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