SGS Pegasus School Local School Board

Welcome from SGS Pegasus Chair of the Local School Board, Chris Berry.

On behalf of the Local Governing Body at SGS Pegasus School, welcome to our website.

Chris Berry

SGS Pegasus Chair of the Local School Board

On behalf of the Local School Board at SGS Pegasus School, welcome to our website.

As part of a Multi-Academy Trust, the Local School Board is a Committee of the SGS Academy Trust Board of Trustees.

SGS Pegasus School has high expectations for all, we are a committed School Board who both support and challenge the Head Teacher and Senior Management Team through the monitoring of quality activities and engagement with stakeholders of the school.

Pupils are our number one priority and all staff, school board members and trustees work together with a common aim of providing a safe and personalised learning environment in which all learners can reach their potential and have a positive time at school. Parents and carers are very much part of the whole school community and we welcome your input through links with Parent members and involvement with the school.

Do you want to make a difference in the lives of young people?

The Local School Board members are volunteers, playing an important part in raising the standards of achievement for all pupils.

The Local School Board encourages the recruitment of members from all sections of the community and applications are always welcomed from people of all cultural backgrounds, skills and experience. Details about the Roles and Responsibilities of the LSB members, together with current member details including Parent representatives, can be found below.

If you require any further information, please contact our Governance Officer – Jo Allman on Jo.Allman@sgscol.ac.uk.

The Trust Board of SGS AT believe it is important that Board reflect the diversity of the school communities they serve. Diverse boards promote inclusive school environments and provide diverse role models for staff and young people.

The SGS AT Trust Board are currently collecting data on the diversity of the board, including data on age, gender and ethnicity. They will use that data to inform their recruitment and training needs and ensure there is always a diverse range of perspectives around the table to support robust decision making.

Due to our relatively small governing bodies we do not publish this diversity data online as individual governors could be identified and we have a legal obligation to protect their personal data.

Our Local School Board Members

Chris Berry

Chair, Local School Board

Chris feels privileged to have been appointed by SGS Academy Trust as a Local School Board member of Pegasus School.

Chris is a solicitor by profession. Until his retirement from private practice in late 2017, he was a partner at a global City law firm specialising in real estate finance. As such, he has first-hand experience of staffing, resourcing and strategic planning for the longer term.

Having relocated with his family to South Gloucestershire, Chris divides his time between working as an independent legal consultant, supporting young carers in the local community and tutoring maths in-school (though on a voluntary basis) to GCSE level. For relaxation, Chris enjoys walking, gardening, reading and cooking.

Nicolette Jones

Local School Board Member

Nicolette has taught children with SEND for over 12 years in a broad spectrum of settings and has worked with autistic children in every single class that she’s taught. She has also worked closely with parents to improve life at home and to inform teaching in school, and this knowledge she now brings to the role of auntie to her nephew.

Nicolette’s most recent experience has been as a primary school SENDCO and Progress/Accreditation lead in a Steiner special school where she was a key part of the school’s self-evaluation process for Ofsted. Her Steiner school experience has brought her a new perspective on what education should be: holistic, rich and full of opportunities to engage with the world around us. She’s also learned that progress is not linear. The pupils she’s taught have exceeded all the expectations of the adults around them.

In all her work with children with special educational needs, it’s been clear that the most successful curriculum is founded in addressing sensory and language needs, something which she is excited to see growing at SGS Pegasus, and is looking forward to utilising her experience of the staff and pupils that she has worked with to the role of LSB member at SGS Pegasus School.

Dr Jane Andrews

Local School Board Member

Jane teaches and researches in a range of areas within the field of education and has a particular interest in multilingualism and learning. She teaches on the undergraduate programmes BA (Hons) Early Childhood and BA (Hons) Education, and supervises doctoral students, jointly leading the UWE EdD programme. Jane’s current research interests include children’s perspectives on being multilingual, researching multilingually and technology and learning.

I am delighted to be a member of the Pegasus LSB, to hear about and contribute to the excellent work taking place.

Dominic Houghton

Local School Board Member

Dominic has 16 years’ experience in the retail and hospitality sector through various levels of management. Having worked with small teams all the way to large scale venues, he is able to approach reports and strategies with an analytical viewpoint. Dominic’s experiences has put him in positions to handle staff management, stock inventories, audits and legal due diligence.

Dominic is a dad to four children, with two of his children being diagnosed with ASD, one of which is currently a student at SGS Pegasus.

As a student at The Open University, Dominic is studying Computing & Information Technology and Design. He is developing his knowledge of coding, web applications and system networking as well as the product design process, from product inception to concept to product prototyping.

Dominic is thrilled to be a part of the LSB, supporting SGS Pegasus School and all the great work they are doing.

Jo Allman

Governance Officer

Jo can be contacted on Jo.Allman@sgscol.ac.uk.