Governors
The Governing Board consists of 10 trustees: The Principal/ 1 Staff/2 Parents/3 Community/3 Co-opted
All Governors are Directors of the Company.
Three Members form the Academy Trust whose overall objective is 'to advance for the public benefit, education in the United Kingdom, without prejudice, by establishing, maintaining, carrying on, managing and developing The Academy, offering a broad and balanced curriculum'.
All governors have a responsibility in law to be responsible for the legal and financial side of the effective running of the Academy and for all company compliance in relation to Companies House and at all times to act responsibly and to have the best interests of the company at heart.
The day to day running of the school is delegated to the Principal.
Webster Primary School is a company limited by guarantee with Company Number 8403949 and Registered Office at Denmark Road, Greenheys, M15 6JU
Our Chair of Governors is Nisadha Bandara, please send all communications to school: Webster Primary School, Denmark Road, Manchester, M15 6JU.
Our Chair of Governors Nisadha Bandara was interviewed for this BBC News article about diversity in governance: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-60912316?scrlybrkr=374b625b
Meet the Governors:
Nisadha Bandara | Vivien Niblett | ||||||
Chair of Governing Board | Vice Chair of Governing Board | ||||||
Community Governor | Co-Opted Governor | ||||||
End of Term: 14.03.26 | End of Term: 14.03.26 | ||||||
Sabeen Rauf | Hannah Phelan | Ruwaida Mohammed | Illida Nawi | John Greenwood | Jonathan Hawkes | ||
Principal | Staff Governor | Parent Governor | Community Governor | Community Governor/ Member | Co-opted Governor | ||
End of Term: 16.11.27 |
End of Term: 3.3.26 |
End of Term: 3.3.26 |
End of Term: 22.3.26 | End of Term: 19.6.27 | |||
Ruth Jesson-Smith | Mohammad Rahman | Vacancy | John Dalziel | Nick Ponsillo | Nicola Barrett | ||
Co-opted Governor | Parent Governor | Staff Governor | Member | Member | Governance Professional | ||
End of Term: 3.3.26 | End of Term: 3.3.26 | From: 06.09.2016 | From: 15.02.2018 | ||||
Clair Wain | |||||||
Business Manager | |||||||
Committees:
Pay | Curriculum | Resources | |||||
Nisadha Bandara | Vivien Niblett (Chair) | Jonathan Hawkes (Chair) | |||||
Jonathan Hawkes | Mohammad Rahman | Sabeen Rauf | |||||
Illida Nawi | Sabeen Rauf | John Greenwood | |||||
Vivien Niblett | Nisadha Bandara | Ruth Jesson-Smith | |||||
Illida Nawi | Nisadha Bandara | ||||||
Hannah Phelan | Hannah Phelan | ||||||
Ruwaida Mohammed | |||||||
Also attending: Clair Wain (School Business Manager) |
Governor links:
Health & Safety | Safeguarding | SEND | English | EYFS | Pupil Voice | Equality Duty | ||
John Greenwood |
Jonathan Hawkes |
Nisadha Bandara |
Illida Nawi |
Ruth Jesson-Smith |
Vivien Niblett |
Ruwaida Mohammed |
Click the following documents to find out more:
Governors vision statement:
Below are pictures from the Governor's Curriculum Information Evening in October: