Governors

What do Governors do?
Our school, like all the schools in the Trust, has a local governing body (LGB). There is a scheme of delegation, which details how the LGB should work. The LGB hold meetings during the year in which they help to support the school, its leadership and pupils whilst challenging to make sure that everyone achieves as much progress as they should.

The LGB also works alongside a regional board where region-wide issues are discussed. The Regional Board is made up of volunteers, just like a LGB, with Headteachers and chairs of governors. There is also a team of regional officers, led by the Regional Director. They provide support to the schools in finance, HR, estates and governance.

Responsibilities of Our School Governors

Accountability
Accountable for the performance of the school to parents and the wider community.

Strategy
Develop the long-term strategic direction of the school. Actively involved in the creation of the School Improvement Plan, visions and aims, and budget.

Critical Friendship
Challenges, monitors and evaluates progress against set targets.

Compliments, Comments and Concerns

The Governing Body would like to hear from you if you:
•Are happy with the service the school provides and would like to compliment the staff and its pupils;
•Have any suggestions about how the school can improve the quality of its provision;
•Have a complaint or concern. All complaints will be taken seriously and given full and proper consideration in accordance with the Complaints and Compliments Policy.

Declaration of Business and Personal interests
Governors and trustees have a legal duty to act only in the best interests of their schools. Where a situation arises in which they cannot do this due to a personal interest they have, steps should be taken to identify, prevent and record the conflict. This ensures governors or trustees are acting in the best interests of the school.

Pecuniary interests
Generally, governors should not participate in any discussions in which they or their relatives may directly or indirectly benefit from a pecuniary interest, except where the relevant authority has authorised this i.e. legislation for maintained schools or articles of association for academies. A direct benefit refers to any personal financial benefit and an indirect benefit refers to any financial benefit you may have by virtue of a relationship to someone who stands to gain from a decision of the governing board. Both direct and indirect interests must be declared.

Non-pecuniary interests (Conflicts of loyalty)
There may be a non-pecuniary interest whereby the governor does not stand to gain any benefit but a declaration should still be made. For example, this might be where a governor has a family member working in the school. While the governor might not benefit personally, their judgement could be impaired if something was brought up that would affect the family member

We have to share this information with you about our governors and governance:

Chair of Governors
Mr Sean Russell

Executive Headteacher
Miss Nicola Fisher
Head of School
Mr Tom Twort

Governors appointed by the Trust Board
Miss Gemma Cronin
Miss Emma Meola

Parent Governor
Mrs S Kennefick
Mr A Azad

Staff Governors
Mrs Carolyn Styles – Teaching
Miss Victoria Bailey – Non Teaching