Governing Board

The Governing Body is a group of volunteer representatives who, alongside the school's leadership team, set the strategic direction for the school.

Our Governing Body comprises parent, staff, community and local authority representatives.   Should you wish to contact a member of the Governing Body, please do so through the school office.

The current membership is listed below.  The governors appointment dates and terms of office can be viewed here.

Aparna Belapurkar, Co-opted Governor
Term of office: 1 September 2021 - 31 August 2024
Declarations of Interest: None

Karen Coxon, Co-opted Governor
​Term of office: 6 April 2019 - 5 April 2022
Karen has been a teacher in Harrow since 1987. She has been a Governor at Pinner Park for many years and has also served as a parent governor on another governing board within Harrow. Karen is an Assistant Head Teacher at Pinner Park Primary School with responsibility for inclusion, ensuring that children with additional needs access the support they require. She offers her services to support on the Borough’s SEN Assessment and Review Service SEN Panel and is also a panel member for the Borough’s Early Years Inclusion Funding Panel. Karen really values her direct work with children but also the partnership she develops with parents. Karen finds monitoring the children’s progress and achievement is such a wonderful reward.  
​Declarations of Interest: None

Claire Edwards, Associate Member
​Term of office: 6 April 2019 - 5 April 2022
Claire has been deputy head at Pinner Park for over 10 years, having previously been deputy head in the Junior School, and now the Primary School. She has taught in Harrow schools since 1997, in varied roles, including assistant headteacher, advanced skills teacher and a secondment to the Borough’s maths advisory team. The favourite part of all her roles has been working with the children to help them develop and be ready for the next stage of their school life. 
Declarations of Interest: None

Sue Flaherty, Co-opted Governor
​Term of office: 6 April 2019 - 5 April 2022
​Declarations of Interest: None
Sue has worked in education since 1989 and have taken on many roles during that time. She started working at Pinner Park Junior School in 2000, having previously worked Pinner Park and Weald Infant schools.  She became a governor at the Junior school in 2002.  Sue is the Office Manager and is responsible for the administration of the school finances, HR, H & S and the management of the administration and welfare teams.  Sue has two grown up married children, and has many interests including playing tennis, reading, knitting and visiting new places.  During her time at Pinner Park, one of the most rewarding things she has found is seeing the children grow and become more confident in their abilities during their time at our school.

Philippa Jardine, Associate Member
​Term of office: 6 April 2019 - 5 April 2022
Philippa was previously a governor at Pinner Park Junior School for c8 years before becoming an associate member of the Governing Board of Pinner Park Primary School following amalgamation in 2019.    Philippa is a chartered accountant working in the banking sector and is keen to ensure that all students develop the skills and are given the opportunities to fulfil their potential both academically and beyond.
​​Declarations of Interest: None

Saurabh Kothari, Local Authority Governor
​Term of office: 21 May 2020 - 20 May 2023
Saurabh is a Chartered Account (ACA) with over 15 years of experience working in the financial services sector. He manages strategic finance at the Natwest Bank and previously worked as strategy consultant and investment banker. He is a mentor at the NatWest Accelerator program that supports and empowers UK entrepreneurs to scale their businesses and is an Inclusive Interview Ambassador. Saurabh is an active supporter of the Money Sense, a program that provides free financial education to 5-18 year-olds in the UK. He has two young children and lives in North West London.
Declarations of Interest: None​

Chris Lewis, Staff Governor
​Term of office: 6 April 2019 - 5 April 2022
Chris has been a governor firstly for Pinner Park Junior School and then Pinner Park Primary. She has a very long and close connection with Pinner Park,  all her 4 children went to Pinner Park and one of them is now a teacher at the school. Chris has worked at Pinner Park for many years as a TA, welfare, sports coach, PE teaching and now in an admin role - Chris describes herself as a 'jack of all trades'.
Declarations of Interest: Son and daughter employed by the school

Bhumika Mehta, Co-opted Governor, Co-Chair of the Governing Board
​Term of office: 6 April 2019 - 5 April 2022
Having served as a governor prior to the school amalgamation in 2019.  Bhumika continues to serve as a governor.  Bhumika is driven to seek positive outcomes for every child and community member of Pinner Park Primary by being a critical friend to the school. Bhumika works in the pharmaceutical sector with a role focusing on patient safety and providing scientific advice on medicines. 
Declarations of Interest: None​

Priya Mehta, Co-opted Governor, Chair of Resources Committee
​Term of office: 6 April 2019 - 5 April 2022
Priya is a co-opted governor for the school having served as a parent governor prior to amalgamation in 2019. Priya is a qualified accountant (ACA) and a partner at a London-based mid-tier accountancy firm. She aims to bring the finance skills to the management of resources at the school and work with the Finance Committee on other strategic matters from a resources perspective. 
​Declarations of Interest: None

Ketan Parikh, Parent Governor
Term of office: 23 July 2021 - 22 July 2024​
Ketan was elected as a parent governor of Pinner Park Primary School in September 2021.  Ketan has spent most of his working career in the Education Sector and was keen to use his experience to make a positive contribution to the local community by becoming a governor at a local school. Currently Ketan works in Higher Education as an IT Leader and specialises in Setting strategic direction, service improvement and Innovation.
Declarations of Interest: None

