Whilst we are very proud of our school, we know that no one gets things right all of the time. We are committed to working with you to provide the absolute best for all of our children and this includes responding quickly and proportionately to concerns that you raise. We believe that learning is a lifelong endeavour, and we have systems in place to monitor any concerns and complaints received so that we can evaluate how quickly we resolved matters and how effective the resolution was and use this to improve our practices.
Every school has a full governing body and is supported by the Clerk to Governors.
We are:
- A group of people drawn from the school and the local community
- Responsible for ensuring the strategic direction of the school and the provision of high quality education
- Responsible for promoting effective ways of teaching and learning when setting school aims and policies. This responsibility is delegated to the Headteacher who has the responsibility for the day to day management of the school
The Governors fulfill three core functions:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
- Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
- Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent
The full scheme of delegation can be found here:
We work by?
- Appointing governors to Lead roles within the governing body. Governors are responsible for carrying out the Terms of Reference for their Lead Roles which work alongside the Governor Action Plan and Safeguarding Framework
- Meeting twice per term, three times in the Autumn term
- Ensuring our meetings are open to the public
- Making our meeting agendas available to the website. Full minutes of each meeting available on request (Part II minutes are not available to the public and cannot be shared outside of the governing body)
Governing Body Meeting Planner: 2020-2021
TERM
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TYPE OF MEETING
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DATE OF MEETING - (Wednesday)
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Autumn
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FGB
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09-Sep-20
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Autumn
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FGB
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04-Nov-20
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Spring
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FGB
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20-Jan-21
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Spring
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FGB
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24-Mar-21
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Summer
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FGB
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21-Apr-21
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Summer
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FGB
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07-Jul-21
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Summer
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PAY & PERFORMANCE
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TBC
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Governors now meet on Wednesdays.
Please click on the date to view the Governor attendance.
Governing Board Meeting Attendance 2020-2021
Governor Attendance 2019 - 2020
Our Governors are:
Catherine Higley
Headteacher - responsible for safeguarding (Designated Safeguarding Lead) and school improvement.
Richard DeCrausaz
Chair of the Governing Body. Member of the Finance Committee and the Health, Safety and Safeguarding Committee - lead governor for safeguarding and online safety.
Mike Lacey
Vice Chair of the Governing Body. Lead governor for the Headteacher Appraisal Committee. Member of the Pay and Conditions Committee.
Adam Buckeridge
Deputy Safeguarding Lead. Lead governor for the Pupil Progress and Monitoring Committee.
Mike Jones
Member of the Health, Safety and Safeguarding Committee and the Headteacher Appraisal Committee.
Kelly Bridle
Lead governor for the Health, Safety and Safeguarding Committee.
Martin Jackson
Lead Governor for the Finance Committee.
Natasha Durbin
Member of the Health, Safety and Safeguarding Committee.
Felicity Jackson
Member of the Health, Safety and Safeguarding Committee.
Mike Worrall
Member of the Pupil Progress and Monitoring Committee. Lead governor for HR and Complaints Procedures.
Gary Lobbett
Member of the Pupil Progress and Monitoring Committee and the Headteacher Appraisal Committee. Lead governor for the Teacher Workload Toolkit.
Michael Elliott
Lead governor for the Pay and Conditions Committee. Member of the Pupil Progress and Monitoring Committee.
Jim Smith
Member of the Pupil Progress and Monitoring Committee and the Headteacher Appraisal Committee. Lead governor for the Teacher Workload Toolkit.
Our Associate Members Are:
Etelka Moon
Member of the Health, Safety and Safeguarding Committee.
Linda Hellyer
Member of the Health, Safety and Safeguarding Committee - responsible for the extended community.
Stephanie Slade
Member of the Health, Safety and Safeguarding Committee.
For additional information about members of the Governing Body please click here.
Governor Responsibilities 2020-2021
Our Clerk can be contacted at: