Governance
We will believe in you, inspire you and challenge you within an environment of support, inclusion and optimism
The Board of Governors - Our promise to you
The Governors and Senior team at the school will lead and inspire an excellent, modern, employer responsive curriculum. Excellent teaching and learning will be at the heart of all our delivery with academic progression, employment and enterprise embedded throughout. We will lead on strategies to enhance teaching and learning including online learning, learning resources and excellent mentoring and enrichment skills.
We will provide leadership and drive to all our professional support services to deliver excellence – efficiently and effectively. The delivery of outstanding financial management and the ability to develop our income diversity are crucial to our investment strategy. We will deliver innovative accommodation, ICT and workforce development strategies to enable the realisation of our ambitions for extending academic progression, employability and enterprise to our learners.
We will drive quality improvement, promote equality and inclusion and ensure all our students and staff receive excellence. We will promote a culture of continuous improvement throughout and beyond the learner journey.
We commit to collaborating effectively and passionately with all of our partners, locally, nationally and internationally.
In all cases we will lead, inspire, motivate and develop our staff and students as they are crucial to the Academy reaching its ambitions.
This is our promise to you all.
Chair of Governors
You can contact the Chair of Governors at Kingsthorpe College, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7HR.
Governors
Name | Governor Type | Term From | Term To | Roles |
Mrs Sharan Matharu | Headteacher | 01 Jul 2023 | ||
Mrs Deborah Mattock | Co-opted Governor | 01 Sept 2021 | 31 Aug 2025 | |
Miss Georgina Turner | Staff (Teaching) Governor | 10 Oct 2022 | 09 Oct 2026 | |
Ms Helen Noble | Staff (Support) Governor | 01 Sept 2021 | 31 Aug 2025 | |
Mr Fabrizio Pilotti | Parent Governor | 01 Sept 2021 | 31 Aug 2025 | |
Mr James Thomas | Vice Chair - Community Governor | 01 Sept 2021 | 31 Aug 2025 | Pupil Premium/ Safeguarding |
Mr Michael Norris | Parent Governor | 10 Dec 2021 | 09 Dec 2025 | |
Mr Mohammed Mirza | Co-opted Governor (Trust) | 11 Jul 2022 | 10 Jul 2026 | |
Mr Stephen Miller | Parent Governor | 10 Dec 2021 | 09 Dec 2025 |
Governors who resigned in the last 12 months
Name | Governor Type | Term From | Term To | Roles |
Mrs Kate Hayward-Pretty | Associate Member | 01 Jul 2021 | 31 Aug 2023 | |
Mrs Vanessa Bradley | Chair of Governors - Co-opted governor | 01 Sept 2021 | 31 Aug 2023 | Safeguarding Chairs |
Ms Jane Curle | Trust Governor | 01 Sept 2021 | 31 Aug 2023 |
LGB Attendance 2023-24
Chair of Trustees
You can contact Mr Christopher Drake, the Chair of Trustees of Orbis Education Trust at Southfield School, Lewis Road, Kettering, NN15 6HE.