Admiral Lord Nelson School is an Academy which is a publicly funded, independently governed school. This means that it has a funding agreement with the Secretary of State for Education and the Governing Body is responsible for this.
2025/26
| Name of Governor |
Type of Governor |
Term of Office |
Governance Responsibilities |
| Jane Beecher |
Co-Chair Director Appointed |
Start - 27/09/2023 - End -27/09/2027 |
Co-Chair; Training; Quality of Education |
| Nathan Waites |
Co-Chair Parent Elected |
Start - 15/05/2021 - End- 15/05/2029 |
Co-Chair; Human Resources & Finance, Equal Opportunities, Safeguarding, monitoring and filtering |
| Chris Doherty |
Headteacher |
Start - 01/01/2023 - Ongoing |
Headteacher |
| Toby Simmonds |
Co-opted by LGB |
Start - 01/05/2022 - 01/05/2026 |
Personal Development Curriculum(incl. Trips, Careers Education, Student Voice) |
| Rab Baillie |
Director appointed |
Start - 20/11/2023 - End - 20/11/2027 |
Health & Safety; Estates |
| Sarah Christopher |
Co-opted by LGB |
Start - 20/07/2025 - End - 09/07/2029 |
Safeguarding, monitoring and filtering |
| Helen Barnes |
Staff Governor |
Start - 20/07/2025 - End - 09/07/2029 |
Staff Governor |
| Jessica Flynn |
Parent Elected |
Start - 17/04/2023 - End - 17/04/2027 |
Attendance & Behaviour |
| David Van Walt |
Parent Elected |
Start - 17/04/2023 - End - 17/04/2027 |
Pupil Premium, Disadvantaged & Careers |
Record of past Governors
| Name of Governor |
Type of Appointee |
Date of Appointment |
Date of Leaving |
| Emma Hughes |
Employee Elected |
September 2018 |
August 2019 |
| Adetola Adebesin |
Employee Elected |
February 2018 |
August 2019 |
| Robin Parr |
Parent Elected |
December 2017 |
August 2020 |
| Felicia Drummond |
Academy Trust |
July 2017 |
August 2020 |
| Hayden Taylor |
Co-opted |
September 2017 |
September 2020 |
| Tina Henley |
Director Appointed |
June 2018 |
January 2022 |
Declared Interests
| Name |
Business Interests |
Financial Interests |
Governor at Other Institutions |
| Nys Hardingham |
None |
None |
No |
| Toby Simmonds |
None |
None |
Copnor Primary School |
| Jane Beecher |
None |
None |
No |
| Robin Parr |
None |
None |
South Downs National Trust Park |
| Justine White |
Hampshire CC |
None |
No |
| Nathan Waites |
The Decurci Trust |
None |
No |
| Sarah Christopher |
Portsmouth City Council |
None |
No |
| Joanna Miller |
None |
None |
No |
| Helen Surawy |
None |
None |
No |
ALNS Local Governing Body Attendance 2024-2025
| Governor |
|
Sep-24 |
Oct-24 |
Nov-24 |
Jan-25 |
Mar-25 |
May-25 |
July-25 |
Attended |
Out of a possible |
| Jane Beecher |
Director Appointed |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
7 |
7 |
| Nathan Waites |
Parent Elected |
apologies |
Y |
Y |
Y |
apologies |
Y |
Y |
5 |
7 |
| Toby Simmonds |
Co-opted by LGB |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
apologies |
6 |
7 |
| Rab Baillie |
Director appointed |
Y |
Y |
Y |
apologies |
Y |
apologies |
Y |
5 |
7 |
| Sarah Christopher |
Co-opted by LGB |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
apologies |
Y |
Y |
6 |
7 |
| Helen Barnes |
Staff Governor |
Y |
apologies |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
6 |
7 |
| Chris Doherty |
Head Teacher |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
7 |
7 |
| David Van Walt |
Parent Elected |
Y |
Y |
apologies |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
6 |
7 |
| Jessica Flynn |
Parent Elected |
Y |
Y |
apologies |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
6 |
7 |
| Justeen White |
Director Appointed |
apologies |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
1 |
