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Governors
School governors have a responsibility for supporting their schools, while also holding them to account.
At Rushey Green, Governors are actively involved in all aspects of school life and contribute time and energy to ensure the school continually improves. Governors share the school’s aims and values, and are keen to enhance the environment, provide the right resources and to see that every child receives the best possible education.
The purpose of the Governing Body is to help the school to provide the best possible education for its pupils.
They work closely with the Headteacher and the Senior Leadership Team to set the school’s strategic aims and policies and actively work to monitor, support and improve the quality of teaching and learning for all pupils. T
he role of the Governing Body is one of strategic oversight; governors are not involved in the day-to-day running of the school. That is the responsibility of the Headteacher.
Our Governors represent our wider school community: elected parent and staff governors, one Local Authority nominee and co-opted members from the wider community. They have a mix of skills, experiences and backgrounds to help provide the best possible support to the School.
You can contact the Governors by emailing admin@rusheygreen.lewisham.sch.uk
Responsibilities
A Governing Body’s responsibilities cover three key areas:
| To Provide a Strategic View: | To be a 'Critical Friend': | To ensure Accountability of the School: |
| - Focus on the future | - Offer support and constructive advice. | - Ensuring the school delivers good quality education |
| - Set appropriate objectives | - Be a sounding board for ideas | - Monitoring the school's overall performance |
| - Develop a strategic framework and policies to achieve these objects | - Ask challenging questions when necessary | - Ensuring the school complies with its statutory and legal responsibilities. |
The full Governing Body meets formally twice a term. Sub-committees also meet once or twice a term to focus on particular areas in more detail.
The two main sub-committees are: Resources, Pay, Learning and Achievement, and Behaviour and Inclusion. Other committees, panels and project teams meet when needed.
It's also important for Governors to see the school in action, and they make regular visits to classrooms, to speak with teachers and to join in school events and celebrations.
Governors take very seriously the role they play and the contribution they can make. Governors are expected to sign up to a code of practice agreeing to act with honesty and integrity, to keep up to date with training and to respect confidentiality at all times.
RUSHEY GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Updated 15th July 2026
GOVERNING BODY STRUCTURE
Reconstituted 10/07/2019
15 governor places
Headteacher 1
Staff 1
Appointed by the London Borough of Lewisham 1
Elected parents of pupils attending the school 4
Co-opted by the governing body 8
Co- Chairs of the Governing Body: Nariell Morrison and David Marsh
Vice Chair of the Governing Body: Lilian Brooks
COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
Learning and Achievement: Chair – Ben Ford
Resources Committee: Chair - Nariell Morrison
Behaviour & Inclusion: Chair - Lilian Brooks
Pupil Discipline Committee / Staff Discipline Committee / Grievance Committee / Dismissal Committee / Complaints Committee / Pay Appeals Committee: Membership to comprise any three members of the Governing Body having regard to availability, personal knowledge or involvement in a case.
Clerk to the Governing Body: Helen Rutherford, Lewisham Governors Services, 3rd Floor, Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, London SE6 4RU
