Governors

Background

School governors are one of the country's largest voluntary groups with around 345,000 school governors contributing to strategic development and raising standards of achievement at over 30,000 schools.

School governors are members of their school's governing body which is a "corporate body". A corporate body has a legal identity that is separate from its members and as a result, individual governors are generally protected from personal liability as a result of the governing body's decisions and actions, provided they act honestly, reasonably and in good faith.

Individual governors have no power or right to act on behalf of the governing body except where the whole governing body has delegated a specific function to that individual or where regulations specify that a function is to be exercised in a particular way.

School governors are drawn from different parts of the community, such as parents, the Staff, the Local Authority, the Community and other groups. This helps to ensure that the governing body has sufficient diversity of views and experience but does not mean that governors of a particular category "represent" that group on the governing body. For example, Parent Governors do not act as a representative of the parents at the school and do not report back to them.

Responsibilities

The governing body has a range of duties and powers and a general responsibility for the conduct of the school with a view to promoting high standards of educational achievement including setting targets for pupil achievement, managing the school's finances, making sure the curriculum is balanced and broadly based, appointing staff and reviewing staff performance and pay and many more.

The governing body has considerable discretion as to how to discharge its responsibilities but is required to constitute itself in line with the regulations and to appoint a chair and vice chair. The governing body may delegate certain of its responsibilities to certain governors or committees of governors, although in general, it is not compelled to do so.

Our Governors

Governor

Designation

Term of Office

 

Voting Rights

Pecuniary interests

Mr David Bedford

Chair / Co-opted 

 31 December 2023 - 30 December 2027

 Yes

 

None

Mr David Jones  

Community

1 April 2022 - 31 Mrach 2026

Yes

None

Mr Nik Smith

Head Teacher

January 2020 onwards

Yes

None

 

Mrs Sarah Finnegan 

Teacher Governor

November 2020 - November 2024

Yes 

None 

Mrs Kate Norfolk

Vice Chair 

Local Authority

1 January 2024- 31 December 2027

Yes

Teaches Massage and Mindfulness within the school. Lead Forest School Practitioner. 

Ms Janine Harries  

Parent Governor

29 January 2024 - 28 January 2028

Yes 

 

 

Mrs Claire Povlotsky

Co-opted

 31 December 2023 - 30 December 2027

Yes

Works for Liverpool Schools Sports Partnership

Mrs Kacey Clark – Jones

Co-opted

31 December 2023 - 30 December 2027

Yes

None

 

Mrs Abby Carpenter 

Parent Governor  February 2023-February 2027  Yes  None

Mrs Jo Jones

Associate Governor

January 2020 onwards

No

None

 

Mrs Issy Rogers

Associate 

Governor 

January 2020 onwards  No  None 

Mr Matt O'Toole 

Associate 

Governor 

January 2020 onwards  No  None 

Mrs Holly Dwan 

Associate 

Governor 

January 2020 onwards  No  None 

 

To contact the Chair of Governors please do this through the school office. 

Our Governors all attend Full Governor Meetings which covers:  Finance, Premises, Staffing and  Curriculum and Standards. Child Protection and safeguarding come under the remit of the Full Governors.

Link below to School Financial Benchmarking 

https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/school/detail?urn=141960

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