Governing Body

Governing Body

Local Governing Body

Roding Valley High School Local Governing Body (LGB) consists of 10 members.

If you want to address the Local Governing Body, you can write to: Mr F Solarz, Chair of Governors, c/o Roding Valley High School, Alderton Hill, Loughton, IG10 3JA.

For more information regarding governance at the school, including committee structure and key documents, please click the following link: Governance - The CLP Partnership

Name Role Term of Office

Mr Frank Solarz

Chair of Governors

09/01/2019 - 08/01/2027

Mr Richard Bernstein Vice Chair 30/03/2023 - 29/03/2027
Mr Tony Barritt Governor 09/01/2019 - 08/01/2027
Mr Simon Bostock Governor 09/01/2019 - 08/01/2027
Mr Bradley O'Connor Governor 06/03/2025 - 05/03/2029
Mr Paul Wershof Governor 09/01/2019 - 08/01/2027
Mrs Susan Wiseman Governor 09/01/2019 - 08/01/2027
Mr Daniel Charlton Headteacher  01/09/2023 -
Mr Chrys Perera Staff Governor 09/01/2019 - 08/01/2027
Ms Tara Preston Staff Governor  08/12/2022 - 07/12/2026 
The Role of the LGB is: 
  • To support the vision of the Chelmsford Learning Partnership Trust
  • To govern admissions/exclusions/complaints
  • To monitor and be accountable for standards in the school
  • Monitoring the educational performance of the school and progress towards agreed targets
  • To act as a critical friend to the school's Leadership Team
  • To represent the views of and engage with the local community
  • To agree a draft budget every year and submit this budget to the trustees
  • To monitor the performance of the budget
  • To authorise expenditure up to agreed levels in the Financial Regulations
  • To ensure that the academy delivers 'value for money'
  • To monitor appointments/appraisals of all academy staff excluding Headteacher
  • To oversee safeguarding procedures
  • To monitor the School Improvement Plan
  • To monitor and be accountable for the curriculum provision of the school
  • To review and determine local policy
  • To make representations to the board of trustees