Meet the Governors | Templars Academy

Welcome to our Governors' Section

CHAIR OF GOVERNORS

Mr R Lane

Templars Academy

Cressing Road

Witham

Essex

CM8 2NJ

01376 513477

e-mail: admin@templars-pri.essex.sch.uk

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

Templars Academy Governors’ Business Interests as at November 2016

Name of Governor	Category of Governor and Term of Office	Appointment Body e.g. Governing Body; Local Authority; Foundation Diocese	Positions of Responsibility	Relevant Business Interests that could present a conflict of interest including whether a governor at another school	Personal relationship (if any) with members of school staff e.g. spouse, partner, relative
Rod Lane	Chair Of Governors	CL MAT Board Appointed 1st June 2016	Chair of Governors	Essex Schools Governance Association Schools Forum School-led Improvement System Project Board Early Years & Childcare Partnership Forum Early Years Funding Formula Review Group SEND Capital Investment Project Board North Essex Children's Partnership Board Trustee of Witham Parochial Church Council - PCC Member	None
Sue Sings	Academy Governor	CL MAT Board Appointed 1st June 2016	Vice Chair	Trustee: Connected Learning Multi Academy Trust Chair of Governors: Powers Hall Academy	None
Claire Jaques	Academy Governor	CL MAT Board Appointed 1st September 2016	Governor	Headteacher at Powers Hall Infant School Member of NAHT	None
Jane Bellehewe	Staff Governor	Governing Body Appointed 1st June 2016	Teaching Representative	None	None
Michelle Smith	Staff Governor	Governing Body Appointed 1st June 2016	Non-Teaching Representative	None	None

Rod Lane - Chair of Governors

I have been a governor for over 30 years and am currently on the governing bodies of Powers Hall and Templars Academies in Witham and Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School in Braintree. I am also a Member of Connected Learning MAT Ltd, Witham.
I an Executive Committee member of the Essex School Governance Association and represent the association on them on North Essex Children’s Partnership Board and the Preparing for Adulthood Forum. I represent Primary School Governors on the Schools' Forum which I currently chair and am also a member of the School-Led Improvement System Project Board, Early Years & Childcare Partnership Forum, Early Years Funding Formula Review Group and SEND Capital Investment Project Board.

Sue Sings - Vice Chair

I have many years experience as a Governor, having joined the Governing Body of Powers Hall Academy in 2004. I became Chair of that body in 2008. I retired from my role as a senior manager at Anglia Ruskin University in 2006, so brought considerable experience of education management and education finances to the role of Governor. In 2013 when Connected Learning Multi academy Trust was inaugurate, I became its Chair, a role I held until 2016. The Governing Body of a school seeks to support and challenge the school, its staff and pupils, to help it to provide the very best education to its pupils and it has an important role in ensuring that its finances remain on a sound footing. My qualifications include a B.A. (Hons) Economics and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Studies.

Claire Jaques

I became a Governor at Templars Academy in September 2016. I qualified as a teacher in 1989 and became Headteacher of Powers Hall Infant School in April 2004. I believe that the needs of children must be at the heart of all school improvement in order that children develop a love of learning and the skills that will equip them to be good citizens of the future.

Jane Bass (Executive Headteacher)

Sarah Stevenson (Head of School)

Jane Bellehewe (Teaching Representative)

Michelle Smith - (Non Teaching Representative)