Deptford Park Primary School
The World in Our School

Governance 

The Deptford Park Governing Body provides strategic leadership and accountability for the school. 

Its main functions are to: 

  • Provide a strategic overview that ensures the pupils learn most effectively and achieve the highest standards 
  • Act as a “critical friend” of the school by providing the Headteacher and staff with support, challenge, advice and information and monitor and evaluate to school’s effectiveness and promote the interests of the school and pupils. 
  • To ensure accountability. It is accountable to parents, pupils, the community, the Local Authority and Ofsted. 

It is also responsible for many important decisions in the running of the school. These include: 

  • Appointing the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher. Governors are also involved in the appointment of teaching staff as appropriate. 
  • Agreeing the aims of the school curriculum and ensuring the national curriculum is implemented. 
  • Determining how the school’s budget is to be used each year. 
  • Dealing with official complaints and exclusions. 
Name Role Committee  First appointed Term of office 
Bola Nzekwe Chair, Co-opted governor Resources (Chair)  12.09.0613.09.26 – 12.09.30 
Alice Devine Co-opted governor Resources 03.06.26 03.06.26 – 02.06.30 
Pratik Mittal Co-opted governor Resources 28.01.26 28.01.26 – 27.01.30 
Michelle Dean Staff governor Resources 21.11.23 21.11.23 – 20.11.27 
Salima Dahmani Parent governor Standards & Curriculum and Resources  31.01.23 31.01.23 – 30.01.27 
Michelle Tran Parent governor Standards & Curriculum (Chair) 28.01.26 28.01.26 – 27.01.30 
Rudi Schmidt Co-opted governor Standards & Curriculum 28.01.26 28.01.26 – 27.01.30 
Laura Dempsey Co-opted governor Standards & Curriculum 03.06.26 03.06.26 – 02.06.30 
Buki Yuki-Igbinosa Staff Governor/Co-Opted Standards & Curriculum  21.11.23 01.04.26 – 31.03.30 

The Clerk to the Governing Body is Charlotte Kennedy (charlotte.kennedy@judicium.com). 

Our Chair of Governors can be contacted via the school office (info@deptfordpark.lewisham.sch.uk). 

Copies of approved meeting agendas, minutes and papers considered at meetings are available by request from the school office. 

The Register of Interests can be viewed here.