DENHOLME PRIMARY SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY
Governing Body Meeting Dates 2022/23
Autumn 1 - 21st September 2022
Autumn 2 - 7th December 2022
Spring 1 - 1st February 2023
Spring 2 - 22nd March 2023
Summer 1 - 17th May 2023
Agenda
Minutes - will be uploaded once approved at the next meeting
Summer 2 - 5th July 2023
Agenda
Minutes - will be uploaded once approved at the next meeting
Denholme Primary School is part of the Nurture Academies Trust. For details of Trustees and Members, please see the Trust website, via this link:
Click here for the Governor Register of Interests 2020-21
Click here to read the Governor Update - Newsletter 3 (15th Dec 2021)
Click here to read the Governor Update - Newsletter 2 (23rd Mar 2021)
Click here to read the Governor Update - Newsletter 1 (25th Sept 2020)
About School Governors
The Skills Governing Bodies need:
Experience has shown that all governors need a strong commitment to the role and to improving outcomes for children, the inquisitiveness to question and analyse and the willingness to learn.
All newly appointed governors should have the skills to contribute to effective governance and the success of the school. Skills could include personal attributes, qualities and capabilities, such as the ability and willingness to learn and develop new skills.
The work of schools is overseen by a governing body which has responsibility for:
- Setting the school's values, vision and strategic aims, agreeing plans and policies, and making creative use of resources
- Monitoring and evaluating performance, acting as a critical friend to the headteacher to support and challenge them in managing the school
- Ensuring that the school is accountable to the children and parents it serves, to its local community, to those who fund and maintain it, as well as to the staff it employs.
What do governors do?
- Set the future direction of the school through agreeing school policies and the school development plan
- Monitor how well the policies are working
- Support and challenge the headteacher
- Report on the school's achievements
- Agree the school budget and oversee spending over the year
- Respond to inspection recommendations
- Appoint staff
- Agree and monitor performance targets for the headteacher
There are several different types of governor:
- Parent governors - all parents or registered carers of pupils at the school are eligible to stand unless they are an elected member of the LA or work in the school for more than 500 hours per year. They are elected by parents or carers of pupils registered at the school - parents should contact the school directly if they are interested in this role
- Staff governors - elected by staff, anyone paid to work at the school is eligible to be a staff governor - staff should contact the school directly
- Co-opted governors - appointed by the governing body. They are people who in the opinion of the governing body have the skills required to contribute to the effective governance and success of the school - individuals should contact the school directly
- LA governors - nominated by the LA and appointed by the Governing Body - a person is disqualified from appointment as an LA governor if they are eligible to be a staff governor at the school - individuals should contact School Governor Service
- Foundation governors (not in community schools) - appointed by the school's founding body, church or other organisation named in the school's instrument of government
- Partnership governors (foundation schools only) - replace foundation governors if the school does not have a founding body
- Associate members (not governors) - appointed by the governing body to attend committee meetings and/or full governing body meetings due to their particular skills or experience