Our Governors

School governors play a vital role in the leadership and management of schools. They form part of the governing board, which is responsible for setting the school’s strategic direction, holding the headteacher to account for educational performance, and ensuring the school’s finances are well managed. Governors work as a team to support and challenge school leadership, helping to ensure that pupils receive the best possible education. Their work is voluntary and requires a commitment to understanding the school’s needs and contributing to its ongoing improvement.

Governors promote effective ways of teaching and learning when setting the school aims and policies. They do this together with the head teacher, who is responsible for the day-to-day management of the school. Head teachers are recruited and selected by governors – and most head teachers choose to be governors themselves.

Governing boards are accountable to parents, the local community and the Local Authority or the Trustees. Appointments are for three or usually for four years. The governing board’s main role is to help raise pupils’ standards of achievement.

The Governing Body:

• is accountable for the performance of the school to parents and the wider community
• plans the school’s future direction 
• selects the head teacher 
• makes decisions on the school’s budget and staffing including the performance management policy 
• makes sure the agreed Curriculum is well taught
• decides how the school can encourage pupils’ spiritual, moral and cultural development 
• makes sure the school provides for all pupils including those with special needs.

Governors are at the heart of how a school operates. It’s important they get things right. How they do their job effects the interests of pupils, staff and the reputation of the school in the community. Governors support and challenge head teachers by gathering views, asking questions and discussing what’s best for the school. They are not there to rubber stamp decisions. They have to be prepared to give and take advice and must be loyal to decisions taken by the governing board as a whole. As long as they act within the law and take appropriate advice, governors are protected from any financial liability for the decisions they take.

Please find below a list of Governors for our School.