Meet the Governors

Welcome to our Governors’ section.

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's Interests and an Annual Statement of Issues for your information.

Our Purpose

The purpose of having a governing body is to:

Help the school to set high standards by planning for the school's future and setting targets for school improvement.
Keep the pressure up on school improvement
Be a critical friend to the school, offering support and advice
Help the school respond to the needs of parents and the community
Make the school accountable to the public for what it does
Work with the school on planning, developing policies and keeping the school under review
Exercise its responsibilities and powers in partnership with the headteacher and staff
Not intervene in the day-to-day management of the school unless there are weaknesses in the school, when it then has a duty to take action.

Our Governing Body

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 . They can be contacted through the school office.
How we work with the school.

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- Tracey Christian

Complaints Governor-Dave Hill

Safeguarding-Charlotte Needham

SEND and Pupil Premium- Dave Hill

Science-

Health and Safety- Kevin Hubbard

Foundation subjects- Charlotte Needham, Zoe Battison, Liam Johnson

Pupils Personal Welfare and Development- Including attendance-Dave Hill

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 (Chair)

Tracey Christian

Zoe Battison

Liam Johnson

Charlotte Needham

Kevin Hubbard

Douglas Atherton

Zach Towers

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 (Chair)

Chris Blackburn

Laura Lord

Liam Johnson

Charlotte Needham

Zoe Battison

Douglas Atherton

Kevin Hubbard

Zach Towers

Parent Governors.

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

Attendance 2021-22- All meetings

Mr. Johnson- Parent Governor.

Current Term of Office - 15.1.21-15.1.25
Register of interests and other positions held -
Committees- Business and strategic

Attendance 2021-22- All meetings

Parents, including carers, of pupils are eligible to stand for election as governors. Parent governors are elected by other parents at the school.

Co-opted Governors.

We currently have 2 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 and strategic

Attendance 2021-22- All meetings

Douglas Atherton - Co-opted Governor

Current Term of Office -20.9.22-19.9.26
Register of interests and other positions held - yes
Committees- All

Attendance-All

Zoe Battison - Co-opted Governor

Current Term of Office - 20.2.2022
Register of interests and other positions held - Parent

Committees -Strategic and Business

Attendance 2021-22- All except-Absent F.G.B Summer 2022

Kevin Hubbard- Co-opted Governor

Current Term of Office -17.1.23-16.1.27
Register of interests and other positions held -
Committees-All

Zach Towers- Co-opted Governor

Current Term of Office -10.10.23-10.10.27
Register of interests and other positions held -
Committees- All

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

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 broad. People from a business or professional background and minor authority representatives can be appointed as co-opted governors.

Local Authority Governors.

Tracey Christian

Vacancy- Local Authority Governor

Current Term of Office -12.6.23- 12.6.26
Register of interests and other positions held - HR advisor NCC
Committees- Business and strategic

Attendance 2021-22- Absent FGB Spring 2022 All other meetings attended

L.As 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.

Staff 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)

Staff Governor-Laura Lord

Term of Office - 20.5.21-20.5.24

Attendance 2021-22- All meetings

Associate Governors

Chris Blackburn is an associate governor member.

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 (no voting rights)

Term of Office: 9.9.23-.10.9.27

Attendance - All meetings