Our school Governors

The Governing Body, together with Mrs Sampson, our Headteacher, is responsible for the overall governance of the school ensuring that it is run efficiently and effectively to provide the very best education for our children. In brief, our role is as follows:

• Setting the strategic direction of the school ensuring its vision, Christian values and ethos are met;
• Developing, monitoring and challenging the School Development Plan to ensure standards are met and holding the head teacher to account for the performance of the school and its pupils;
• Overseeing the financial performance of the school and ensuring its money is well spent and our finances are well managed.

Governors provide their time on a voluntary basis and the governing body is made up of representatives of school staff, parents, the Local Authority and the local diocese.

The Full Governing Body meets once a term to discuss and review many areas, including: Safeguarding, School budget, school policies, Headteacher’s termly report, Collective Acts of Worship and progress against the school’s development plan.

In addition, our Governors all champion specific areas of school improvement, e.g. Teaching and Learning, Pupil Outcomes, Early Years, SEND, Sport, Leadership, Safeguarding and Christian Values. Each term, our Governors will monitor these areas either individually or through a Committee and then bring back to the FGB for discussion.

Governors hold an important public office, so in the interests of transparency, the governing body publishes details of pecuniary interests including any governance roles in other educational institutions or any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff (including spouses, partners and close relatives).

We have three committees that report into the Full Governing Body. Details of these committees and their Chairs are below.

Our Governors

 Chair of Governors: Chris Burns

Vice Chair of Governors: Vacancy

Staff Governors:

Clare Sampson (Headteacher)

Laura Tuttlebee (Deputy Headteacher)

Parent Governors:

Richard Wheatley

Ian Thoroughgood

Co-opted Governors:

Chris Burns

Foundation Governors:

Simon Rothwell

LA Governor

Anita Thornberry

 Our Committees

 Resources Committee

Clare Sampson

Sarah Baker

Ian Thoroughgood (chair)

Simon Rothwell 

Laveena Kerr

Learning, Standards and Achievement Committee

Chris Burn (Chair)

Gill Mitchell

Clare Sampson

Ian Thoroughgood

Headteacher’s Performance Management Committee

Chris Burn - Chair

Hearings

Panels are convened on a case by case basis.

Contacting the Governing Body

We are always keen to seek the views of parents, so please come and chat if you see us in the school or at any school function.

Alternatively, please contact the Chair of Governors, Chris Burns, through the school office.