There are twelve Governor roles at the School, seven Foundation Governors and five Representative Governors. They work continually to ensure that the school maintains its very high standards.

Named Governors take a lead on monitoring progress in all areas of school, rigorously verifying that our children receive a first class education. 

The Full Governing Body meets routinely five times a year. There is a formal agenda set in advance and a wide range of issues concerning the school are discussed.  At each meeting, the Full Governing Body will hear reports from Lead Governors for Finance, for Health and Safety and for Human Resources. Minutes of the Full Governing Body Meeting are available. 

Who are our Governors?

The Governors work to enhance our Catholic community, carrying out the vision of the Diocesan, led by the Bishop. They adhere to a Code of Conduct, which is available to view below.

Governors work as a dedicated team and have a very specific role to play in ensuring that standards are raised and that our children are happy and confident learners.  To do this, they work closely with the Headteacher and other staff, as well as the Parish, the local authority and parents.  

In common with Governors elsewhere, our Governors are volunteers and their work is unpaid.  The Chair of Governors is Mr Harvey Bradshaw and the Vice Chair is Mrs Ellen Parker.  Our Safeguarding Governor is Mr Chris Donovan.

How do the Governors work  together?

As most areas of school work are brought to the attention of the Full Governing Body. The Admissions Committee meets when work requires and is chaired by Mr Chris Donovan. 

A Resource Committee meets regularly and is chaired by Mr Harvey Bradshaw. To fully inform decision-making, governors make use of the Government's Schools Financial Benchmarking tool,  Schools Financial Benchmarking Service

Governors Pecuniary Interests and other details

You will find details of the Governors' relevant pecuniary interests in the document below. The Governors have no financial allowances.  As required to publish, no member of staff earns in excess of £100,000 per year.

The DfE encourages schools to publish diversity data for their governors. St Joseph's is committed to being open and transparent in all that it does. To this end, should the need arise, individual governors would be approached to ask if they allow their personal data to be shared on a case-by-case basis.

Instrument of Governance

All Governors serve for a term of four years. Some have continued into a second term.

	Role	Date of appointment	End of Term	Attendance at FGB and meetings over the last year
Foundation Governors appointed by the Bishop of Arundel and Brighton				Spring 2026	Summer 2026	Autumn  2026
Mr Chris Donovan	Foundation and  Safeguarding	12/01/2023	11/01/2027	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mr Harvey Bradshaw	Chair of FGB	01/01/2025	31/12/2028	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ms Zoe Penfold	Foundation	01/09/2025	31/08/2029	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mrs Ellen Parker	Vice Chair of FGB and Foundation	02/02/2026	01/02/2030	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dr Thomas John	Foundation			Yes	Yes	Yes
Representative Governors representing the County and Local Councils, the parents and staff
Mr Tim Hallett	Headteacher	01/01/2025	31/12/2029	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mrs Jane Goss	Local Authority and Lead for Human Resources	01/09/2025	31/08/2026	Yes	/	x
Miss Rachel Wheeler	Staff Governor	01/09/2026	31/08/2030	x	x	Yes
Mrs Aloma Jaworska	Parent Governor	01/09/2025	31/08/2029	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mrs Daniela Tufo	Parent Governor and SEND	01/09/2025	31/08/2029	Yes	Yes	Yes