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Governors

What do school governors do?

Governors work with senior leaders in the strategic development of the school and in raising standards of achievement. Duties include setting the school’s vision, ethos, aims and objectives, approving the school budget and policies and appointing the Headteacher.

Governors must both support and challenge the Headteacher, so need to gain an understanding of the school’s overall performance in order to explain its decisions and actions. They do this by attending regular meetings, carrying out school visits and meeting with senior leaders. They also attend training in order to keep up to date with the requirements of their role. Governors work as a team and make collective decisions.

Our school governing body consists of:

Name	Role	Term of Office	Appointed By	Original Appointment Date	Meetings Attended 2018/19
Kyri Souppouris	Foundation Governor/ Chair of Governors	17/02/2016-16/02/2020	Diocese	17/02/2016	6/6
Belle Howard	Foundation Governor/Vice Chair	08/10/2019-07/10/2023	Diocese	08/10/2015	5/6
Rachel Kershaw	Head Teacher	While in office	By virtue of office	01/09/2018	6/6
Father Anthony Moore	Foundation Governor	22/02/2017	By virtue of Office	26/10/2016	3/6
Alison Patrick	Foundation Governor	07/08/2018- 06/08/2022	Diocese	07/04/2017	6/6
Diana Farrell	Foundation Governor	20/11/2017- 19/11/2021	Diocese	19/11/2021	5/6
Joanna Vowles	Foundation Governor	28/09/2018-27/09/2022	Diocese	28/09/2018	3/4
Lindsey Dearnley	Parent Governor	07/08/2018-  06/08/2022	Elected by Parents	07/08/2018	6/6
Sodi Toby	Parent Governor	22/05/2019- 21/05/2023	Elected by Parents	22/05/2019	1/1
Vanessa Britton	Foundation Governor	24/09/2019 - 23/09/2023	Diocese	24/09/2019	N/A
Judith Hewitt	Foundation Governor	21/11/2019-20/11/2023	Diocese	21/11/2019	N/A
Tony Foulger	Local Authority Governor	09/01/2020 - 08/01/2024	Local Authority	09/01/2020	N/A
Rachel Goddard	Staff Governor	28/09/2018 - 27/09/2022	Elected by staff	28/9/2018	5/5

Full Governing Body and Committees

The Governing body of St. Margaret’s is responsible for ensuring that the school is run to promote pupil’s achievement and welfare and we are responsible for health and safety of staff and children on school property. We support and encourage all aspects of school life by acting as a “critical friend”. By that we mean we fully support our Headteacher Mrs Kershaw but also ask important and difficult questions. The duties of the school governing body include:

Setting the strategic direction of the school ensuring the Christian ethos is at the heart of all we do
Approving the school budget

Reviewing progress against the school’s budget and objectives
Maintaining the upkeep of buildings and grounds
Appointing staff including full responsibility for appointment of new Headteacher.

The Full Governing Body meets as a whole group at least 4 times a year, although additional meetings may be called as required. The governing body is split up into the following committees and the meet either half termly or as required:

Resources & Finance

Responsible for overseeing the financial performance of the school and ensuring its money is spent well. This committee also has responsibility for ensuring the effective and efficient performance management of staff.

Committee Chair: Lindsey Dearnley
Committee Vice Chair: Kyri Souppouris

Achievement & Curriculum

Responsible for holding executive leaders to account for educational performance of the organisation and its pupils. This committee is also responsible for ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.

Committee Chair: Belle Howard

Ethos

Responsible for preserving and developing the Christian character and distinctiveness of the school, ensuring that Christian principles underpin and are manifested in every aspect of school life. The committee is also responsible for ensuring that school leaders, staff, volunteers and governors all contribute to sustaining, developing and promoting the school’s distinctive Christian ethos and vision.

Committee Chair: Fr Anthony Moore

Headteacher Appraisal Panel

Membership - Kyri Souppouris, Belle Howard, Alison Patrick.

Pay Committee

Membership – Lindsey Dearnley, Kyri Souppouris, Jo Vowles.

Governor Roles and Responsibilities

All Governors belong to at least one of the committees above. In addition, individual governors also have individual roles as follows:

Admissions Governor - Jo Vowles
Maths Governor - Alison Patrick

English Governor - Sodi Toby
RE Governor - Fr Anthony Moore
EYFS Governor – Judith Hewitt
SEND Governor - Diana Farrell
Pupil Premium Governor - Lindsey Dearnley

Staff Governor - Rachel Goddard
Safeguarding Governor – Vanessa Brittton
Health & Safety Governor - Tony Foulger
Equalities Governor - Sodi Toby
Training Governor- Belle Howard

Data Protection Governor – Vanessa Britton

In the past 12 months we have also had the following members on our governing body:

Name	Role	Term of Office	Appointed By	Original Appointment Date	Meetings Attended 2018/19
Lynda Hyde	Local Authority Governor	09/07/2011-08/07/2019	Local Authority	09/07/2011	2/4
Trish Venturi	Associate Governor	01/04/2018 – 31/03/2019	Governing Body	01/04/2010	5/5
Will Durant	Parent Governor	22/05/2015-21/05/2019	Elected by Parents	22/05/2015	5/5
Anne Smalley	Foundation Governor	16/02/2017-26/07/2019	Diocese	16/02/2017	5/6

Governors’ Register of Interests

You can download the Register of Interests here.

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