The Governing Board

On behalf of Whitehall Junior School’s Governing Board, I would like to welcome you to our website.

As a Governing Board we have three core functions:

• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction for the school
• Holding school leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils and the effective and efficient performance management of staff
• Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent

We carry out this role through:

• Full governing board meetings and committee meetings
• Visiting the school to look at particular aspects of the school’s work and to talk to pupils and staff
• Attending training so that we are up to date with the latest developments in education and governance

As a school, we recognise that diversity of thought, voice and perspective is essential to good governance. We believe that the Governing Board should, where possible, reflect the richly diverse community we serve. 

• Whitehall Junior School’s governors are volunteers with backgrounds in education and business.
• Three of our governors have been parents to children attending Whitehall Junior School. 
• Most governors live locally to the school and are involved in the wider Hillingdon community or in neighbouring boroughs.
• The Governing Board is diverse in relation to age, ethnicity, religion, gender and economic experiences. 

Each term we provide a summary of some of our work in our Governors’ newsletter to parents which are attached below. The current school governors are also listed below.  

If you are interested in becoming a school governor, please contact the Clerk to the Governors,
Rebecca Wilson, ctogovernors@whitehalljunior.org

You can also refer to the London Borough of Hillingdon website which has further information on the role.  School governors - Hillingdon Council

The School's Governing Board welcomes your comments and concerns. Please contact us via our email address: governors@whitehalljunior.org  This email address is regularly monitored, and we will endeavour to reply as soon as we can.

Best wishes,

Angela Doherty
Chair of Governors – Whitehall Junior School 

Meet the Governors

Chair of Governors:  Angela Doherty

Vice Chair of Governors:  Jane Guest

Chair of Resources' Committee:  Kieran Bassan

Chair of Pupils' Committee:  Jane Guest

Parent Governor:	Co-opted Governor:	Local Authority Governor:	Staff Governor:	Ex-officio:
Kieran Bassan	Angela Doherty	Jennifer Bull	Sam Jones	Anneline Moloi
Vacancy	Sally Davies			(Headteacher)
	Manish Lath
	Ashish Seksaria
	Vacancy
	Vacancy

 

Name	Committees	Declared interests	Term of Office	FGB attendance, 2023-24
Angela Doherty	All committees, including Pay	Son is a Governor Trustee with Uxbridge High School	17 Sep 23 – 16 Sep 27	100%
Kieran Bassan	Resources	Mother is a Governor Director Reformat-IT Ltd Trustee with Uxbridge High School	13 Dec 22 – 12 Dec 26	100%
Jennifer Bull	Pupils	Local Government Officer with Ealing Council NCER CIC Steering Group member	12 Dec 23 – 11 Dec 27	80%
Jane Guest	Pupils	School improvement consultant Jane Guest Education Ltd Member of Prospect	17 Oct 23 – 16 Oct 27	100%
Sally Davies	Resources	Nothing to declare	29 Sep 20 – 28 Sep 28	80%
Manish Lath	Resources	Director Crunch Network Director Q-Quip Ltd	4 Oct 22 – 3 Oct 26	60%
Ashish Seksaria	Pupils	Nothing to declare	11 Jul 23 – 10 Jul 27	60%
Sam Jones	Pupils	Member of school staff	1 Sep 23 – 31 Aug 27	80%
Rebecca Wilson	Clerk to Governors	Clerks for other schools

Resignations - We have had two resignations from the Governing Board in the last twelve months:

Katya Henson - resigned in August 2024.

Kelly Barter - resigned in August 2024.

Meeting Dates

FGB	Strategy	Resources	Pupils	Governors' Day
8th October 2024	27th September 2024	18th October 2024	26th Nov 2024	21st March 2025
10th December 2024	17th January 2025	7th March 2025	25th March 2025
25th March 2025	25th April 2025	9th May 2025	8th July 2025
20th May 2025
8th July 2025