Meet Our Local Governors

Over Hall Community School is part of Cheshire Academies Trust (CAT). Governance of the academy is split between those matters decided at Trust Board Level, and those matters delegated to the local governing body.

The local governing body is made up of community representatives, parents and school staff.

Further information regarding governance across Cheshire Academies Trust schools, including the Scheme of Delegation, can be found at https://www.cheshireacademiestrust.co.uk/

Local governors have an important role to play in both challenging and supporting the leadership team on key aspects of the school’s strategy, always with a strategic lens on governance and the safe but dynamic leadership of the school.

Once a vacancy arises, local governors are elected or appointed onto the local governing body and perform their role on a voluntary basis.

The focus of the local committee is:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction of the school by;

Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff;
Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure it's money is well spent;
Ensuring the financial performance of the organisation and making sure it's money is well spent;
Ensuring that other key players with a stake in the organisation get their voices heard.

We do this by knowing and understanding the school and the wider educational context, reading meeting paperwork and attending meetings where we ask questions to ensure that the best possible decisions are made for the benefit of the children in the school, attending training and development events to improve our skills and knowledge and adhering to the trust’s code of conduct.

Please see information regarding members of our Local Governing Body below. Declarations of interest are checked at every Local Governing Body meeting, this page being updated with any changes which may arise.

Meet our Team


Ian Percival Co-opted/Chair of Governors Term of Office: 27/03/23-26/03/27 Declaration of Interests: None	Claire Edgeley Headteacher Declaration of Interest: Governance role at Wharton CE Primary School, Beesley Electrical Contractor and Maintenance

Bob Barton Co-opted Governor Term of Office: 04.07.23-03.07.27 Declaration of Interests: None	Vera Farrow Co-opted Governor Term of Office: 05.07.23 - 04.07.27 Declaration of Interests: None

David Hebblethwaite Co-opted Governor Term of Office: 05.07.23 - 04.07.27 Declaration of Interests: Sales Manager at Gerflor Limited	Kath Shephard Co-opted Governor Term of Office: 20.09.22 - 19.09.26 Declaration of Interest: None

Linda Holdridge Co-opted Governor Term of Office: 12.11.21 - 11.11.25 Declaration of Interest: Works for NHS	Jessica Schuettke Staff Governor Term of Office: 16.03.21 - 15.03.25 Declaration of Interest: None

Abbey Brookes Staff Governor Term of Office: 07.06.24 - 07.06.25 Declaration of Interest: None