Welcome to our Governors’ section.
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor. We have also provided a Register of Governor Interests and an Annual Statement of Issues for your information. As from September 2015, following the reconstitution all members are elected for a 4 year term of office.
Our Governor's can be contacted on the following email address: governors@polygon.southampton.sch.uk
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POLYGON SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY Andrea Faustino(Chair - Co-opted) Ivan White (Vice Chair - Local Authority) Clare Grant (Co-opted) Anne Hendon-John (Head Teacher) Ian Saynor (Co-opted) Katie Handley-Potts (Staff) Genevieve McCarthy (Co-opted) David Patchell (Associate) Tolga Martin (Associate) Christine Parsloe (Parent) Kasia Skapska (Parent)
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FINANCE & RESOURCES
Chair: Ivan White
Anne Hendon-John, Ian Saynor School Business Manager +1 governor tba
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CURRICULUM & STANDARDS
Chair: Ben Penfold
Genevieve McCarthy, Clare Grant, Katie Handley-Potts, Kasia Skapska, Christine Parsloe
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Link Governor roles:
Safeguarding – Clare Grant
Looked After Children - Clare Grant
Health & Safety – Ian Saynor
Curriculum – Genevieve McCarthy
Online Presence – David Patchell
Finance/PPG - Ivan White
Careers - Ian Saynor
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Name |
Category |
Body |
Term of Office |
Committees |
Responsibilities |
Voting Rights |
Business Interests & Pecuniary Interests |
Governor at other schools |
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Ms Georgina Coe (stepped down July 2019)
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Co-opted |
SCC |
October 2015 |
Curriculum & Standards |
Chair of Governors from October 2017 |
Yes |
Education Staffing Employment |
No |
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Mr Ivan White |
Co-opted |
SCC |
October 2015 |
Finance & Resources |
Vice Chair of Governors Chair of Finance & Resources Committee |
Yes |
none |
No |
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Mrs Anne Hendon John
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Head |
SCC |
October 2015 |
Finance & Resources |
Head |
Yes |
none |
No |
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Genevieve McCarthy
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Co-opted |
SCC |
October 2017 |
Curriculum & Standards |
Lead Governor for English |
Yes |
Education Staffing Employment |
No |
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Jessica Long (left April 2018)
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Staff |
SCC |
October 2015 |
Curriculum & Standards |
Staff Representative |
Yes |
none |
No |
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Clare Grant
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Co-opted |
SCC |
October 2015 |
Curriculum & Standards |
Safeguarding Lead Link governor for Looked After Children |
Yes |
Related to a Peer Mentor at the school |
Yes |
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Chloe Foster (Stepped down June 2019) |
Staff | SCC | September 2018 | Curriculum & Standards | Staff Representative | Yes | none | No |
| Ian Saynor | Coopted | SCC | September 2018 | Finance & Resources |
Careers Link Governor Finance & PPG Link Governor |
Yes | Business has SLA with school for delivery of work experience and CEIAG Support | No |
| Christine Parsloe | Parent | SCC | November 2018 | Curriculum & Standards | Yes | No | ||
| Kasia Skapska | Parent | SCC | February 2019 | Curriculum & Standards | Yes | |||
| David Patchell | Associate | SCC | Online Presence Link Governor | No | Staff member | No | ||
| Tolga Martin | Associate | SCC | No | Staff member | No | |||
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Liz Irving |
Clerk |
SCC |
February 2018 |
n/a |
Clerk |
No |
None |
No |
| Andrea Faustino | Coopted | SCC | July 2019 | Chair of Governors from July 2017 | Yes | None | No |
Governor Meeting Attendance
Full Governing Body Meetings
X = PRESENT
A = ABSENT WITH APOLOGIES
O = ABSENT
AA = Autumn
SP = Spring
SM = Summer
2019/2020
| A-A | A-B | SP-A | SP-B | SM-A | SM-B | ||||||||||||
| FGB | FR | FGB | FR | CS | FGB | FR | CS | FGB | FR | CS | FGB | FR | CS | FGB | FR | CS | |
| Andrea Faustino | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivan White | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Anne Hendon-John | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Christine Parsloe | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Kasia Skapska | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Clare Grant | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Genevieve McCarthy | A | - | |||||||||||||||
| Ian Saynor | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Katie Handley-Potts | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Tolga Martin | - | ||||||||||||||||
| David Patchell | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Liz Irving (Clerk) | X |
2017/2019
| Autumn 2017a | Autumn 2017b | Spring 2018a | Spring 2018b | Summer 2018a | Summer 2018b | Autumn 2018a | Autumn 2018b | Spring 2019a | Spring 2019b | Summer 2019a | Summer 2019b | |
| Andrea Faustino | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | X |
| Ivan White | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Anne Hendon-John | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Katie Handley Potts | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Genevieve McCarthy | X | X | X | X | X | A | A | |||||
| Clare Grant | X | X | X | A | O | |||||||
| Ian Saynor | N/A | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Chloe Foster | N/A | X | X | X | X | - | - | |||||
| Tolga Martin | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| David Patchell | no Skype | X | X | X | X | X | A | X | ||||
| Jonty Archbald | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Jess Foster | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Christine Parsloe | X | X | X | O | X | |||||||
| Kasia Skapska | X | X | A | O |
X denotes attendance