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Stowting Church of England Primary School

Our Governors

Governor Introduction:

Rooted in Faith, Growing for Life.

As Chair of Governors, I am delighted to welcome you to our much-loved school. It is the children, the staff and the community that inspire us to be governors and we are committed to serving you all with integrity, objectivity and honesty, and in the best interests of the school. Our role is strategic. Our core functions are:

To ensure the vision, ethos and strategic direction of the school are clearly defined.

To ensure the headteacher performs their responsibilities for the educational performance of the school.

To ensure the sound, proper and effective use of the school’s financial resources.

We take safeguarding very seriously and uphold our legislative responsibility and strategic oversight for the school’s safeguarding arrangements.

Our Governing Board has eleven members, meeting as a full board three times a year, but also using committees to support us in understanding what the school does, how well it does and what could improve. Our committees are:

Strategy (focussing on fulfilling our core responsibilities and enriching our Christian distinctiveness), Buildings and Finance, Curriculum and Learning.

We also run a monitoring timetable with each governor undertaking both formal and informal monitoring activities linked to the priorities in the School Development Plan, as well as our key areas of responsibility.

 

There are specific areas where we have voted for a named governor to lead and these are included in the list of governors.

Every September the Governors have a meeting to self-evaluate our effectiveness and to discuss priorities for the year ahead. We commit to training to support our effectiveness and value the opportunities to be with children, staff and parents to help us understand what it is like to be a member of our school community. We welcome communication from you, and we always try to be accessible by attending school events as well as sending you a newsletter after every Full Governing Board meeting to keep you informed.

Of most importance is the ambition we share with you and the staff team, that our children find the best of themselves in our school and that we offer the best of ourselves to ensure that happens.

With my best wishes,

Helen Tait C.B.E.

The Governors 

Professional Service to Governing Board provided by Sarah Carroll from The Education People.

STRATEGY GROUP

Chair of Governors:                                         Helen Tait

Head teacher:                                                  Sarah Uden

                                                                           Tom Reynolds 

                                                                           Susan Manners

                                                                           Pippa Hawley

BUILDINGS & FINANCE COMMITTEE

Tom Reynolds (Chair)

Martine Bachmann

Fitzroy Simpson

Susan Manners

Sarah Uden (Headteacher)

CURRICULUM AND LEARNING COMMITTEE

Pippa Hawley (Chair)

Helen Tait

Michelle Cavell

Governing Body Information

 

Full Governing Board Meeting Attendance 2023-24:Attendance 2023-24.

Instrument of Government Stowting CEP

 

Financial Statement :

    • Following national requirements, the school is obliged to share the following information:

      Employees earning over £100,000 per year:

      Gross Salary Number of Employees
      £100,000 - £110,000 0
      £110,000 - £120,000 0
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