Chieveley Primary School
A very warm welcome to Chieveley Primary School . I hope that through the information on our website you will get an insight into what a special place our school is.
I have been Chair of Governors since 2019, having been part of the Governing Board team since 2017. We have a fabulous, committed, talented and knowledgeable group of Governors who all work very closely with Mr Marriott and all his staff to ensure your child has the best education and experience throughout their life at Chieveley.
The Governing Board comprises of people with a vast range of expertise and experience in areas such as finance, education, Special Educational Needs, Management, Science and Environment. We have an important role in overseeing the financial performance of the school and ensuring that money is well spent – working very closely with the Leadership team and Business Manager, Ruth Jones. Our wide skill set allows us to effectively support and challenge our Leadership Team as a ‘critical friend’. All with the aim of improving all aspects of the school, including raising attainment and achievement, whilst ensuring all the wider needs of every child are met.
As a Governing Board, our job is to shape vision and Strategic Direction of our school. Since recruiting Mr Marriott as Headteacher in 2021, we have supported the Development of our new School Development Plan – the vision we have for your children is ‘Be Futureproof’. Now more than ever, given the recent and ongoing challenges we all face, we believe it is our job to prepare our children for the future – whatever that might look like. Of course it is important to master the basics of English and Maths, which is why we take a systematic approach to teaching from Early Years right through until they leave us in year 6, Secondary School ready. By having this systematic, ‘little and often’, regular approach to the fundamentals, it allows more freedom to develop the wider curriculum. For example, we now have time for more outdoor learning and have a fantastic teacher who is studying for her Forest School qualification. We have a fabulous Early Years teacher who developing a modern foreign languages curriculum. Science is high on our agenda and we are working on ways to make science more interactive, fun and real to help with every child’s learning. Our aim is to ensure that every child has the opportunity to reach their potential.
We have a wonderful and committed team of teaching, support and office staff who make Chieveley School a wonderful place to be. We are all aiming to support every child who leaves our school to believe they really can be anything they want to be. We are proud to be a leader in the Therapeutic Thinking approach, helping children to resolve their own conflicts and have exceptionally strong links in the Mental Health in Schools Team and Emotional Health Academy.
Since I have been Chair of Governors, I have been part of several really ‘big events’ for the School. Ofsted inspectors arrived earlier than expected in July 2019 and literally everyone, including the children, naturally demonstrated all those characteristics we are aiming to achieve – confidence, independence, inclusive, kind and being ready to learn. I am very proud of our Ofsted report where we were deemed ‘Good’. We then had the Covid pandemic to deal with and had to quickly pivot to remote learning, quick decision making and changes to approach. During this period of lockdowns, the Board of Governors also appointed Mr Marriott as our Headteacher, and we have all been incredibly impressed and excited by everything he and the team have achieved so far and continue to strive for. I feel proud and privileged to be a part of this journey.
Thank you for reading this welcome. Please do have a look around our extensive website where you will find an array of information about all aspects of our school.
Very best wishes
Torz Brown
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:
The full governing 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 and working groups responsible for key areas of the management of the school.
Sub Committees | Working Groups |
Finance Committee |
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Sub-committees and working parties 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.
As at 24th November 2021, the governors and their responsibilities are as follows:
Governor | Appointment body, date of appointment and term of office | Committee and Working Group membership and responsibilities |
Victoria Brown | Co-opted governor 12/7/17 to 18/7/25 | Chair of governors Chair of Curriculum and development working group Finance committee |
Lucy Hislop | Co-opted governor 7/6/17 to 18/7/25 | Finance committee Business as usual working group |
Karin Carter Keall | Local Authority governor 13/8/20 to12/8/24 | Curriculum and development working group Vice chair Child and staff protection working group |
Angus Marriott | Staff governor 2/7/19 to 30/8/2021 Headteacher from 1/9/20 | Finance committee Curriculum and development working group Business as usual working group Child and staff protection working group |
Sally Miles | Co-opted governor 13/8/20 to12/8/24 | Safeguarding and Wellbeing Governor Chair of Child and staff protection working group |
Graham Morrison | Parent governor 15/10/20 to 14/10/24 | Vice chair of governors Vice chair of Finance committee |
Richard Parker | Co-opted governor 29/1/2020 to 28/1/2024 | Vice chair of governors Chair of Finance committee |
Andrew Taylor | Co-opted Governor 13/10/21 to 12/10/21 | Chair Business as usual working group |
Sarah Theunissen | Staff governor 1/10/20 to 30/9/24 | Development working group Chair of Child and staff protection working group Business as usual working group |
Simon Collins | Co-opted governor 21/1/2021 to 20/1/2025 | Inclusion governor Curriculum and development group |
Kate Finch | Co-opted governor 21/1/2021 to 20/1/2025 | Business as usual working group, Finance committee Health and Safety governor |
Sarah Blundell | Parent Governor 12/10/21 to 11/10/25 | Development working group |
Jo Campbell | Clerk appointed 26/3/20 | Clerk to governors Clerk to Finance committee (from 21/7/21) |
Name of Governor | Relevant business interests | Relationships with the school staff* |
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Victoria Brown | Sells hand sanitizer to school | None |
Lucy Hislop | None | None |
Karin Carter-Keall | None | None |
Angus Marriott | Employee of the school | None |
Sally Miles | None | None |
Graham Morrison | Wife works for Ernst & Young | None |
Richard Parker | None | None |
Andrew Taylor | None | None |
Sarah Theunissen | Employee of the school | None |
Simon Collins | None | None |
Kate Finch | None | None |
Sarah Blundell | None | None |
Ruth Jones | Employee of the school | None |
Jo Campbell | Employee of the school | None |
ATTENDANCE REGISTER OF FULL GOVERNING BOARD
Name of Governor | Attendance 2021/22 (meetings attended /total) |
| Name of Governor | Attendance 2020/21 (meetings attended /total) | |
Victoria Brown | 3/3 | Victoria Brown | 7/8 | ||
Lucy Hislop | 3/3 | Nic Hamlin | 1/2 | ||
Sarah Blundell | 3/3 | Lucy Hislop | 7/8 | ||
Simon Collins | 3/3 | Leanne Hogburn | 2/2 | ||
Karin Carter Keall | 3/3 | Karin Carter Keall | 8/8 | ||
Angus Marriott | 3/3 | Angus Marriott | 7/7 | ||
Sally Miles | 2/3 | Sally Miles | 5/8 | ||
Graham Morrison | 3/3 | Graham Morrison | 5/6 | ||
Clive Nethersole | 1/1 | Clive Nethersole | 4/8 | ||
Richard Parker | 3/3 | Richard Parker | 6/8 | ||
Andrew Taylor | 3/3 |
| Andrew Taylor | 8/8 | |
Sarah Theunissen | 3/3 |
| Sarah Theunissen | 6/7 | |
Kate Finch | 3/3 | Kate Finch | 3/4 | ||
Simon Collins | 4/4 |
GOVERNORS WHO LEFT THE GOVERNING BOARD during academic years 2021/22 and 2020/2021
Governor | Appointment body, date of leaving |
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Leanne Hogburn | Co-opted resigned 10/11/2020 |
Nic Hamlin | Co-opted resigned 13/10/2020 |
Clive Nethersole | Co-opted resigned 13/10/21 |
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