School Governors

Governance

Accountability is high on the agenda of the Enterprise Learning Alliance. We regard ourselves as a localised service to schools and other stakeholders and work closely with our partner organisations.
Governance is through our Management Committee who undertake regular visits to the sites and are involved in the development of the service as well as robustly challenging our practices in a shared drive to further improve outcomes for young people.
The Chair of the Management Committee is B Benson and Vice Chair is D Liddicoat. Both of whom can be contacted through the clerk to the committee, Angela Shrimpton. (ashrimpton@ela.kent.sch.uk)

 

Full list of Governors below:

Forename	Surname	Role	Full Managment Committee	Fiance Scruntiny Group (sub committee)
Bob	Benson	Community Governor	Yes - Chair	No
Micheala	Clay	Headteacher Governor	Yes	Yes
David	DuCane	Staff Governor	Yes	No
Mike	Everett	Community Governor	Yes	Yes
Phil	Jones	Community Governor	Yes	No
Lee	Kane	Community Governor	Yes	No
Danni	Lancefield	Community Governor	Yes	No
Debra	Liddicoat	Community Governor	Yes - Vice Chair	No
Manj	Nijjer	Community Governor	Yes	No
Robert	Page	Community Governor	Yes	Yes - Chair
Jamie	Partridge	Community Governor	Yes	No
Ben	Pennells	Community Governor	Yes	No
Linda	Samson	LA Member	Yes	No
Ian	Wallace	Governor	Yes	Yes

 

Governors' Business Interests 

It is important that governors and staff not only act impartially, but are also seen to act impartially. The governing body and school staff have a responsibility to avoid any conflict between their business and personal interests and affairs and those of the school. There is a legal duty on all governors to declare an interest likely to lead to questions of bias when considering any item of business at a meeting and for the governor concerned to withdraw, if necessary, whilst the matter is considered.

 

To help put this duty into practice, a governing body is required to establish and maintain a register of pecuniary interests indicating, for all governors and the headteacher, any business interests. This should include, if appropriate, the company by whom they are employed, directorships, significant shareholdings or other appointments of influence within a business or other organisation which may have dealings with the school. They should include their own interest and those of any member of their immediate family (including partners) or other individuals known to them who may exert influence. The register sheet should be signed by the governor. The register will enable governors to demonstrate that in spending public money they do not benefit personally from decisions that they make. The register must contain, as a minimum, the elements shown on the attached sheet. 

Governing Bodies should ensure the register is up to date, complete and includes all governors. Dated nil returns are also required. There should be notification of changes from governors, as appropriate, and through an annual review of entries. 

Committee Member	Organisation	Type of interest	Additional information	Dates
Bob Benson	712 Consultancy Ltd	Business or finance interests	I am an educational consultant and work for the Tes and SSAT as well as other organisations and individuals.	1st September 2024 - present
Danielle Lancefield	Kent Catholic Schools Partnership	Personal or close family relationship	1 child at SACS HT of Ursuline College	1st September 2022 - present
Lee Kane	Astor Secondary School	Employee	Astor purchases places from the ELA.	1st September 2016 - present
Linda Samson	Independent Education Consultant	Sole-trader	very occasionally I may be commissioned to provide advice/ support to schools in the district	1st September 2013 - present
Linda Samson	Worth Primary School	Other governance role		1st June 2025 - present
Linda Samson	St Anthony's Special School	Other governance role	Link Safeguarding Governor KSENT Governor	1st September 2014 - present
Linda Samson	Enterprise Learning Alliance (PRU)	Other governance role	Member of the Management Committee. Link Safeguarding Governor	1st September 2015 - present
Mike Everett	The Whitstable School	Other governance role	I am a governor at this school.	8th July 2025 - present
Mike Everett	Independent Educational Consultant	Personal or close family relationship	My wife is an educational consultant. She is semi-retired but may work with schools in the South East and East Anglia. She specialises in literacy. She has begun limited work in Kent at the Whitstable School.
Phil Jones	Goodwin Academy	Other governance role	I am the Headteacher at Goodwin Academy, which works closely with The Enterprise Learning Alliance	3rd June 2024 - present

 

 

ELA Management Committee 2024-25 Meetings Attendance