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Local Governing Body
The Boswells School Local Governing Body (LGB) consists of 10 members.
If you want to address the Local Governing Body, you can write to: Janet Wood, Chair of Govenors, C/o The Boswells School, Burnham Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 6LY or via email:
For more information regarding governance at the school, including committee structure and key documents, please click here: Governance - The Chelmsford Learning Partnership
| Name | Appointed By | Term of Office |
| Chair of Governors |
Trust Governor |
17/06/2025 - 16/06/2029 |
| Vice Chair Stuart Geddes | Community Governor | 01/09/2025 - 31/08/2029 |
| Karen Jeffery | Co-opted Governor | 24/09/2024 - 23/09/2028 |
| Grant Scott | Community Governor | 05/03/2024 – 04/03/2028 |
| Stella Little | Co-opted Governor | 24/09/2024 - 23/09/2028 |
| Stephen Mansell | Headteacher | 16/10/2022 - 15/10/2026 |
| Shaun Wraight | Parent Governor | 14/01/2025 - 13/01/2029 |
| Vanessa Lamb | Staff Governor | 21/06/2022-20/06/2026 |
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The role of the LGB is:
- To support the vision of the Chelmsford Learning Partnership Trust
- To govern admissions/exclusions/complaints
- To monitor and be accountable for standards in the school
- Monitoring the educational performance of the school/s and progress towards agreed targets
- To act as a critical friend to the school’s Leadership Team
- To represent the views of and engage with the local community
- To agree a draft budget every year and submit this budget to the trustees
- To monitor the performance of the budget
- To authorise expenditure up to agreed levels in the Financial Regulations
- To ensure that the academy delivers ‘value for money’
- To monitor appointments/appraisals of all academy staff excluding Headteacher/Head of School
- To oversee safeguarding procedures
- To monitor the School Improvement Plan
- To monitor and be accountable for the curriculum provision of the school
- To review and determine local policy
- To make representations to the board of trustees
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