The School Governing Body

The Governing Body is responsible for the decision making that affects the school. There are currently twelve governors including Mrs Paisley. The full Governing Body meets once a term (twice in the Summer Term) and the committees each meet once a term. There are three committees which deal with certain aspects of the school.

The Headteacher and Chair of Governors are members of all committees. Each committee has a Chair who is marked below in bold.

The Chair of Governors is Mr Steve Withers who can be contacted via the school.

Buildings and Grounds

Committee members : Ann Byers, Bruce Richards, Kirstie Somerville,Steve Withers

Curriculum and Pastoral

Committee Members: Claire Armstrong, Alison Bedford, Steve Carter, Brendan McArdle

Finance and Staffing

Committee Members: Ann Byers, Bruce Richards, Kirstie Somerville,  Alison Bedford, Shiona Bickley, Steve Carter, Brendan McArdle, Rachel Hogarth and Viv Drouet

 

For more detailed information about the structure and remit of the Governing Body and the terms of reference for each committee, please click here.

Business Interests

At the start of every academic year the governors are asked to declare any business interests or financial interests. In September 2018 no interests were declared. In addition, at the start of every meeting, Governors are asked to declare any interests in agenda items for that particular meeting. If any are declared, these are minuted.

Attendance at Meetings

The table below shows the attendance at meetings from September 2017 to date.

Attendance details will be added as each set of minutes is approved. This may mean a delay as minutes are approved the term after they are written.

 

Ref	Meeting	Date	Apologies	Accepted	Notes
43	Full Governors	26/09/2017	None
S22	Staffing	10/10/2017	Mr S Withers - vacation	Yes
C22	Curriculum & Pastoral	17/10/2017	Mr B McArdle - clashes with work meeting	Yes
F22	Finance	31/10/2017	Mrs Somerville - illness	Yes
B22	Buildings & Grounds	14/11/2017
44	Full Governors	12/12/2017
S23	Staffing	30/01/2018
C23	Curriculum & Pastoral	6/02/2018
B23	Buildings & Grounds	27/02/2018
	Full Governors	15/03/2018			Special meeting ratifying HT appt
45	Full Governors	24/4/2018	Mrs Drouet - training	Yes
F S24	Finance and Staffing	04/07/2018	Rev Carter (sabbatical) Mrs Bedford (work)	Yes to both
B24	Buildings	05/06/2018	Mr Withers (holiday) Mr McArdle (work)	Yes to both
C24	Curriculum & Pastoral	19/06/2018	Rev Carter (sabbatical)	Yes
F47	Full Governors'	17/07/2018	Rev Carter (sabbatical) Mrs Drouet (family matters)	Yes to both

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minutes

There are four meetings of the Full Governing Body per year.

The most recent approved minutes of the Full Governing Body can be found here.

Please note that there was not a meeting of the Full Governing Body in December 2017. It was cancelled.

Policies

The Governing Body is responsible for keeping the school's policies up to date. There are a great number of these concerning teaching and learning, safeguarding and staffing as well as the physical aspects of the school and its finances. Those most pertinent to parents have been identified and can be found by clicking here. If you have any concerns that are not covered by these policies, please get in touch with Mrs Paisley.

Governing Body Structure:

Head teacher:

Mrs J Paisley

Local Authority Governor, appointed by the Local Authority:

Mr B McArdle

appointed by the Governing Body 22 March 2016, term ends 21 March 2020

*Mr McArdle was an Associate Member between September 2015 and 21 March 2016.

Foundation Governors, appointed by the Diocese of Carlisle:

Miss A Byers

appointed by the Diocese 10 November 2015, term ends 9 November 2019

Rev S Carter (ex officio)

Mrs V Drouet

appointed by the Diocese 14 December 2017, term ends 13 December 2021

Co-opted Governors, appointed by the school's Governing Body:

Mrs Shiona Bickley

appointed by the Governing Body 4 April 2017, term ends 3 April 2021

Mrs K Somerville

appointed by the Governing Body 1 September 2015, term ends 31 August 2019

Mr S Withers

appointed by the Governing Body 1 September 2015, term ends 31 August 2019

 

Parent Governors, elected through a ballot of parents:

Mrs A Bedford

appointed by the Governing Body 7 December 2013, term ends 6 December 2017

re-appointed by the Governing Body, 19 January 2018, term ends 18 January 2021

Mr B Richards

appointed by the Governing Body 7 December 2013, term ends 6 December 2017

re-appointed by the Governing Body, 19 January 2018, term ends 18 January 2021

Ms R Hogarth

appointed by the Governing Body, 19 January 2018, term ends 18 January 2021

Staffing Governor, elected by school staff:

Miss C Armstrong

elected by the school staff and appointed by the Governing Body 12 December 2017, term ends 11 December 2021

Associate Members, appointed by the school's Governing Body:

Mr I Newton

Mr Newton attends Buildings and Grounds meetings. He is the site manager of the school.

Clerk to the Governors:

Mrs C McDonald (who attends the Finance Committee meetings)