Governing Body
All Governors are volunteers and have a vital role to play in making sure every child gets the best possible education. For maintained schools this is reflected in the law, which states that the purpose of maintained school governing bodies is to ‘conduct the school with a view to promoting high standards of educational achievement at the school’.
The governing body should have a strong focus on three core strategic functions:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
- Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff; and
- Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.
These functions are reflected in regulations for maintained schools that came into force in September 2013 and in the criteria Ofsted inspectors use to judge the effectiveness of governance in both maintained schools and academies.
How well a governing body does its job has a real impact on the success of a school and although they are made up of volunteers, governing bodies cannot afford to be amateur and must be held to account for their effectiveness.
Governors hold an important public office and their identity should be known to their school and wider communities. In the interests of transparency, our governance arrangements can be found below.
The Governors produce newsletters to keep you up to date of our work and priorities. These can be found in the newsletters section of this website.
Governor Information September 2021:
Carrie Lewis - Chair
Appointed on 3/12/19, elected by parents for 4 years.
Link roles - SEN/PPG/CLA, Safeguarding & Equality, Health and Safety.
Appeals, Complaints & Disciplinary, Performance Management & Pay Review.
No business, pecuniary or material interests declared or governance roles in other schools.
Attendance at FGB meetings over the last academic year: 100%
James Morris - Local Authority Governor & Vice Chair
Appointed on 23/9/2020, appointed by the governing body for 4 years.
Link roles - Curriculum & Development & EYFS.
Appeals, Complaints & Disciplinary, Performance Management & Pay Review.
No business, pecuniary or material interests declared or governance roles in other schools.
Attendance at FGB meetings over the last academic year: 100%
Maddy Freed - Co-opted Governor
Appointed on 23/09/2020, appointed by the governing body for 4 years.
Link roles - Literacy including assessment.
Appeals, Complaints & Disciplinary & Performance Management.
No business, pecuniary or material interests declared or governance roles in other schools.
Attendance at FGB meetings over the last academic year: n/a
Marina Buswell - Parent Governor
Appointed 22/09/2019, elected by parents for 4 years.
Link roles - PE & Sport Premium & Science including assessment.
Apeals, Complaints & Disciplinary, & Pay Review.
No business, pecuniary or material interests declared or governance roles in other schools.
Attendance at FGB meetings over the last academic year : 100%
Babs Culling - Associate Member
Appointed on 1/9/2018, appointed by the governing body for 4 years.
Link roles - Policy overview & Benchmarking
No business, pecuniary or material interests declared or governance roles in other schools.
Attendance at FGB meetings over the last academic year: 100%
Maria Griffin - Staff
Attended since 15/07/2020.
No business, pecuniary or material interests declared or governance roles in other schools.
Attendance at FGB meetings over the last academic year: n/a
Alan Bishop - Headteacher
Appointed on 1/1/2021 - Ex-Officio.
No business, pecuniary or material interests declared or governance roles in other schools.
Attendance at FGB meetings over the last academic year: n/a
Louise Rudd - Chair
Stepped down on 23/09/2020
Holly Fairhurst - Co-opted Governor
Stepped down on April 2021