Applecroft School
Our Code of Conduct
Contacting the Chair of Trustees
If you would like to contact any of the school trustees please leave a message at the School Reception or send an email to admin@applecroft.herts.sch.uk marked 'For The Attention Of' either the Chair of Trustees or another named Trustee.
Our current Chair of Trustees is Mrs Louise Gardner.
Role Descriptors
Structure of the Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees meets as a full group and as four committees, click the respective links for further information on attendance and/or minutes:
- Curriculum & Assessment (C&A)
- Finance & Premises (F&P)
- Personnel and Pupil Welfare (PPW)
- Audit & Risk (A&R).
The Full Board of Trustees meets six times each year (twice in each term) and each sub-committee aims to meet at least once each term (ideally twice).
Trustee Profiles and Additional Diversity Data
Note: The completion of the questionnaire that informs this data is optional and as such is not a complete picture of our Board of Trustees. Publication of this data is encouraged by the Department for Education but is not mandatory.
Board of Trustees Framework
Please find below the Board of Trustees and its framework including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Trustee:
Name |
Appointing Body |
Committees |
Link subject(s) |
Term of Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mrs Louise Gardner (Chair) |
Parents |
Finance & Premises Audit & Risk Pay |
English & EYFS |
15/11/2019 - 14/11/2027 |
|
Mrs Claire Coe (Vice-Chair) |
Parents |
Pupil & Personnel Welfare Audit & Risk |
Pupil Premium, CLA, SEND, SMSC & Wellbeing |
19/06/2023 - 18/06/2027 |
|
Mrs Charlene Theophile |
Parents |
Curriculum & Assessment |
English |
26/05/2021 - 25/05/2025 |
| Mr Antonios Kanellopoulos | Parents | Pupil & Personnel Welfare | Science, Maths & Computing | 28/03/2023 - 27/03/2027 |
| Mr Chris Clarke | Parents |
Finance & Premises Audit & Risk(Chair) |
Music, Art & Design, Design Technology |
28/03/2023 - 27/03/2027 |
|
Mr Toni Virtanen |
Parents |
Finance & Premises (Chair) Audit & Risk |
History, Geography, MFL |
27/01/2021 - 26/01/2029 |
|
Mr Stephen Williams |
Members |
Curriculum & Assessment (Chair) Audit & Risk |
EYFS |
20/11/2019 - 19/11/2027 |
| Mrs Barbara Crawford | Members |
Pupil & Personnel Welfare Pay |
SMSC & Wellbeing |
22/11/2022- 21/11/2026 |
| Mrs Liz Wilson | Members | Curriculum & Assessment | Science, Maths & Computing |
24/01/2023- 23/01/2027 |
|
Mr Ben Kirby |
Members |
Pupil & Personnel Welfare |
Safeguarding, History, Geography, MFL |
16/05/2023 - 15/05/2027 |
| Mrs Caroline Buckley | Members | Finance & Premises | Music, Art & Design, Design Technology | 27/11/2024 - 26/11/2028 |
|
Mr Paul Wyatt (Deputy Headteacher) |
Co-opted by Governing Board |
Finance & Premises Curriculum & Assessment |
01/10/2017 – 30/09/2025 |
|
|
Mrs Lisa Withe (Headteacher) *ex-officio |
School |
Curriculum & Assessment Finance & Premises Pupil and Personnel Welfare Audit & Risk |
01/09/2015 – |
|
|
Mrs Odette Coe (Business Manager) |
School - Associate member |
Finance & Premises Audit & Risk |
||
|
Miss Ruth Johnson (Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion & Well-Being) |
School - Associate member |
Pupil & Personnel Welfare |
Please find below details of members of the Board of Trustees that have left during the 2023-2024 or 2024-2025 academic years:
Name |
Category |
Appointing Body |
Term of Office |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Mrs Lisa Bright |
Trustee |
Co-opted by Governing Board |
27/01/2021 – 26/01/2025 (Term ended) |
| Mr Nigel Gallacher | Staff | Co-opted by Governing Board |
20/01/2012 – 19/01/2024 (Term ended) |
|
Rev'd Rachel Wakefield |
Community |
Applecroft Governing Board |
27/01/2021 - 16/05/2023 (Resigned) |
| Mrs Geraldine Rockall | Parent | Applecroft Parents/Carers | 15/11/2019 - 30/01/2023 (Resigned) |