The document provides information about the support offered by the Church Schools Team to Church schools in the Diocese of Exeter, including professional advice on leadership, management, governance, education issues, and support for governors, headteachers, staff, and inspections. It lists the team members and their roles in providing guidance, resources, training, and support to Church schools.

1. Through the Schools Team we offer:
Professional advice and support to all Church
Schools in all aspects of leadership,
management and governance.
Support for Church School governors and
Governing Bodies.
Support for Church School Headteachers
and staff.
Advice on education issues.
Publications and guidelines.
Support and advice on Religious
Education and Collective Worship.
Support for Statutory Inspection of Anglican
Schools – SIAS.
Resource Centre for teachers and
governors.
Governor Support and Development
Courses.
INSET and Continuing Professional
Development courses for teachers.
Advice and support with making
Headteacher and senior staff appointments.
Guidance on buildings and trusts.
(Voluntary Aided Schools only)
The Church Schools Team
• Diocesan Director of Education – Philip Mantell
ccyp@exeter.anglican.org
• Executive Assistants
Marilyn Pearce/Rachel Guyat
ccyp@exeter.anglican.org
• Diocesan Education Officer (DEO)
Penny Burnside
penny.burnside@exeter.anglican.org
• Diocesan Education Officer (DEO)
Richard Maudsley
richard.maudsley@exeter.anglican.org
• Diocesan Education Officer (DEO)
Tatiana Wilson
tatiana.wilson@exeter.anglican.org
• School Improvement & Organisation Manager –
Noel Fowler
noel.fowler@exeter.anglican.org
• Schools Admissions & Governance Adviser –
Christina Mabin
christina.mabin@exeter.anglican.org
• Schools Admissions & Governance Adviser –
Cathy Slow
cathy.slow@exeter.anglican.org
• Administrator – Valerie Black
valerie.black@exeter.anglican.org
• CCYP Administrator
emma.fraser@exeter.anglican.org
• Surveyor – Education – Richard Power
richard.power@exeter.anglican.org
• Surveyor – Education – Jason Down
jason.down@exeter.anglican.org
• Schools Funding Adviser – Raymond Twohig
raymond.twohig@exeter.anglican.org
Further Information:
Diocesan Education Office
The Old Deanery,
The Cloisters,
Exeter. EX1 1HS
01392 294950
Diocesan Board
of Education
Being an Ex-Officio
Governor
May 2011
‘The proper function of education is not
to provide solutions but to open eyes.’
“Ex-Officio and Foundation Governors are appointed
to Church Schools to be part of the formal Christian
presence on the Governing Body.”
“Church Schools should be centres
of excellence where all pupils are
educated according to a Christian
world view.”

2. Welcome to your new post as Ex-Officio
Governor. We hope that you will be happy
and greatly blessed in this new phase of your
ministry in education.
The Diocesan Board of Education places a
very high priority on the Church’s Mission
and Ministry through education: regarding
Church Schools as a ‘gospel gift’ and
education as a ‘sacred task.’ Therefore, we
are strongly committed to supporting the
one hundred and thirty Church Schools in
the Exeter Diocese – their staff and
Governing Bodies. We work closely with
Ex-Officio Governors who are regarded as
being not only the ‘physical’ link between
the local Church and Church Schools, but
also with the Diocesan Board of Education.
We very much hope you will enjoy your
association with the School and be able to
make an excellent contribution. Please do
not hesitate to ask us for any help and
support required.
With prayers and good wishes,
Diocesan Education Team.
What makes a Church
School Distinctive?
• Church Schools have a dual aim.
They exist to provide academic
excellence within a Christian
context.
• Church Schools should be places of
openness, acceptance and affirmation
– places where Christian principles
and Gospel values inform the whole
of the school curriculum.
• Church Schools should be places
where Religious Education and
Worship are central to the life and
work of the school; and where
Christianity is taught as truth.
• Church of England Schools seek to
serve their community in the name
of the Christian faith on which they
are founded.
Please also refer to:
• The Way Ahead Report –
Lord Dearing 2001
• The CCYP website
www.exeterccyp.org
and the document ‘Sharing
the Good News’
How can Ex-Officio Governors
contribute to the life and work of
Church Schools?
By becoming an informed Governor
through:
• Governor training, reading the
educational press, attending governors’
meetings and visiting the school.
By praying for:
• Governors.
• Headteachers and staff.
• Schools and pupils.
• Parents.
• Governors.
• Secretary of State for Education
• Personnel of the Exeter Diocesan Board
of Education and the Local Education
Authorities in the Diocese.
• All Christians and others involved in
education.
By becoming involved in:
• Support and Development Courses.
• Links between the school and Local
Churches.
• Keeping abreast of changes in education
and working out a Christian perspective.
• Finding practical ways of contributing
personal skills and talents to the life and
work of the school.
May 2011