Governors Information

The Role of the Governing Body is defined nationally as:

• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.
• We achieve this by promoting the school in the local community, reviewing policies and deciding the improvement priorities for the annual development plan.
• Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff.
• To do this, the Governing Body sets ambitious targets for the school to achieve, monitors the school's progress towards these aims, and formally evaluates the annual outcomes.
• Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.
• We do this principally through the work of the Resources Committee which monitors financial planning and expenditure, and ensures that best value is obtained from the resources available to the school.

We achieve these responsibilities through the work of the four committees and through the personal knowledge, expertise and contribution of individual governors.

The full governing body meets at least once a term, with the agenda covering a many different facets of school development, for example, budgets, policy reviews, staffing and the progress that pupils and plans are making.

Much of the detailed work of the governing body is carried out in four sub-committees which meet regularly. Depending on their terms of reference their work may include:

• the review and drafting of policies;
• the monitoring and review of performance;
• the preparation of reports and advice to the governing body;
• advising, planning and consulting with the head teacher;
• ensuring compliance with school policy, legal and regulatory obligations;
• carrying out initiatives to further the development of the school under the school plan.

• Education and Learning concentrates on pupils’ learning, the curriculum, new initiatives and special educational needs. Chair: Mrs P Sutcliffe
• People and Communications is mainly about staffing and improving communications with a wide range of stakeholders. Chair: Mrs C Wright
• Health and Safety is a statutory committee and is responsible for all aspects of health and safety at school. Chair: Mrs C Wright
• Resources covers finance and premises improvement. Chair: Mrs N Morse

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 website.

Chair - Dr Hilary Hodge
Vice Chair - John Carter