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Our School Governors

The role of the Governing Board is to safeguard the public interest in the school and to ensure that those who are directly responsible for day to day management (the headteacher and Senior Leaders) are accountable for decisions and actions taken. The Governors play an important role in overseeing the maintainence and improvement of standards of acheivement in the school. It is a strategic role and does not get involved in the day to day running of the school which is the role of the headteacher and staff team.

The five key roles of the Governors are:

Steering: setting budgets, agreeing development plans, agreeing policies and responding to inspection.
Monitoring: budgets, plans, standards of education, achievement and safeguarding.
Executive: recruitment, discipline, admissions and appeals.
Accountability: publication of minutes, surveying parents views.
Supporting: supporting and advising the Headteacher, providing practical help and skills.

Click here to see the School Governors across all Pioneer Academy Schools.

Governing Board - Code of Practice

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Our governors

Claire Harrison

Claire Harrison
Parent Governor

Claire Harrison has been working in education since 2005. She worked in Croydon for 6 years and now works in Sutton. She has worked across different key stages and has a lot of experience with leadership and management. Claire has lead on a range of initiatives across her school and other schools in the borough for example Assessment for Learning and Mastery Maths. During her career Claire has had experience with recruitment, safeguarding, allocation of budgets and the Pupil Premium Grant, curriculum coverage, assessment, monitoring the quality of teaching and learning and contributing to the school development plan.
Crispin Williams

Crispin Williams
Foundation Governor

Crispin Williams has recently retired from running a successful small business with a turnover of approximately £1.5 million. He has experience of all aspects of business management, including recruitment, purchasing, marketing, business planning, etc., etc. In the course of this, he has dealt with other businesses in a wide variety of fields, as well as government departments and agencies. He has particular skills in writing and publishing, and in business acquisition. Crispin’s outside interests have included being Chairman, trustee and director of a sports club (hockey and cricket) and he currently sits on a Scouts executive committee.
James Collins

James Collins
Vice Chair of Governors

I am Chair of Governors and have been a Governor at The Crescent before the school actually opened. Initially I volunteered as I attended Selhurst High School For Boys (many years ago) and wanted to see the building brought back to life - I am pleased to say it looks as impressive now as when refurbished 7 years ago and makes a fine environment for a Primary School. I have lived in Croydon for 45 years and have a 15 year old daughter who has just sat the new style GCSE’s and extensive Governor experience both at other Croydon Schools (Primary & Secondary) and for 6 years sat on Croydon Councils Education Scrutiny Committee. I passionately believe all children should get the chance of the best possible education.
Lesley Wilson

Lesley Wilson
Foundation Governor

I have lived in Croydon for over 25 years. I have worked in the NHS all my working life. As a Speech and Language Therapist, as a professional lead for all therapies, such as Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, and as general manager. I retired two years ago and continue to work part time for the NHS. As a Speech and Language Therapist, providing communication assessments in a diagnostic clinic for people thought to be affected by Fatal Alcohol syndrome and as a Safety Manager. My role as a Safety Manager is to Investigate serious incidents to ensure the NHS shares good practice and learns from mistakes.
Simon Colam

Simon Colam
Chair of Governors

Simon Colam is currently Head of Education at the British and Irish Institute of Modern Music London based in Fulham with oversight of further and higher education provision, including 1,400 full-time students and an academic staff of 100. His professional background is in music performance and creative arts education. Prior to his current role Simon held a portfolio career as a self-employed musician, head of department and teacher at The Purcell School for Young Musicians, a residential music school for pupils aged 8-18, and a tutor at the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department. Simon lives in South Norwood and his two sons attend The Crescent Primary School.