About Us

Governance

Newstead Wood School

Newstead Wood School is part of United Learning Trust whose Trustees hold the ultimate legal responsibility for the governance of its schools. Further information about the governance of United Learning’s schools, including its Trustees and the scheme of delegation, can be found on the United Learning website: United Learning Governance

All United Learning schools have a local governing body (LGB); the Chair is appointed by the United Learning Group Board. Details of the Chair and members of Newstead Wood School's local governing body can be found below, together with any financial or business interests.

Click here to view the Scheme of Delegation, which details which responsibilities are delegated by the Board to the Executive, Head Teachers and the LGB.

Dates of local governing body meetings and copies of minutes may be made available on request.

Vision Statement

We are a forward-thinking school, aiming to prepare our students for a rapidly changing world by equipping them with critical thinking skills, a global perspective and respect for the core values of tolerance, honesty, loyalty and compassion.

In the context of exceptional teaching and learning in an academically challenging, stimulating, yet supportive environment, students are encouraged to develop innovative, creative and empathetic approaches to meeting challenge and play an active role in the design of their own learning. Students are instilled with the values of confidence, resilience and emotional intelligence to make a difference to lives at Newstead Wood and beyond.

All members of the school community are valued and contribute to the future success of the school raising self-esteem and expectations through the recognition of all achievements; both academic and extra-curricular.

Nurturing these skills underpins the excellence in education we offer and makes Newstead Wood an exceptional school with wide-ranging opportunities for all.

The members of the Local Governing Body are:-

Mrs Naureen Khalid - Chair
Mr Steve Penny - Vice Chair
Mr Solomon Ako-Otchere
Ms Eileen Xiaoyu Zhang
Mrs Jenny Wilkins
Mr Paul Norman - Interim Headteacher (in attendance)

You can find out about the role and responsibilities of our governors by reading "What does a governor do?" produced by the National Governors' Association, click here.

To view our Code of Conduct, Click here.

You can contact the Governing Body by emailing the Clerk to Governors, Victoria Faint (victoria.faint@croydon.gov.uk), or the Chair of Governors, Naureen Khalid (nkhalid@newsteadwood.co.uk).