Governors

The governing body is made up of fourteen volunteers who are either elected or appointed to represent the views of the community. Governors meet regularly to help the school fulfil its Mission. We do this by getting to know the school, reviewing policies, regulating admissions, planning building work, reading reports and statistics to make sure the school is meeting the needs of all children and monitoring the finance to ensure we have the best value for money possible.

The governors are accountable to parents and we do this by meeting annually with parents at a formal meeting, but are always pleased to listen to parents’ views and concerns throughout the year.

Name of Governor	Category of Governor	Appointed Date	Expiry Date	Responsibility	Office	Business or Pecuniary Interest	Governor role in another school
MR PAUL BAKER	Foundation (Appointed by the Bishop)	06/11/17	05/11/2021	Nursery Committee Personnel Committee Buildings & Finance Committee Linked Phase: Foundation Stage	Vice Chair Chair of Buildings & Finance Committee Chair of Nursery Committee	None	Chair of Governors at Portsdown Primary
MRS NATALIE BENTON	Foundation (Appointed by the Bishop)	29/11/2016	28/11/2020	Buildings & Finance Committee Pupil Premium Linked Phase: Year 1 & 2		None	None
MRS CATHERINE DAVIS	Foundation (Appointed by the Bishop)	01/09/2017	31/08/2021	Curriculum, Admissions & Pastoral Committee Staff Appeals Panel Pupil Appeals Panel Special Needs Governor RE Governor Personnel Committee Linked Phase: Year 3 & 4	Chair of Governors Chair of Curriculum, Admissions & Pastoral Committee	None	None
FATHER GERARD FLYNN	Foundation (Appointed by the Bishop)	16/02/2016	15/02/2020	Curriculum, Admissions & Pastoral Committee Pastoral Personnel Committee		None	None
MRS REBECCA HILL	Staff	24/01/17	23/01/2021	Curriculum, Admissions & Pastoral Committee		None	None
TBC	HCC Local Authority			Buildings & Finance Committee Health & Safety Linked Phase: Year 5 & 6		None	None
MR EDDIE MCCANN	Parent (Appointed by Parents/FGB)	08/01/2018	07/01/2022	Buildings & Finance Committee Website Linked Phase: Year 1 & 2		Mrs McCann works in the school office	None
MRS STELLA PRATT	Foundation (Appointed by the Bishop)	28/03/2019	27/03/2022	Curriculum, Admissions & Pastoral Committee Safeguarding Governor Consultative Forum Governor Personnel Committee Pupil Appeals Panel		None	None
MR JEFF SENDALL	Staff(HT)	02/03/2017	01/03/2021	Curriculum, Admissions & Pastoral Committee Buildings & Finance Committee Personnel Committee Nursery Committee	Head Teacher	None	None
MRS SARAH SHAW	Foundation (Appointed by the Bishop)	06/11/2017	05/11/2021	Curriculum, Admissions & Pastoral Committee Nursery Committee Training governor School sport funding Linked Phase: Year 3 & 4		None	None
MR ELIOT CLUTTEN	Parent (Appointed by Parents/FGB)	29/04/2019	28/03/2023	Curriculum, Admissions & Pastoral Committee Nursery Committee GDPR governor Linked Phase: Year 5 & 6		None	None
Mr Frederick Leigh	Foundation (Appointed by the Bishop)	30/09/2019	29/09/2023			None	None
Mrs Sarah Carpenter	Co-opted	07/10/2019	06/10/2023	Curriculum, Admissions & Pastoral Committee	Deputy Head Teacher	None	None
Mrs Andrea Wingfield	Clerk to Governors				Clerk	None	None

Full Governing Body Meetings Attendance

	School Year 2018/2019							School Year 2019/2020
	8/10/18	7/01/19	29/04/19	15/07/19	Poss Mtgs	Actual Mtgs	Total %	7/10/19	13/01/20	11/05/20	13/07/20
Mrs Catherine Davis	√	√	√	√	4	4	100%	x
Mr Paul Baker	x	√	√	√	4	3	75%	√
Mrs Stella Pratt	x	√	√	√	4	3	75%	x
Fr Gerard Flynn	x	√	x	√	4	2	50%	x
Mrs Sarah Shaw	√	√	√	√	4	4	100%	√
Mr Frederick Leigh	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A
Mrs Natalie Benton	√	√	√	√	4	4	100%	√
Mr James Lemmon	N\A	N\A	√	x	2	1	50%	x
Ms Rebecca Hill	√	√	√	Maternity	3	3	100%	√
Mr Eliot Clutten	N\A	N\A	√	√	2	2	100%	√
Mr Eddie McCann	√	√	√	√	4	4	100%	√
Mr Jeff Sendall	√	√	√	√	4	4	100%	√
Mrs Sarah Carpenter	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	√

