Committee Members

Every elected member of the BPFA committee is a charity trustee (has the legal right and responsibility for running the association until our next AGM). This includes those that are office holders (our Chair, Secretary, Treasurer etc.) as well as those that are ordinary committee members (those that don't hold an office).

Office holders

The office holders below were all appointed at the second AGM of BPFA held on 9th September 2018 and will run the association for the next 12 to 15 months until the next AGM.

Michael Simpson	Sally Patterson	Claire Hollins	Bethan Simpson
Chairperson	Vice-Chair	Treasurer	Secretary
Parent with a child in year 7	Parent with a child in years 7 and 10	Governor Parent with children in year 10.	Parent with a child in year 11

Ordinary Members

Vacancy	Rachel Hatfield	Gorja Breeze	Lisa Dyson
Parent with a child in y	Parent with a child in year 7	Parent with a child in year 7	Parent with children in years 8 and 10.

Caroline Wharton	Vacancy	Vacancy	Vacancy
Representing	Representing	Representing	Representing

We, as trustees, decide as a committee how to spend the funds we raise. We take advice from the headteacher at our school and/or other members of the senior leadership team on goods and/or services that are required to advance the education of students at the current time. 

We may undertake some longer term projects depending on the needs identified to advance the education of students at the school. For example, funding a theatre redevelopment or classroom build. These may require funds to be raised over a longer period.

How to join the committee or become a helper?

If you wish to join the committee or become a regular helper at any of our events, please send an email to friends@bishopperowne.co.uk and we will get in touch to let you know how you can help.

You are most welcome to come along to any of our meetings to see what we are all about and how you might support the school, you don't have to be on the Committee.

Do we need to DBS check our members or volunteers?

It is a legal requirement that Disclosure and Barring Service Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks are conducted on those members or volunteers who are undertaking a regulated activityâ' as part of safeguarding procedures.

DBS checks to "Enhanced with Barred list" level should be undertaken for these activities.

Regulated activity is any form of activity, which involves unsupervised contact with children or vulnerable adults to either:

• Teach, instruct, train, care for or supervise children, or provide advice or guidance on well-being and where this activity is carried out by the same person once a week or more, or on 4 or more days in any 30-day period, or
• Teach, instruct, train, care for or supervise children, or provide advice or guidance on well-being as an activity undertaken overnight, regardless of how often this occurs or
• Drive a vehicle where all passengers are children, or
• Assist with or provide relevant personal care, e.g. washing, dressing, toileting etc
• Regulated activity does not include family arrangements, and personal, non-commercial arrangements.

It also does not include work by 'supervised' volunteers provided that the activity is supervised by someone who has undergone a DBS check.