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Meet our school Governors

Our Governing Body

Welcome to the Governing Body pages of our website. My name is Noorian Riaz and I am the Chair of the Governing Body at Cranford Primary School.

Governors work alongside school staff and take decisions affecting the strategic direction of the school. Governors act as ‘critical friends’ and are responsible for holding the school to account and support the school in its endeavour to achieve excellence in all aspects of school life.

Our Governing Body consists of 12 Governors:

1 LA Governor (Chair of Governors)

Nominated by the LA and appointed by the Governing Body

Ms Noorian Riaz

1 Vice Chair

Elected by other members of the Governing Body Mrs Julie Tomkins

1 Headteacher

Ex Officio by virtue of office as Headteacher

Mrs Jasmeen Chana

2 Parent Governors

Elected by the parents and must be themselves parents or carers of children who attend the school at the time of the elections. All parents have the opportunity to vote at these elections.

Mr Vikram Datta

 vacancy

1 Teacher Governor

Elected by a ballot of all teachers

Miss Kiranjot Khabra

7 Co-opted Governors

Elected by other members of the Governing Body because of their links with the local community or their particular skills and knowledge

Mrs Shafia Haroon

Mrs Kerry Mulhair

Mrs Maria D'Lima

Mr Ravi Aujla

Mr Jaz Gill

Mrs Saranjit Dhaliwal

Vacancy

Committee Structure

The full Governing Body meets at least once a term. It has two working committees who report back to the Governing Body at the main meetings. The two committees are:

  • Finance, Staffing, Premises and Health and Safety Committee
  • Curriculum Committee

Membership:

Finance, Staffing, Premises and Health and Safety Committee: Mrs Chana, Mrs Haroon (Chair), Ms Riaz, Mrs Dhaliwal, Mr Gill

Curriculum Committee: Mrs Mulhair, Miss Khabra, Mrs Tomkins (Chair), Mrs D'Lima, Mr Aujla, 

Our Governing Body Constitution
Register of Business Interests and Attendance