Webster Primary School

Governors

The Governing Board consists of 12 trustees: 2 Staff/2 Parents/3 Community/5 Co-opted

All Governors are Directors of the Company.

Three Members form the Academy Trust whose overall objective is 'to advance for the public benefit, education in the United Kingdom, without prejudice, by establishing, maintaining, carrying on, managing and developing The Academy, offering a broad and balanced curriculum'.

All governors have a responsibility in law to be responsible for the legal and financial side of the effective running of the Academy and for all company compliance in relation to Companies House and at all times to act responsibly and to have the best interests of the company at heart.

The day to day running of the school is delegated to the Principal and Head of School.

Webster Primary School is a company limited by guarantee with Company Number 8403949 and Registered Office at Denmark Road, Greenheys, M15 6JU

Chair of Governors- Nisadha Bandara, please send all communications to school: Webster Primary School, Denmark Road, Manchester, M15 6JU. 

Our Chair of Governors Nis Bandara was interviewed for this BBC News article about diversity in governance: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-60912316?scrlybrkr=374b625b 

  Meet the Governors:

(Click HERE for attendance at meetings from September 2020/21)

	Nisadha Bandara Trustee Chair of Governing Body Community Governor End of Term: 14.03.22	John Greenwood Member Vice- Chair of Governing Body Community Governor End of Term: 22.03.23	Jeremy Jackson Principal	Naima Essat Staff Governor End of Term: 08.03.24
	Emily Duckworth Staff Governor End of Term: 27.11.24	Illida Nawi Community Governor End of Term: 3.3.2026	Vivien Niblett Co-opted Governor End of Term: 14.03.22	Gill Balfour-Ruane Co-Opted Governor End of Term: 10.10.22
	Jonathan Hawkes Co-opted Governor End of Term: 19.06.23	Mohammad Rahman Parent Governor End of Term: 3.3.2026	Ruwaida Mohammed Parent Governor End of Term: 3.3.2026	Ruth Jesson-Smith Co-opted Governor End of Term: 3.3.2026
	Chris Owen Co-opted Governor End of Term: 3.3.2026		John Dalziel Member From: 06.09.2016	Nick Ponsillo Member From: 15.02.2018
	Sabeen Rauf Head of School	Clair Wain Business Manager	Amy Unwin  Governance Professional

Committees:

 Governor links:

Click the following documents to find out more: 

• The Trust's Articles of Association
• Memorandum of Association
• The Trust's Funding Agreement
• Governor's Business/Pecuniary Interests and Eligibility
• Governors Code of Conduct 

Governors vision statement:  

Below are pictures from the Governor's Curriculum Information Evening in October: