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About

Welcome to your start of an exciting adventure at SRMS Welcome to Sir Roger Manwood's Grammar School. To achieve their best, we believe students must first Engage with the school, staff and their learning which means being active and increasingly independent learners, keen for feedback and able to collaborate.

At Sir Roger Manwood's is committed to the importance of allowing students to Explore both the subjects they study and themselves. Our focus is on enabling our students to Excel. The school has high expectations of all its students, in behaviour, learning, and commitment to themselves, their fellow students and the wider community.

Head Teachers Quiz Night - Friday Feb 27th 2026 GCSE results are available to collect from the school hall on Thursday 21 August from 9am. A brief introduction into the various subjects that we are proud to teach Be among the best of Manwood Musicians in spotlight stages showcasing your talents.

Travel the world and have the ability to show the world your excellent acting talents. Partake in one of our sporting activities and become recognised with the greatest.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Drama
  • Duke of Edinburgh

Awards

1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Duke of EdinburghPersonal development

Key facts

URN
136501
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11 to 18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich
Setting
Urban: Further from a major town or city
Opened
2011

Governing body (22 current, 8 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

22 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).

Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Roger Smethurst Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2025 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr David BowlesChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2025
Mr Matthew Bradshaw Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Smita Robinson Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Ben Pennells Confirmed same personAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2025
Mr Anthony Nagle Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by foundation/Trustsince 2024
Mrs Michelle ReadingTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Christopher Rooke Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Tehmton Dastoor Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mrs Bridget Sarah Evans Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mrs Lucy Amanda Erasmus Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Ms Rosalind Daniels Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2024
Mrs Joanne Maine Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by foundation/Trustsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Roger Smethurst Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Doctor Shams Tania Afroza Islam Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Ms Emma Read Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Carlton Hall Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Father Sebastian Hamilton Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardEx-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold)since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Eugene GilkesMemberTrust membersOriginal (signatory) memberssince 2023
Ms Anne Weatherley Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersOriginal (signatory) memberssince 2023
Mr Andrew Rush Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by foundation/Trustsince 2022 · until 2029
Mr Richard Chew Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022
Mr Manjinder Nijjer FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · term ended 2026
Mr Roger Smethurst Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2025 · term ended 2026
Mrs Katie Goodbun Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · term ended 2026
Mrs Rosalind Daniels Confirmed same person FormerMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2024 · term ended 2025
Mr Charles Miller Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · term ended 2026
Mr Simon Clayton Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · term ended 2026
Mr Richard Chew Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2020 · term ended 2026
Mr Colin Ewen Confirmed same person FormerMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2017 · term ended 2025

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