The Governing Body

Chairman:	Wing Cdr C Burns, Rtd
Vice Chairs:	Mrs K M Pillinger (Chair of Pastoral & Education) Mr J G Forbes (Chair of Finance and Resources)
Secretary:	Mr J R Monahan
Clerk to Governors:	Mr P A Sadler
Headmaster & Principal, Kingswood Foundation:	Mr S A Morris
Headmaster, Kingswood Preparatory School:	Mr M R Brearey

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Mr P Baines Revd Dr J Barrett Mr M Bishay Revd R J Borgars Mrs S M Cook Mr A G Douglas Mr A G Gibbs Dr M C Hayden Revd A W Jones

Mrs B R Pendle Mr D Quine Major General A J Raper, Rtd Mr G Russell Mr R Sandry Mr T Westbrook Revd Canon P Whitworth Mr K L Wood His Honour Judge Peter Wright

The Full Board of Governors meets three times each year. The Board is supported by three standing committees whose task is to carry out appropriate detailed background work. The standing committees, which each meet termly and report to each meeting of the Full Board of Governors, are as follows:

The Officers' Committee
The Finance and Resources Committee
The Pastoral and Education Committee

It is one of the responsibilities of the Chairman of Governors to ensure that the Board of Governors comprises members with a wide range of backgrounds and professional expertise so that the Board can operate successfully in achieving its aims. To this end the Board of Governors includes members with professional backgrounds in Education, The Church, Business, Finance, Law, Property and General Management.

Within the School's overall aims, it is the specific role of the Governors to:

- ensure that the Christian nature of the School is upheld;

- ensure that the staffing of the School is sufficient and proficient by:
appointing the Heads and the Bursar and giving them due support and authority in appointing subordinate staff;
being ready to share with the Heads, and their staff as necessary, any key concerns that impact upon the effective running of the School;
providing an adequate share of resources for salaries, training and other professional support;

- maintain the economic welfare of the School by:
setting fees that are needed to keep the School viable and are sufficient to provide the resources required for all necessary facilities for staff and pupils;
acquiring capital by appropriate means to invest in the School; and by managing the flow of capital expenditure to ensure that funds for the current needs of the School are not undermined;
supporting a wider social spectrum of intake by the provision of scholarships and bursaries;
enabling long-term strategies to be developed and followed, overall and for each of the component schools;

- meet all legal and other obligations placed upon them by virtue of their office;

- be aware of, and involved in, the life of the School.

- develop strategies which take into account conservation and environmental issues.

- see the School serves the community through the use of the School's facilities and human resources by those outside the School as appropriate.