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Management Committee

The main function of the Management Committee is, in conjunction with the Executive Headteacher, to exercise a strategic role in the running of The Bridge School, Sedgemoor with emphasis on:

Pupil achievement
Teaching, learning and behaviour
Safeguarding and attendance
Leadership, management, finance, health & safety and premises

The Management Committee meet once a month throughout the school year. There is a Pay Committee which meets in the Autumn Term each year.

2024-2025 The Bridge School, Management Committee Membership and Register of Business Interests.

No.	Name.	Date of appointment.	Term of Office.	Date stepped down.	Appointing body.	Relevant interests: business, financial, governance.	Governor role.	Relevant relationships.
1.	Helen Farnell	1^st January 2020			Ex-Officio.	Head Teacher.		None.
2.	Mary-Jane Hinchliffe	20^th November 2018	19^th November 2026		Local authority.	None	Vice-Chair of the Management Committee Safeguarding	None.
3.	Chris Wright	16^th September 2021	15^th September 2025		Management Committee.	None	Chair of the Management Committee Health and Safety.	None.
4.	Paul Baker	1^st September 2015	31^st August 2027		Management Committee.	None	Health and Safety.	None.
5.	Ann Morrison	10^th October 2024	9^th October 2028		Management Committee.	None	Careers	None.
6.	Kevin Bryant	20^th May 2021	19^th May 2025		Management Committee.	None	SEND Curriculum (Primary)	Head Teacher, Somerset Bridge Primary School.
7.	Tamsin Woolrich	13^th January 2021	13^th November 2028		Management Committee.	None	Staff Welfare
8.	Vacancy				Parent
9.	Vacancy				Management Committee.		SEND Curriculum (Secondary)
10.	Vacancy				Management Committee.
11.	Vacancy				Management Committee.
12.	Vacancy				Staff
Governors who have left since September 2023.
	Alison Trinick	13^th January 2022	12^th January 2026	11^th December 2024	Staff (Elected).	None		None.
	Deborah Loveridge	1^st January 2020	11^th October 2027	8^th February 2025	Management Committee.	None		Head Teacher, Robert Blake School, Bridgwater.

Governor Attendance at Management Committee Meetings September 2024- July 2025.

Governor name.

Type of Governor

24^th September

10^th October

14^th November

16^th January

13^th February

13^th March

31^st March

Extraordinary Meeting

8^th

May

12^th June

10^th

July

Paul Baker

Community

Kevin Bryant

Community

Helen Farnell

Ex-officio

Mary-Jane Hinchliffe (Vice-Chair).

Local Authority

Deborah Loveridge (resigned 8^th February 2025).

Community

Ann Morrison

Community

Alison Trinick (left December 2024).

Staff

Tamsin Woolrich

Community

Chris Wright (Chair of The Management Committee).

Community

In attendance

Ros Fanshawe (Clerk to the Management Committee).

P= present

A= absent.

To contact the Chair of the Management Committee, please contact the Clerk:
Ros Fanshawe – Telephone: 01278 421148

For any further information about the Management Committee please contact office@thebridgesedgemoor.org