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Regents Park Community Primary School
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The Governors are representatives of the local council, the parents, the staff and the local community. They take a keen and active interest in the running of the school and, in conjunction with the staff, aim to foster a good relationship between the school and the wider community.
The Governors meet at least once a term at full Governing Board meetings and are elected for four years from the time of their election. Governors also carry out business within committees which also meet at least once a term - these are the Finance, Pay & Premises committee and the Standards & Performance committee.
All parents are eligible for election to the Governing Board as Parent Governors. This occurs either at the end of a term of office or when an existing member leaves.
Please note that, if you wish to contact a member of the Governing Board, please do so by either writing a letter and sending it via the school office or by sending an email to enquiry@rgntpark.bham.sch.uk. In both instances, please make sure it is clear which member of the Governing Board your message is intended for.
If you wish to contact a Governor regarding a complaint, please make sure that you have first followed the process set out in the school Complaints Procedure. A copy of this procedure can be found on the school website here: Complaints Procedure
Chair of Governors
Mr P Hynan
Vice Chair of Governors
Mrs N Chowdhury
Current Members of the Governing Board:
Governor Name | Type of governor | Chair or Vice Chair | Committee Chair | Standards & Performance Committee Member | Finance, Pay & Premises Committee Member | Connections to staff? | Term of office ends? | Other school governor body positions held? If so where? | Business interests declared? |
Mr Alan Beale | HT |
|
| Yes | Yes | Yes - Head Teacher | N/A | None | None |
Mr Phil Hynan | CG | Chair of GB |
| Yes | Yes | None | 26/03/2027 | HT at St Michael's C of E Primary Academy | None |
Mrs Naznin Chowdhury | CG | Vice Chair | Standards & Performance | Yes | No | None | 24/01/2026 | None | None |
Mr Matt Genner | STF |
|
| Yes | Yes | Yes – Class Teacher | 28/09/2026 | None | None |
Mrs Alesha Hussain | PG |
|
| Yes | Yes | None | 14/02/2026 | None | None |
Mrs Pauline Kelly | CG |
|
| No | Yes | Yes - School Business Manager | 20/11/2026 | None | None |
Mrs Samila Khan | AS |
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| Yes | No | Yes - Parent Support Advisor | 21/11/2026 | None | None |
Mr Yasser Khan | CG |
|
| Yes | No | None | 26/03/2027 | None | None |
Mr Carl Ludwig | LA |
| Finance, Pay & Premises | No | Yes | None | 07/07/2027 | None | None |
Miss Inder Paddem | AS |
|
| Yes | Yes | Yes - Deputy Head Teacher | 11/09/2026 | None | None |
Mr Junaid Zaman | CG |
|
| No | Yes | None | 26/03/2027 | None | None |
Mrs Naila Zaman | PG |
|
| Yes | No | None | 14/02/2026 | None | None |
Key:
LA – Local Authority appointed Governor
PG – Elected Parent Governor
STF – Elected Staff Governor
CG – Co-opted Governor, appointed by the Governing Board
AS – Associate member - invited by the Govenring Board to attend meetings. May not vote unless invited to do so within committees
HT - Head Teacher
Previous Members of the Governing Board:
Governor Name | Type of governor | Connections to staff? | Term of office endsed | Other school governor body positions held? If so where? | Business interests declared? |
NONE |
ANNUAL GOVERNANCE STATEMENT
for the Governing Board of Regents Park Community Primary School
Academic Year 2024-25
School governing bodies ‘are the strategic leaders of our schools and have a vital role to play in making sure every child gets the best possible education’. (The 2015 Governors’ Handbook, published by the Department for Education). For maintained schools this is reflected in the law, which states that the purpose of maintained school governing bodies is to ‘conduct the school with a view to promoting high standards of educational achievement at the school’.
In accordance with the Government's requirement for all governing boards, the three core strategic functions of the Regents Park Community Primary School Governing Board are:
Governance Arrangements
The Governing Body consists of
This constitution is laid down in the Instrument of Government for Regents Park Community Primary School which came into effect on 22nd September 2014 when the Governing Body was re-constituted under the School Governance (Constitution) (England) regulations 2012.
The full Governing Board meets once each term with additional committee meetings being held once each term to cover:
In addition, governor panels may also meet to cover the following areas:
Each member of the Governing Board also takes on the role of Link Governor for a particular aspect of school life and reports back to the full Governing Board. Link Governor roles include:
Committees
The Governing Body delegates some of its work to committees through terms of reference which are reviewed and agreed annually by the Full Governing Body. The membership of these committees is also agreed annually by the Full Governing Body. The key committees are:-
Terms of reference and membership of these committees are available via the school office.
Meetings
During 2023/24 the following meetings have been held:-
Name of body | Number of meetings held in 2023-24 |
Full Governing Body | 4 |
Finance, Pay & Premises Committee | 4 |
Standards and Performance Committee | 3 |
The majority of the meetings have been held in person although someof the Finance meetings have been held on Teams
In addition, formal meetings have been held of the statutory committees (Head teacher’s performance appraisal and Pay) to enable governors to carry out their statutory duties in these areas.
Governor Attendance 2023-24
Governor Name | Governing Board Meetings 11th September 2023 4th December 2023 15th April 2024 16th July 2024 | Finance, Pay & Premises Committee 4th December 2023 5th February 2024 26th June 2024 | Standards & Performance Committee 17th October 2023 20th February 2024 21st May 2024 |
Mr A Beale
| Attended 4/4 | Attended 3/3 | Attended 3/3 |
Mrs N Chowdhury
| Attended 4/4 | Attended 1/1 Not required to attend 05/02/24 and 26/06/24 | Attended 3/3
|
Mr M Genner
| Attended 4/4 | Attended 3/3 | Attended 3/3 |
Mrs A Hussain
| Attended 3/4
| Attended 1/1 Not required to attend 05/02/24 and 26/06/24 | Attended 2/3 Did not attend 21/05/24 |
Mr P Hynan
| Attended 3/4 Did not attend 16/07/24 | Attended 3/3 | Not required to attend |
Mrs P Kelly
| Attended 4/4 | Attended 3/3 | Not required to attend |
Mrs S Khan
| Attended 4/4 | Not required to attend
| Attended 3/3 |
Mr Y Khan
| Attended 4/4 | Attended 2/3 Did not attend 04/12/23 | Attended 2/3 Did not attend 17/10/23 |
Mr C Ludwig
| Attended 2/4 Did not attend 11/09/23 and 15/04/24 | Attended 3/3 | Not required to attend |
Miss I Paddem
| Attended 4/4 | Attended 3/3 | Attended 3/3 |
Mr J Zaman | Attended 3/4 Did not attend 16/07/24 | Attended 1/3 Did not attend 05/02/24 and 26/06/24 | Not required to attend |
Mrs N Zaman
| Attended 3/4 | Not required to attend | Attended 1/3 Did not attend 17/10/23 and 21/05/24 |
The work we have done on our committees and on the Governing Board in 2023-24
The work we are going to do during 2024-25