Our Governors
The Governing Body of Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School is fully committed to ensuring that the school provides the best possible education for the students in their care. We are members of the National Governors Association (NGA) and aspire to hold their Governor Mark, an NGA approved quality standard for Governing Bodies that demonstrates sustainable excellence in school governance within the context of the school’s leadership and management structure.
School Governors provide strategic direction for the school. They agree priorities and targets and monitor progress towards them. In order to provide that leadership, they offer constructive support and challenge to the school leadership team and make key decisions necessary to ensuring that the school fulfils its legal duties.
Angela Hancock
Chair of Governors
Governor’s Declaration of Interests, Structure and Memberships – 2023/24
Stepney All Saints CofE Secondary School
| FULL NAME | DATE OF APPOINTMENT | TERM OF
OFFICE |
END OF OFFICE/ DATE STEPPED DOWN | APPOINTING BODY | COMMITTEE/GOVERNOR RESPONSIBILITIES | BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INTERESTS | GOVERNANCE ROLES IN OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS | INTERESTS ARISING FROM RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GOVERNORS AND STAFF | SIGNED |
| Angela Hancock | 10/10/15
Re-elected 10/10/19 Re-elected 06/10/22 |
8 years | 06/10/26 | Parish of St. Dunstan & All Saints Stepney | Personnel & Curriculum; Finance & Premises;
Headteacher’s Performance and Management Review Panel Link Governor: Safeguarding including online & PREVENT, Behaviour, History |
Director – Estmanco (White Horse Lane) Limited.
Chair of the North East London Diabetes Research Group Lay Panel (Royal London Hospital) Chair of Age UK – Tower Hamlets |
School Governor Stepney Greencoat school | None | 07/10/22 |
| Benjamin Siaw | Ex-Officio | Ex-Officio | Ex-Officio | Staff Governor | Headteacher
Personnel & Curriculum; Finance & Premises |
None | None | None | 10/10/22 |
| Rev. Trevor Critchlow | Ex-Officio | Ex-Officio | Ex-Officio | Rector of St. Dunstan’s Church | Finance & Premises (Chair); Pay Committee
Link Governor: Religious Studies |
Current Employment: Church Commissioners (Church of England).
Chair at St Dunstan & All Saints Parochial Church Council. Chair of The Arbour Youth Centre. Chair of Ratcliff Educational Foundation. Trustee Samuel Butler Trust. Board Member The Portal Trust Board member of the LDBS. Member of Fellow Sion College London. Board member University of East London |
None | None | 01/12/22 |
| Dermot O’Brien | 08/10/20 | 4 years | 17/10/23 | The Portal Trust | Finance & Premises
Link Governor: Mathematics ,Year 13, Careers |
Current employment: Adab Trust.
Company Directorship: WestFerry Road Management company. Applied for a grant to support Looked After Children as part of a multi-agency project in the borough to the Portal Trust. The application was successful. Spouse to Helen Folorunso, The Portal Trust Trustee. |
None | None | 20/09/21 |
| Julia Clarke | 29/10/18 | 4 years | 29/10/22 | Local Authority of Tower Hamlets | Personnel & Curriculum
Link Governor: MFL, Year 7 |
Current Employment: Partner at Clifford Chance LLP, international law firm – current role: Global Head of Coaching. | None | None | 09/10/22 |
| Ruth Bujack | 23/03/22 | 4 Years | 23/03/26 | Parent Governor | SoGO Solar Ltd | None | Child attends school | 10/10/22 | |
| Nurur Chowdhury | 5/12/19 | 4 Years | 5/12/23 | Parent Governor | Personnel & Curriculum
Link Governor: Parental Engagement, Year 8, ADT |
Current employment Barts Health NHS Trust Senior Critical Care Technologist | None | child attends school | 10/10/22 |
| Alice Hester | 28/11/23 | 4 years | 28/11/27 | Parent Governor | Finance & Premises | Semperian Group Services LTD | None | Child attends school | 11/01/24 |
| Mary Straw | 08/10/20 | 4 years | 08/10/24 | Area Dean of Tower Hamlets | Personnel & Curriculum (Chair)
Link Governor: SEND & EAL, Year 11, PSHE |
Current employment
Hackney Learning Trust |
None | None | 05/10/22 |
| Fiona Lin | 16/12/21 | 2 years | 16/12/23 | Co-opted Governor | Personnel & Curriculum
Link Governor: Year 9, Media |
Underwriter at American International Group UK
Director The Foyer Federation Charity Trusteeship Friends of the Harvard club of UK |
None | None | 10/01/23 |
| Tim Duncan | 25/03/23 | 2 years | 25/03/25 | Co-opted Governor | Finance & Premises (Vice Chair)
Link Governor: Political Sciences, Science, Social Science |
Current Employment: Deutsche Bank AG, London | None | staff member is university friend | 05/10/22 |
| Jahangir Alom | 5/10/23 | 2 years | 5/10/25 | Co-opted Governor | Personnel & Curriculum | University College London NHS Trust | None | None | 15/10/23 |
| Oliver Taylor | 5/10/23 | 4 years | 5/10/27 | LDBS Governor | Personnel & Curriculum | Postgraduate student at City university until April 24 | School director of the school exclusion project | None | 20/10/23 |
| Simon Cook | 24/06/21 | 4 years | 24/06/25 | Bishop of Stepney | Finance & Premises
Link Governor: Year 10, Performing Arts, PE |
Current Employment: Innecto Reward Consulting
Trustee of Kick London |
None | None | 10/10/22 |
| Sawar Zaman | 6/10/22 | 4 years | 6/10/26 | Portal Trust | Personnel & Curriculum
Link Governor: Media & ADT |
Colart International Holdings Ltd/Group General Counsel & UK company secretary | Assessor at Kaplan Solicitors Qualification Examination on ad hoc basis | None | 13/10/2022 |
| Dominic Graham | 6/10/22 | 4 years | 6/10/26 | Portal Trust | Finance & Premises
Link Governor: Year 13 & Business Studies |
Deloitte LLP
Business Proprietor & Directorship Graham de Montrose ltd |
None | None | 09/10/22 |
| Matthew McGuire | 13/7/2023 | 4 years | 13/7/27 | Portal Trust | Finance & Premises | Self Employed | None | None | 17/10/23 |
| Imran Iqbal | 6/10/22 | 4 years | 6/10/26 | Staff Governor | Personnel & Curriculum | none | None | None | 13/10/22 |
Governor’s Declaration of Interests, Structure and Memberships
| Academic Year | Declaration of Interests, Structure and Memberships |
| 2019-20 | click here to view |
| 2020-21 | click here to view |
If you wish to see other years structures, memberships and declarations, please contact the Headteacher’s PA.
Governors Attendance Records
| Academic Year | Attendance Records |
| 2022-23 | Governors Attendance 22-23 |
| 2020-21 | Governor Attendance 2020-2021 |
| 2019-20 | Governor Attendance 2019_20 |
| 2018-19 | click here to view |
If you wish to see other attendance records, please contact the Headteacher’s PA.
Non-Confidential Minutes from Governors Meetings
If you wish to see other minutes, please contact the Headteacher’s PA.
