Governors

Governing Body Members are:

(Note: There are vacancies for a Staff Governor and for Co-opted Governors.)
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	Mr Stephen Tiktin – Chair and Co-opted Governor Term of office: 20 November 2013 – 19 November 2017 Committees/Responsibilities: Finance committee, Training Link Governor, Gifted & Talented, SEN, KS2 Link Governor By profession I am a chartered management accountant but retired in 2004 after a long career working for BP both here in the UK and abroad. I have been a governor for other schools here in Leighton Buzzard since 2007 and was invited to join the Governing Body at Beaudesert in 2013 – being elected to the role of Chair of Governors from January 2014. I sit on the Local Authority Schools’ Forum representing Lower Schools’ interest in its deliberations. I hope that the wide experience accumulated during my professional career and involvement as a governor in other schools will prove invaluable to Beaudesert, its governing body, its pupils and their families.

	Mrs Vanessa Pearce- Head Teacher Term of office: 10 March 2015 – 9 March 2019 Committees/Responsibilities: School Improvement Group, Finance committee
	Cherihane Taqi – Parent Governor
	Steve Sorbie – Parent Governor
	Karen Smith – Parent Governor Term of office: 29th January 2018 – 28th January 2022 Karen is a qualified teacher with 18 years experience of teaching across Key Stage One and Foundation Stage. In her previous teaching role she was the EYFS lead teacher and SENDCO. She also served as a staff representative on the governing body for ten years. Karen is currently working as an Early Years Educator and Deputy SENDCO at a local day nursery. Karen has a son in Year 2 and hopes that her youngest son will be joining Beaudesert in September 2020.
	Mrs Sandra Moore – Co-opted Governor Term of office: 29th March 2017 – 28th March 2021
	Ms Sue Fitzpatrick – Staff Governor Term of office: 18th October 2017 – 18th October 2021 Deputy Head Teacher
	Mrs Hannah Carty – Clerk to Governing Body