Rahul Sareen, Co-opted Governor, Co-Chair of the Governing Board
​Term of office: 6 April 2019 - 5 April 2022
​​Rahul has been a governor of Pinner Park Primary since its creation in 2019 and was previously a governor at Pinner Park Junior School. Rahul is passionate about helping the school provide every child the learning and character to forge their future in our community. Rahul works in public affairs, helping  businesses and organisations work with others to improve performance, law and regulation.
Declarations of Interest: None

Jamie Shah, Co-opted Governor
​Term of office: 1 September 2021 - 31 August 2024
Jamie is an exam qualified CIPFA Accountant specialising in the public sector and currently work for an inner London local authority in corporate finance with responsibility for financial planning and monitoring. Jamie has extensive experience working in children’s services finance in previous roles and mainly working on early years, schools and children services capital projects. Jamie is a former Pinner Park pupil and has been a resident of Harrow for his entire life. Jamie wants to give back to the community, develop himself professionally and work towards positive change. 
Declarations of Interest: Governor at Elmgrove School

Reena Shah, Parent Governor, Chair of Curriculum Committee
​Term of office: 6 April 2019 - 5 April 2022
Reena started her career in education in 1998.  She was appointed as Headteacher of a 3 form entry primary school in March 2020. She is an experienced senior leader and has worked at the school since 2008. During this time, she had led in various areas including teacher training and leadership development, curriculum development, assessment and safeguarding. She has worked in schools to support the development of middle leaders. Prior to taking up headship, Reena worked as a primary mathematics consultant for a Local Authority Advisory Service. She is passionate about teaching, learning and the character development of young people to enable them to be the best version of themselves.
Declarations of Interest: Governor at Kingsbury Green Primary School, Trustee at Saracens School

Shivani Shah, Parent Governor
Term of office: 23 July 2021 - 22 July 2024​
​Shivani has joined the governing board as of September 2021, she has roots in the local community and is keen to support the school. 
Shivani’s work involves collaborating with organisations to ensure the patient voice is used to shape and improve services related to healthcare. As part of this she designs engagement events to encourage representation from marginalised groups in the community to make sure healthcare is fair and accessible for everyone. She intends to work with school to make sure each ad every child gets the education they need. 
​Declarations of Interest: None

Rehna Tanna, Parent Governor
​Term of office: 6 April 2019 - 5 April 2022
Rehna was elected as a parent governor of Pinner Park Primary School in 2019 and sits on the curriculum committee.  Rehna has spent most of her working career as communications and marketing professional and is passionate about making a positive and rewarding contribution to the school and community through her governor role.
​Declarations of Interest: None

Merowj Taqi, Co-opted Governor
​​Term of office: 1 September 2021 - 31 August 2024
​Merowj became a governor of Pinner Park Primary School in September 2021. She also has experience of being a governor of another primary school in London where she was a governor for over 3 years. Merowj is a Secondary School Maths Teacher with nearly 20 years of teaching experience. She has taught in both mainstream and private schools and has taken on several roles within the educational establishments over the years. She would like to use the experience she has gained in education to give back to her local community.
Declarations of Interest: None

Mr N Waldron, Headteacher
​Term of office: from 1 September 2019 (ex officio)
​Mr Waldron has been headteacher, and governor, at Pinner Park Primary since September 2019.    He has previously led schools as a headteacher and consultant headteacher in Buckinghamshire.  
Declarations of Interest: None

Former governors 
Bijal Ahmed, Parent Governor (April 2019 to July 2021) 
Claire Atogdina, Parent Governor (September 2019-July 2021) 
Karen James, Associate Member (April 2019 to July 2021) 
Bernadette Mills, Co-opted governor (April 2019-July 2021) 
Bhavin Savla, Co-opted Governor (April 2019-September 2020)
Harshini Selvendran, Co-opted governor (April 2019-July 2021) ​

Structure 
In addition to meeting regularly as a full Governing Board, the Board has three permanent committees which monitor progress against the school’s vision, school improvement plan and financial performance.  The two main committees which meet five and three times a year respectively are the resources committee and the curriculum committee. Committees inform the full governing board to enable it to take better decisions.

The resources committee reviews financial policy, planning and monitoring, as well as matters regarding premises, like health and safety, and staffing.    

The curriculum committee focuses on the planning and delivery of the curriculum, reviews assessment and improvement of the school and monitors the performance of pupils.  

The Pay Panel committee meets annually to assure the governing board that pay decisions reflect performance and the school teachers’ pay and conditions document. A sub-committee reviews the performance and pay of the headteacher. 

Associate Members
Associate members are not full governors but are appointed by the governing board to bring expertise and experience in specific areas to committees. They may be appointed for a period of between one and four years. They may attend full Governing board meetings but do not have voting rights.  Associate members may chair committees.

Governor Attendance at Meetings 2020-21

Contacting Governors

Should you wish to contact a member of the Governing Body, please do so through the school office.

Governor Links (links will open in a new window):
The National Governornance Association
Harrow Council School Governor Information