Governors
What is a School Governor?
School governors are volunteers who help to run the school. Some are elected (staff and parent governors) and others are appointed either by the local authority or from the local community.
What do Governors do?
School governors have a wide range of responsibilities, helping to raise standards of pupil achievement and planning the school’s future direction, always in consultation with the Headteacher and other staff. We are also accountable for the performance of the school to parents and the wider community. We are not expected to take detailed decisions about the day-to-day management of the school: that is the job of the Headteacher.
Governors’ responsibilities include:
- Helping to establish the aims and policies of the school and how standards of education can be constantly improved
- Ensuring that the school upholds Christian values and ethos
- Ensuring that a broad and balanced curriculum is delivered and that it meets statutory requirements, while promoting high standards and monitoring progress during the year
- Appointing, challenging and supporting the Headteacher (being a ‘critical friend’)
- Acting as a link between the local community and the school
- Helping to set and manage the school budget
- Ensuring the health and safety of pupils and staff
At St Andrew's we do this on several levels. We meet as a Full Governing Body about four times a year but also within our sub-committees, where certain aspects of the school are considered in more detail. At present our committees are:
- Curriculum (as part of the Full Governing Body) - dealing with curriculum and assessment matters and monitoring standards; ensuring that pupils learn about British Values
- Finance, Premises, Staffing and Pay – dealing with finance, our building and grounds and dealing with all staffing matters including recruitment and appraisal
- Health and Safety - dealing with all health and safety matters
- Ethos – ensuring that the Church School foundation is fully embraced and celebrated; embedding Christian values through Collective Worship and the RE curriculum
Individual governors are also linked with a particular area, such as Special Educational Needs, Safeguarding, a curriculum subject or a year group. All governors are encouraged to visit the school during the working day if they can, but we do not interfere in the day-to-day teaching or running of the school: we leave that to the professionals!
Regular training opportunities are provided in all aspects of governors’ responsibilities and we take full advantage of these, in order to be as effective as possible.
At St Andrew's we have a lively and dedicated team who work hard for the school. Governor meetings are held either face to face or via Teams with attendance at these meetings almost always 100%.
St Andrew's CE Primary School Governors:
Mr Geoff Bailey - Chair of Governors Co-Opted Governor Governor responsible for SEN/GRT 04.03.22-03.03.26
Mr Tom Filer Parent Governor Chair of Finance, Premises, Health and Safety Committee 04.09.23-03.09.27
Mr Paul Friend Co-Opted Governor Vice Chair of Ethos 11.02.22-10.02.26
Mr Benjamin Jeffery Parent Governor Vice-Chair of Finance, Premises, Health and Safety Committee Governor responsible for Health and Safety 05.11.20-04.11.24
Mrs Fran Martin Staff Governor and Headteacher
Mrs Carol Motteram Co-opted Governor Governor responsible for Child Protection, Mental Health and Thrive 16.01.22-15.01.26
Mr Joe Sims Co-Opted Governor 01.07.24-30.06.28
Rev. Matt Thomson Foundation Governor
Joint Chair of Ethos Committee
Mrs Ruth Wratten Foundation Governor
Chair of Ethos Committee 26.01.21-25.01.25
Mr Andrew Quinton Staff Governor
Mrs Julie Mayo
Clerk to Governing Body
2024-25 Governing Body Meetings
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