Governors

Welcome to the Governors section of the website, which will explain the role of the governors, who they are and what they do?

The role of governors

The Governing Body oversees the running of the school in a non-executive capacity. Its role is to provide strategic direction for the work and improvement of the school in support of the headteacher and staff.

Tasks includes:

Discussing the vision and aims of the school and assisting in preparation of plans and policies
Acting as a critical friend to the school, asking questions, supporting the Headteacher, challenging proposals and monitoring progress on a wide range of issues
Being accountable and answerable to all stakeholders including parents, staff, pupils, the school community and both local and national government.

The full governor body is made up of parents, staff and members of the community.

To ensure effective and efficient management in the school, the governing body has sub-committees responsible for key areas of the management of the school.

These are:

Finance Committee (TOR)

In additional to the management committees, there are other committees which meet as required.

These are:

Finance and Pay Committee
Other committees are formed as necessary.

The committees report in to the Full Governing Body which meets at least 6 times a year. Minutes from these meetings can be requested from the school office.

In addition each governor has responsibility for a specific class to offer individual support to the class teachers and offer a specific point of contact to parents.

As at 1^st September 2018, the governors and their responsibilities are as follows:

Governor	Appointment body, date of appointment and term of office	Committee membership and responsibilities	Class responsibility
Victoria Brown Chair	Co-opted Governor 12/7/17 to 11/7/21	Chair of Governors Data on Pupil Progress, Ofsted	Jays Y5
Nic Hamlin Vice Chair	Co-opted Governor 6/3/19 to 8/5/23	Finance, Pay, Governor Development, Ofsted lead	Kingfishers Y3
Susan Spence	Local Authority Governor 23/9/13 to 29/11/21	Governor Visits	Wrens Reception
Richard Parker	Co-opted Governor 21/1/16 to 20/1/20	Finance, Pay ICT, Maths, Website
Leanne Hogburn	Parent Governor 10/6/16 to 9/6/20	Safeguarding, Disadvantaged/ Pupil Premium	Skylarks Y4
Lucy Hislop	Co-opted Governor 7/6/17 to 6/6/21	Finance, SEND Equalities	Owls Y6
Alasdair Heath	Co-opted Governor 5/4/17 to 4/4/21	Finance Health and Safety	Sparrows Y2
Andrew Taylor	Parent Governor 25/9/17 to 24/9/21	Library, Communications	Robins Y1
Clive Nethersole	Co-opted Governor 24/4/19 to 23/4/23
Angus Marriott	Staff Governor
Marie Lea	Headteacher from 1/1/16
Ruth Jones	Clerk to Governors from 3/6/19

REGISTER OF BUSINESS INTERESTS - SEPTEMBER 2018 TO AUGUST 2019

Name of Governor	Relevant business interests	Relationships with the school staff*
John Hopkins	None	None
Nic Hamlin	None	None
Richard Parker	None	None
Victoria Brown	None	None
Sue Spence	Covenant on school land	None
Andrew Taylor	None	None
Leanne Hogburn	None	None
Alasdair Heath	None	None
Marie Lea	Employee of the school	None
Angus Marriott	Employee of the school
Clive Nethersole	None	None
Ruth Jones	Employee of the school	None

ATTENDANCE REGISTER OF FULL GOVERNING BOARD

Name of Governor	Attendance 2018/19 (meetings attended /total)	Name of Governor	Attendance 2017/18 (meetings attended /total)
John Hopkins	5/6	John Hopkins	5/6
Nic Hamlin	4/6	Nic Hamlin	5/6
Richard Parker	6/6	Richard Parker	5/6
Victoria Brown	6/6	Victoria Brown	5/6
Lucy Hislop	5/6	Lucy Hislop	6/6
Marie Lea	5/6	Marie Lea	6/6
Sue Spence	3/6	Sue Spence	5/6
Lynne Hogburn	5/6	Lynne Hogburn	5/6
Andrew Taylor	5/6	Andrew Taylor	6/6
Alasdair Heath	3/6	Kathryn Deas	2/6
Clive Nethersole	2/2	Alasdair Heath	6/6

GOVERNORS WHO LEFT THE GOVERNING BOARD during academic year 2017/18 and academic year 2018/19

Governor	Appointment body, date of leaving	Committees and Responsibilities	Class responsibility
Kathryn Deas	Staff Governor resigned 16/4/18
John Hopkins	Co-opted resigned 31/5/19	Chair of Governors Chair of finance committee

Governor

Appointment body, date of leaving

Committees and Responsibilities

Class responsibility

Kathryn Deas

Staff Governor resigned 16/4/18

John Hopkins

Co-opted resigned 31/5/19

Chair of Governors

Chair of finance committee

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Governors

Governors

The role of governors

REGISTER OF BUSINESS INTERESTS - SEPTEMBER 2018 TO AUGUST 2019