COMPOSITION OF THE ALL SAINTS’ CE PRIMARY SCHOOL BOARD OF GOVERNORS
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Name | Category of Governor | Appointing Body | Term of Office | Committee Membership | Position of Responsibility |
Grace Bennion | Foundation Governor | Diocese of Carlisle | March 2019 – March 2023 | Community Committee, Finance and Staffing Committee, Pay Committee, Staff Dismissal Appeals Committee, Complaints Committee. | Vice Chair of Governors. Special Education Needs Governor, Numeracy Governor. Relationship Governor. |
Sarah Blackburn | Parent Governor | Parental election | March 2021 – March 2025 | Community Committee, Staff Dismissal Appeals Committee. | |
Philip Burrage | Parent Governor appointment ended March 2021 | Parental election | March 2017 – March 2021 |
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Andrew Carter | Local Authority Governor | Nominated by the Local Authority but appointed by the Governing Body of All Saints’ CE Primary School | October 2020 – October 2024 | Finance and Staffing Committee, Pay Committee. | Chair of Finance Committee |
Rev'd Jane Charman | Ex-officio Governor | Diocese of Carlisle | January 2022 until the position which entitles the individual to be a Governor comes to an end | ||
Richard Cook | Foundation Governor | Diocese of Carlisle | February 2022 - February 2026 | Community Committee, Complaints Committee, Staff Dismissal Committee.
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Simon Cook | Co-opted Governor | Governing Body of All Saints’ CE Primary School | January 2022 – January 2026 | Health and Safety / Buildings and Grounds Committee. |
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Yvonne Dykes | Staff Governor | Staff election of All Saints’ CE Primary School | April 2020 – April 2024 | Community Committee, Curriculum Committee. |
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Jane Hunter | Parent Governor | Parental election | September 2018 – September 2022 | Curriculum Committee, Staff Dismissal Committee, Pupil Discipline Committee, Complaints Committee. | Chair of Governors, Governor to manage Performance Management, Attendance Governor, Single Equality Governor. |
Mary Mitchelhill | Co-opted Governor | Governing Body of All Saints’ CE Primary School | January 2022 – January 2026 | Community Committee, Pupil Discipline Committee, Staff Dismissal Appeals Committee. |
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Elizabeth Pritchard | Co-opted Governor | Governing Body of All Saints’ CE Primary School | June 2018– June 2022 | Curriculum Committee. | Child Protection Governor, Looked After Children Governor, Literacy Governor |
Nicola Smallwood | Headteacher | Member by virtue of her position as Headteacher | January 2008 until the position which entitles the individual to be a Governor comes to an end | Health and Safety / Buildings and Grounds Committee, Curriculum Committee, Community Committee, Finance and Staffing Committee, Pay Committee. |
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Neil Watkins | Parent Governor | Parental election | November 2021- November 2025 | Health and Safety / Buildings and Grounds Committee, Staff Dismissal Committee. |
ASSOCIATE STAFF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Name | Staff Position | Committee Membership | Voting Rights |
Heather Hobday | Bursar | Finance and Staffing Committee | No |
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ATTENDANCE RECORD OF THE ALL SAINTS’ CE PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Name | Category of Governor | Attendance record at Full Governors’ meetings for the academic year 2020/21 | Attendance record at Committee meetings for the academic year 2020/2021 |
Grace Bennion | Foundation Governor | 100% | Community Comittee 66% |
Phil Burrage | Parent Governor | 66% term of office ended March 2021 | Finance 100% |
Andy Carter | LA Governor | 66% term of office started October 2020 |
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Simon Cook | Co-opted Governor | 66% | Health and Safety / Buildings and Grounds Committee 100% |
Richard Cook | Foundation Governor | 100% | Community Committee 100% |
Yvonne Dykes | Staff Governor | 100% | Community Committee 100% Curriculum Committee 100% |
Jane Hunter | Parent Governor | 100% | Curriculum Committee 100% |
Mary Mitchelhill | Co-opted Governor | 33% | Community Committee 66%
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Liz Pritchard | Co-opted Governor | 100% | Curriculum Committee 66% |
Nicola Smallwood | Headteacher | 100% | Health and Safety / Buildings and Grounds Committee 100% Curriculum Committee 100% Community Committee 100% Finance and Staffing Committee 100% Pay Committee 100% |
Neil Watkins | Parent Governor | 100% | Health and Safety / Buildings and Grounds Committee 100% |
ASSOCIATE STAFF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Name | Staff Position | Attendance record at Committee meetings for the academic year 2019/20 |
Heather Hobday | Bursar | Finance and Staffing Committee 100% |
ALL SAINTS’ CE PRIMARY SCHOOL GOVERNORS’ REGISTER OF INTERESTS
Name | Relevant Business Interests | Other Educational Establishments Governed | Relationship between Governors and Staff |
Grace Bennion | None | None | None |
Sarah Blackburn | None | None | None |
Andrew Carter | None | None | None |
Jane Charman | None | Governor at Dean CE School and a Member of Eaglesfield Paddle CE Academy | None |
Richard Cook | None | None | None |
Simon Cook | None | None | None |
Yvonne Dykes | None | None | None |
Jane Hunter | None | None | None |
