Search Search GOVERNANCE Home / About Us / Governance The College is an independent Further Education (FE) Corporation, established by the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. This Act removed all further education colleges from local authority control on 1 April 1993. Such colleges are also established as charities but are exempt from the requirements of the Charities Act. The powers of the Corporation may be summarised as: provide further and higher education supply goods or services in support of the provision of education provide secondary education to 14–16 year olds in schools/academies conduct an educational institution subscribe for or acquire shares in or securities of a company acquire and dispose of assets borrow & invest money The Corporation also has powers to enter into contracts and make other arrangements in support of its main powers. The College is administered under the Instrument & Articles of Government which set out the rules for the constitution and operation of the Corporation. The Board has also approved Standing Orders which include the Policy on the Selection of Governors. Governance documents Funding for the College is provided by the Education & Skills Funding Agency whose function is to ensure that government funding is distributed to the organisations who provide further education and skills training in England. Funding is also received from the Office for Students, who distribute public money for teaching and research to universities and colleges. The Board of Governors deals with the mission and strategic direction of the College, determines policy and oversees the management of the institution which is in the hands of the Principal. The minutes of Board and committee meetings can be accessed here. To fulfil its functions, the Board aims to recruit and maintain a wide range of skills/experience amongst its members. The profiles of current governors are shown below. Click here to find out more or apply to become a governor. Board of Governors: Tim Kelly, Chair of Governors Sue Higginson, Principal Jayne Winders, Vice Chair of Governors Anna Barnish, External Member Richard Mawdsley, External Member Joe McArdle, External Member Lorraine Jones, Staff Member Commodore Gary Doyle, External Member Phil McKeown, External Member Vix Wrigley, Staff Member Paul Smith, External Member Lucy Barrow, External Member Ian Parkinson, External Member Lucky Ali, External Member Gill Roberts, External Member The following people attend Board meetings: Michael Norton, Deputy Principal Christine Carter, Vice Principal - Curriculum Phillip Jones, Vice Principal - Quality Lesley Venables, Clerk to the Governors Governors can be contacted via governors@wmc.ac.uk ABOUT US Covid-19 Information Virtual Campus Tours History Events Vision Mission Principal's Welcome Governance College Documents Ofsted Inspection Campuses Hair and Beauty Salons Alumni WIRRAL MET COLLEGE Select Language English Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Belarusian Bulgarian Catalan Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Korean Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Malay Maltese Norwegian Persian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swahili Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Yiddish COURSES 16-18 Year olds 19+/Adults Full Time 19+/Adults Part Time Apprenticeships Higher Education Employers KEY INFORMATION Campuses Financial Support Information for Parents Term Dates Events News FAQs Accessibility Statement Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Youtube 0151 551 7777 Europa Boulevard, Birkenhead, CH41 4NT Sitemap Policies Ofsted Inspection Virtual Tours Disclaimer Cookie Option