Governor Responsibilities & Structure
Governor Responsibilities
Parliament has given a range of duties and powers to governing bodies under the Education Acts. In a school like ours with a delegated budget they include the following:
- conducting the school with a view to promoting high standards of educational achievement;
- setting appropriate targets for pupil achievement;
- taking general responsibility for the conduct of the school - in practice this should include how in broad strategic terms it should be run;
- managing the school’s budget;
- making sure that the curriculum for the school is balanced and broadly based and in particular that the National Curriculum and religious education are taught, and reporting on National Curriculum assessments and examination results;
- determining the staff complement and a pay policy for the school;
- participating in the appointment of the head and deputy head teacher and other staff and regulating staff conduct and discipline;
- establishing, following consultation with all staff, and reviewing annually a performance management policy for staff appraisal; and
- drawing up an action plan after an inspection.
The governing bodies of community schools are corporate bodies. A corporate body has a legal identity separate from that of its members.
As the governing body has a separate legal identity, it is generally the governing body rather than individual governors which is legally responsible for the acts of the governors.
Governor Body Structure
Chair |
Sophie Collins |
Vice-Chair |
Stephen Maguire |
Resources |
Stewart Davidson (Chair) Ian Milham (Vice-Chair) Sophie Collins Dan Hoskins Gary Scallan Stephen Maguire (if required for meeting to be quorate) |
Teaching & Learning |
Stephen Maguire (Chair) Michelle Read (Vice-Chair) Dan Hoskins John Bell Donna Smith Stuart Gaunt |
Pay Committee (3) |
Stewart Davidson (Chair) Ian Milham Sophie Collins |
Head Teacher’s Performance Management |
Stephen Maguire (Chair) Stewart Davidson John Bell |
Safeguarding |
Michelle Read |
Health and Safety |
Stephen Maguire |
Development and Training |
Sophie Collins |
Pupil Premium |
Ian Milham |
SEND |
Stephen Maguire |
English |
John Bell |
Maths |
Stuart Gaunt |
Well-being |
John Bell |
Recruitment and Induction |
Sophie Collins |