Governing Body Information
Lead Sponsor and Chair of Governors
The Lead Sponsor, Mr Gordon Phillips and Chair of Governors, Miss Theresa Homewood, can be contacted at the school through the Clerk to Governors.
Governing Body Structure
To view the Governing Body Structure, please click here.
Terms of Office
To view the Terms of Office, please click here
Governors' Attendance at Committee Level and Full Governing Body
Meeting | Governor | No. of attendances |
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Full Governing Body
| Mrs A Appleby Mr N Clark Mr D Collins Miss D Dewberry (Farron) Mr J Elzinga Dr C Ives Mr M Fisher Miss T Homewood (Chair of Governors) Mr B Levy Mrs L Mitchell (Resigned Oct 2022) Mr N Reddin Mrs S Rogers Mr M Spence Mr R Wedderburn-Day Ms J Whitehead Ms J Wildman Mrs A Williams Mrs S Wooders | 1 3 4 2 2 3 4 4 3 0 4 3 4 3 1 3 3 1 |
Teaching & Learning Committee | Mr D Collins Miss D Dewberry (Farron) Mr J Elzinga Mr M Fisher (Committee Chair) Miss T Homewood Dr C Ives Mr B Levy Mrs L Mitchell (Resigned Oct 2022) Ms J Whitehead Ms J Wildman Mrs A Williams | 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 0 0 2 3 |
Finance, Premises, Audit & Risk Committee | Mrs A Appleby Mr Nick Clark Mr D Collins Miss T Homewood Mr N Reddin Mrs S Rogers Mr M Spence Mr R Wedderburn-Day (Committee Chair) Mrs S Wooders | 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 |
Governors' Declaration of Interests
Member | Date of Appointment | Nil | Name of Business/ | Nature of | Nature of | |
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Mr G Phillips | Member/ Lead Sponsor | September 2010 | X | |||
Mrs A Beckett | Member | December 2020 | Sevenoaks School Ardagh Group The Zoological Society of London Block 10 Egon Zehnder | School Sustainable Packaging company listed on NYSE Wildlife and Conservation Charity Management Board of Block. 10 Ashley Gardens Leadership Advisory Services | Chairman Group Director of Talent (Executive Role) Co-opted non-voting member of Finance and Property Committee Non remunerated management of the Community Services for a property Husband is a partner | |
Mr N Chard | Member | January 2020 | X | |||
Mr R Sackville-West | Member | January 2020 | Sevenoaks School Foundation | Education Charity | Chairman | |
Miss P Tolhurst | Member | January 2020 | X | |||
Mr P Fleming | Member | January 2020 | Kent & Medway Leaders Kent & Medway Economic Partnership Kent & Medway Business Fund. Investment Advisory Board West Kent Partnership Improvement & Development Agency | Local Government Local Government Local Government Local Government Local Government Local Government | Non- Pecuniary Non-Pecuniary Non- Pecuniary Non-Pecuniary Non-Pecuniary Non-Pecuniary
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Trustee | Date of Appointment | Nil | Name of Business/ Education Institution/ Charity | Nature of Organisation | Nature of Interest | |
Mrs A Appleby | Trustee | January 2023 | X | |||
Miss T Homewood | Trustee (Sponsor Representative)- Chair of Governors | September 2012 | X | Sevenoaks School | Education | Retired employee - Senior Deputy Head |
Mrs A Williams | Trustee- Vice Chair of Governors | December 2011 | X |
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Mr M Fisher | Trustee (Lead Sponsor Representative) | September 2017 | X |
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Mr R Wedderburn-Day | Trustee (Lead Sponsor Representative) | September 2015 | X |
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Mr J Elzinga | Trustee | October 2020 | X |
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Mr M Spence | Trustee | October 2017 | X |
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Ms J Wildman | Trustee | September 2015 | X |
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Mrs D Farron | Trustee | May 2019 | X |
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Mrs S Rogers | Trustee | May 2019 | X |
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Dr C Ives | Trustee | October 2021 | X | |||
Miss J Whitehead | Trustee | May 2019 | X |
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Mr N Clark | Trustee | June 2019 | X | THe Kemnal Academy Trust (TKAT) | Education | Employee |
Mrs S Wooders | Trustee | May 2019 | X |
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Mr B Levy | Parent Governor | July 2019 |
| Think Forward Careers and Enterprise Company | Education Charity Careers Education | Education to Employment Charity I am the strategic Hub Lead for Kent and Medway, working within the Local Authority and supporting schools across the county to implement their careers strategy. |
Mr N Reddin | Parent Governor | October 2020 | X |
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Mr D Collins | Headteacher | September 2010 |
| Knole Academy Leadership Learning South East | LLSE are one of nine DfE approved providers of NPQ qualifications. The role is unpaid but it is likely that staff at Knole Academy will be undertaking NPQs through LLSE. | Headteacher Director |