Welcome to our Governors’ section.
Welcome to this section of our website where you can find out more about our trustees (school governors) and their role.
Being a trustee is a voluntary position but it is an incredibly worthwhile role. There is certainly much reward in assisting the school to deliver a high quality education to pupils and in promoting their welfare.
Governing bodies (trustees) work closely together, and with the Principal, and are responsible for a wide range of strategic matters including ensuring pupils receive high quality education, setting the aims and objectives for the school, planning for future development and improvement of the school, and for the robust accountability, oversight and assurance of the school’s educational and financial performance.
Together with the Principal and other members of the senior leadership team, trustees work to ensure that Ash Field Academy achieves its vision to provide exceptional education and care/support so every pupil reaches his/her potential. Trustees are actively involved in all areas of the school and bring a range of skills and experience from their personal and professional lives.
The Governors Handbook (issued by Department of Education, March 2019) states that a governing body has three core functions:
• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
• Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation (school) and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and
• Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation (school) and making sure its money is well spent.
Please read the document below for further information about the role of the governing body (trustees).
Our Full Governing Board is comprised of a Chair, Vice Chair and further governors. These include parent governors, staff governors (including the Principal) and co-opted governors.
Full details of our structure can be found in our Articles of Association on the Funding section of the website.
Information regarding current governors is given below.
We have one committee: the Resources and Audit Committee. This committee has a particular remit around finance and audit but also has some delegated responsibility for resources, such as staffing and the premises.
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Chair of Governors
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Kathy Inskip |
chairofgovs@ashfield.leicester.sch.uk
Please direct any written correspondence to:
Chair of Governors Ash Field Academy Broad Avenue Leicester LE5 4PY |
Clerk to Governors |
Mark Shaw |
clerktogovernors@ashfield.leicester.sch.uk
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Governor's Name |
Role/s |
Business Name |
Nature of Business |
Nature of Interest |
Post Began |
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Kathy Inskip
MEMBER |
Chair of Governors
Safeguarding Governor
Community Governor
Strategic Leadership
Resources, Audit and Risk Committee |
None |
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01/12/12 02/12/16 06/11/20
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Allan Dunsmore
MEMBER |
Trust Appointed Governor
Vice Chair
Curriculum, Teaching and Assessment
Chair of Resources, Audit and Risk Committee |
None |
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06/12/13 01/12/17 |
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Barry Moore |
Community Governor
Residential
Curriculum, Teaching and Assessment
Resources, Audit and Risk Committee |
None |
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31/10/14 01/11/18 |
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Rupert Mingay |
Co-opted Governor
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Nat West Plc |
Banking |
Treasurer (Started 22/06/18) |
09/06/13 09/06/17 |
| Penny Allsopp | Parent Governor | None | 01/03/19 | ||
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Jenny Bone
MEMBER |
Principal | None |
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23/08/18 |
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Mark Smith |
Co-opted Governor | Heights Bar | Bar & Catering | Manager of Franchise |
07/06/19 - Term ended 22/06/20
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Sue Orme |
Parent Governor |
Tyson Spray; Booth services and project management
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Garage Equipment; Project Management |
Director
Director |
06/12/13 - Term ended 03/12/2019 |
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Chris Fryer |
Staff Governor | None | 01/12/2016 - Term ended 17/01/2020 | ||
| Catherine Gough | Teaching Staff Representative | Frozen Light Theatre | The Arts (Company & Charity) | Trustee | 06/12/19 |
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Sue Francis |
Co-opted Governor |
Rosebank Services Ltd
Woodland Grange Primary School |
Managing Director
Governor |
28/09/20 |
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18 09 20 FGB |
06/11/20 FGB |
15/01/21 FGB |
12/03/21 FGB |
23/04/21 FGB |
18/06/21 FGB |
08/10/20 RAR |
11/02/21 RAR |
13/05/21 RAR |
17/06/21 RAR |
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Kathy Inskip (Chair) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
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Allan Dunsmore (Vice Chair) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
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Jennifer Bone, Principal |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
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Barry Moore |
No | Yes | Yes | |||||||
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Rupert Mingay |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
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Penny Allsopp |
Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Catherine Gough | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Sue Francis |
Yes Visiting (Member) |
Yes | ||||||||
| Clerk to Governors | Yes | No | No |
FGB - Full Governing Board Meeting
RAR - Resources, Audit and Risk Committee Meeting (Please note – Governors with ‘grey rows’ are not members of the RAR committee)
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Full Governing Board (FGB)
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Out of a possible |
Resources and Audit Committee |
Out of a possible |
Current Governor? |
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Kathy Inskip (Chair of FGB) |
8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | Yes |
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Allan Dunsmore (Chair of Resources and Audit committee from Feb 2020) |
8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | Yes |
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Jennifer Bone, Principal |
8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | Yes |
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Barry Moore |
8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | Yes |
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Rupert Mingay |
3 | 8 | Yes | ||
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Penny Allsopp |
5 | 8 | Yes | ||
| Catherine Gough | 6 | 6 | Yes | ||
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Sue Orme |
1 | 2 | No | ||
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Christopher Fryer |
0 | 3 | No | ||
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Jason Swaine |
1 | 1 | No | ||
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Mark Smith |
0 | 6 | No |
Some words from a few of our Governors on why they are doing their roles:
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I am Kathy Inskip and I feel it is a privilege to be the Chair of Governors at Ash Field. I am delighted to have the opportunity to be part of the school with such amazing pupils, parents, staff and governors – thank you to everyone.
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I am Allan Dunsmore and I am now retired after over 40 years working in Leicester city schools as a Science teacher. I have considerable experience at senior management level and for the last six years of my teaching career I was a head teacher. Since my retirement in 2011 as a head I have been working part time at New College as a Community Partnership manager working with DMU and local volunteers organising volunteer placements at the school. I have also worked at Ash Field for a number of years teaching GCSE Science to local Teaching assistants one evening a week. I also had the pleasure of teaching science to a year 11 pupil at Ash Field two years ago.
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I am Rupert Mingay. I live in a village near Market Harborough which is about half an hour away from Ash Field. Most recently I have been working at a bank with business in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. My office is in London and I have to get up pretty early on a Monday morning to get there (5 o’clock!). I also get to travel abroad quite a lot. The hottest place I have been to is Abu Dhabi. The most unusual building I have been to is the Esplanade in Singapore which is shaped like a giant pineapple. When I am not travelling I like cooking, taking our dogs for walks and going to Welford Road to watch the Tigers.
I am a Governor at Ash Field Academy because I think it is a brilliant place and I want to be part of it. I hope I can help with some ideas from time to time and I know I can learn a lot. My daughter Philippa was a student here and left a couple of years ago. She loved her time here and likes to come back to visit as well. |
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I am Catherine Gough and I joined the staff of Ash Field in 2017. After a 15 year teaching career in two schools, I have really enjoyed developing my practice further in a new setting and am extremely lucky to have found such an amazing place to work; I love coming to school to see everyone each day! I've learnt such a lot personally since I arrived and am keen to contribute where I can to our community's drive for self-improvement. |
Page Updated 15/12/20 by CFrancis