Governors Information

Bassingbourn Community Primary School has a strong and enthusiatic governing body whose key roles can be summarised as follows:

To provide a strategic view of where the school is heading. This is achieved by reviewing policies and deciding the priorities for improvement, to be included in the school development plan.

To act as a critical friend to the school. This involves supporting the head teacher and staff and promoting the school in the local community, while at the same time questioning existing practice in a constructively critical way.

To hold the school to account for the educational standards it achieves and the quality of education it provides: setting targets for the school to achieve in the light of national and local targets, and then formally evaluating outcomes, lie at the heart of this aspect of the governing body's role.

The full governing body meets at least once a term, with the agenda covering a mixture of official business - budgets, policy reviews and staffing and less formal business to do with supporting the development of the school.

Much of the detailed work of the governing body is carried out in four sub-committees which meet regularly to, within the remit of the sub committee terms of reference: review and draft policies; monitor and review performance; prepare reports and advice to the governing body; advise, plan and consult with the head teacher; ensure compliance with school policy, legal and regulatory obligations; carry out initiatives to further the development of the school under the school plan.

Education and Learning concentrates on the curriculum, new initiatives and special educational needs. People and Communications is mainly about staffing and improving communications with a wide range of stakeholders. Health and Safety is a statutory committee and is responsible for all aspects of health and safety at school. Resources covers finance and premises improvement.

The Chair of Education and Learning is Mrs P. Sutcliffe; the Chair of Health and Safety is Mrs C. Wright; the Chair of Resources is Mrs N. Morse; the Chair of People and Communications is Dr. L. Maynard.

Approved minutes of the meetings of the governing body are available for consultation via the school office, as are all the school policy documents. Information of a personally sensitive nature is kept confidential.

All governors are happy to be approached directly. The Governing Body is a Corporate body and as such individual governors are unable to make decisions, however governors will ensure that concerns are raised through the correct channels.

If you need contact details please ask at the school office or correspondence may be passed via the Clerk to the Governing body. Informal communications with a sub committee may be made via the contacts page on this web site.

Chair - Sam Spreadbury
Vice Chair - Claire Wright