Our Local Governing Committee

The local governing committee at Upper Shirley High school is a committee of the Hamwic Education Trust Board and has three key functions:

Details of the constitution of the board and its role are documented in the Hamwic Terms of Reference for Local Governing Committees, and the Scheme of Delegation.

To contact the governing board please email:

If you wish to raise a complaint, please refer to the school Complaints Policy which sets out the process to follow.

Current Governors	Role	Appointment	Appointment & Term of Office	Register of Interests (see following table)
Dr Michael Roe	Chair of Governors Link Role: Safeguarding	Co-opted	18/01/23 - 17/01/27	None
Chris Sykes	Headteacher USH	Ex-officio		None
Rachele Newman	Link Role: Curriculum	Co-opted	17/07/24 - 16/07/28	In my role as Director of Initial Teacher Education I work with Upper Shirley High as a partnership school for the Secondary PGCE programme.
Peter Holloway	Link Role: Pastoral	Co-opted	25/09/24 - 24/09/28
Bruno Duckworth-Russell	Link Role: Data	Staff	19/11/24 - 18/11/28	District/Branch Secretary for the National Education Union.
Malky Chaloner	Link Role: Careers Education	Parent	19/11/24 - 18/11/28
Simon Crispin	Link Role: TBC	Co-opted	04/12/24 - 03/24/28	Family member employed by HET school.
Julie Staunton	Link Role: TBC	Co-opted	26/02/25 - 25/02/29

Past Governors
Aimee Hall		Co-opted	26/02/25 - 22/07/26

Governors