Welcome to the Governors Page of our website.

Our Chair of Governors is Mr Mark Cotterill.

Who are the school governors?

The school governing body shall consist of:
1x Local Authority Governor
Mrs Audra Wynter

6 x Co-Opted Governors;

Mrs Dianne Finnie

Mr Mark Cotterill (Chair of Governors)

Mr Mark Taylor

Mrs Katrina Woodward

Mr Marc Routledge

1 vacancy

1 x Associate Governor;

Mr David Stewart (OBE)

( Associate Governors bring specialist skills, knowledge and experience to support the work of the Governing Board. They may attend governing board and committee meetings, contribute to discussions and help inform decision-making. While Associate Governors play an important advisory role, they are not full members of the Governing Board and do not have voting rights.)

1x Headteacher;
Mrs Alison Thomas

2x Elected Parent Governors
Mrs Sarah-Jane Blake 

1 vacancy

1x Elected Staff Governor:
Mrs Eleanor Bragg

What do they do?
The role of the governing body is to take a largely strategic role in the running of the school.
This includes:
- Setting up a strategic framework for the school and helping to decide the school's strategy for improvement;
- Setting its aims, objectives and priorities.
- Agreeing policies and targets for achieving the objectives;
- Monitoring and reviewing aims, objectives and whether the policies, targets and priorities are being achieved;
- Acting as a critical friend by asking questions and push for improvements as well as promoting the interests of the school and its pupils;
- Ensure accountability by discussing and refining proposals while respecting the professional roles of the Head Teacher and other staff.
- In its turn the governing body answers for its actions to parents and the wider local community for the schools overall performance.
- The governing body is not responsible for the internal organisation, management and control of the school. This is the responsibility of the Head Teacher.

Powers and Duties of the Governing Body
The governing body has general responsibility for the conduct of the school with a view to:

- promoting high standards of educational achievement
- Setting appropriate targets for pupil achievement at Key Stages 1 and 2
- Managing the school's budget;
- Making sure that the curriculum for the school is balanced and broadly based.
- Reporting National Curriculum assessments and examination results.
- Appointing the head teacher and deputy head teacher, determining how the appointment of other staff will be managed and establishing procedures for management of staff conduct and discipline and staff grievances;
- Reviewing the school’s performance management policy
- Managing governor's duties to pupils with Special Educational Needs under Section 317 of the Education Act 1996
- Drawing up an action plan after an inspection.

Committees
We have the following subcommittees:
 Finance and General Purposes Committee

This can be attended by all members of the governing body and all governors (apart from associate governors) have voting rights on this committee.

Board Diversity

The Governing Board collects diversity information from governors on a voluntary basis. Due to the small size of the board, publishing detailed diversity data could risk identifying individuals. The board recognises the importance of diversity and is committed to ensuring a broad range of skills, experience and backgrounds are represented in its membership.