Butlers Court School
'Believe and Achieve Together'
Our Governors
Our Full Governing Board meet once each term to support the school leadership team in planning the strategic direction of the school.
Please see our Annual Governance Statement here
The Board consists of three sub-committees who meet once each term:
Finance and Personnel
Premises, Health and Safety
Curriculum
Governor role | Name | Business or Material Interest | Term of Office |
Chair of Governors Parent Governor Finance and Personnel Safeguarding Curriculum Performance Management Maths | Mrs Alison O'Dornan | None | 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2024 |
Vice Chair Co-opted Performance Management Premises, Risk and Resources History Geography | Mr Andrew Ferguson | None | 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2024 |
Headteacher
| Mr Stephen Butler | None | Ongoing |
Deputy Headteacher | Mrs June Moon | None | 20/11/2023 to 19/11/2027 |
Parent Governor Curriculum Pupil Premium SEND | Mrs Alison Howman | None | 18/03/2021 to 17/03/2025 |
Local Authority Governor Finance and Personnel | Mrs Lara Brown | None | 29/06/2021 to 28/06/2025 |
Parent Governor Development Governor Curriculum Wellbeing RE PSHE | Mrs Lucy Louis | None | 3/12/21 to 2/12/25 |
Parent Governor Finance and Personnel GDPR Computing Literacy | Mrs Angel Nayer | None | 27/5/22 to 27/5/26 |
Co-opted Governor Health and Safety Premises, Risk and Resources Music MFL Art and DT | Mr Peter Warren | None | 27/6/22 to 26/6/26 |
Co-opted Governor Safeguarding EYFS
| Mrs Sarah Bisschop | None | 1/9/2023 to 31/8/2027 |
Co-opted Governor Premises, Risk and Resources Science Computing | Ms Simona Cara | None | 17/5/2021 to 16/5/2025 |
Co-opted Governor Finance and Personnel Outdoor Learning PE | Mr Grant McMoneagle | None | 17/5/2021 to 16/5/2025 |
Committee membership
Curriculum committee | |
Alison Howman (Chair) | Lucy Louis |
June Moon | Sarah Bisschop |
Alison O’Dornan | Steve Butler |
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Finance and Personnel committee | |
Lara Brown (Chair) |
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Grant McMoneagle | Alison O’Dornan |
Steve Butler | Angel Nayar |
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Premises, Risk and Resources committee | |
Andrew Ferguson (Chair) | Steve Butler |
Peter Warren | Simona Cara |
All Governors are required to declare relevant business and pecuniary interests, to avoid conflicts of interest. As of 20th November 2023 there were no relevant interests. Declaration of interests is a mandatory agenda item for any Governors’ Meeting.
To contact the Chair of Governors please email o'dornana@butlerscourt.bucks.sch.uk
Governing Board Meeting Attendees 22-23
Copies of Full Governing Board minutes are available from the school office.
Qualifications and Disqualifications to serve as a School Governor
Governing Board Diversity
The governors of Butlers Court School believe it is important that our board reflects the diversity of the school community we serve. We recognise that diverse boards promote inclusive school environments and provide diverse role models for staff and young people.
We annually collect data on the diversity of the board, including data on age, gender and ethnicity using the Governing Board Diversity Form provided by the National Governors Association. We use this data to inform the recruitment and training needs of the board and ensure that there is always a diverse range of perspectives around the table to support robust decision making.
Due to our relatively small governing body we do not publish this diversity data online as individual governors could be identified and we have a legal obligation to protect their personal data.
Please see the documents below regarding being more involved in our school as a governor