Parent Advisory Body

Sybourn Primary School is governed locally by its Parent Advisory Body (PAB).

As an academy, the ‘Trustees’ are accountable for the quality of education being provided. The Trustees appoint people to serve on Parental Advisory Bodies alongside the elected staff and parents who are in post to hold the local senior leadership team to account for standards and safeguarding.  Through this, the Trust ensures strong local governance of each academy and retains a clear line of sight into the performance of each academy within its community. 

The Parent Advisory Body consists of parents, staff and community representatives; the Head of School is a member of the PAB by virtue of their office. Co-opted Members are appointed by the PAB and are people, who in the opinion of the Board, have the skills required to contribute positively to the well-being of the school. Parent and staff members are elected to the Board by the parent and staff body respectively.

The Parent Advisory Body has a range of responsibilities including:

• supporting good governance of the school
• safeguarding and promoting the Trust’s values
• supporting the Head of School and being a critical friend
• monitoring achievement, quality of teaching, behaviour and safety
• engaging with the school’s key stakeholders, for example, parents/carers, pupils and staff

Parent Advisory Body members: 

Executive Headteacher
Andrew Bocchi

Director Appointees
Christina Weiss (Chair) - Assessment, Safeguarding, Inclusion

Co-opted Members
Hannah Nickson  - Curriculum, Pupil Personal Development, Writing
James Mitchell – School Environment, ICT

Parent Members
Alison Lee
Glen Stewart – (Vice-Chair), Extended Services, Science, Early Years, Parental Involvement

Parent Observers

Sarah Campbell
Jacky Ijaola
Zaheer Khan

Staff Members
Diane Thomas
Amber Forde

For more information on the Parent Advisory Board, click on the links below:

• Code of Conduct
• Meeting attendance 2018/2019 
• Meeting attendance 2019/2020
• Member positions 2018/2019
• Member positions 2019/2020
• Register of Pecuniary and Personal Interests 2019/2020
• Register of Pecuniary and Personal Interest 2020/2021
• Schemes of Delegation
• Terms of Reference

Meeting dates 2019/2020

Thursday 3 October 2019
Thursday 21 November 2019
Thursday 23 January 2020
Thursday 12 March 2020
Thursday 21 May 2020
Thursday 9 July 2020

Meeting dates 2020/2021

Thursday, 1 October 2020
Thursday, 19 November 2020
Thursday, 21 January 2021
Thursday, 11 March 2021
Thursday, 27 May 2021
Thursday, 8 July 2021

To contact the Chair of the PAB, please write to the school on the listed address or use the Contact Us section on this site.