Governors
Welcome to our Governors’ section.
The Board of Governors of North Bradley Primary School meet regularly in order to ensure that the best possible broad and balanced education is provided for all the children attending the school to enable them to reach their full potential and for them to be given the opportunities and confidence to prepare for their next steps in life.
The Governors ensure responsibility for the children's wellbeing and safety.
By working closely with the senior leadership of the school, they also ensure that the Christian values of tolerance, inclusiveness and forgiveness , amongst others, are upheld.
Meet the Governors
Simon Bendry (Chair) - Co-opted Governor
Committee: Staffing & Curriculum
Areas of Responsibility: Mathematics
Date of Appointment: 14/10/2010 Term of Office: 22/03/17 - 22/03/21
Business/ other interest: Nil
Personal Statement: I have worked in education for 20 years - 13 years as a teacher of History in secondary schools, followed by 7 years at UCL Institute of Education in London. I now work as the Head of Education for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. I have been a governor for 10 years and I have one child at the school. My two older children both attended the school.
Kay Cadby - (Vice Chair) - Co-opted Governor 
Committee: Finance & Premises
Areas of Responsibility: Early Years and Art and Design.
Date of Appointment: 01/02/2010 Term of Office: 01/02/18 - 01/02/22
Business/other interest: Nil
Personal Statement: I have been a school governor since 2010 and currently I am the early years (Reception) link governor. I have 2 children at North Bradley School.
I am a tutor at the AECC University College in Bournemouth and I am the Director of Academic Affairs for the Royal College of Chiropractors. I have recently taken on the role of British Education Commissioner for the International Federation of Sports Chiropractors, responsible for monitoring the content and certification of postgraduate education in Sports Chiropractic.
Andrew Mulligan- Co-opted Governor
Committee: Finance & Premises
Areas of Responsibility: SEN
Date of Appointment: 17/03/2016 Term of Office: 26/03/2020 - 26/03/2024
Business / other interest: Nil
Personal Statement: I have worked in the IT and communications industry for the past 15 years for organisations that include Vodafone, British Telecom and Virgin Media, running large corporate contracts for global organisations around the world. I live in Trowbridge with my partner and we currently have one child at North Bradley School with another one on the way.
Carol McCaw - Foundation Governor
Committee: Finance & Premises
Areas of Responsibility: Religious Education & Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural
Date of Appointment: 01/06/2014 Term of Office: 01/06/18 - 01/06/22
Business / other interest: Nil
Personal Statement: I started my teaching career in Liverpool and have taught in primary and secondary school since moving to Wiltshire 50 years ago. I worked at Stonehenge taking school children around the area for many years before retiring from education. I have been a school governor for 30 years and am now in my second term of office at North Bradley School. I have one daughter - a special needs teacher and one son who is an engineer. With 5 grandchildren between the ages of 6-14 I have managed to keep up with the latest ideas; learning a lot from them.
Kelandie Ash (Headteacher) - Staff Governor
Committees; Staffing & Curriculum and Finance & Premises
Date of Appointment: 01/09/2016 Term of Office: 1/09/16 - ongoing
Business / other interest: Nil
Tracey Baxter (Deputy Headteacher) - Staff Governor
Committee: Staffing & Curriculum
Head of KS2, Leading Maths Teacher
Date of Appointment: 01/01/2003 Term of Office:1/09/13 - 1/09/21
Business / other interests: Nil
Oliver Learmont - Foundation Governor
Committee: Staffing & Curriculum
Areas of responsibility: Music & Collective Worship
Date of Appointment: 03/09/18 Term of Office: 03/09/18 - 03/09/22
Business/other interests: Nil
Personal Statement:
Allister Belcher - Parent Governor
Committee: Finance & Premises
Areas of responsibility: Health and safety
Date of Appointment: 13/10/16 Term of Office: 01/10/20 - 01/10/24
Business/other interests: Delivery of school lunches
Personal Statement:
Horace Prickett - Local Authority Governor
Committee: Staffing and Curriculum
Areas of responsibility: History
Date of Appointment: 01/10/19 Term of Office: 01/10/19 - 01/10/23
Attendance: Business/other interest: Nil
Personal Statement:
Tony Brett - Co-opted Governor
Committee: Finance & Premises
Areas of responsibility: Physical Education
Date of Appointment: 14/09/17 Term of Office: 14/09/17 - 14/09/21
Business/other interest: Nil
Personal Statement; I have been a governor since September 2017. I live in North Bradley with my wife and have two children who both attend this school. I have worked in the Procurement profession for the last 20 years, predominantly in the public sector, supporting organisations to procure all the things they need in order to operate.
Charlie Richards - Parent Governor
Committee: Staffing and Curriculum
Areas of responsibility: Finance, Computing, Science, MFL
Date of Appointment: 17/01/19 Term of office: 17/01/19 - 17/01/23
Business/other interest: Teacher at St Augustines School
Personal Statement: I have been a secondary school teacher for 10 years now. I am currently the Head of Department (ICT/Computer Science) and the Duke of Edinburgh Award manager at St Augustine's Catholic College, Trowbridge. I have been a parent governor for 2 years and I have 2 children who absolutely love being in KS1 at North Bradley.
Richard Seymour - Parent Governor
Committee: Staffing & Curriculum
Date of Appointment: 17/01/19 Term of office: 17/01/19 - 17/01/23
Areas of responsibility: Safeguarding
Business/other interest: Nil
Personal Statement:
Sue Thomson - Clerk to the Governors
Contact:
Simon Bendry (Chair)
North Bradley CE Primary School
simonbendry@northbradley.wilts.sch.uk
Members who have stepped down
Governor Meetings
Paper copies of non-confidential minutes of the governor meetings are available, free of charge, from the school Admin Officer.
Details of the Full Governing Body meetings planned for 2020- 2021 are available from the school office.
Governor Attendance
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