Meet our Senior Leadership Team 
 

Rachel Harrison – Executive Head Teacher 

 

Dr Ross Silcock - Head Teacher 

 

Governance 

Each Compass school has a local school committee composed of a group of volunteers drawn from the community, each bringing a range of skills, expertise and professional experience. Our Governors provide essential links between the school, parents/carers and the local community. Governors work with staff and parents in an atmosphere of co-operation to provide the best possible framework for educating our children. They are involved in all aspects of school life and meet regularly with leadership teams. 

Governors fulfil their responsibilities by: 

• Supporting the school and its ambition by working strategically to develop and implement vision and ethos; 

• Ensuring that the children are receiving the best education and achieve the best outcomes by monitoring the quality of teaching and standards across the school; 

• Making sure the school uses its financial resources effectively and in line with the budget plan; 

• Accounting to all stakeholders for the school’s performance and for the decisions they make. 

If you are interested in becoming a Governor at our school or would like to hear more about what the role involves, please email contact@compassps.uk  

 
Chair of Governors – Lynne Wainwright

Lynne is the Chair of Governors for Rowan Wood School and Willow Dene School.  She has been a governor since November 2018 at Willow Dene School. She is a lecturer in children’s nursing at King’s College London, having worked for over 25 years as a children’s / neonatal intensive care nurse.

Lynne has 30 years experience as a school governor in a variety of settings and is passionate about ensuring that all children receive the best education and care.

Lynne can be contacted at the Rowan Wood contact address

 

Governance Structure 

	Type of Governor
Rachel Harrison	Ex-Officio
Ross Silcock	Ex-Officio
Kafayet Eletu	Parent
Yan Zhong	Parent
Barbara Box	Staff
Lynne Wainwright	Co-opted/Chair
Robert Janes	Co-opted/Vice Chair
Nicole Allwood	Co-opted
Dennis Mitakos	Co-opted
Jack Reynolds	Co-opted
Lucy Atkinson	Co-opted
Katie Dooley	Co-opted
Sharifo Sheikh	Co-opted

 

Please see the attachments section below for detailed governance information, including terms of office, appointment information and any pecuniary interests. 

Please click here to access trust wide governance information.

Link Governors 

Link governors should focus on a specific aspect of school life and report back to the Local School Committee on it. Their job is to raise the profile of the issue, monitor it, and provide support and challenge to key school staff.

At Willow Dene and Rowan Wood all members of the Local School committee have specific areas that they link with –

Curriculum	Jack Reynolds
EYFS	Yan Zhong
Health and Safety	Bob Janes
Policies	Sharifo Sheikh
Pupil Premium, Sports Premium and Free School Meals	Kafayet Eletu and Nicole Allwood
Safeguarding, CLA, Prevent and attendance, SEND, Governor training and development	Lynne Wainwright
Sixth Form	Dennis Mitakos
Wellbeing	Lucy Atkinson

Safeguarding and Health and safety are monitored on a termly basis with a report to the next committee meeting.

Link governors for other areas will liaise with the staff lead to make prearranged visits to school with a clear focus. These visits will then be reported back to the LSC and aspects discussed as necessary with senior leaders.

All governors are involved in termly monitoring mornings linked to the schools’ core priorities at which we receive information regarding the priority as well as undertake visits to areas of the school to see how things are being implemented and the impact of these on children and young people and staff.

Data Protection 

The Compass Partnership of Schools' Data Protection Officer is the DPO Centre. 
If you have a data protection query, please click here.