Committees and Responsibility

Full Governing Body

The Full Governing Body meets four times a year. There are two subcommittees – Teaching, Learning and  Pupil Support and Resources – which each meet three times a year. 

Resources - Sub-Committee

The Resources Committee is responsible for staffing (including Human Resources), budgets and financial matters, equality and diversity, premises and property management, health and safety and nutritional standards.

The Resources Sub-Committee is composed of the following Governors:

M Dawson (HT)

E Bullock

J Hanwell 

J Lambert (Chair) 

The School Business Manager (A Richards) attends the Resources Sub-Committee.

Teaching Learning and Pupil Support- Sub-Committee

Teaching, Learning includes responsibility for teaching and learning matters including target setting, standards and achievement, monitoring teaching and learning and curriculum provision. The governing body takes part in school improvement discussions.  

Pupil Support includes an oversight responsibility for pupil behaviour, safeguarding, attendance, SEND (including reporting annually on the success of the SEN policy) and children’s spiritual moral social and cultural development.

The Teaching and Learning Sub-Committee is composed of the following Governors:

M Dawson (HT)

C Fletcher

J Haddock

S Robertshaw

J Sanders

J Winster (Chair)

The Governing Body also has a Pay Review Committee which is responsible for ensuring the implementation of the school Pay Policy and Teacher Appraisal Policy. It normally meets once a year. The Headteacher's performance management cycle is run by the Headteacher Performance Management Committee.

Governors' Responsibilities

Governors also have particular roles and responsibilities, and undertake visits in school linked with
these roles. The key roles are:

Child protection and safeguarding - C Fletcher
Special educational needs and disability (SEND) - J Sanders
Early reading and phonics - J Winster
Attendance – J Sanders
Children looked after - C Fletcher
Complaints - J Lambert
Early years foundation stage (EYFS) - J Winster
Equalities - J Winster
Literacy - J Winster
Government grant funding – pupil premium, PE and sports premium, SEND top up funding - J Lambert
Health and safety - S Robertshaw
Maths - J Hanwell
Well-being (pupil and staff) - S Robertshaw
Training governor - J Lambert

Sustainability - E Bullock

Governance Information including Business, Financial & Pecuniary Interests 

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