Mary Mitchelhill | None | None | None |
Elizabeth Pritchard | None | None | None |
Nicola Smallwood | None | None | None |
Neil Watkins | Director of Energy Crops Consultancy 2020 Ltd | None | None |
ALL SAINTS’ CE PRIMARY SCHOOL GOVERNORS’ REGISTER OF INTERESTS
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Name |
Relevant Business Interests |
Other Educational Establishments Governed |
Relationship between Governors and Staff |
Heather Hobday |
None |
None |
None |
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The Governing Body of All Saints’ CE Primary School
The governing body needs to take a strategic role, act as a critical friend to the school and be accountable for its decisions. It should set aims and objectives and agree, monitor and review policies, targets and priorities
Terms of reference:
• To agree constitutional matters*, including procedures where the governing body has discretion
• To recruit new members as vacancies arise and to appoint new governors* where appropriate
• To hold at least three governing body meetings a year*
• To appoint or remove the Chair and Vice Chair*
• To appoint or remove a Clerk to the governing body*
• To appoint or remove community governors
• To establish the committees of the governing body and their terms of reference*
• To appoint the Chair of any committee (if not delegated to the committee itself)
• To appoint or remove a Clerk to each committee*
• To suspend a governor*
• To appoint, suspend or remove the headteacher and deputy headteacher*
• To establish disciplinary / capability procedures
• To decide which functions of the governing body will be delegated to committees, groups and individuals*
• To receive reports from any individual or committee to whom a decision has been delegated and to consider whether any further action by the governing body is necessary*
• To ensure that the governing body complies with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act to publish a publication scheme and put in place procedures for dealing with requests for information
• To establish a policy which decides what expenses should be paid to governors and associate members to ensure they are not out of pocket for the valuable work they do for the school
• To approve the first formal budget plan of the financial year
• To approve the Health and Safety Policy and revisions where appropriate and to ensure health and safety regulations are followed
• To adopt and review the home-school agreement
• To review annually the appraisal policy
• To agree whether or not the Chief Education Officer / diocesan authority should have advisory rights
• To establish a discipline policy
• To develop a school buildings strategy and contribute as required to the LA Asset Management Planning arrangements
• To publish proposals to change the category of the school
• To ensure that there are effective confidential reporting arrangements for staff and governors
• To ensure that any business interests are declared at each meeting by everyone present and that a Register of Governors’ Business Interests is maintained
• To appoint a “responsible person” in respect of pupils with special needs
• To be responsible for any decisions concerning the school forming part of a Federation
• To decide whether to offer or cease offering extended school provision
• To review the delegation arrangements annually*
* these matters cannot be delegated to either a committee or an individual
Reporting arrangements must be established between the governing body and its standing committees which ensures a proper flow of information accounting for the work and decisions of those committees on behalf of the governing body.
Quorum: The quorum for a full governing body meeting and vote must be one half (rounded-up to the nearest whole number) of the complete membership of the governing body, excluding any governor vacancies. For Standing Committees, the quorum is a minimum of three full governors.
Approved at the meeting of the Full Governing Body: 4 October 2021
All Saints' Primary School Governors' Community Committee
Constitution and Terms of Reference
Principles
The committee will be democratic and open to the Governors elected from the Governing Body of All Saints` CE Primary School.
Members agree to keep up to date on information provided on community matters.
Structure
The committee will comprise of:
Membership, appointment and tenure:
Governors and prospective co-opted members must be nominated and approved by the full Governing Body on an annual basis.
Meetings and conduct of business
Terms of Reference
The committee has been set up to support the development of and to monitor the progress of, School Improvement Action Plans for community development. The objectives of the committee are:
Approved at the meeting of the Full Governing Body: 4 October 2021
All Saints' CE Primary School Terms of Reference for the Premises /
Health and Safety Committee
CONSTITUTION:
The Membership of the Committee will be agreed by the full Governing Body.
A quorum will be at least three Governors. (NB.Associate Members do not count towards the quorum).
The Chairperson of the Committee will be elected by the Governors of the Health and Safety Committee.
The Governing Body will not confer any voting rights on non governors.
TERMS OF REFERENCE
PREMISES
HEALTH AND SAFETY
To ensure that all Governors and Staff have access to health and safety policies, codes of practice, risk assessments and other health and safety procedures issued by the County Council/LA specifically:
and that that the documents contained in them are consulted on and acted upon.
