Governing Body
School Governors
School governors are one of the country's largest voluntary groups with around 300,000 contributing to strategic development and raising standards of achievement at more than 30,000 schools. The role of the governing body is absolutely key to the effectiveness of a school.
Governors are asked to act with integrity, honesty and objectivity and give their time voluntarily to work as part of a team.
School governors are drawn from different parts of the community and can be parents and staff or from the Local Authority, the community and other groups. This helps ensure the governing board has sufficient diversity of views and experience but does not mean governors of a particular category represent that group on the governing board. For example, parent governors do not represent the parents at the school and do not report back to them. Each individual governor is a member of a governing board, which is established in law as a corporate body. Individual governors may not act independently of the rest of the governing board. Decisions are the joint responsibility of the governing board.
The Role of School Governors
School governors provide strategic leadership and accountability in schools. It is governors who hold the main responsibility for finance in schools, and it is governors who work with the Headteacher to make the difficult decisions about balancing resources.
The governing board has considerable discretion as to how to discharge its responsibilities but is required to constitute itself in line with the regulations and to appoint a chair and vice chair. The governing board may delegate certain responsibilities to particular governors or committees of governors, although in general, it is not compelled to do so.
Meetings of the full Board of Governors are held once a term. Committee meetings are arranged each half term or as and when required.
Compliments, Comments and Concerns
The Local Governing Board would like to hear from you if you:
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Are happy with the service the school provides and would like to compliment the staff and its pupils;
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Have any suggestions about how the school can improve the quality of its provision;
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Have a complaint or concern. All complaints will be taken seriously and given full and proper consideration in accordance with the Complaints and Compliments Policy.
Please send your comments or concerns in writing for the attention of the chair of governors to the school office who will promptly forward onto the appropriate member of the governing board.
For resignations over the last 12 months, please see audited accounts.
