The Board of Governors
The Headmaster, Mr Montgomery, is responsible to the Board of Governors on all school matters. The Board bears responsibility in law for the activities of the school. The Secretary to the Board, Mr McConnell, advises on governance, legal matters and the financial framework. Many governors are ‘Old Armachians’ and parents (past and present) and the composition of the Board covers a comprehensive range of the professional skill-sets required to lead and run such a large and diverse organisation, both operationally and strategically.
The principal functions of the Board are:
1. To monitor and to advise on all aspects of the school’s activities
2. The control of the school’s finances.
All decisions are taken by the full Board, which meets four times each year. The Management Committee of the Board, which comprises a sub-set of the Governors, meets eleven times each year and approves the budget and all capital expenditure. The Management Committee is also concerned with staffing and the upkeep of school facilities.
The Board consists of members appointed as follows:
Foundation Governors
Five Governors elected by the Council of the Diocese of Armagh
The Most Revd F John McDowell, The Archbishop Armagh (Chairman)
Mrs Julie Davies
Very Revd Shane Forster, Dean of Armagh
Revd Malcolm Kingston
Dr Paul Reaney
Three Governors elected by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
Rev Sam Finlay
Mr David Harrison
Dr Hazel Reaney
One Governor elected by the Conference of the Methodist Church in Ireland
Mr Henry McMullen
Six Co-Opted Governors
Dr Kathryn King*
Mr Niall McCool*
Dr Carolyn Mitchell
Mr Desmond R D Mitchell
Mrs Kathryn Reaney *
Mrs Kathryn Taylor *
Six Governors appointed by the Department of Education and the Education Authority
— Three Department of Education
Mr Kenneth Hooks
Mr Ian Hutchinson *
Mr Roger Wilson
— Three Education Authority
Mr Ian McCall *
Mrs Paula Patton
Mrs Stacie Ross*
Three Parent Governors
Ms Laura Ferguson
Mr Richard Kindred
Mr Brian Taylor
Three Teacher Governors
Mrs Sarah McDonald
Miss Adele Murdock
Mrs Elizabeth Murray
Emeritus Governor
Rt. Hon. the Lord Kilclooney of Armagh
Headmaster (Non-Voting)
Mr Graham G W Montgomery *
Secretary to the Board
Mr Stephen T H McConnell *
