Governors

Welcome from Huntingtree Primary School Governors

Welcome to Huntingtree Primary School. Thank you for choosing to visit our website to find out about the work that our governors do in support of our wonderful school. At Huntingtree, we believe that children learn and flourish when they feel safe and happy to come to school. We therefore work hard to develop the personal and social skills of our children, rooted in mutual respect and high expectations. We aim to offer the highest possible academic standards, supporting the expectation that all pupils are encouraged to do their very best.

Our governors come from a wide range of backgrounds. We have staff and parent governors who have direct links to the school, a governor appointed by the Local Authority, and governors who have been co-opted to serve on the governing body in view of the particular skills they offer. The diversity of skills, experience and expertise we possess as a team enables us to challenge, support and complement the work of the school. The governing body meet as often as required, meeting once each term as a minimum. Our membership structure is currently as follows:

The work of the Governing Body

We have termly meetings in place with governors carrying out delegated monitoring and evaluation between meetings aligned to a scheduled programme of work. In addition, we also have statutory committees in place for the purposes of school improvement, resources, performance management, pay, appeals, disciplinary and dismissal matters. