Board Of Trustees

Mr Charles Ramsden

Chair of Trustee Board
Mr Keith Skipsey

Vice Chair of Trustee Board; Health & Safety Trustee
Ms Christine Kattirtzi

Headteacher & Trustee
Mr. Andrew Chapman

Staff Trustee
Mrs Rebecca Clarke

Parent Trustee
Mr Jagtar Dhadwal

Parent Trustee
Mrs Julia Drury

Safeguarding Trustee
Mr Jacob Duncan

Staff Trustee
Mr Andrew Green

Parent Trustee
Mr Dean Heslington

Community Trustee
Mr Adam Morris

Parent Trustee
Mr Shekhar Natarajan

Parent Trustee
Ms. Lindsey Reece-Smith

Community Trustee
Mrs. Hannah White

Staff Trustee
Mr Will Whittingham

Member; Inclusion & SEND Trustee
Mrs Jackie Gray

Clerk to the Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is responsible for managing the affairs of Kendrick School which is a charitable company limited by guarantee and is responsible for approving the long-term strategy of the school. The day to day running of the school is largely delegated to the Headteacher.

Trustees at Kendrick School are directors of a company for the purposes of company law; and a charity trustee for the purposes of charity law. As a general principle, they have a general ‘fiduciary duty’ to the Board of Trustees. This means that they have a duty to act honestly, in good faith and in the best interests of the school at all times. They must use the powers granted to them for the purposes for which they were conferred (i.e. to run the school). The Kendrick School Trustee Board is made up of 3 committees – Learning & Teaching, Resourcing, and Performance & Reviewing.

The Full Board of Trustees meets 3 times a year, which includes a whole day meeting and each Committee normally meets 6 times an academic year.

To contact a member of the Board of Trustees, please email Jackie Gray, Clerk to the Board, at clerk@kendrick.reading.sch.uk

Board of Trustees Membership

Name	Role	Date of Appointment	Term of Office	Appointed By	Date stepped down	Business & Pecuniary Interests
Charles Ramsden	Chair of Trustees and Community Trustee	01/10/2019	4 years	Board of Trustees		None declared
Andrew Chapman	Staff Trustee	09/03/2024	4 years	Staff Election		None declared
Rebecca Clarke	Parent Trustee and Wellbeing and Personal Development Trustee	18/11/2021	4 years	Parent Election		None declared
Jagtar Dhadwal	Parent Trustee and Health & Safety Trustee	19/06/2022	4 years	Parent Election		None declared
Julia Drury	Community Trustee; Safeguarding Trustee and Inclusion and SEND Trustee	30/09/2021	4 years	Board of Trustees		Partner at The Head Partnership
Jacob Duncan	Staff Trustee	01/01/2021	4 years	Staff Election		None declared
Dean Heslington	Parent Trustee	04/07/2024	4 years	Board of Trustees		None declared
Christine Kattirtzi	Headteacher & Trustee	01/02/2011	Ex-officio			Trustee of Kendrick School Fund
Adam Morris	Parent Trustee	18/11/2021	4 years	Parent Election		None declared
Chandrashekhar Natarajan	Parent Trustee	204/07/2024	4 years	Parent Election		None declared
Lindsey Reece-Smith	Community Trustee; Safeguarding Trustee and Mental Wellbeing & Personal Development Trustee	01/09/2022	4 years	Board of Trustees		None declared
Keith Skipsey	Vice Chair; Community Trustee and Health & Safety Trustee	10/05/2024	4 years	Board of Trustees		None declared
Hannah White	Staff Trustee	09/03/2024	4 years	Staff Election		None declared
Will Whittingham	Trustee and Member, Inclusion & SEND Trustee	01/02/2011	Appointed as member and trustee	Academy members		None declared

Board of Trustees Meeting Dates 2024/25

Term 1	Day	Date	Meeting
	Thursday	3rd October	Learning & Teaching
	Thursday	10th October	Resources Committee
Term 2	Thursday	7th November	Performance & Review Committee
	Thursday	28th November	Resources Committee
	Thursday	12th December	Full Trustee Board Committee
Term 3	Thursday	16th January	Learning & Teaching Committee
Term 3	Thursday	13th February	Performance & Review Committee
Term 4	Thursday	28th March	Full Trustee Board Day
Term 5	Thursday	1st May	Learning & Teaching Committee
	Thursday	8th May	Resources Committee
	Thursday	22nd May	Performance & Review Committee
Term 6	Thursday	12th June	Learning & Teaching Committee
	Thursday	19th June	Resources Committee
	Thursday	3rd July	Full Board of Trustees