Our 2023/2024 Governors
Co-opted governors are appointed by the governing body. Staff and Parent governors are voted in by the ballot. Local authority governor appointments are proposed by the local authority and ratified by the governing body.
Category of governor (appointed by): Parent Governor
Expiry of term: 14/01/2027
Sub Committees served on: Wellbeing
Additional Responsibilities: SEND Link
Annual Attendance: 3/3
Registered pecuniary interests: none
Contact:
a.bailey@shawlandsprimaryschool.co.uk
01226287171
Category of governor (appointed by): Co-opted
Expiry of term: 24/04/2028
Sub Committees served on: Standards
Additional Responsibilities: Safeguarding
Annual Attendance: 1/1
Registered pecuniary interest: none
Category of governor (appointed by): Local Authority
Expiry of term: 04/07/2024
Sub Committees served on: Standards
Annual Attendance: 1/3
Registered pecuniary interests: none
Category of governor (appointed by): Staff Governor
Expiry of term: 29/09/2026
Sub Committees served on: Wellbeing
Additional Responsibilities: N/A
Annual Attendance: 3/3
Registered pecuniary interests: none
Category of governor (appointed by): Co-Opted
Expiry of term: 06/07/2027
Sub Committees served on: Finance, Standards
Additional Responsibilities: Chair
Annual Attendance at FGB: 3/3
Registered pecuniary interest: none
Category of governor (appointed by): Co-opted
Expiry of term: 05/12/2026
Sub Committees served on: Finance
Additional Responsibilities:
Annual Attendance: 2/3
Registered pecuniary interests: none
Category of governor (appointed by): Co-opted
Expiry of term: 19/03/2026
Sub Committees served on: Standards
Additional Responsibilities: N/A
Annual Attendance: 3/3
Registered pecuniary Interests: Parent of staff member
Category of governor (appointed by): Head Teacher
Expiry of term: TBA
Sub Committees served on: Finance and Personnel
Additional Responsibilities: N/A
Annual Attendance: 1/1
Registered pecuniary interests: none
Joined April 2024
Matt Harris (Executive Head Teacher)
None voting
Registered pecuniary interests: none
Attendance 1/1
Claire Pease (Assistant Head Teacher)
None voting
Registered pecuniary interests: none
Attendance 1/1
What is the role of a Governor?
Governors are the strategic leaders of our schools and have a vital role to play in making sure every child gets the best possible education.
In all types of schools, governing bodies should have a strong focus on three core strategic functions:
Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent
This amounts to a demanding role for governing bodies. Evidence suggests that those that deliver it well do so by:
- understanding their strategic role - building a productive and supportive relationship with the headteacher while holding them to account for school performance and taking hard strategic decisions in the light of objective data
- ensuring governors have the necessary skills and commitment, including to challenge the school to bring about improvement and hold leaders to account for performance;
- appointing an effective chair to lead and manage the governing body;
- appointing a high quality clerk to advise them on the nature of their functions and duties and ensure the governing body operates efficiently and effectively;
- evaluating their performance regularly in the light of Ofsted expectations and other good practice and making changes as necessary to improve their effectiveness;
- evaluating their performance regularly in the light of Ofsted expectations and other good practice and making changes as necessary to improve their effectiveness;
- governing more than one school to develop a more strategic perspective and create more robust accountability through the ability to compare and contrast across schools.
Governing bodies may decide to task individual governors to take an interest in a specific areas, such as SEN, safeguarding or health and safety, but there is no legal requirement for either maintained schools or academies to do so. There are many different models and governing bodies are best placed to decide for themselves what will work best in their own circumstances. It is the overall governing body, however, that in all cases remains accountable in law and to Ofsted for the exercise of its functions.
This is taken from the Governor’s handbook from the Department for Education.
Do you have a question for our Governors?
We welcome any questions that may be suitable for our Governors to review and respond to, which may include school matters, such ways that we can improve our School, events, community news and more.
Please complete our contact form and a member of the Shawlands Primary School team will come back to you in due course.
