Governors
Welcome to our Governors’ section
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.
If you are interested in becoming a Governor, please contact Nicola Taylor - Governance & Business Support, in the first instance: clerk@bridgeacademytrust.org
To contact the Chair of Governors, contact the Clerk - clerk@bridgeacademytrust.org
Bridge Academy Trust
Chipping Ongar Primary School joined Bridge Academy Trust on 1st September 2018.
Please visit the Trust Governance Area to view:
- Memorandum of Association
- Articles of Association
- Names of trust members and trustees
- Relevant business and financial interests of members, trustees and accounting officer(s)
- Funding Agreement
- Governance arrangements
- Board Diversity Data
- Executive Pay
- Staff Gender Pay Gap
- Annual Reports and Accounts
Our Governors
We have a very supportive Governing Body whose members are fully involved in the life of the school. Many Governors are parents, and each one gives their time voluntarily to take on the responsibilities required of them. The governors have a wide variety of skills and experience which they use to help the school improve.
The Governors work hard to support the needs of the whole school - the children, the staff, the parents and its place in the community.
Non-elected Governors of the School are appointed by the Local Governing Committee. Parent Governors are elected by parents and are eligible for office so long as they have a child in our School. Staff Governors are elected by school staff. All Governors have a four-year term.
Meet our Governors
Headteacher
Helen Russell
Chair and Vice Chair
Brian Payne
Co - Chair of Governors
Term of Office 01.09.2022 - 31.08.2026 - Extended until 31.08.2030
James Stack
Co - Chair of Governors
Parent Governor
Term of Office 28.03.2026 - 27.03.2030
Katherine Richardson
Vice Chair
Term of Office 06.03.2025-05.03.2029
Staff Governors
Joe Ephgrave
Term of Office 31.10.2025 - 30.10.2029
Non-Elected Governors
Margaret Payne
Term of Office 01.09.2022 - 31.08.2026 - Extended until 31.08.2030
Stuart Weavers
Term of Office 23.09.2024 - 22.09.2028
Parent Governors
Marc Shelkin
Term of Office 8.10.2024 - 7.10.2028
Leavers
Ms L Mason
Non-Elected Governor
Appointed 01.09.2022
Ended 10.09.2025
Ms H Bostina
Staff Governor
Appointed 31.10.21
Ended 30.10.2025
Helena Hamani
Staff Governor
Appointed 23.09.2024
Ended 31.08.2026
Lisa Portman
Non- Elected Governor
Appointed 01.09.2022
Ended 31.08.2026
Roles and Responsibilities
| Ofsted / Monitoring Area | Link Governor |
| Leadership & Governance | James |
| Curriculum & Teaching | Brian |
| Achievement / Outcomes | Brian |
| Inclusion | Stuart |
| Behaviour & Attendance | Marc |
| Personal Development & Wellbeing | Kat |
| Safeguarding including Allergy | James |
| Early Years | Margaret |

