Local Governing Board

Our school is part of a family of schools supported by the Bellevue Place Education Trust (BPET). BPET are responsible for our core educational vision, for setting rigorous academic standards, and for supervising the quality of teaching and the school’s progress.

To assist BPET in these tasks, we have a sub-committee of local advisors called Local Governing Board appointed by the BPET Board of Trustees.

The local board’ s main focus is educational strategy, school outcomes and high educational aspirations that meet the needs of our local community. They are responsible for:

• Setting the vision, ethos and strategic direction for our school, within the BPET overall vision

• Holding the headteacher and senior leadership team to account for the educational performance of our school, the pupils and the performance and management of staff

• Ensuring investment in educational improvement is value for money and having a real impact.

These functions have been formally delegated to the local board by the BPET Board of Trustees, which is the maintaining authority for our school. The formal delegation for Whiteknights Primary School is set out in the BPET Scheme of Delegation.

Structure of the Local Governing Board

The chair of the group is formally appointed by the BPET Board of Trustees, serving at the discretion of the BPET Board. Together with the headteacher, the chair can appoint local governors according to the skillset needed in the group. The suggested group size is 6-10 people and there must be a minimum of two parent advisers (no maximum). 

The local governors are provided with the BPET Local Governance Handbook  which sets out the terms of reference and structure of the group, along with a code of conduct.

Meet the Local Governing Board

Last updated: September 2025 

Community Member & Chair: Mrs P Gillham

Headteacher: Mrs B Reynolds

Community Members: Mr R Ferris, Mrs A Hobart and Ms S Sesay 

Parent Members: Mrs N Kalsi, Dr K Withers and Mr W Graham

For communications to the Chair of the Local Governing Board, Mrs P Gillham, please email the clerk at smagor@whiteknights.wokingham.sch.uk

Governor Details & Register of Interests

Statutory transparency rules require us to publish details of each local governor, including their attendance records at Local Governing Body meetings over the last academic year (2025-2026) which can be viewed below. 

Whiteknights Local Governing Board Information 2025/2026

Whiteknights Local Governing Board Governor Attendance Record 2025 - 2026