Governors

St Michael's is currently led by an Interim Executive Board.

This is defined by the Department for Education as follows:

The IEB’s function is to provide interim expertise and high-quality governance to support future improvement in the maintained school and this should include the promotion of high standards of educational achievement. While an IEB is in place, it qualifies as the governing body of the maintained school and any reference in the Education Acts to a governor or foundation governor applies to an interim executive member.

Our highly skilled board is made up of the following members (click to view member profile): 

Cathryn Adams (Chair of the IEB)

Jennifer McCutcheon (Vice Chair of the IEB)

Jennifer has extensive teaching experience in Primary Schools and Special Education.  Working for the local authority as a Specialist Teacher she supported pupils in mainstream schools and managed an Inclusion Project for the Local Authority. She believes passionately that all children are entitled to a good education. 

Jennifer served as a Headteacher for 17 years.  Under her leadership she empowered a strong and principled leadership team to ensure the Primary School remained a good school.  Importantly, the team worked with other agencies to secure services for children and families.  As Chair of the Basildon Education Partnership, Jennifer undertook a major role in the delivery of educational services in Basildon.  Commissioned by Essex Local Authority, she undertook Executive and Associate Headteacher roles, improving schools in complex and challenging circumstances.

Following her retirement in 2019, Jennifer has continued to follow her commitment to secure a good education for all pupils, through her work in Governance. She has served as a member of Strategic Intervention Boards and Interim Executive Boards at the request of the Local Authority. Through this work, she has supported schools to improve their practice in key areas.  She has worked with Governing Boards dealing with parental complaints and other sensitive investigations.  Currently, Jennifer is also Chair of the Governing Board in a primary school.

Heather Faulkner

Heather is recently retired and has experience in supporting schools and governing bodies in both LA maintained schools and academies. She has a degree in business administration and has extensive experience managing teams and projects. She worked for Essex County Council (ECC) for over 14 years and had responsibility for overseeing aspects of school improvement, the Early Careers Teacher and Initial Teacher Training programmes, workforce development and performance data for schools. She has experience of supporting governors through coaching and mentoring, finance and health and safety.  She also has experience linked to statutory intervention boards in schools causing concern, appointed by Essex County Council and the Department for Education. Prior to her career at ECC, she worked at an international school in Singapore where she was responsible for the management of transport logistics and operations serving over 2000 pupils. 

Katrina Carroll (Diocesan Link)