OUR GOVERNING BODY

School governing bodies are responsible for working with the school to ensure that it delivers a good quality education. Together with the headteacher, who is responsible for day-to-day management, they set the school's aims and policies.

Key roles of governors:

• To ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
• To hold the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
• To oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure its money is well spent

They also carry out a number of other important duties, which include:

• Determining how the school's budget is spent
• The appointing and dismissing of staff
• Hearing appeals and grievances
• Forming policy on the school's curriculum and collective worship
• Setting standards for pupils' behaviour and discipline
• Making sure school buildings are welcoming and safe
• Setting and monitoring the school's aims and policies

The requirements for all maintained schools (regulation 13) state that a governing body must not be smaller than seven members and must include:

• At least two parent governors
• The headteacher, unless the headteacher resigns as governor
• One, and only one, staff governor
• One, and only one local authority governor

The governing body may appoint as many additional co-opted governors as they consider necessary within the statutory guidelines.

As of September 2022 our Governing Body consists of;

2 Parent Governors ~ Mr Lee Connelly and Mr David Watkins

2 Co-Opted Governors ~ Mrs Emilie Askew and Mr Lee McDermid, 

1 Local Authority Governor ~ Mr Dominic Collins

1 Staff Governor ~ Mrs Helen Ford

1 Headteacher ~ Amanda Mitchelson

Mr Dominic Collins was re-elected as Chair of the Governing Body, with Mrs Emilie Askew as Vice Chair.

Governing Body Attendance for 2022/23

Governor	Business Meeting	Aut 1  F & P	Aut 2 C & C	Spr 1 C & C	Spr 2 F & P	Budget  Setting	Sum 1 C & C
	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Feb 2023	March 2023	April  2023	July 2023
Emilie Askew	✓	✓	✓	✓	X	✓	✓
Dominic Collins	X	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lee Connelly	X	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Kerri Fitzgibbon	-	-	-	✓	X	✓	✓
Helen Ford	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lee McDermid	✓	X	X	✓	✓	X	✓
Amanda Mitchelson	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
David Watkins	✓	X	X	✓	✓	✓	X
Vacancy
Vacancy

Governing Body Attendance for 2021/22

Governor	Business Meeting	Aut  1  F&P	Aut  2 Curriculum	Spr 1 Curriculum	Spr  2 F&P	Budget  Setting	Sum 1 F&P	Sum 2
	14 Sept  2021	19 Oct 2021	23 Nov   2021	8 Feb   2022	8 March 2022	April  2022	3 May 2022	28 June 2022
Emilie Askew	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	✓	✓
Kirsty Blackman	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-
Dominic Collins	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	✓	✓
Lee McDermid	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	✓	X
Amanda Mitchelson	✓	✓	✓	✓	X	-	✓	✓
Debbie Switzer	✓	✓	✓	✓	X
Father Richard	✓	X	✓	X	✓	✓	✓	-
David Watkins	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Helen Ford	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lee Connelly	No parent nominations were received in the Autumn Term				✓	✓	✓	✓

Governing Body Attendance for 2020/21

Governor	Business Meeting	Aut  1  F&P	Aut  2 Curriculum	Spr 1 Curriculum	Spr  2 F&P	Budget  Setting	Sum 1 F&P	Sum 2
	6 Oct 2020	20 Oct 2020	15 Dec 2020	2 Feb 2021	9 March 2021	20 April 2021	11 May 2021	29 June 2021
Emilie Askew	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Kirsty Blackman	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	X	✓
Dominic Collins	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lee McDermid	✓	✓	X	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Amanda Mitchelson	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Debbie Switzer	✓	✓	✓	✓	X	✓	X	✓
Father Richard	✓	X	✓	✓	✓	X	X	✓
David Watkins	✓	X	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Helen Ford	Vacancy	Vacancy	Vacancy	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Steve Addington	X	X	✓	X	✓	✓	X	✓

Register Of Business Interests 2022/23

Governor Name	Roles, Type of Governor	Declared	Nature of Interest	Personal Relationship (if any) with members of staff	Nature of Relationship
Emily  Askew	Co-opted	Y	Self employed	N	n/a
Dominic Collins	LA  Chair	N	n/a	N	n/a
Lee Connelly	Parent	Y	Self Employed	N	n/a
Helen Ford	Staff	N	DHT	N	n/a
Lee McDermid	Co-opted	N	n/a	N	n/a
Amanda Mitchelson	Head	Y		N	n/a
David  Watkins	Parent	N	n/a	N	n/a

Register Of Business Interests 2021/22

Governor Name	Roles, Type of Governor	Declared	Nature of Interest	Personal Relationship (if any) with members of staff	Nature of Relationship
Emily              Askew	Parent	Y	Trustee of Old Heath Pre School	N	n/a
Kirsty        Blackman	Co-Opted	Y	Manager of Old Heath Pre School	N	n/a
Dominic          Collins	LA  Chair	N	n/a	N	n/a
Helen Ford	Staff	N	DHT	N	n/a
Lee McDermid	Parent	N	n/a	N	n/a
Amanda Mitchelson	Head	Y	Trustee of Old Heath Pre School	N	n/a
Debbie          Switzer	Co-Opted	Y	Trustee of Old Heath Pre School	N	n/a
Fr Richard Tillbrook	Co-Opted	N	n/a	N	n/a
David  Watkins	Parent	N	n/a	N	n/a