Funding and Governance

• GFS funding agreement
• Greenwich Free School Group - Financial Statements 2013
• Greenwich Free School Group - Financial Statem​ents 2014
• Greenwich Free School Group - Financial Statem​ents 2015
• Greenwich Free School Group - Financial Statements 2016
• GFS articles of association
• Full list of the Governors of the Academy Trust

Members of the Greenwich Free School Group (the Members)

The following Members have resigned from the Group since the Group’s formulation

Directors of the Greenwich Free School Group (the Directors, also known as the Governors)

The following Governors have resigned since the formation of the Governing Body

In addition, Jonathan Simons took a sabbatical during the Spring and Summer term 2013 (replaced in the interim by Tom Shinner), and during the Autumn term 2015/6 (replaced in the interim by Helen Puddefoot), both for paternity reasons.

The structure of the Governing Body is as follows:

Committee names and chairs

In addition to the four constituted committees listed above, the Governing Body maintains a number of ad hoc committees to advise on specific issues.  At present, these consist of: Headteachers Performance Review Panel; Admissions panel; Governors’ Complaints, Appeals and Grievances Panel; Governors’ Exclusions Review Panel

Positions of responsibility

In addition to committee membership, certain governors have designated roles relating to specialised areas of school business. These are:

Papers for meetings of the Governing Body

Our articles of association require that the following information should be made available at every academy to persons wishing to inspect them

• the agenda for every meeting of the trustees (including committee meetings)
• the draft minutes of every such meeting, if they have been approved by the person acting as chairman of that meeting
• the signed minutes of every such meeting; and
• any report, document or other paper considered at any such meeting

There will on occasion be papers or agenda items that are specifically designated as confidential, and as such these would not be released. But if you would like to see a copy of any papers within the above list, please contact Victoria Hemmings, the clerk to the committee.

Governors Register of Interests

The following details have been declared by all serving governors and governors who have served the Governing Body over the last 12 months

Attendance of Governing Body meetings (taken from the audit report for the year ending 31 August 2016)

Vacancies on the governing body

Vacancies on the governing body are filled in accordance with the method relating to the specific vacancy.

For Member appointed and co-opted vacancies, the Chair of Governors keeps a list of all candidates who have expressed an interest in serving to be considered whenever there is a vacancy. All Governors are also asked at regular times to seek expressions of interest for future vacancies, and when current vacancies exist. We are determined that the Governing Body operates on the basis of skills rather than representation, but we are also particularly keen to receive expressions of interest from underrepresented groups and those in our local community.

If you would like to put yourself forward to be considered for a vacancy of any type, please contact Jonathan Simons as above.

Contacting the governing body

The clerk to the Governing Body is Victoria Hemmings and is the first point of contact for all general questions to or for the Governing Body. She can be contacted at

To contact Jonathan Simons directly in his capacity as chair of governors, please contact or to contact Jo Israel in her capacity as deputy chair, please contact . Or telephone or write to the school’s address and information will be forwarded on to one or both of them.

Complaints

In the academic year 2016/17 we received two complaints under the formal complaints policy, both of which were resolved satisfactorily.