EDUCATIONAL VISITS
SCHOOL'S HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY STATEMENT
To liaise with the Headteacher to ensure that:
EMERGENCY PLAN
To carry out a regular review of the school's Emergency Plan and to ensure contact details are updated as necessary.
MINUTES
To ensure minutes (with decisions and action points) are taken at each meeting and circulated promptly to all members of the Governing Body and the Clerk to Governors.
To ensure the minutes are available for visiting County Council Health and Safety Advisers when requested for audit purposes.
The composition and terms of reference will be reviewed annually in the Autumn Term.
Approved at the meeting of the Full Governing Body: 4 October 2021
All Saints' (C of E) Primary School Finance Committee
The Governing Body can delegate any of its statutory functions to a committee, subject to prescribed restrictions; the full Governing Body shall agree the level of delegation to this committee.
Membership
The Governing Body shall determine, and review annually at the first meeting of the school year, the establishment, terms of reference, constitution and membership of the Finance Committee
Associate members may be members of the Committee, but the majority of Committee members shall be Governors. Associate members may give advice, and may have limited voting rights in accordance with any restrictions placed upon them by the Governing Body. Statutorily, they may not vote on resolutions concerning the budget or financial commitments of the Governing Body.
Chairing
The Chair of the Committee will be appointed by the Finance Committee.
Attendance
Members of the Committee, the Headteacher and the Clerk to the Committee have a right to attend Committee meetings. The Governing body or Committee may allow other persons to attend.
Quorum
The quorum for Committee meetings shall be determined by the Committee, but must be at least three Governors who are members of the committee. (The committee shall not meet without the Headteacher.)
Meetings
The Committee shall meet at least once a term and more often if required.
Clerking
The Bursar shall be the Clerk to the committee and adopted as an Associate Member.
Terms of Reference
Approved at the meeting of the Full Governing Body: 4 October 2021
All Saints’ CE Primary School Governors’ Curriculum Committee
CONSTITUTION AND TERMS OF REFERENCE
1. Name
The organisation shall be known as the All Saints’ Curriculum Committee
2. Principles
2 1 The committee will be democratic and open to the governing body of All Saints' School.
2 2 Members agree to keep up to date on information provided on curriculum matters including school performance indicator
2.3 Minutes will be taken and presented to the next full Governors' meeting
3. Structure
3 1. The committee will comprise of:
The role of Chairperson will be adopted at each meeting.
3 2 Membership appointment and tenure:
3 2 . Governors and prospective co-opted members must be nominated and approved by the full Governing Body.
3.3 Meetings and conduct of business
3.3.1 Each group will elect a Chairperson annually at the first meeting on or after September.
3.3.2 As a minimum, all groups will meet at least once per term
3.3.3 The Chairperson will be expected to produce an agenda for each meeting in consultation with and agreement by the head. The secretary of the committee will arrange for the production and distribution of minutes.
3.3.4 Any member of the group shall be entitled to place items of relevant business on the agenda by agreement with the Chairperson not less than two weeks prior to the date of any meeting.
3.3.5 The quorum for all meetings will be 3 governors
Only the members of the full Governing Body have voting rights (co-opted members have advisory roles).
3.3.6 Minutes shall be made available to the Clerk and Chair of the Governing Body at least two weeks prior to the nest full Governors' Meeting.
3.3.7 The committee will seek opportunities to make Governors aware of their role and promote effective two-way communication.
3.3.8 In carrying out the committee's work maximum use shall be made of electronic rather than paper-based communication.
3.3.9 The Full Governing Body shall keep the committee's constitution and terms of reference under review, and may from time to time consult with Cumbria LEA Governor Support Services on recommended changes.
4 Terms of Reference
The committee has been set up to support the development of, and to monitor the progress of, School Improvement Action Plans for various areas of the school curriculum - with a specific brief of assessing the impact on pupils and to report these findings to the full Governing Body.
The objectives of the Group are:
(a) To provide advice and support to the Headteacher in her strategic role, to promote school improvement. and to take into account the views and concerns of the governing body. parents. children, staff and members of the wider community (e.g. local residents)
(b)To support the school in school in implementing governing body legislation. and other advice and guidance from government and national bodies.
(c) To advise the Headteacher on the services the school may require, and to assist with the evaluation of services provided by or through the LA.
(d)To promote governor training, and to advise Governors on relevant school governor training activities.
(e)To act as a link between school governing bodies and the school community
(f) To keep governing body regularly informed about school curriculum matters
(g) to respond to matters raised for the agenda by all interested parties including the School Council
Approved by the Full Governing Body of All Saints' CE Primary School on 4 October 2021