Governing Body Meetings 2018/2019
We generally meet on Mondays but can be felxible so that full attendance can be encouraged. Meetings start at 4.00pm and usually end around 6.00pm
However, our meetings for this academic year will be held on:
Special Strategic Governors meeting Wednesday 26th September 2018 4.00pm
Full Governors meeting Monday 10th December 2018 4.00pm
Full Governors meeting Monday 25th March 2019 4.00pm
Full Governors meeting Monday 8th July 2019 4.00pm
In addition the following meetings will take place:
Standards Meeting Tuesday 9th October 2018
Standards Meeting Monday 11th February 2019
Standards Meeting Monday 17th June 2019
In addition to the above the Head Teacher, Chair of Governors and Vice Chair meet with the CEO of Transform Trust, Rebecca Meredith, to discuss and review standards in school.
Finance and Budget Meeting Tuesday 4th November 2018
Finance and Budget Meeting Monday 4th March 2019
Finance and Budget Meeting Monday 13th May 2019
We also undertake monitoring visits in line with the monitoring schedule in school. Last year they included a range of visits looking at leadership, safeguarding, attendance, collective worship, book scrutiny, learning walks and paired observations.
All our meetings are clerked by Sheila Laithwaite. Sheila is Clerk for Transform Trust. If you wish to get in touch with any member of the Governing Body then please contact Sheila at sheila.laithwaite@transformtrust.co.uk.
Attendance Monitoring of Governing Body Meetings
It is also a requirement that we show our attendance at our formal Governing Body Meetings. These can be listed in the document below.
Governor Name |
Autumn Term 2017 |
Spring Term 2018 |
Summer Term 2018 |
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Finance Committee |
FGB |
Standards Committee |
Finance Committee |
FGB |
Finance Committee |
FGB |
|
06/11/2017 |
14/11/2017 |
12/02/2017 |
05/03/2018 |
20/03/2018 |
14/05/2018 |
10/07/2018 |
|
Karen Slack (Chair) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Daniel Farthing |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Maureen Pates |
Y |
Y |
A |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Julette Clarke |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
A |
Y |
Y |
Emma Bell |
A |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
A |
Y |
Martin Walton |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
|
|
Rev Bob Stephens |
Y |
Y |
Y |
A |
Y |
A |
Y |
David Maidment |
A |
A |
Y |
Y |
A |
A |
Y |
Father Andrew Fisher |
|
Y |
Y |
A |
Y |
A |
Y |
Jon Fordham |
Y |
A |
A |
A |
A |
Y |
A |
Laura Fitton |
|
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
A |
What is effective Governance?
To ensure that we are effective in our roles and meeting the expectations and requirements outlines in the DfE’s Governance Handbook, we undertake a range of training and development along with a lot of reading to keep ourselves up-to-date on the latest legislation and policy development. For more information about the role of school governance, the following are helpful links:
Governance Handbook, Competency Framework and Clerking Competence Framework:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/governance-handbook
Academies Financial Handbook
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academies-financial-handbook
We are also members of the National Governors’ Association www.nga.org.uk and The Key for Governors https://schoolgovernors.thekeysupport.com
Training
As a Governing Body we have undertaken the following training:
Safeguarding (Child Protection, Safer Recruitment, PREVENT,)
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)
Finance
Health and Safety
Pupil Premium Strategy
Further training this academic year will include:
Conducting a school visit
Finance
Handling Complaints
We have all completed a skills audit which enables us to identify what further training is needed – both for the individual and as a group.
Statutory Duties
We are also responsible for a number of statutory duties including:
Ensuring that the school provides a broad, balanced and innovative curriculum.
Ensuring that the school complies with the Equality Act, the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Employment Act.
Ensuring the school complies with the Special Educational Needs and Disability legislation.
Ensuring that we seek and listen to the views of our stakeholders: staff, parents/carers and children.
Karen Slack is our named Safeguarding Governor. Daniel Farthing leads on Transform Trust’s Guardians Group and undertakes safeguarding reviews for the Trust along with other Trust colleagues.
Maureen Pates is our named SEND Governor and Jon Fordham is our Pupil Premium Governor.
Our meetings are structured so that agendas ensure that we meet our statutory duties and that we also consider Trust and School policies.
Quality Assurance Reviews
Our school does not just rely on its own performance information. The school engages with both the Trust and external organisations who come in at different times during the year and undertake a range of different reviews to assess and look at what is happening right across the school. This gives the Governing Body confidence in what we are being told in terms of overall performance of the school and that our children are receiving the best possible learning provision.
Snapshot of Governance 2017/2018
School Improvement Priorities agreed with the involvement of stakeholders.
School performance regularly monitored and challenge where appropriate.
Chair of Governors attended Parents Evening
Chair and Vice Chair of Governors attended Standards Meetings with CEO
Chair of Governors present throughout KS2 SATS
Balanced budget agreed for 2018-2019
Staffing structure agreed for 2018-2019
Transform Trust and School policies in place
Audit of Safeguarding policy and Procedures undertaken
Pupil Premium Allocation. Strategy and Impact statements reviewed and published
Sports Premium Allocation, Strategy and Impact statements reviewed and published.
Admission arrangements currently under review
A range of monitoring visits conducted on progress, book scrutiny, collective worship, Attendance, SEND provision and safeguarding.
Middle leaders and Senior Leaders presented to Governing Body
Governors more visible in school and attended SLT meetings and planned meetings
Documents