The Governing Body
The full board of Governors meets five times a year. Committees meet five times a year, making appropriate reports and recommendations to the full Board of Governors. Each Committee elects a Chair who sits on the Strategy and Development Committee.
The Chair of Governors is Mr Steven Carroll: s.carroll@burford.oxon.sch.uk
The Company Secretary is Mrs S Reeve: s.reeve@burford.oxon.sch.uk
Full details of each Committee’s remit, copies of non-confidential minutes and any Governors’ Register of Interest are available from the Company Secretary. The Governors follow a Governors’ Code of Conduct 2021-22 which is reviewed annually and signed by each member upon appointment.
Governor Profile – Term One 2021-22
Cheryl Bracey has been a parent governor since December 2017 and is the Chair of the Curriculum and Standards committee, with a son in Year 12.
Cheryl has worked for Nationwide Building Society since 1998 in a variety of roles including back office functions leading large operational teams before moving into change delivery and business readiness in 2004. Her current role as a Senior Change Manager, is to shape and deliver change to colleagues in Nationwide’s branches with a responsibility for cost, governance, risk and controls.
| Parent Governors | Ordinary Governors | Staff Governors | Co-options | Associate Members | Staff Contributors and Secretary |
| Mrs Jennifer Warriner | Mr Stuart Norridge (Safeguarding Governor) | Mrs Andrea Bird | Mrs Ruth Reavley | Head Girl | Miss Caroline Skerten Acting Deputy Headteacher |
| Vacancy | Mr Richard Martin
| Mr Matthew Albrighton (Headteacher) | Vacancy | Head Boy | Mrs Suzanne Reeve Company Secretary |
| Mr Philip Foster | Mrs Angela Sherwood | Mrs Clare Brown | Deputy Head Girl | Mr Alan Staniforth Business Manager | |
| Mrs Ginny Renwick | Mrs Julie Wall | Mr Chris Cowley | Deputy Head Boy | Mrs Sarah Evans HR Manager | |
| Mrs Cheryl Bracey | Mr Steven Carroll (Chair of Governors) | Mr Daniel Pullin & Mrs Sharon Scantlebury Assistant Headteachers | |||
| Mr Matthew Willis (Vice-chair of Governors) | Mr Derek Grimsley | Mr Stuart Bassett Assistant Headteacher |
Attendance at Full Governing Board Meetings 2020-21
Governor Committee Structure 2021-22
| Boarding Committee | Curriculum & Standards Committee | Financial Management, Premises, Health & Safety Committee | Staff & Student Development Committee | Strategy & Development Committee |
| Mr S Norridge (Chair) | Mrs C Bracey (Chair) | Mr R Martin (Chair) | Mrs A Sherwood | Mr S Carroll (Chair) |
| Mrs A Bird | Mrs C Brown | Mr D Grimsley | Mr M Willis | Mrs A Sherwood |
| Mrs G Renwick | Mr M Albrighton | Mr P Foster | Mr M Albrighton | Mrs C Bracey |
| Mr M Albrighton | Mr D Grimsley | Mr C Cowley | Mr S Carroll | Mr S Norridge |
| Mrs J Warriner | Mrs R Reavley | Mr M Albrighton | Mrs J Wall | Mr M Albrighton |
| Mr R Martin | ||||
| Boarding Committee Terms of Reference 2021-22 | Curriculum and Standards Committee Terms of Reference 2021-22 | Finance & Premises Committee Terms of Reference 2021-22 | Staff & Student Development Terms of Reference 2020-21 | Strategy Committee Terms of Reference 2020-21 |
Governor Details, Pecuniary & Personal Interests
| Governor | Start date | Term of office | Finishing date | Pecuniary & personal interests |
| Mr M Albrighton | 01.09.2021 | While in post as Headteacher | Headteacher, Director of Wysdom Touring Park, Burford Foundation Governor & Trustee Uganda Link | |
| Mrs A Bird | 03.04.2017 | Four years | 02.04.2021 | Finance Manager at Burford School A Bird – Husband – Burford School Staff |
| Mrs C Bracey | 13.12.2017 | Four years | 12.12.2021 | Employer – nationwide Building Society Parent of Burford School student |
| Mrs C Brown | 12.12.2018 | Four years | 11.12.2022 | Burford School Staff Parent of Burford School student |
| Mr S Carroll | 6.7.2020 | Four years | 5.7.2024 | Parent of Burford School student |
| Mr C Cowley | 03.04.2017 | Four years | 02.04.2021 | Burford School Staff |
| Mr P Foster | 23.02.2018 | Four years | 22.02.2022 | Parent of Burford School student |
| Mr D Grimsley | 01.01.2012 | Four years | 31.07.2023 | None |
| Mr R Martin | 6.7.2020 | Four years | 5.7.2024 | None |
| Mr S Norridge | (01.09.2014)9.7.2018 | Four years | 8.7.2022 | None |
| Mrs Ruth Reavley | 24.5.2021 | Four years | 23.5.2025 | Burford School Foundation Burford Parochial Church Council Falkland Hall/Burford Archive Project |
| Mrs G Renwick | 13.12.2017 | Four years | 12.12.2021 | Related by marriage to a member of teaching staff Parent of Burford School student |
| Mrs A Sherwood | 07.01.2019 | Four Years | 06.01.2023 | Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development Parent of Burford School student |
| Mrs J Wall | 12.12.2018 | Four Years | 11.12.2022 | None Grandparent of a Burford School student |
| Mrs J Warriner | 12.12.2019 | Four Years | 11.12.2023 | Parent of Burford School student |
| Mr M Willis | 19.01.2021 | Four Years | 18.01.2025 | Parent of Burford School student |
| Mrs S Matthews | 25.3.2020 | Resigned | 24.5.2021 | |
| Mrs K Haig | Resigned | 31.8.2021 | ||
| Mrs V Spracklen | 04.01.2021 | Resigned | 06.10.2021 |