Monksdown Primary School

Monksdown Primary School

Governors

SCHOOL NOTICES:

Details of the structure and responsibilities of the governing body and its committees

After a ballot of parents the following have been elected to the Governing body from February 2023

Mrs M Diab, Mr M Douglas, Mrs M McKeown

 

                                                                           

 

Governors’ Committee Structure

 

Curriculum and SEC Standards and Effectiveness

 

Performance & Standards

Incorporating Teaching and Learning / Inclusion / Curriculum / School Improvement)

  • Jacquie Price
  • Gill Stewart (associate member – no voting rights)
  • Maya Diab
  • Michelle McKeown
  • Katie Lawrenson
  • Sequoia Chapman
  • Josh Cliff

 

 

Resources

 

Resources & Health & Safety

  • Jacquie Price
  • Martin Reynolds
  • Josh Cliff
  • Michelle McKeown
  • Joanne Needham

 

Finance

  • Jacquie Price
  • Martin Reynolds
  • Josh Cliff
  • Michelle McKeown
  • Joanne Needham

 

Personnel & Staffing

  • Martin Reynolds
  • Jacquie Price
  • Gill Stewart (Associate Member – no voting rights)
  • Josh Cliff
  • Michelle McKeown

 

Details of Governors and their roles

LEA Representative Governors:

 

THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNING BODY

The governing body’s role is to:

  • Provide a Strategic View
  • Act as a Critical Friend
  • Ensure Accountability

In practice this means:

 

STEERING:

  • Agreeing aims
  • Agreeing policies
  • Setting budget
  • Agreeing improvement plans
  • Responding to inspection

 

MONITORING:

  • Plans
  • Budget
  • Standards of education

 

EXECUTIVE DECISIONS:

  • Recruitment
  • Dismissal
  • Admissions and appeals against exclusion

 

ACCOUNTING TO PARENTS:

  • School Profile

 

SUPPORT:

  • Supporting and advising the Headteacher

 

 Information about each governor, including their:

  • full name, date of appointment, term of office, date they stepped down (where applicable) and who appointed them (in accordance with the governing body’s instrument of government)
  • business and financial interests
  • governance roles in other educational institutions
  • any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff (including spouses, partners and close relatives)
  • attendance record at governing body and committee meetings over the last academic year