THE GOVERNING BODY
Mrs C Branch, RC Foundation Governor; Mr A Carter, LA Governor; Revd D Chamberlin, Anglican Foundation Governor; Mrs K Collins, RC Foundation Governor; Revd G Cook, LA Governor, Vice Chair of Governors; Mr J Dickson, Anglican Foundation Governor; Mrs R Fogg, Anglican Foundation Governor; Revd M Goater, Anglican Foundation Governor; Mrs Y Hennessey, RC Foundation Governor; Mr D Kirkham, RC Foundation Governor; Mrs M Lachlan-Cope, Parent Governor; Mrs B Mulcahy, Parent Governor; Mrs C Nancekievill, Anglican Foundation Governor; Revd A Rogers, RC Foundation Governor; Revd T Shryane, RC Foundation Governor; Mr P Tatler, Staff Governor; Mr M Watson, Associate Governor; Mr R Carter, Staff Governor; Mrs Deacon, Clerk to the Governor; Vacancy, Staff Governor
The full Governing Body determines all school policy and meets six times a year. Specific Governors’ business is dealt with in committees:
• Admissions
• Curriculum and Personnel
• Finance, General Purposes and Premises
Governors can be contacted via the Clerk to the Governors at:
St Bede’s Inter-Church School
Birdwood Road
Cambridge
CB1 3TD
Tel. 01223 568816
GOVERNORS STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The purpose of the school is to provide a high quality secondary education inspired by the educational vision of our two foundation churches. The Governors are working to provide the highest standard of education, spiritual growth and Christian and personal formation. The students are:
• Encouraged to nurture their gifts and talents
• Offered a programme to develop knowledge, understanding, imagination and practical skills in all areas of the curriculum
• Encouraged to leave the school with the highest qualifications of which they are capable
• Encouraged to work with Governors, with staff, with each other and with others in developing their own personalities and in acquiring respect for themselves and for others
• Encouraged to become independent and to acquire self-discipline, wisdom and a sense of responsibility
• Encouraged to take care of the world in which they live
• Able to share with the whole school community a common faith in God revealed in Jesus Christ
• Enabled to grow in the nurture and faith of their own churches and to participate in discerning partnership and informed dialogue with others
• Enabled to develop a sense of their personal vocations as Christians
• Helped to develop a partnership with the local community in meeting local needs, especially through the use of the school premises and facilities
• Able to share in the partnership which the school promotes with families, the Churches and primary schools
• Encouraged to understand their relationships to people and their needs worldwide