Governance

The Board of Directors

The Mount House Board of Directors are listed below. You can contact them by email at clerk@mounthouse.org.uk

The Board of Governance

Terms of Reference

The Directors of Mount House School Ltd are legally responsible for Mount House School in terms of registration with the DfE, compliance, inspection, financial management and educational standards and they meet monthly to discuss all aspects of school life. The Board of Governance for Mount House School, chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, meets termly with the aim of advising the Directors on the effectiveness of the School with regard to meeting its aims and implementing its development plan.

Members of the Board of Governance (who are not referred to as ‘Governors’, but are ‘Members’ of the Board of Governance) help the Directors to support the Head and the School and also advise in holding it to account. The Board of Governance has standing agenda items for academic and pastoral reports, safeguarding and health & safety. The Board of Governance does not discuss finance, nominations, remuneration or any specific or named HR, staff, pupil, or parent issues.

Parent members are not parent representatives but have collective responsibility as Members of the Board of Governance. Staff members are invited by the Head to join the Board of Governance because of their particular senior role at the School.

The Board of Governance aims to have equal numbers of staff and parents to reflect the importance of the partnership between school and parents. There will normally be 7 staff members, including the Head, Bursar, Deputy Head and members of the senior leadership team. They are joined by 7 parent members who serve on the Board for up to four years from the time of their appointment.

All parents are invited by the Head to volunteer for a parent vacancy. In selecting members, the Board aims to have at least one parent with a son or daughter in Years 7, 8 or 9; a parent with a son or daughter in Years 10 or 11 and another parent with a son or daughter in the Sixth Form. However, it is recognised that it may not always be possible to cover the whole range, in which case the 7 parents are selected to give as wide a representation as possible.

Members

Ian Davies – Non-executive Chairman

Nisha Nathwani – Bursar & Clerk

Sarah Richardson – Head

Jon Cooper – Senior Deputy Head

Gerrard Crosby – Deputy Head (Pastoral)

Craig McCormick – Assistant Head (Academic)

Patrice Smyth Assistant Head (Pastoral), DDSL 

Natasha Hillcoat-Hyde – Assistant Head (Pastoral), DDSL. SENCO, Director of Sport

Sara Trickey – Head of Technology and Assistant Head – Student well-being and development (Maternity Cover)

Parents

Tim Harris – (since January 2020) – son in Year 11

William Moss – (since May 2020) – daughter in Year 13 and daughter in Year 8

Angela Simpson – (since May 2020) – daughter in Year 13

Kim Arnold – (since March 2022) – son in Year 10

Rami Chowdhary – (since March 2022) – son in Year 9 and daughter in Year 8

Aksel Fenman – (since March 2022) – son in Year 9

Cameron Smith – (since March 2022) – son in Year 11