Welcome to the Cann Bridge Governors page. We hope you find the following information useful.
The Governors are here to support the strategic development of the school and to support the Headteacher and School Management and Leadership in moving the school forward and ensuring the needs of all the learners’ are met. Governors come from all walks of life and fulfil different roles according to their skills. The Governing Board has a vital role in raising and maintaining standards.
If you are in school, you may see Governors around, as we do visit classrooms and talk to the staff about how well the learners are doing. All Governors will be wearing a Governor Lanyard to make sure we are easy to identify.
We hope you will find our regularly updated information useful however if there is something you would like to see, please let us know. You can contact us by:
Telephone – 01752 207909 and leave a message.
Email – cbclerk@torbridge.net to leave a message with our wonderful Clerk to the Governors.
Our Governors
The Cann Bridge Governors
Stuart Williams
Holly Steer
Michael Loveman
Nicola Burrage
Charlie Ede
Wendy Fisher
Karen Williams
Simon Skidmore
Katie Bohannan
Graham Devine
Click on our names for more information
There was formally a Federated Governing Board across Cann Bridge School and Tor Bridge Primary School. Following self-evaluation and consultation with stakeholders, the Federated Governing Board made the decision to de-federate in July 2017 in order to form a focussed, dedicated Governing Board for each school. The Cann Bridge School Governing Board was formed on the 20/07/17. We are part of the Tor Bridge Partnership of four schools across the Campus.
Statutory details of our current Governors and membership are as follows:-
Mr Michael Loveman – Headteacher
Ex-officio Governor, by virtue of office as Headteacher
DBS certificate – Annual Staff Declaration
Link Roles and Responsibility: Website Working Party
Declaration of Pecuniary Interest: Director of Plymouth Schools Sports Partnership and Plymouth Learning Partnership
Meeting attendance for 2020/21 Academic year: 12 of 12 Board Meetings
Mr Stuart John Williams – Vice Chair of Governors (Acting Chair)
Parent Governor, appointed by the parent body on 08/10/2021
DBS certificate issued
Link Roles and Responsibility: Health and Wellbeing; Safeguarding; Website Working Party
Declaration of Pecuniary Interest: None
Meeting attendance for 2020/21 Academic year: 10 of 12 Board Meetings
Miss Nicola Burrage
Staff Governor, appointed by the staff body on 18/10/2021
DBS certificate – Annual Staff Declaration
Link Roles and Responsibility: Post Bridge College; Creativity Team
Declaration of Pecuniary Interest: None
Meeting attendance for 2020/21 Academic year: 9 of 12 Board Meetings
Mr Charlie Ede
Co-opted Governor, appointed by the Full Governing Board on 07/07/2020
DBS certificate issued
Link Roles and Responsibility: Health and Safety
Declaration of Pecuniary Interest: None
Meeting attendance for 2020/21 Academic year: 10 of 12 Board Meetings
Mrs Wendy Fisher
Co-opted Governor, appointed by the Full Governing Board on 06/05/2020
DBS certificate issued
Link Roles and Responsibility: Overall Curriculum; Communication, Language and Literacy Team; Early Years, Pupil and Sports Premiums, Trustee for the School Fund, Website Working Party
Declaration of Pecuniary Interest: Family interest in Nudge Designs
Meeting attendance for 2020/21 Academic year: 11 of 12 Board Meetings
Mr Simon Skidmore
Co-opted Governor appointed by the Full Governing Board on 16/03/2021
DBS certificate issued 04/05/2021
Link Roles and Responsibility: Assessment and the assessment tool
Declaration of Pecuniary Interest: None
Meeting attendance for 2020/21 Academic year: 5 of 5 Board Meetings
Mrs Holly Steer
Parent Governor, appointed by the parent body on 08/10/2021
DBS certificate issued
Link Roles and Responsibility: Understanding the World, Parental Engagement
Declaration of Pecuniary Interest: None
Meeting attendance for 2020/21 Academic year: 3 of 12 Board Meetings
Mrs Karen Williams
Co-opted Governor, appointed by the full Governing Board 28/09/2021
DBS certificate: pending
Link Roles and Responsibility: Staff health and wellbeing including Early Career Teacher Support, Safeguarding
Declaration of Pecuniary Interest: pending
Meeting Attendance for 2020/21 – N/A
Mrs Katie Jane Bohannon
Associate Member, appointed by the Full Governing Board 15/10/21
DBS certificate – N/A
Link Roles and Responsibilities: Chair of Finance Committee
Declaration of Pecuniary Interest: None
Meeting Attendance for 2020/21: 2 of 2 Board Meetings
Mr Graham Devine
Associate Member, appointed by the Full Governing Board 15/10/21
DBS certificate – N/A
Declaration of Pecuniary Interest:
Meeting Attendance for 2020/21 – N/A
There is also currently 1 Local Authority and one Co-opted Governor vacancy.
Our Clerk to Governors is Mr Mike Coomber (CBClerk@torbridge.net).
The Governing Board has a Finance Committee.
ADDRESSCann Bridge School, Miller Way, Plymouth PL6 8UN
PHONE01752 207909