Governing Body

The Board must establish a Governing Body for each academy, which provides for the operational running of each academy, drawing on local representation rooted within the academy’s staff, parental, parish and neighbourhood communities.

The Governing Body will: oversee the implementation of the Directors’ strategy, policy and procedures; monitor the effectiveness of the management in running the academy in accordance with the Directors’ strategy, policy and procedures; and report on the impact of the Directors’ strategic framework on the quality of provision, performance and standards of the academy.

The Chair of St John Fisher is Nacey Abraham.

Overall purpose of the Governing Body

  • Provide the assurance that the strategy and policies of the Board of Directors’ are implemented at a local level in the academy.
  • Provide a strong monitoring, evaluation and reporting framework, so the education provided by the academy meets the needs of children in its care.
  • Enable the academy to be accountable for building a strong, Catholic collaborative learning community, rooted in the teachings of Christ and his Church and the values of the Gospel, by ensuring the academies form good relationships and effective communication with all stakeholders that benefit the children’s learning, formation, attainment and progress.
  • Make recommendations to the Board of Directors and to other committees as necessary and appropriate.

Key Documents

MAC Statutory accounts for 2021/ 2022 click here

RACI Scheme of Delegation click here

Financial Scheme of Delegation click here To be updated at Board 18th September 2023

Please be advised that we are about to review our scheme of delegation in light of changes at BDES and within our MAC organisation.

In 2023/ 2024, we will be merging the Local Governing body with the LGB at Saint Gregory.

Terms of Reference

Governing Body Representative

Full nameStatusDate of AppointmentTerm of office
End date		Appointed by Trustees or electedRelationships in school
Spouses, partners and close relatives		Voting rightsGovernor role in other settingsEmail
Nacey AbrahamFoundation
Chair		17/01/202016/01/2024TrusteesYesYeschair.sjf@romeromac.com
Sharon BoyleFoundation16/12/202116/01/2024TrusteesYesYes
Carlos FernandezFoundation02/08/201901/08/2023TrusteesYes
Fr Des DevenneyFoundation05/01/202104/01/2025TrusteesYesSt Gregory's Primary School
Nicola BurtonStaff19/10/201918/10/2023ElectedYesYes
Brendan FawcettLink Director17/05/201916/05/2023TrusteesYes
Dee WilliamsExecutive Principal31/08/201518/10/2023Yes
Leslie RamosFoundation Governor15/07/202114/07/2025TrusteesYesYes
Phillip MortonParent Governor08/07/202107/07/2025ElectedYesYes

Attendance at meeting 2021-2022

Full nameStatusAutumn 1Autumn 2Spring 1Spring 2Summer 1Summer 2
Nacey AbrahamFoundation
Chair		yesyesyes
Sharon BoyleFoundationyesyesyes
Carlos FernandezFoundationyesyesyes
Fr Des DevenneyFoundationyesyesyes
Nicola BurtonStaffyesyesyes
Sharon MilnerStaffyesyesyes
Brendan FawcettLink Directoryesnoyes
Phillip MortonParentyesnoyes
Carrie LeeParentyesnono
Dee WilliamsPrincipalyesyesyes

Attendance at meeting 2020 – 2021

Full nameStatusAutumn 1Autumn 2Spring 1Spring 2Summer 1Summer 2
21/10/202016/12/202010/02/20218/4/202020/5/20201/7/2020
Sharon BoyleFoundation
Chair		YesYesYesYesYesYes
Nacey AbrahamFoundation
Vice Chair		YesYesYesYesYesYes
Carlos FernandezFoundationYesYesYesYesYesYes
Litty SijoFoundationYesNoYesYesNoYes
Fr Des DevenneyFoundationYesYesYesYesYesYes
Nicola BurtonStaffYesYesYesNoNoNo
Sharon MilnerStaffYesYesYesYesYesYes
Brendan FawcettLink DirectorYesYesYesYesYesYes
Dee WilliamsPrincipalYesYesYesYesYesYes

Attendance at meeting 2019 – 2020

Full nameStatusAutumn 1Autumn 2Spring 1Spring 2Summer 1Summer 2
16/10/201911/12/201919/2/20208/4/2020
Cancelled Covid19		20/5/20201/7/2020
Sharon BoyleFoundation
Chair		YesYesYesn/aYesYes
Nacey AbrahamFoundation
Vice Chair		YesYesYesn/aYesYes
Carlos FernandezFoundationYesApologiesYesn/aApologiesApologies
Litty SijoFoundationYesApologiesYesn/aApologiesYes
Nicola BurtonStaffApologiesYesYesn/aApologiesApologies
Sharon MilnerStaffYesYesYesn/aYesYes
Dee WilliamsPrincipalYesYesYesn/aYesYes
Brendan FawcettLink DirectorYesApologiesYesn/aYesYes
Father Bob WrightFormer ChairYesYesn/an/an/an/a

Business and Pecuniary Interest

Full nameStatusBusiness or pecuniary interestOrganisationType of interestDate interest gainedDate interest ended
Sharon BoyleFoundationHas children in school16/10/2019
Nacey AbrahamChairHas children in school16/10/2019
Brendan FawcettLink Director
Carlos Fernandez Foundation
Fr Des DevenneyFoundation
Nicola BurtonStaffHas family member in school16/10/2019
Phillip MortonParentHas child in school
Carrie LeeParentHas child in school
Dee WilliamsPrincipal