Governance

Stanley Primary School Governing Body

The governing body members are appointed for a term of 4 years. The full governing body meets every term and observers are welcome to attend meetings (by arrangement with the Chair of Governors) but may be asked to leave if confidential matters are being discussed.

The role of the governing body is a strategic one, its key functions are to:

Set the vision and strategic direction for Stanley Primary School
Hold the head teacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils
Ensure financial resources are spent well

Governors work in partnership with the Headteacher and the senior leadership of the school, acting as ‘critical friends’ who both support and challenge. Governors do not get involved in the day to day operations of the school, although there are some statutory responsibilities set out in The School Governance Regulations 2013 and The Governance Handbook for academies, multi-academy trusts and maintained schools (January 2017).

Much of governors’ work is done through sub-committees, to whom responsibilities are delegated to ensure the work the school does will deliver the strategic objectives set, and to benchmark the school’s performance against external comparators.

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The A&C (Achievement & Curriculum) Committee monitors the attainment and progress of all pupils (reviewing information for key groups, rather than individual children). The effectiveness of the school’s curriculum offer is monitored both by the committee and link governors.

The HR Committee supports the Headteacher and senior leadership team in their management of staffing strategy.

The Resources Committee oversees the setting and management of the school budget and ensures the school meets its health and safety and accessibility responsibilities.

The PPC Committee (Parents, Pupils & Community) looks at how the school communicates with and responds to the needs of the pupils, parents and the wider community.

Governors report on how our responsibilities have been fulfilled through termly newsletters, and the publication of minutes of Full Governing Body meetings.

Governors can be contacted at info@stanley.richmond.sch.uk.

CURRENT GOVERNORS
Name	Positions of responsibility	Category	Appointed By	Term of Office	Date stepped down	Committee membership	Voting rights in Committees?
Shelly Beard		Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	10/07/17-10/07/21		Resources Committee	Yes
Cllr. Jonathan Cardy		LA Governor	LA	17/12/18 – 17/12/22		Resources	Yes
Susan Chappel		Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	17/12/18 – 17/12/22		A&C	Yes
Lisa Day		Associate	Governing Body	24/10/18 – 24/10/19		PPC	No
Ian Dickinson		Head Teacher	Governing Body	01/12/10- indefinite		A&C Committee Resources Committee HR Committee	Yes Yes Yes
Kathy Saunders		Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	26/03/18-26/3/22		Resources Committee/ PPC Committee	Yes Yes
Hannah Kelly		Associate	Governing Body	26/09/16-26/09/20		A&C Committee/ PPC Committee	Yes Yes
Julie Penna	Vice Chair of Governors	Associate	Governing Body	24/09/19 – 24/09/19		PPC	No
Sarah Peterson		Associate	Governing Body	01/09/18- 01/09/22		A&C Committee PPC Committee	Yes Yes
Sue Leney		Associate	Governing Body	26/09/16-26/09/20		A&C Committee/ PPC Committee	Yes Yes
Sam Lyons		Associate	Governing Body	15/07/19 – 15/07/20		Resources HR	No
Sam Proctor		Staff Governor	Staff	01/03/18-01/03/22		A&C Committee PPC Committee	Yes Yes
Jay Ralph	Chair of Resources Committee	Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	24/09/14-24/09/18 24/09/18-24/09/22		Resources Committee	Yes
Jason Rudolph		Associate	Governing Body	26/03/18-26/03/22		Resources Committee	No
Guy Redhead		Parent Governor	Parents	13/05/16-13/05/20		A&C Committee	Yes
Fliss Syrad	Chair of Governors, Vice Chair of Governors, Chair of Resources Committee.	Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	12/10/14-12/10/18 24/09/18- 24/09/22		PPC Committee A&C Committee HR Committee	Yes Yes Yes
Jen Buckley	Chair of PPC Committee	Parent Governor	Parents	01/03/18-01/03/22		PPC Committee A&C Committee	Yes Yes
Rachel White	Chair of HR Committee	Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	26/05/16-26/05/20		HR Committee	Yes

PAST GOVERNORS (who have stood down in the last 18 months)
Debbie Knight		Associate	Governing Body	09/02/15-09/02/19	Resources Committee HR Committee	No
Hannah Scullion		Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	26/05/16-26/05/20	HR Committee	Yes
Ben Findlay		Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	24/09/14- 24/09/18	Resources Committee	Yes
Salvatore Ingrassia		Parent Governor	Parent Body	01/03/18-01/03/22	Resources Committee	Yes
Hazel Wallace	Vice Chair of Governors	LA Governor	LA	14/10/16-14/10/20	PPC A&C	Yes

Register of Interests

Record of Review (review to be conducted by the clerk)

Date	0ctober 2018
Signature	J.Fox

Attendance at meetings

Governor	FGB 24.09.18 17.12.18 25.03.19 15.07.19	Resources 12.10.18 07.12.18 25.01.19 28.03.19 10.05.19 28.06.19	HR 05.10.18 22.11.18 14.03.19 20.06.19	PPC 03.10.18 12.12.18 13.02.19 20.03.19 22.05.19	A&C 15.10.18 21.01.19 08.05.19 24.06.19
Shelly Beard	4/4	5/6
Jen Buckley	4/4			5/5	4/4
Jonathan Cardy	3/4	6/6
Susan Chappell	2/4				4/4
Lisa Day	2/4			4/5
Ian Dickinson	4/4	6/6	4/4		4/4
Salvatore Ingrassia	N/A	N/A
Hannah Kelly	N/A
Lisa Keogh	4/4	4/6	4/4		4/4
Sue Leney	3/4
Sam Lyons / SBM	1/4	4/6	4/4
Julie Penna	N/A			2/5
Sarah Peterson	4/4
Sam Proctor	4/4			4/5	4/4
Jay Ralph	4/4	5/6
Guy Redhead	3/4				4/4
Jason Rudolf	N/A
Kathy Saunders	4/4			5/5	3/4
Fliss Syrad	3/4	5/6	4/4	5/5	4/4
Hazel Wallace	4/4		2/4	3/5
Rachel White	4/4		4/4

Governing Body code of conduct

Governing Body newsletters

Please see below for copies of the most recent Governing Body newsletters and letters to parents.

Governing Body minutes

Please see below for minutes of recent meetings of the Full Governing Body.

Governing Body meetings- 2019/20 meeting dates

Monday 30 September 2019

Monday 9 December 2019

Monday 30 March 2020

Monday 13 July 2020

Declarations of Interest 2018-2019