School Governance Committee (SGC)
Dorchester Middle School is part of the Wessex Multi Academy Trust (WMAT), a single entity established to undertake a strategic collaboration to improve and maintain high educational standards across a number of schools. DMS has its own School Governance Committee (SGC) which is a committee of the WMAT Board of Directors.
Our School Governance Committee consists of a group of enthusiastic and committed people who volunteer to work in partnership with the school leaders to shape the future of the school, to decide the key issues that will help staff to raise standards and to determine how the school will best spend its money. The SGC also assigns Link Governors to work across the key areas of the school to achieve these aims. We regularly review the skills set, training needs and experience of the SGC to ensure effective governance of the school.
Please address any Governor-related correspondence to the Chair of Governors, Mr Mike Glanville, and send to the school office clearly marked for his attention or email the Clerk of Governors, Ms Hazel Serkis at: DMS Clerk to SGC
Members of the DMS School Governance Committee are:
Head of School
Mr Jon Webb (03/06/24)
Parent Governors
Mr Robert Trickey (17/06/23 - 17/06/27) Vice Chair
Mrs Sarah Ajayi (25/06/24 - 24/06/28)
Mrs Amy Boyce (25/06/24 - 24/06/28)
Ms Kim Whitfield (25/06/24 - 24/06/28)
Appointed Governors
Mr Mike Glanville (27/03/24) Executive Chair
Mr Ben Martin (29/03/23 - 28/03/27)
Miss Zoe Jarvis (09/11/22 - 09/11/26)
Mr David Shaw (01/02/23 - 01/02/27)
Ms Kathy O'Bourne (29/03/23 - 29/03/27)
Mrs Sally Rudd (25/06/24 - 24/06/28)
Staff Governor
Miss Megan Ashley (27/03/24 - 27/03/2028)
Former members of the DMS SAT
Mrs Jan Dunne (09/05/17 - 21/07/22 term extended as Chair - associated governor until dissolution of SAT - 07/03/23)
Mrs Pat Bailey (18/02/18 - 18/02/22 - term of office extended until dissolution of SAT - 07/03/23)
Mr John Adams (19/03/19 - until dissolution of SAT - 07/03/23)
Mr Peter Knell (18/03/19 - 18/03/23 - resigned)
Mrs Delphine Didier (03/01/20 - 09/09/21 - resigned)
Mrs Debbie Scammell (01/12/20 - 08/12/21 - resigned)
Mr Robert Hattersley (04/01/22 - 13/03/22 resigned)
Ms Lisa Upchurch (27/11/17 - 27/11/21, term extended - 23/03/22 resigned)
Mr Matt Weiss (11/05/22 - 06/09/23 resigned)
Miss Kelly Shutts (01/12/20 - 19/09/23 resigned)
Ms Caroline Pluck, HT (12/06/20 - 30/04/24 retired)
Mr Stuart Legg (01/01/22 - 02/10/24 resigned)
Wessex MAT - Governance page
Meeting notes from LGB (now SGC) Sept 2023 - July 2024
Meeting notes from the LGB meetings will be available, by request, from the MAT Clerk: matclerk@wessex.ac
There maybe parts that are redacted due to sensitivity.
Governors Attendance to meetings - September 2024 to July 2025
SGC - Governors Attendance - 2024-25 - updated Oct 24
Governors Attendance to meetings - September 2023 to July 2024
LGB - Governors Attendance - Sept 2023 - July 2024 - updated June 24
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