Our School Governors play a crucial part in ensuring that the school is run in line with government guidelines and for the benefit of the local community. The main aim of the Governing body is to maintain and improve the standards of education for all pupils of all abilities. The Governors' role is to oversee the development of the school and to work alongside the Head Teacher providing support. The Governors are drawn from the community, parents, and school staff, all of whom play a crucial part in the running of the school. In addition to half-termly full governing body meetings there are additional Committee meetings. The Resources and Premises committee is responsible for finance. staffing and health and safety of the school buildings and grounds. The Children and Learning committee is responsible for ensuring that the education of all children, including those with Special Educational Needs is appropriate and challenging, and that children's progress is carefully monitored and that interventions are put in place where necessary.
Our Chair of Governors, Mr Kevin Davies, can be contacted via the school office.
We are delighted that Ofsted rated the leadership and management of the school as “Outstanding” in March 2015:
“Skilled governors consistently and effectively challenge and support leaders. This has helped to secure outstanding teaching and achievement.”
We have 12 governors serving on our Governing Body, representing different sections of the community. Associate Governors have voting rights at the Committee stage only but not at Full Governing Body stage. Our current governors are as follows:
|
Governor Type |
Name of Governor |
Term of office expires |
Responsibilities |
Pecuniary Interest |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-opted | VACANCY | ||||||
| Co-opted | Mrs Georgina Howarth | 14 May 2027 | |||||
| Co-opted | Mr Darren Cornwall | 16 Oct 2026 | Health and Safety | ||||
| Co-opted | Mr Stephen Corcocan | 16 Oct 2026 | EAL and Diversity | ||||
| Co-opted | Mrs Sue Tadman | 16 Oct 2026 | SEND and Curriculum | None: November 2022 | |||
| Parent | Miss Paula Goddard | 29 Oct 2026 | |||||
| Parent | Mrs Susanna Woods | 31 Oct 2025 | Staff Wellbeing, PE Premium | ||||
| Foundation | Rev Alwyn Pereira | Ex Officio | Christian Distinctiveness | None: December 2021 | |||
| Foundation | VACANCY | ||||||
| Headteacher | Mrs Dorothy Patton | Ex Officio | None: September 2022 | ||||
| Staff | Mrs Miriam Thorley | 1 April 2025 | None: August 2022 | ||||
| Local Authority |
Mr Kevin Davies |
17 March 2025 |
Chair of Governors, Finance |
Governor at St. Michael's Junior School: September 2022 |
GOVERNOR DIVERSITY
Schools have been asked by the Department for Education to report on Governor diversity on their website. The last diversity audit was completed in May 2023.
- GENDER - Female 64%; Male 36%
- ETHNIC INFORMATION: Any other ethnic group 9%, Mixed white/Asian 9%, White British 82%
