Our governing body is currently undergoing some reorganisation with new members currently being recruited.
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.
We have also provided a Register of Governor Interests and an Annual Statement of Issues for your information.
The purpose of having a governing body is to:
All schools have a governing body which is generally composed of people from four different groups:
1) The school staff
2) The Local Authority
3) Parents
4) The Local Community
Each governor is chosen by the group they represent.
Working together, governors support the school, particularly in making key decisions about its overall vision for children’s education. As a group, we never lose sight of the school’s most important people: the children. We want the best for them trying always to keep what will improve their future life chances at the front of our thinking. In the sections below, you can find a brief description of why each volunteer wanted to be a school governor.
Our Chair of Governors is Mr Dave Hill and Vice chair of governors Jackie Smith. They can be contacted through the school office.
Individual governors have specific links with areas of the school’s work and its priorities for improvement. Governors also help to appoint the school’s staff.
Link Governors.
English - Dave Hill
Maths-
Complaints Governor-Dave Hill
Safeguarding-Jackie Smith
SEND and Pupil Premium- Jackie Smith
Science- Scott Ufton
Health and Safety- Scott Ufton
Foundation subjects including RE-
Foundation Stage- Jackie Smith
Pupils Personal Welfare and Development- Including attendance-Jackie Smith
ICT-
Full governing body meeting, which is held each term, is the most formal of our meetings. The Chair of Governors manages these meetings. These meetings are used to help to shape the school’s overall vision and its goals for improvement; it also supports all aspects of curriculum policy.
Business Committee oversees the school’s budget with a focus on getting value for money for the services provided for pupils and whose work focuses on the school’s pupils and its staff, including matters of health, safety and welfare. The committee is chaired by .
Committee members:
Dave Hill
Jackie Smith
Tracey Christian
Claire Greasby
Liam Johnson
Charlotte Needham
Strategic Committee helps to shape the school’s overall vision and its goals for improvement; it also supports all aspects of curriculum policy. The committee is chaired by
Committee Members:
Dave Hill
Jackie Smith
Scott Ufton
Chris Blackburn
Laura Lord
Liam Johnson
Charlotte Needham
Mrs. Needham - Parent Governor.
Current Term of Office -15.1.21- 15.1.25
Register of interests and other positions held - None
Committees -Strategic development
Mr. Johnson- Parent Governor.
Current Term of Office - 15.1.21-15.1.25
Register of interests and other positions held -
Committees-
Parents, including carers, of pupils are eligible to stand for election as governors. Parent governors are elected by other parents at the school.
We currently have 3 vacancies for co-opted members.
Dave Hill- Co-opted Governor
Current Term of Office - 14.7.19 - 13.7.23
Register of interests and other positions held - Governor at Hall Park Academy
Committees Business
Scott Ufton - Co-opted Governor
Current Term of Office -20.4.16-20.4.20
Register of interests and other positions held - Partner of an employee Mrs Ufton /Governor at Hall Park Academy.
Committees- Strategic
Jackie Smith- Co-opted Governor
Current Term of Office -20.4.16-20.4.20
Register of interests and other positions held - Parent of an employee Rebecca (Becky) Charlton
Committees -Strategic
Kevin Edwards - Co-opted Governor
Current Term of Office - 6.6.19-6.6.23
Register of interests and other positions held - Parent of employee Claire Weightman
Committees -Strategic and Buisness
Vacancy 1- Co-opted Governor
Current Term of Office -
Register of interests and other positions held - None
Committees
Vacancy 2- Co-opted Governor
Current Term of Office -
Register of interests and other positions held - None
Committees
Vacancy 3- Co-opted Governor
Current Term of Office -
Register of interests and other positions held - None
Committees
Co-opted governors are appointed by the governing body to represent community interests. They can be individuals who
live or work in the community served by the school
are committed to the good governance and success of the school even though they do not work or live close to it.
The definition of a co-opted governor is wide. People from a business or professional background and minor authority representatives can be appointed as co-opted governors
Tracey Christian
Vacancy- Local Authority Governor
Current Term of Office -12.6.19-12.6.23
Register of interests and other positions held - HR advisor NCC
Committees
LAs are encouraged to appoint high-calibre governors to schools and to appoint candidates irrespective of any political affiliation or preference. Authorities may appoint minor authority representatives, e.g. district and parish councillors, as authority governors.
The head teacher is a staff governor by virtue of their office. Other staff, both teaching and support, may become governors as long as they are paid (volunteers do not qualify). Staff governors are elected by the school staff.
Staff Governor- Emma McGrenaghan (Headteacher)
Register of interests and other positions held: Cousin to owner of Riverside Tree services.
Staff Governor-
Term of Office
Register of interests and other positions held: None
Chris Blackburn and Claire Greasby are our associate governor members.
Associate members are appointed by the governing body to attend committee meetings and/or full governing body meetings due to their particular skills or experience.
Associate Governor- Chris Blackburn
Register of interests and other positions held: None
Term of Office: 5.5.15
Associate Governor- Claire Greasby
Register of interests and other positions held: None
Term of Office: 17.11.15