Meet Our Governors
Welcome to our Governors’ page. The aim of this page is to inform parents of the structure and remit of Birchwood Community High School Governing Body and how the Governing Body functions for the benefit of the School.
Kelly Leonard
Chair of Governors
Term: 28 Sept 2020 – 27 Sept 2024
Link: Curriculum and SEND
Colin Burrows
Vice Chair
Term: 3 Sept 2023 – 2 Sept 2027
Community Governor Member
Mark Proctor
Co-opted Governor
Term: 3 Sept 2023 – 2 Sept 2027
Link: Attendance & Safeguarding
Charlie Ruddy
Parent Governor
Term: 7 March 2020 – 6 March 2024
Link: Business
Nicola Winstanley
Co-opted Governor
Term: 14 Dec 2020 – 13 Dec 2024
Gabriel Caldwell
Co-opted Governor
Term: 12 July 2021 – 11 July 2025
Link: Pupil Premium
Nigel Reeves
Parent Governor
Term: 22 Nov 2019 – 21 Nov 2023
Link: Health & safety, Risk
Marie Petts
Co-opted Governor
Term: 15 Nov 2021 – 14 Nov 2023
Link: Personal Development
Emma Mills
Headteacher
Ex-Officio Governor
Governors who have left in the last 12 months
Andy Lindsay
Co-opted Governor
Term: 3 Sept 2019 – 2 Sept 2023
Link: Wellbeing
Rosemary Panting
Term: 1 Nov 2020 – 16 June 2023
Woody Dannan
Staff Governor
Term: 04 Oct 2021 – 04 Jun 2023
Andrea Atherton
Term: 3 Sept 2019 – 21 June 2023
Birchwood Community Academy Trust
The links below relate to Birchwood Commnuity Academy Trust up to 31 August 2023.
Birchwood Community High School joined the One Community Trust on 1 September 2023.
