Who are the Governors of St Blasius Academy?
St Blasius C of E Primary Academy is one of the schools owned and run by the Portsmouth and Winchester Diocesan Academies Trust (PWDAT). The Trust’s registered office is at First Floor, Peninsular House, Wharf Road, Portsmouth, PO2 8HB – telephone number 0239 2899658. The Chair of the Academy Trustees is the Venerable Gavin Collins, Archdeacon of the Meon.
The local board of governors monitors the progress and performance of the school, providing support, advice, challenge and stimulus to the school staff on behalf of the Academy Trustees who, as sponsors, have ultimate responsibility for the academy. The local governors are guardians of the academy’s ethos, standards and resources.
- Rodney Fox – the chair – is a member of the Portsmouth and Winchester Diocesan Board of Education and of the PWDAT, which sponsors the academy. He is the former head of an independent secondary school in Surrey and now works part-
time as a school inspector. He is also a Church of England Reader.
He can be contacted by writing to him, care of the school address.
- The Revd Victor Standing – is the priest-
in- charge of St Blasius Church, in whose parish the academy lies.
Victor is convener of a working group looking at the school’s Church of England ethos.
- David Bolt – was a governor of the former Shanklin Primary School.
David is the premises governor, working with the school to produce a priority list for refurbishment and redevelopment.
- Howard Edwards – is head of the Junior School at Ryde School with Upper Chine.
Howard is the child protection governor.
- Sheila Fallone – is the staff governor. Sheila has been a parent, a volunteer, a member of staff and a governor at the former Shanklin Primary School.
- Matthew Northard – is a parent. He is an Environmental Health Officer, a Boys’ Brigade leader and a leader of the junior church at Shanklin United Reform Church.
Matthew is the health and safety governor.
- The Revd Dawn Oakley – is the curate at St Blasius Church.
- Joan Roberts – was a governor of the former Shanklin Primary School, having previously worked as an administrator at the school.
- John Trotman – is the former head of an independent 4 to 18 school in Hertfordshire. He now lives in Shanklin.
John is the educational standards governor.
- Carole Wenman -
is the parent governor. Carole and her husband had a shop in Shanklin before she gave it up to be a full- time mother. She is a member of the PTA and helps in the school by listening to reading.
- The executive head of the academy is an ex-
officio governor
