Governors

Welcome to the School Governors page. On this page you can find out what School Governors actually do and who the School Governors are.

What do governors do?

Plan the School's future direction
Make decisions on the School's budget and staffing
Make sure the National Curriculum is taught
Decide how the School can encourage pupil's spiritual, moral and cultural development
Make sure that the school provides for all its pupils, including those with special educational needs

Would you like to become a Governor at Barford?

Governors are people like you. You don't need special qualifications but you do need to read a fair amount of paper, attend meetings (at least six full meetings per year although there could be more and be expected to serve on one or more committees e.g. finance, staffing etc.) and work as part of a team. Governors generally serve for a four year term. If you are interested then you now have the opportunity to put forward your name for nomination to become a School governor via the School office. The work is voluntary but offers the opportunity to make a real and direct contribution not only to the education system but also to the community.

Contacting the Governors

If you need to contact any of the governors, please put it in writing in an envelope marked Private and Confidential and the name of the Governor clearly marked on the outside and the office will ensure that it is received by the appropriate person.

The constitution of the Governing Body allows for 12 Governors which are made up of;

Appointment	Name	Appointed by	First Appointed	Term Length	Term Start	Term End
Co-opted governors	Jane Bishop		16/03/2023	-	16/03/2023	15/03/2027
	Miss Sarah Marshall - Chair		07/10/2019	-	07/10/2023	06/10/2027
	Mrs. Madalina Popa		20/10/2022	-	20/10/2022	19/10/2026
	Miss Ume Salma	Full Governing Board	03/04/2025	-	03/04/2025	02/04/2029
	Rev Dr Katie Stock	Full Governing Board	03/04/2025	-	03/04/2025	02/04/2029
	Vacancy (1)
	Vacancy (2)
Headteachers	Joanne Davies	-	01/09/2021	4 years	-	-
Local Authority Governors	Vacancy (1)
Parent governors	David Gregory-Kumar		23/05/2024	4 years	23/05/2024	22/05/2028
Parent governors	Rajinder Verdi	Parents	24/02/2025	4 years	24/02/2025	23/02/2029
Staff governors	Vacancy (1)

Business and Personal Interests

Interests
Name and appointment	Confirmed	Organisation	Type of interest	Notes	From	To
Name: Jane Bishop *Appointment:* Co-opted governor Term of office start: 16/03/2023 Term of office end: 15/03/2027 Appointed by: -	Confirmed: 01/09/2025	Barford Primary School	Relationship to a member of teaching staff at the school	Phoebe Bishop, Reception Class Teacher, is my daughter.	-	-
	Confirmed: 01/09/2025	Barford Primary School	Relationship to a member of teaching staff at the school	My daughter, Phoebe Bishop, teaches in Nursery	04/09/2023	-
Name: Joanne Davies *Appointment:* Headteacher Term of office start: - Term of office end: - Appointed by: -	Confirmed: 25/09/2025	Barford Primary School	Personal or close family relationship	Related to person who supplies guitar tuition for the children. ( John Davies)	01/09/2024	-
Name: David Gregory-Kumar *Appointment:* Parent governor Term of office start: 23/05/2024 Term of office end: 22/05/2028 Appointed by: -	Confirmed: 01/09/2025	-	Personal or close family relationship	My daughter attends Barford	01/09/2022	-
	Confirmed: 01/09/2025	BBC	Business or finance interests	I work for the BBC and the school does currently have a TV Licence	-	-
Name: Sarah Marshall *Appointment:* Co-opted governor Term of office start: 07/10/2023 Term of office end: 06/10/2027 Appointed by: -	Confirmed: 12/09/2025	Services For Education	Employee	SFE is an educational charity providing a range of traded services to schools in Birmingham including music tuition, support with statutory assessment requirements, school improvement support, and CPD training and consultancy support across a range of areas e.g. safeguarding, assessment and moderation.	01/11/2012	-
Name: Madalina Popa *Appointment:* Co-opted governor Term of office start: 20/10/2022 Term of office end: 19/10/2026 Appointed by: -	Confirmed: 01/09/2025	Barford Primary School	Business or finance interests	Lunch time supervisor	11/09/2023	-
Name: Ume Salma *Appointment:* Co-opted governor Term of office start: 03/04/2025 Term of office end: 02/04/2029 Appointed by: Full Governing Board	Confirmed: 07/04/2025	-	Personal or close family relationship	Parent of a Barford Primary School pupil.	11/11/2024	-
	Confirmed: 07/04/2025	Education	Personal or close family relationship	A secondary school teacher and SENDCo who is keen to put her prior experience and passion for education to the disposal of the board at Barford Primary School.	04/04/2025	-
Name: Katie Stock *Appointment:* Co-opted governor Term of office start: 03/04/2025 Term of office end: 02/04/2029 Appointed by: Full Governing Board	Confirmed: 28/09/2025	Christ Church Summerfield	Other governance role	Chair of the Parochial Church Council of Christ Church Summerfield	01/09/2022	-
	Confirmed: 28/09/2025	Birmingham Diocesan Board of Finance	Other governance role	Trustee of the Birmingham Diocesan Board of Finance	01/01/2025	-
Name: Rajinder Verdi *Appointment:* Parent governor Term of office start: 24/02/2025 Term of office end: 23/02/2029 Appointed by: Parents	Confirmed: 05/09/2025	Barclays Bank	Business or finance interests	I am employed by Barclays Bank	15/02/2010	-
	Confirmed: 05/09/2025	Barford Primary School	Personal or close family relationship	I have one child at Barford Primary School in year 3.	07/09/2021	-

Associate Governors

We also have 6 Associate Governors who can, if needed, sit on various committees including Disciplinary and Appeal panels (appointed by the Governing Body):-

Mr Liam Fadden
Ms Allison Owens
Ms Claire Forrest
Mrs Shirley Akhtar
Mrs Clare Dickinson
Mandy Cryan

A message from our Chair of Governors

While school governance is not without its challenges it has also proved to be one of the most rewarding things I have volunteered to undertake. Being a governor has allowed me the opportunity to utilise my skills, knowledge and experience to help make a positive difference to the lives of the children and wider school community at Barford Primary. The educational landscape is changing all the time and now more than ever it is important that governors, school leaders, staff and parents continue to work together to develop a learning environment for our children that is responsive to their needs; provides appropriate support, encouragement, opportunity and challenge; and which equips all our children with the confidence, skills, motivation and aspiration to realise their potential.

Sarah Marshall

View our Instrument of Government and Governor Attendance below.