Local Governing Committee (LGC)
Join our LGC
Bridlewood Primary School and The Park Academies Trust (TPAT) welcome enquiries and applications for Governors at Bridlewood and across our family of schools in North and West Swindon.
Governors support the Trustees of TPAT by focusing on strategic monitoring to achieve continual improvement within children’s education at each individual school. Acting as a critical friend you will be providing an essential role for the local school and the wider multi-academy trust. By becoming a Governor, you will find the interaction between the Trust Board and school is extremely rewarding.
If you can give approximately 6 hours per month, attend one termly meeting on a Monday evening, and are interested in supporting your local school, please make contact with the LGC Support Officer by email: clerk@bridlewood.org.uk. We look forward to hearing from you.
There are no employees who earn a gross annual salary of more than £100,000
Introduction to, and role of the Local Governing Committee
The school is led by the LGC, a committee of the Trust Board, and is accountable to the Trustees for its decisions.
The LGC is responsible for a range of areas including:
- Ensuring that standards of attainment and progress by all pupils at the school are high.
- Taking a strategic role in the governance of the school.
- Acting as a 'critical friends' to the school and its staff.
- Ensuring that TPAT's vision for the school is carried forward.
We meet together termly (6 times per year) to discuss all aspects of school life, supporting Mrs Sammon and the staffing team in the leadership of our successful school.
Local Governing Committee - Who We Are
Vicky Sammon
Headteacher
Email: SammonV@bridlewood.org.uk
Martin Hardy
Chair
Community Governor
Link Governor for SEND & Pupil Premium
Term of Office 17/10/2022 to 16/10/2026
Email: HardyM@bridlewood.org.uk
Claire Turner
Vice Chair
Community Governor
Link Governor for Mathematics and PE
Term of Office 12/12/2025 to 11/12/2029
Email: TurnerC@bridlewood.org.uk
Michael Giddings
Community Governor
Link Governor for Safeguarding and Health and Safety
Term of Office 22/01/2024 to 21/01/2028
Email: GiddingsM@bridlewood.org.uk
Sandra Parsons
Community Governor
Term of Office 03/12/2025 to 02/12/2029
Email: ParsonsS@bridlewood.org.uk image to follow
Nicola McLaughlin
Deputy Headteacher and Staff Governor
Term of Office 19/07/2025 to 18/07/2029
Email: McLaughlinN@bridlewood.org.uk
Chris Watts
Community Governor
Term of Office 03/02/2026 to 02/02/2030
Email: WattsC@kingfishercofe.org.uk image to follow
LGC Support Officer
Email: clerk@bridlewood.org.uk
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Governors left within last 12 months
Alana Walch
Term of Office 13/12/2024 to 25/11/2025