THE GOVERNING BODY OF RUSHEY GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Governors’ details (for each governor who has served at any point over the past 12 months)
(Names and details of former governors are given in italics)
|
FULL NAME |
CATEGORY |
APPOINTED BY |
DATE OF APPOINTMENT |
TERM OF OFFICE (NO OF YEARS AND END DATE) |
DATE RESIGNED |
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP |
RESPONSIBILITIES |
VOTING RIGHTS (IF ASSOCIATE MEMBER) |
|
|
Nerissa Fisher |
Head Teacher |
Governing Body |
01/09/25 |
N/A |
|
|
Resources; Learning & Achievement; Behaviour & Inclusion |
Interim Headteacher |
|
|
Fionn O’Raghallaigh
|
Parent |
Elected by Parents |
18/03/24 |
4 |
17/03/28 |
|
Learning & Achievement; |
|
|
|
Ben Ford |
Parent |
Elected by Parents |
17/03/25 |
4 |
16/03/29 |
|
Learning & Achievement; |
|
|
|
Charlotte Teager |
Parent |
Elected by Parents |
17/03/2025 |
4 |
16/03/29 |
|
Learning & Achievement; |
|
|
|
Ama Singh |
Staff |
Elected by Staff |
02/10/23 |
4 |
01/10/27 |
|
Resources
|
Diversity & Inclusion Link |
|
|
Nariell Morrison |
LA |
Appointed by LA |
28/11/22 |
4 |
27/11/26 |
|
Resources;
|
Chair of Resources Finance Link |
|
|
Brenda Montague |
Co-opted |
Governing Body |
15/03/23
|
4 |
14/03/27 |
|
Behaviour & Inclusion |
Wellbeing Link |
|
|
Lilian Brooks |
Co-opted |
Governing body |
10/11/20 |
4 |
09/11/28 |
|
Resource Heads Appraisal Pay Comm |
V/Chair FGB. Safeguarding Link Wellbeing Link |
|
|
Georgina Bryne
|
Co-opted |
Governing Body |
18/03/24
|
4 |
17/03/28 |
|
Learning & Achievement; Behaviour & Inclusion |
Communications link |
|
|
Daisy Hooper |
Co-opted |
Governing Body |
07/10/2024 |
4 |
06/10/28 |
|
Resources Learning & Achievement;
|
Pupil Premium & Sports Premium Link |
|
|
David Marsh |
Co-opted |
Governing Body |
23/06/2025 |
4 |
22/06/2029 |
|
Learning & Achievement; |
Co-Chair FGB |
|
|
Ronan Howe |
Co-opted |
Governing Body |
18/05/2026 |
4 |
17/05/2030 |
|
Resources |
Health & Safety Link |
|
|
Ashley Taylor |
Co-opted |
Governing Body |
15/06/2026 |
4 |
4/06/2030 |
|
Resources |
|
|
|
Nadine Charles |
Parent |
Elected by Parents |
12/02/24
|
4 |
11/02/28. |
31/10/2025 |
Resources |
|
N/A |
|
Christine Kiwanuka |
Co-opted |
Governing Body |
02/10/20 |
4 |
06/10/28 |
31/10/2025 |
Resources Committee
|
H & S Link |
N/A |
|
Rachel Hope
|
Co-opted |
Governing Body |
29/11/21 |
4 |
28/11/25 |
- |
Learning & Achievement Heads Appraisal |
Communications Link
|
N/A |
|
Karima Paul-Douglas |
Co-opted |
Governing Body |
23/06/2025 |
4 |
22/06/2029 |
14/07/2026 |
|
|
N/A |
GOVERNORS’ ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS 2025/2026
ü = present, AA = apologies sent and accepted, Absent = absent, … = not applicable
|
NAME |
FULL GOVERNING BODY |
||||||
|
|
06/10/2025 |
24/11/2025 (moved from 17/11/2025) |
23/03/2026 |
18/05/2026 EGB |
15/06/2026 |
18/06/2026 EGB Non-staff only |
29/06/2026 EGB |
|
Nerissa Fisher |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
… |
AA |
|
Fionn O’Raghallaigh
|
AA |
ü |
ü |
ü |
AA |
ü |
ü |
|
Ben Ford |
AA |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
AA |
ü |
|
Charlotte Teager |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
AA |
|
Ama Singh |
ü |
ü |
AA |
ü |
ü |
… |
AA |
|
Nariell Morrison (Co-Chair) |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
|
Brenda Montague |
ü |
AA |
AA |
Absent |
Absent |
ü |
ü |
|
Lilian Brooks (Vice Chair) |
ü |
ü |
AA |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
|
Gina Bryne
|
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
AA |
|
Daisy Hooper |
ü |
AA |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
|
David Marsh (Co-Chair) |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
