Governors

The Governing Body are a team of volunteers who provide support and guidance to the Senior Leadership Team and Staff and is collectively responsible for setting the strategic direction of the school and for monitoring the schools performance. Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.

The Governing Body has three main roles:

Strategic - Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
The Governing Body sets the general direction of the Infant and Junior School, looking at how they should best develop. This is done by reviewing and agreeing policies, targets & priorities and monitoring and reviewing aims & school objectives.
Critical Friend - Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff;
The Governing Body must work closely with the Senior Leadership Team and create a clear understanding of the challenges faced in managing the two schools. The Governing Body must feel able to question and challenge, real critical friendship is only achieved where there is trust and mutual respect.
Accountability - Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.
A school is a business and its stakeholders are the pupils. The Governing Body must have a professional attitude and use its collective skills to benefit the pupils. It must gather views, ask questions and decide what is best for the schools. The Governing Body is answerable to parents and the wider community.

The Structure of the Governing Body.

In September 2026 a change in structure was voted in, returning the Governing Body to a Committee Led Structure. From 2018 - 2026 we ran as a Flat Governance structure with 9 FGB meetings a year. We have now proposed and accepted unanimously a return to Committee Led Structure. We will now hold a Full Governing Body Meeting half termly (6 a year) with a Termly Strategic Committee meeting (3 a year) and a Termly Resources Committee meeting (3 a year).

Name	Position	Who Appointed	Current Term of Office Start & End Dates	Term of Office	Business; Pecuniary & Material Interests	Responsibilities	Governance Roles in Other Educational Institutions
Debbie Sawyer	Chair	Co-Opted Governor - proposed by Fiona Western - Accepted by FGB	23/9/2025- 22/09/2029	4	None	Chair of Governors Exec HT Perf Mgmt Panel (Chair) Staff Pay Panel Safeguarding Governor Leadership, Governance & Achievement Link Governor Visits Co-ordinator Curriculum Link Strategic Committee member Resource Committee member	None
Amanda Mullett	Exec HT	Exec HT	7/10/2013 - N/A	Ongoing as Exec HT	Staff	Executive Headteacher Strategic Committee member Resource Committee member	None
Emma Harris	Vice Chair	Co-Opted Governor - Proposed by Debbie Sawyer - Accepted by FGB	24/09/2026 - 23/09/2030	1	None	SEN & Inclusion Link Strategic Committee member	None
Sean Cullen	DTG Chair of Strategic Committee	LA Governor - Nominated by Cllr Malcolm Wade - Accepted by FGB	19/11/2024 - 18/11/2028	2	None	Exec HT Performance Panel Hampshire Forum Representative Maths Link Personal Development & Well being Link	None
Mike Switzer	Chair of Resource Committee	Parent Governor - accepted via Parent Governor recruitment	20/05/2025 - 19/05/2029	1	None	Health & Safety Link Attendance & Behaviour Link	None
Laura Sutton		Staff Governor - Elected by Staff - Accepted by FGB	27/1/2025 - 26/01/2029	1	Staff	Staff Link Curriculum Link Strategic Committee member Supporting Governors	None
Amelia Blake	Currently inactive as a governor	Co-opted Governor - Proposed by Debbie Sawyer - Accepted by FGB	25/02/2025 - 24/02/2029	2	Staff	Supporting Governors	None
Deborah Pyne		Co-Opted Governor - Proposed by Debbie Sawyer - Accepted by FGB	07/05/2026 - 06/05/2030	2	None	Exec HT Performance Panel Staff Pay Panel Safeguarding Governor Allergy Link Governor Resource Committee member	None
Steve Angel		Co-Opted Governor - Proposed by Debbie Sawyer Accepted by FGB	20/05/2025 - 19/05/2029	1	None	Finance Link Resource Committee member	None
June Crump		Proposed by Debbie Sawyer Accepted by FGB	20/11/2025 - 19/11/2029	1	None	English Link Early Years Link Strategic Committee member	None
Tamsin Quarrell	Clerk	Clerk to the Governing Body	1/7/2025 ongoing	1	None	Policies	Clerk for HCC Clerking Service
Deb Summers		Associate Member			Staff	Head of School Infants	None
Lisa Mason-Hewitt		Associate Member			Staff	Head of School Juniors	Governor at New Forest Care School
Co-Opted Vacancy
Parent Governor Vacancy
Emmanuel Kusi		Parent Governor - accepted via Parent Governor recruitment	20/05/2025 - 09/07/2026	1	None		None

When governors are appointed to a governing body, they are entitled to keep their appointment for a whole Term of Office which is 4 years. Within this table, the Current Term of Office Start & End dates refer to the latest term that the governor is serving. The Term of Office column signifies the Current Term of office that the governor is serving within. E.g. if a governor has been identified in this table as being in Term of Office 1, then the Start and End dates are representative of their initial appointment as a governor. Where the Term is a number greater than 1, they have already served the number of previous terms in blocks of 4 years prior to the start date shown in this table. (i.e. if they are in their 3rd term of office, they have already served 8 years (2 * 4 year terms) as a governor previous to the dates shown here)

Could you be a school governor?

This short video explains what it is to be a school governor. To find our more about our current vacancies, please see our Governor Vacancies page.

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Wildground Federation Governing Body encourages interest from members of our community in finding out more about the work we do. Please see page Governors Information for more details on the background of each Governor and Governors Attendance for information on attendance figures at meetings over the last academic year. If you are interested in joining Wildground Federation Governing Body, please see our Governors Vacancies page.

If you wish to contact the Governing Body - please choose from:

Debbie Sawyer, Chair of Governors on governor@wildground.hants.sch.uk

Tamsin Quarrell Clerk to the Governing Body gbclerk@wildground.hants.sch.uk