospital lead on safeguarding and child protection

None

Paul Webber

Link role: Careers Education

Parent governor

06/02/23 – 05/02/27

Paul is a secondary school teacher, and has previously been a governor at Wordsworth Primary school

None

Laura Starke

Link role: Disadvantaged (Lead), SEN, PPG

Parent governor

06/02/23 – 05/02/27

Laura is the Head of KS3 and part of the pastoral team at a special secondary school (SEN MLD).

None

Robin Doulton

Link role: Teaching & Learning/Curriculum

Co-opted

08/03/23 – 07/03/23

Robin teaches secondary Science at another Southampton school.

Spouse employed by another Hamwic/JEP school. 

Sara Babahami


Co-opted

25/02/21 Resigned w.e.f. 22.09.23


None

 


Governor Register of Interest December 2022

GOVERNOR MEETING ATTENDANCE 2022-2023