Committee Details

Committee	Members	Committee agenda items
Buildings & Finance Committee	Paul Baker (Chair) Natalie Benton Eddie McCann James Lemmon Jeff Sendall	Autumn term (Sept – Dec): review / monitoring spending against current budget plan propose budget revisions to before 30th Nov Consider benchmarking data Health & Safety updates – including emergency / disaster recovery plans Agree performance related pay progression for teaching staff, including Performance Management Report HT Pay progression Spring term (Jan – Easter): Budget planning for next financial year - to meet School Improvement Plan (SIP) Monitoring benchmarking data Review implications of school census for funding Review in any outstanding invoices not yet paid Agree performance related pay progression for support staff Health & Safety updates Summer term (Easter – July): Review / monitor spending against budget plan Consider budgetary implications of staffing structures for new academic year Review out-turn from previous financial year and ensure any significant variances are understood Health & Safety updates
Curriculum, Admissions & Pastoral Committee	Catherine Davis(Chair) Stella Pratt Jeff Sendall Sarah Shaw Rebecca Hill Fr Gerard Flynn Eliot Clutten Sarah Carpenter	Autumn term (Sept – Dec): Curriculum / School Improvement Monitor progress against school improvement targets Review and discuss outcomes of SATs / GCSEs against targets Discuss ‘Analyse School Performance’ (ASP) data and Fischer Family Trust data Receive report on internal assessment and performance data Consider issues arising from Sidney data (primary only) Receive report on summer reading / Yr 7 tests (secondary only) Spring term (Jan – Easter): Curriculum / School Improvement Discuss and evaluate progress against school improvement priorities Review SEN provision Discuss ‘Analyse School Performance’ (ASP) data and Fischer Family Trust data (if not available during the previous term) Review outcomes for all vulnerable groups Summer term (Easter – July): Curriculum / School Improvement Review outcomes in reaching school improvement, pupil progress and attainment targets Consider headline SAT’s/end of Key Stage results Analyse and discuss attendance data Analyse and discuss exclusions data
Personnel Committee	Catherine Davis Paul Baker Stella Pratt Fr Gerard Flynn Jeff Sendall	Autumn term (Sept – Dec): Performance Management Review last year’s objectives with HT (legal requirement for External Advisor to be present) and report outcome to Pay Committee Agree objectives for the current year with HT (legal requirement for External Advisor to be present) Spring term (Jan – Easter): Personnel / Performance Management Discuss staff structure & management plan for the following year Review staff development plan for current year and evaluate impact Receive staff development plan for new year Review Performance Management progress against HT objectives Summer term (Easter – July): Personnel / Performance Management Review and approve staffing structure for new academic year Review Performance Management progress against HT objectives
Nursery Committee	Paul Baker (Chair) Sarah Shaw Jeff Sendall Eliot Clutten	Review / monitoring spending against current budget plan EYFS funding changes / grants Resources – equipment, cabin, etc Staffing Health & Safety

Committee

Members

Committee agenda items

Buildings & Finance Committee

Paul Baker (Chair)

Natalie Benton

Eddie McCann

James Lemmon

Jeff Sendall

Autumn term (Sept – Dec):

review / monitoring spending against current budget plan

propose budget revisions to before 30th Nov

Consider benchmarking data

Health & Safety updates – including emergency / disaster recovery plans

Agree performance related pay progression for teaching staff, including Performance Management Report

HT Pay progression

Spring term (Jan – Easter):

Budget planning for next financial year - to meet School Improvement Plan (SIP)

Monitoring benchmarking data

Review implications of school census for funding

Review in any outstanding invoices not yet paid

Agree performance related pay progression for support staff Health & Safety updates

Summer term (Easter – July):

Review / monitor spending against budget plan

Consider budgetary implications of staffing structures for new academic year

Review out-turn from previous financial year and ensure any significant variances are understood

Health & Safety updates

Curriculum, Admissions & Pastoral Committee

Catherine Davis(Chair)

Stella Pratt

Jeff Sendall

Sarah Shaw

Rebecca Hill

Fr Gerard Flynn

Eliot Clutten

Sarah Carpenter

Autumn term (Sept – Dec):

Curriculum / School Improvement

Monitor progress against school improvement targets

Review and discuss outcomes of SATs / GCSEs against targets

Discuss ‘Analyse School Performance’ (ASP) data and Fischer Family Trust data

Receive report on internal assessment and performance data

Consider issues arising from Sidney data (primary only)

Receive report on summer reading / Yr 7 tests (secondary only)

Spring term (Jan – Easter):

Curriculum / School Improvement

Discuss and evaluate progress against school improvement priorities

Review SEN provision

Discuss ‘Analyse School Performance’ (ASP) data and Fischer Family Trust data (if not available during the previous term)

Review outcomes for all vulnerable groups

Summer term (Easter – July):

Curriculum / School Improvement

Review outcomes in reaching school improvement, pupil progress and attainment targets

Consider headline SAT’s/end of Key Stage results

Analyse and discuss attendance data

Analyse and discuss exclusions data

Personnel Committee

Catherine Davis

Paul Baker

Stella Pratt

Fr Gerard Flynn

Jeff Sendall

Autumn term (Sept – Dec):

Performance Management

Review last year’s objectives with HT (legal requirement for External Advisor to be present) and report outcome to Pay Committee

Agree objectives for the current year with HT (legal requirement for External Advisor to be present)

Spring term (Jan – Easter):

Personnel / Performance Management

Discuss staff structure & management plan for the following year

Review staff development plan for current year and evaluate impact

Receive staff development plan for new year

Review Performance Management progress against HT objectives

Summer term (Easter – July):

Personnel / Performance Management

Review and approve staffing structure for new academic year

Review Performance Management progress against HT objectives

Nursery Committee

Paul Baker (Chair)

Sarah Shaw

Jeff Sendall

Eliot Clutten

Review / monitoring spending against current budget plan

EYFS funding changes / grants

Resources – equipment, cabin, etc

Staffing

Health & Safety

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