Board of Trustees

  • Mr Charles Ramsden

    Chair of Trustee Board

  • Mr Keith Skipsey

    Vice Chair of Trustee Board Health and Safety Trustee

  • Ms Christine Kattirtzi

    Headteacher & Trustee

  • Mr. Andrew Chapman

    Staff Trustee

  • Mrs Rebecca Clarke

    Parent Trustee

  • Mr Jagtar Dhadwal

    Health and Safety Trustee

  • Mrs Julia Drury

    Safeguarding and Inclusion / SEND Trustee

  • Mr Jacob Duncan

    Staff Trustee

  • Mr Andrew Green

    Parent Trustee

  • Mr Dean Heslington

    Community Trustee

  • Mr Keith Miller

    Member & Community Trustee

  • Mr Adam Morris

    Parent Trustee

  • Mr Shekhar Natarajan

    Parent Trustee

  • Ms. Lindsey Reece-Smith

    Safeguarding Trustee

  • Mrs. Hannah White

    Staff Trustee

  • Mr William Whittingham

    Member; Inclusion & SEND Trustee

  • Mrs Jackie Gray

    Governance Officer

The Board of Trustees is responsible for managing the affairs of Kendrick School which is a charitable company limited by guarantee and is responsible for approving the long-term strategy of the school. The day to day running of the school is largely delegated to the Headteacher.

Trustees at Kendrick School are directors of a company for the purposes of company law; and a charity trustee for the purposes of charity law. As a general principle, they have a general ‘fiduciary duty’ to the Board of Trustees. This means that they have a duty to act honestly, in good faith and in the best interests of the school at all times. They must use the powers granted to them for the purposes for which they were conferred (i.e. to run the school).  The Kendrick School Trustee Board is made up of 3 committees – Learning & Teaching, Resourcing, and Performance & Reviewing.

The Full Board of Trustees meets 3 times a year, which includes a whole day meeting and each Committee normally meets 6 times an academic year.

To contact a member of the Board of Trustees, please email Jackie Gray, Clerk to the Board, at clerk@kendrick.reading.sch.uk

Board of Trustees Membership 

Name

Role

Date of Appointment

Term of Office

Appointed By

Date stepped down

Business & Pecuniary Interests

Charles Ramsden

Chair of Trustees and Community Trustee

01/10/2019

4 years

Board of Trustees

 

None declared

Andrew Chapman Staff Trustee 09/03/2024 4 years Staff Election   None declared

Rebecca Clarke

Parent Trustee and Wellbeing and Personal Development Trustee

18/11/2021

4 years

Parent Election

 

None declared

Jagtar Dhadwal

Parent Trustee and Health & Safety Trustee

19/06/2022

4 years

Parent Election

 

None declared

Julia Drury

Community Trustee; Safeguarding Trustee and Inclusion/SEND Trustee

30/09/2021

4 years

Board of Trustees

 

Partner at The Head Partnership

Jacob Duncan

Staff Trustee

01/01/2021

4 years

Staff Election

 

None declared

Dean Heslington

Parent Trustee

04/07/2024

4 years

Board of Trustees

 

None declared

Christine Kattirtzi

Headteacher & Trustee

01/02/2011

Ex-officio

 

 

Trustee of Kendrick School Fund

Adam Morris

Parent Trustee

18/11/2021

4 years

Parent Election

 

None declared

Chandrashekhar Natarajan

Parent Trustee

04/07/2024

4 years

Parent Election

 

None declared

Lindsey Reece-Smith

Community Trustee, Safeguarding Trustee and Mental Wellbeing & Personal Development Trustee

01/09/2022

4 years

Board of Trustees

 

None declared

Keith Skipsey

Vice Chair; Community Trustee and Health & Safety Trustee

10/05/2024

4 years

Board of Trustees

 

None declared

Hannah White Staff Trustee 09/03/2024 4 years Staff Election   None declared

Will Whittingham

Trustee and Member, Inclusion & SEND Trustee

01/02/2011

Appointed as member and trustee

Academy members

 

None declared

Board of Trustees Meeting Dates 2024/25
 

  Day Date Time Meeting
Term 1 Thursday  3rd October 4:30 - 6:15pm Learning & Teaching Committee
Thursday 10th October 4:30 - 6:15pm Resources Committee
Term 2 Thursday 7th November 4:30 - 6:15pm Performance & Review Committee
Thursday 28th November 4:30 - 6:15pm Resources Committee
Thursday 12th December 4:30 - 6:15pm Full Trustee Board Committee
Term 3 Thursday 16th January 4:30 - 6:15pm Learning & Teaching Committee
  Thursday 13th February 4:30 - 6:15pm Performance & Review Committee
Term 4 Friday 28th March 8am - 3:30pm Full Trustee Board Day
Term 5 Thursday 1st May 4:30 - 6:15pm Learning & Teaching Committee
  Thursday 8th May 4:30 - 6:15pm Resources Committee
  Thursday 22nd May 4:30 - 6:15pm Performance & Review Committee
Term 6 Thursday 12th June 4:30 - 6:15pm Learning & Teaching Committee
  Thursday 19th June 4:30 - 6:15pm Resources Committee
  Thursday 3rd July 4:30 - 6:15pm Full Trustee Board Committee