Governors

School Governors play a key role in the leadership of Myton School and work together with staff to make sure that the school provides a challenging and supportive environment for students.

If you wish to contact the Governing Body, please contact the Clerk to Governors on [email protected].

Board of Governors – Myton School Trust

Chair of Governors: Mr Mike Oldridge

Vice Chair: Mr P Freeman

Head Teacher: Mr A R Perry

GOVERNOR	ROLE	APPOINTED	TERM OF OFFICE	STEPPED DOWN	COMMITTEE CHAIR/LEAD	ATTENDANCE 2023/4
Mr Pete Freeman (Member)	Governor appointed by academy members	20/05/2019	20/05/2019-31/08/2024	31/08/2024	Vice Chair of Governors	FGB: 5/6
Mr Tom Garner	Staff Governor	26/09/2022	26/09/2022-25/09/2026			FGB: 6/6
Mrs Jacqui Grey (Member)	Governor appointed by academy members	07/12/2020	17/12/2020-06/12/2028		Vice Chair of Finance, Personnel and External Committee	FGB: 6/6
Mr Mike Oldridge (Member)	Governor appointed by academy members	18/03/2019	01/09/2019-08/12/2027		Chair of Governors, Chair of Blue Committee, Safeguarding Governor	FGB: 6/6
Mr Spencer Payne (Member)	Governor appointed by academy members	07/12/2020	07/12/2020-06/12/2028		Chair of Finance, Personnel and External Committee	FGB: 5/6
Sharmila Popat	Elected Parent Governor	25/09/2023	25/09/2023-24/09/2027			FGB: 5/6
Mr Andy Perry	Governor – ex official					FGB: 6/6
Mrs Bal Sahota (Member)	Elected Parent Governor	08/07/2019	08/07/2019-31/08/2024	31/08/2024	Chair Red Committee	FGB: 5/6
Mrs Katherine Sherratt	Co-opted Governor	16/05/2022	16/05/2022-15/05/2026			FGB: 5/6
Mr Jody Tracey	Elected Parent Governors	25/09/2023	25/09/2023- 24/09/2027			FGB: 4/6

Patron – Mr Matt Western MP

To see a list of Governors’ business interests, please download the Register of Business Interests 2024

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Governor appointed by Academy Members
1 September 2019 – current

Mike Oldridge is the Chair of Governors at Myton and Link Governor for SEND, equality and mental health.

By profession I am a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Senior Manager in the NHS. I am also a Justice of the Peace for Coventry and Warwickshire criminal bench. Prior to being a governor at Myton I was a governor at Briar Hill and St Margaret’s primary school, and previous to that was Chair of Trustees of Relate South Warwickshire.

Governor appointed by Academy Members
7 December 2020 – current

Spencer Payne is a senior manager in local government (Warwickshire County Council) with experience in data analysis and performance management.

I have worked with colleagues in Education Services for many years and have around ten years’ experience as a governor at Myton and elsewhere. I am experienced in leading large-scale projects, collaborating with stakeholders and providing scrutiny and challenge where required. Leading a team of more than fifty staff, I am familiar with people management, workforce planning, HR processes and understand the importance of ongoing professional development for all staff. I manage a service budget of more than £2m and am experienced in effective financial planning, including procurement and contract management.

Governor appointed by Academy Members
7 December 2020 – current

Jacqui Grey is currently a Myton School parent, local resident and Warwick District Councillor for the Myton & Heathcote ward where the school is located.

I am a Biological Science BSc (Hons) graduate whose professional career has involved senior global Research & Development, Operations and Procurement roles within Pharma/Medical and later the FMCG sectors.

Staff Governor

26 September 2022 – current

Tom Garner is currently the Assistant Head of Sixth form and has been with Myton School since 2019. Tom qualified as a Biology teacher in 2014.

Governor – ex official – Headteacher

28 November 2016 – current

Andy Perry has been Head teacher at Myton School since 2016. Prior to that he was Deputy Head teacher (from 27 April 2011). Andy qualified as a History teacher in 1999.

Co-opted Governor

16 May 2022 – current

Katharine Sherratt is an in-house solicitor specialising in employment law working for Leicestershire County Council. In her role, she advises the HR team and all departments within the Council (including maintained schools and academies who buy into the service) on all areas of employment law including redundancy, performance, disciplinary and grievance matters, TUPE transfers and employment tribunals.

With over 16 years of experience in the employment field since qualification, she brings expert scrutiny on all HR based issues within the school. Furthermore, Katharine has significant experience with the negotiation of contracts, tenders and achieving best value as she works closely with the contracts’ team at work. Whilst her main expertise is in employment law, she also offers significant knowledge in other legal areas and has analytical skills that are valuable in assessing the strategies being adopted by the school.

Governor appointed by Academy Members

25 September 2023 – current

Jody Tracey joined as a Governor of Myton School in 2023, having been a Governor of All Saints & Emscote School Federation since 2017 where he is currently Chair. Jody is also a Governor at Evergreen School in Warwick.

Jody previously served as a District and Town Councillor between 2019 and 2023 community engagement and protection of the most vulnerable in our towns. Jody has lived in Warwickshire for over 15 years having worked in the town for some town before starting his own business.

Jody has 25 years experience in Commercial and Procurement roles and hopes to bring some corporate compliance and structural experience to the board as well as supporting the great work of the school.

Elected Parent Governor

25 September 2023 – current

Sharmila Popat is currently a Myton School parent and has an MSc in Information Technology for Management. She is a qualified Business Analyst currently working in the Global Engineering industry. She also has extensive experience of working in the Financial Services industry.