Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff, visitors and volunteers to share this commitment.
If you have any concerns regarding the safeguarding of any of our pupils please contact one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads: Mrs Sarginson, Mrs Hill or Mrs Dixon
Please see the safeguarding section of our website under Policies > Safeguarding.
Welcome to our Governors’ section.
The responsibilities of the governing body are defined by legislation. The DCSF Governor's Guide to the Law addresses governors' responsibilities in detail. However, simply the governing body has three main roles:
1. Strategic - The governing body sets the general direction of the school, looking at how it should best develop. This is done by reviewing and agreeing policies, targets and priorities and monitoring and reviewing aims and objectives.
2. Critical Friend - A governing body should work with the Headteacher and create a clear understanding of the challenges face in managing a school.
3. Accountability - A school is a business and its stakeholders are the learners. The governing body must have a professional attitude and use its collective skills to benefit the learners. It must gather views, ask questions and decide what is best for the school. The governing body is answerable to parents, the wider community and the local authority.
School governors are drawn from different parts of the community, such as: parents, the staff, the local authority (LA), the community and other groups. This helps to ensure that the governing body has sufficient diversity of views and experience but does not mean that governors of a particular category "represent" that group on the governing body. Although elected by parents, parent governors are not mandated to express any views apart from their own. They are ‘representative parents’ not ‘representatives of parents’.
INFORMATION REGARDING GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS
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TERM OF OFFICE (4 years) |
POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY |
BUSINESS INTERESTS |
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP |
Attendance 2018/2019 |
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Commenced |
Ends |
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Relevant Business Interests |
Any relationships between governor and members of school staff |
Other Educational Establishments governed |
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Com |
Full |
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Mrs G Sarginson Headteacher |
1st September 2006 - |
ongoing |
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None |
None |
None |
Curriculum & Standards Complaints Pupil Discipline Personnel & Pay Resources |
3/3
N/A N/A 1/1 4/4 |
3/3 |
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Mr P Ferry Co-opted Governor |
7th February 2019 |
6th February 2023
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Chair of Governors Chair – HT Appraisal Chair – Personnel & Pay Implementation
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None |
None |
Big Life Group Multi Academy Trust |
Resources HT Appraisal Pupil Discipline Personnel & Pay |
1/4 1/1 N/A 1/1 |
2/3 |
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Mrs K Burnley Parent Governor |
15th November 2017 |
14th November 2021 |
Vice Chair of Givernors Link Governor Safeguarding
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None |
None |
None |
Curriculum & Standards Personnel Appeals Pupil Discipline Safeguarding Resources |
3/3
N/A
N/A 5/5 4/4 |
3/3 |
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Mr I Dawson Co-opted Governor |
7th February 2019 |
6th February 2023
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Chair of Resources committee HT appraisal review officer |
None |
None |
None |
Curriculum & Standards Complaints HT Appraisal Personnel & Pay Resources |
2/3
N/A 1/1 1/1 2/4 |
3/3 |
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Miss S Harland Staff Governor |
5th November 2017 |
4th November 2021
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Link Governor for Assessment, Maths |
None |
None |
None |
Curriculum & Standards |
3/3 |
3/3 |
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Mrs K Hill Co-opted Governor |
7th February 2019 |
6th February 2023
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Link Governor for Inclusion incl. Pupil Premium
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None |
None |
None |
Curriculum & Standards Safeguarding
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3/3
5/5 |
3/3 |
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Mrs K Hilton Parent Governor |
21st July 2018 |
20th July 2022 |
Chair of Pupil Discipline
Link Governor Safeguarding |
None |
None |
None |
Curriculum & Standards Pupil Discipline Complaints Personnel Appeals Safeguarding |
0/3
N/A
N/A
3/5 |
2/3 |
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Mrs J Richmond LA Governor |
27th January 2016 |
26th January 2020 |
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None |
None |
None |
Curriculum & Standards Complaints |
2/3
N/A |
3/3 |
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Mrs J Brown Co-opted Governor |
5th January 2018 |
4th January 2022 |
Link governor safeguarding |
None |
None |
None |
Curriculum & Standards Safeguarding |
0/3
3/5 |
2/3 |
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Mr G Weir Parent Governor |
16th January 2018 |
15th January 2022 |
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Curriculum & Standards |
1/3 |
3/3 |
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Mrs L McWhirter Parent Governor |
4th November 2019 |
3rd November 2023 |
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Vacancy Co-opted Governor |
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Mrs N Holden Associate Governor |
4th November 2019 | ||||||||
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Mrs G Duggan Associate Governor |
4th November 2019 | ||||||||