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WHAT DOES THE Local Advisory BODY DO?

The Local Advisory Body (LAB) is part of E21C Trust’s overall governance arrangements, with specific focus at a local school level. The Local Advisory Body works as a team and is at the heart of how the school operates.

It is responsible for monitoring that the school provides a good quality education and is continually raising educational standards. The Local Advisory Body also encourages and supports effective ways of teaching and learning when reviewing the school aims and policies. This is done together with the Headteacher, who is responsible for the day-to-day management of the school.

In addition to the Local Advisory Body’s main role of helping raise pupils’ standards of achievement, we also:

  • support the school in its strategic direction
  • are accountable for monitoring the performance of the school to parents and the wider community
  • monitor that a balanced and broad curriculum is taught
  • review how the school can encourage pupils’ spiritual, moral, and cultural development
  • monitor that the school is inclusive and provides for all pupils including those with special needs
  • oversee the implementation of policies on a wide range of school issues and monitor their effectiveness
  • support and constructively challenging senior management by gathering views, asking questions, looking at comparable data and discussing what’s best for the school

WHO IS THE Local Advisory BODY?

The current Local Advisory Body is made up as follows:

Name

Position /type of governor

Term of office start

Term of office end date

1.        Miriam Baguley

Chair of LAB

Co-opted

Pupil Premium/LAC

13/05/19

12/05/23

2.       Claire Bessa

Headteacher

Ex-0fficio

 

3.       Keith Robinson

Co-opted

Quality of Education/Sixth Form

10/02/20

09/02/24

4.      Jeff Anderson

Co-opted

Health & Safety


09/12/19

08/12/23

5.       Olaide Olumide          

Co-opted

Safeguarding

09/12/19

08/12/23

6.      Dr Cos Ierotheou

Co-Opted

SEND

06/07/20

05/07/24

7.     Jane Flanagan

Co-opted

06/03/23

06/03/26

8.      Kevin Boakye

Co-Opted

12/10/20

11/10/23

9.      Michael Owusu

Staff Governor

05/01/23

05/01/27

10.   Dru Elliot

Staff Governor

13/05/19

12/05/23

11.     Nadia Jackson

Parent Governor

06/12/22

 06/12/26

12.   James Pierce

Parent Governor

06/12/22

 06/12/26

HOW DOES THE Local Advisory BODY PERFORM ITS ROLE?

At Coopers School, the Local Advisory Body fulfils these roles through four meetings per year, covering:

  • Safeguarding
  • Quality of Education
  • School Improvement
  • Behaviour and Culture
  • Curriculum
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Staffing
  • Building & Sites

The Local Advisory Body also holds two additional meetings with specific focus on teaching and learning, culture, and ethos. The Local Advisory Body reviews the school’s priorities and strategies for the year ahead and reviews the previous year to monitor the school’s overall performance.

There are also numerous ad-hoc meetings of other groups, working parties as required and specific panels for various procedural reasons.

Key Governance Documents

For the scheme of delegation which sets out the Trust’s overall governance arrangements:

For the Local Advisory Body meeting attendance:

For the Local Advisory Body School Register of Business Interests:

HOW TO CONTACT THE Local Advisory Body?

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Local Advisory Body or wish to contact the Chair, please email: 

To contact the chair of governors please use the following address;

Mrs Miriam Baguley

Chair of Governors

c/o Coopers School

Hawkwood Lane, Chislehurst, Kent. BR7 5PS

Email: chairofgovernors@coopersschool.com