Our Governors

The Governors of Malorees School Federation have been appointed from a wide range of backgrounds and expertise to ensure that every child at Malorees is safe at school and is provided with the best education and learning opportunities.

Our key responsibilities are:

We are critical friends

Challenging, monitoring and supporting senior management
Governors bring ‘constructive challenge’ to decision making and ensure that the school is effectively led and managed.

We set strategic direction, policies and objectives:

Approve the school budget
Set and agree appropriate targets and priorities– shaping the vision and direction of the school
Ensure all pupils and employees have equal opportunities within the school including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

We monitor and evaluate

Confirm statutory duties have been fulfilled
Review the effectiveness of statutory policies
Review progress against the school’s budget and objectives

We conduct our responsibilities through three main committees. These are:

Curriculum and Development Committee (chaired by Urmi Shah)
Finance, Property and Staffing Committee (chaired by Ajay Kawa)
Safeguarding, Families and Community Committee (chaired by Giles Deards)

Being a school governor is challenging and extremely rewarding.

If you are within the school or outside and are interested in becoming a Governor we would be delighted to hear from you. Please feel free to contact one of the below for an informal discussion or please contact: Rachael Newberry, Chair of Governors through the school office or by email: admin@malorees-inf.brent.sch.uk

Please see below for the list of governors.

The Board replaced the Infant Governing Board and Junior School Interim Executive Board on 18 April 2017. Both the Full Board and sub-Committees formally meet at least once every three months.

Governing Body

Name	Role	Appointed By	Relevant Business Interest	Governance Roles in other educational establishments	Relationship with staff members	Term Expires
Rachael Newberry	Chair of Governors	Local Authority	none	Governor, Princess Frederica School (until 24/9/19)	none	26/9/23
Fiona Landes Giles Deards	Joint Vice Chair Joint Vice-Chair/Chair of SWC Committee	Co-opted Parent Election	Employment Law Solicitor Corporate Affairs Director	none none	none none	17/4/21 17/4/21
Ajay Kawa	Chair of Finance, Property and Staffing Committee	Co-opted	none	none	none	17/4/21
Sian Davies	Headteacher	Ex officio			none	ex-officio
Caroline Robinson Michelle Anderson Geetha Suryanarayan	Co-opted Governors	Board of Governors Board of Governors Board of Governors	Staff member Deputy Head Teacher, Stonebridge School	Attends Stonebridge governing meetings as an observer	none none none	17/4/21 19/9/20 2/7/22
Stephanie Enas	Chair of Curriculum Committee	Local Authority				6/9/23
Rebecca Heath	Staff Governor	Staff			Daughter is LSA to Y4 child with SEND	17/4/21
Tom Erez	Parent Governor	Parent Election				17/4/21
Urmi Shah Simon Pollard	Associate Governors	Board of Governors				17/4/21
Lillian Caller	Clerk to the Governing Body	Board of Governors

The Head of the Infant School and the Junior School also attend Board meetings but hold no voting rights. They play a vital role in developing and implementing the strategic goals and key school priorities of each school.