Welcome to our Governors’ section.
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.
Newtown has a dedicated team of Governors who are either elected as Parent Governors, Community Governors, Local Authority Governors or staff Governors. They remain on the Governing Body for a period of four years and may be re-elected if no other candidates come forward. The Chair and Vice-Chair are elected annually. Vacancies for Governors are communicated through the School to the Parent Body and Hampshire County Council (HCC) Governor Services Team. All Governors are members of the Full Governing Body (FGB) and have full voting rights. They meet collectively once per month. Each Governor has a clear role in supporting and holding the school to account. These areas are reviewed annually. Each Governor reviews aspects of school improvement each term to monitor progress towards identified goals. This ensures that Newtown’s Governors ‘know their school’ and are able to challenge the school to achieve the very best outcomes for children.
They have no pecuniary interests to declare, but these are reviewed on a monthly basis.
| Name | Role | Committees |
Mrs Glynis Wright | Chair of Governing Body Foundation Governor | Chair of the Full Governing Body Headteacher's Performance Review Committee |
| Mrs Elizabeth Bull | Vice Chair of the Governing Body Co-opted | Full Governing Body |
| Mrs Emma Howlett | Headteacher | Full Governing Body |
| Miss Michelle Finnighan | Foundation Governor | Pay Review Committee Full Governing Body |
| Mrs Julie Westerby | Local Authority Governor | Full Governing Body |
| Miss Gill Stutter | Staff Governor | Full Governing Body |
| Mr David Mearns | Co-opted | Full Governing Body |
| Mrs Jane Dennett | Clerk to Governing Body | All |
| Mr Richard Swain | Parent Governor | Full Governing Body |
| Mr Kieran Brockerton-Baker | Parent Governor | Full Governing Body |
| Vacant | Foundation Governor | Full Governing Body |
| Mr Ian Wright | Co-opted | Full Governing Body |
| Miss Helene Jackson | Co-opted | Full Governing Body |