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
Ranjit Kaur – Co-opted
Sarah Ciantar – Staff Governor
Rebecca Silliker – Clerk to Governors

Advantage Schools Trustees

Ryan Tobias – Acting Chair
Michael Coward – Acting Vice Chair
Paul Jameson
Tom Rees
Martin Dodge
Mark McCourt
Nigel Syson
Anne Heavey
Simon Campbell – 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 Simon Campbell at the school or via email: scampbell@advantageschools.co.uk

2019-2020 Governors Information

Attendance key: P = present, Ap = apologies received & accepted, ApN = apologies received not accepted, A = absent
Name	Governor Cat	Term Expires	20 09 18	29 11 18	09 01 19	28 02 19	04 04 19	06 06 19	11 07 19
Emma Abbey (EA)	Parent	July 2019	P	Ap after meeting	P	Ap	P	Ap	Ap
Sharon Crisp (SCr)	Parent	Sep 2019	P	P	P	P	Ap	P	P
Giorgio Ruggiero (GR)	Parent	Jul 2019	P	Ap	P	P	P	P	P
Rob Harding (RH)	Appointed	May 2022	P	P	P	P	Ap	Ap	P
Paul Jameson (PJ)	Appointed	Jul 2019	P	P	P	P	P	Ap	Ap
Ryan Tobias (RT) [Chair]	Appointed	Sep 2019	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Ranjit Kaur (RK)	Appointed	Dec 2020	P	Ap	P	P	P	P	P
Sarah Ciantar (SCi)	Staff Governor	Nov 2020	Ap	Ap	P	P	Ap	P	P
Samantha Baxter [Principal]	Principal	Ex Officio	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Also present: Rebecca Silliker (Clerk);