Governors

The Governing Body is a committee of the Trust – Advantage Schools. Its role is to oversee the strategic direction of the school and it is made up of the following people. You can also see the members of the Trust below.

Elstow Governors

Ryan Tobias (Chair of Governors) – Member Appointed Governor/ Trustee
Sharon Crisp – Vice Chair/ Parent Governor
Robert Harding – Member appointed Governor
Emma Abbey – Parent Governor
Paul Jameson – Member appointed Governor
Ranjit Kaur – Co-opted
Giorgio Ruggiero – Parent Governor
Sarah Ciantar – Staff Governor
Rebecca Silliker – Clerk to Governors

Advantage Schools Trustees

Elizabeth Arden – Chair
Ryan Tobias – Vice Chair
Paul Jameson
Tom Rees
Martin Dodge
Emma Abbey
Mark McCourt
Nigel Syson
Michael Coward
Bridget Edge – Company Secretary

Governors’ duties include:

promoting high standards
setting targets for pupil achievement
taking general responsibility for the conduct of the school
making sure that the curriculum is balanced and broadly based, in particular that the National Curriculum and religious education are taught, and reporting on pupils’ achievement in National Curriculum assessments and examination results
participating in the appointment of senior staff and regulating staff conduct and discipline

Governors registers of interests and statement can be found in the Downloads and Policy section of our website.

If you would like any further information about the governing body please contact Bridget Edge at the school or via email: mailto:bedge@advantageschools.co.uk

2017-2018 Governors Information

Elstow School
Name	Governor Category	Term Expires	Interest	19 09 17	08 11 17	11 01 18	14 03 18	06 06 18	19 07 18
Emma Abbey (EA)	Parent	Jul-19	Also serves on AS Trust Board	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sharon Crisp (SC)	Parent	Sep-19	Works for Wootton Academy Trust	P	P	P	P	P	P
Giorgio Ruggiero (GR)	Parent	Jul-19	–	P	P	P	P	P	P
Rob Harding (RH)	Appointed	May-22	Wife works for school.	–	–	–	–	P	P
Paul Jameson (PJ)	Appointed	Jul-19	Also serves on AS Trust Board.	P	P	P	P	P	P
Ryan Tobias (RT) [Chair]	Appointed	Sep-19	Vice Chair of AS Trust Board.	P	P	P	P	P	P
Ranjit Kaur (RK)	Appointed	Dec-20	Lead practitioner at Fairfield Park Lower School.	Ap	P	P	P	P	P
Sarah Ciantar [Deputy Head]	Staff Governor	Nov-20	–	P	P	P	Ap	P	P
Samantha Baxter [Principal]	Principal	Ex Officio	–	P	P	P	P	P	P
Ian Redpath (IR)	Appointed	Resigned Nov 2017	Husband of PR; also served on AS Trust Board	P	–	–	–	–	–
Pauline Redpath (PR)	Appointed	Resigned Nov 2017	Wife of IR	P	–	–	–	–	–
Liz Polson (LP)	Appointed	Resigned Mar 2018	Works for school.	Ap	P	P	P	–	–