Welcome to the Local School Committee Members section of the Website

The LSC members are a vital part of the school partnership and their role at Pamphill is to assist and support the headteacher and staff, together providing the best possible education, environment and opportunities for all the children. We work closely with the Trust, teachers, non-teaching staff and parents.

Some tasks of the committee members, in conjunction with the headteacher are:

• Agree the aim and values of the school
• Assist in the creation and review of the School Development Plan
• Review school policies
• Set and monitor the school budget
• Appoint staff
• Ensure the National Curriculum is taught and that the needs of individual children are met, including those who have special needs
• Establish and maintain positive links with the local community
• Have a published strategy for dealing with parental complaints

General Aims:

• To ensure a more efficient use of members' time by sharing the workload
• To be well briefed and ready to assist the whole Governing Body on complex issues
• To provide a smaller forum for members’ individual contribution to detailed discussion

As a proud member of Intio Learning Trust, our Local School Committee is overseen by the Trustees. To find out more about the Trustees of Initio Learning Trust please click here to view Trust Member and Trustee biographies.

The Local School Committee take an active interest in the day to day life of the school. Meetings are held regularly. Parents may have access to the minutes of the Committee meetings on request to the Headteacher or Clerk to the Committee. 

 

Types of LSC Members

The Chair is responsible for ensuring the effective functioning of the board by keeping it focused on its core functions. The chair should encourage the board to work together as an effective team, building its skills, knowledge and experience.

Parent members are there to offer a  perspective from the parent community on the board. If a school can’t recruit a parent governor, a proxy parent governor can join the board. Parent governors have the same responsibilities as other types of school governor.

Foundation members are appointed to the governing boards to preserve the religious character of the school. There are foundation governors in every Church of England schools. 

Staff members are elected as a representative staff member on the board. Their role is to bring a staff perspective to discussions held by the governing board.

Associate members may be appointed by the board. When a school has no governor vacancies but is in need of someone with specific skills, this may be a helpful option. Similarly, if a governor is retiring, a governing board may decide to recruit an associate to bridge the gap.

 

Who’s Who of the Local School Committee

Our Local School Committee, (LSC), is made up of:

Name	Role	Appointed by	Start Term of Office	End Term of Office
	Chair
Sarah Hewett	Clerk to Trust
Emma Vowles	WFS Foundation Member	Board	08/06/2021	19/02/2028
Gabriel Stone	WFS Parent Member	Board	24/02/2025	23/02/2029
Margareta Wilkie-Stanley	WFS Foundation Member	Board	03/11/2023	03/11/2027
David Tory	PFS Parent Member	Board	24/02/2025	23/02/2029
Robin Langdown	PFS Foundation Member	Board	24/02/2025	03/12/2028
Thomas Simpkin	PFS Parent Member	Board	24/02/2025	23/02/2029
Jessica Hide	PFS Parent Member	Board	24/02/2025	23/02/2029
Sarah Porretta	WFS Parent Member	Board	24/02/2025	23/02/2029
Vacancy	Foundation Member
Vacancy	Foundation Member
Sarah Fairman	Executive Headteacher	Not part of the Committee, but invited to attend each meeting

There are currently two foundation member vacancies.

Historic Left Within last Twelve Months

Name	Role	Start Term of Office	End Term of Office
Noel Harrison	Trustee Appointed Interim Chair	01/01/2025	31/08/2025
Sarah Hewett	Interim Clerk to Trust		Nov 2025

 

Should you wish to contact our Clerk to the LSC, please contact Becky Knott BKnott@pamphillfirstschool.org