|
Ronan Howe |
… |
… |
… |
… |
ü |
ü |
ü |
|
Ashley Taylor |
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
ü |
ü |
|
Nadine Charles |
Absent |
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
|
Christine Kiwanuka |
Absent |
Absent |
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
|
Rachel Hope
|
ü |
ü |
… |
… |
… |
… |
… |
|
Karima Paul-Douglas |
ü |
ü |
AA |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
|
NAME |
RESOURCES COMMITTEE |
|||
|
|
03/11/2025 |
17/11/2025 Additional meeting |
27/04/2026 (Moved from 9 March 2026) |
08/06/2026 |
|
Nerissa Fisher |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
|
Nariell Morrison |
ü |
ü |
AA |
ü |
|
Daisy Hooper |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
|
Fionn O’Raghallaigh |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
|
Ama Singh |
Absent |
ü |
ü |
AA |
|
Lilian Brooks |
AA |
ü |
ü |
ü |
|
David Marsh |
AA |
… |
… |
ü |
|
Nadine Charles |
Absent |
… |
… |
… |
|
Christine Kiwanuka |
Absent |
… |
… |
… |
|
NAME |
LEARNING & ACHIEVEMENT |
||
|
|
09/10/2025 |
12/02/2026 |
14/07/2026 (Moved from 4 June 2026 to inc. SATS results, then cancelled by Chair) |
|
Nerissa Fisher |
ü |
ü |
- |
|
Gina Byrne |
ü |
ü |
- |
|
Ben Ford (Chair) |
ü |
ü |
- |
|
Daisy Hooper |
ü |
ü |
- |
|
David Marsh |
ü |
ü |
- |
|
Fionn O’Raghallaigh |
AA |
ü |
- |
|
Karima Paul-Douglas |
AA |
ü |
- |
|
Nadine Charles |
Absent |
… |
… |
|
NAME |
BEHAVIOUR & INCLUSION |
||
|
|
13/10/2025 |
02/03/2026 |
11/05/2026 |
|
Nerissa Fisher |
ü |
ü |
ü |
|
Lilian Brooks (Chair) |
ü |
ü |
ü |
|
Charlotte Teager |
ü |
AA |
ü |
|
Brenda Montague |
ü |
Absent |
Absent |
|
David Marsh |
ü |
… |
… |
|
Karima Paul-Douglas |
ü |
AA |
ü |
|
Daisy Hooper |
AA |
… |
… |
|
Gina Byrne |
… |
ü |
ü |
RUSHEY GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL - Register of Interests 2023 -24
|
Name |
Name of Business or Organisation Including:
|
Nature of Business |
Nature of Interest |
Date Declaration Made |
|
Lisa Williams |
Rushey Green Primary School Also, governor at St John Baptist Primary School |
Headteacher |
School Employee |
02.10.2023 |
|
Rachel Hope |
NHS England |
Director of Digital Resources |
None |
02.10.2023 |
|
Daisy Hooper |
Chartered Management Institute |
Head of Policy & Public Affairs |
None |
02.10.2023 |
|
Amarjeet Singh |
Rushey Green School |
Office manger |
School Employee |
02.10.2023 |
|
Oliver Payne |
GL Education, EdTech
|
Education Adviser & International consultant |
None |
13.11.2023 |
|
Nariell Morrison |
Imperial College London |
Clinical Education Fellow |
None |
02.10.2023 |
|
Lilian Brooks |
Carer |
Carer |
None |
02.10.2023 |
|
Christine Kiwanuka |
Soverein Network Group |
Departmental lead |
None |
02.10.2023 |
|
Edison Huynh |
York Academy of science Cllr Lewisham Council Trustee of Lewisham Youth Théâtre |
Director of Research & Special Projects |
None |
02.10.2023 |
|
Charles Pickstone |
Church of England |
Vicar |
None |
02.10.2023 |
|
Brenda Montague |
Greenwich Martime Museum |
Customer Sales Associate |
None |
02.10.2023 |
|
Arlina Pali |
None
|
None
|
None |
02.10.2023 |
|
Nadine Charles |
EY LLP (Accounting firm), |
Senior Manager |
None |
18.03. 2024 |
|
Peter Baker- Lowe |
Sydenham School |
Teacher |
None |
02.10.2023 |
|
Nerissa Fisher |
Rushey Green Primary School |
Deputy Head |
School Employee |
14.11.2023 |
|
Maria Kilcoyne |
Rushey Green Primary School |
Business Manager |
School Employee |
14.11.2023 |
Equality Monitoring
| White British | 5 |
| Black Caribbean | 3 |
| Black African | 1 |
| Asian Indian | 2 |
| MWBR | 1 |
| OVIE | 1 |
| WALB | 1 |
| Male | 4 |
| Female | 10 |
| 20-39 Years | 1 |
| 30-39 Years | 8 |
| 40-49 Years | 2 |
| 50-59 Years | 3 |
| 60+ Years | 0 |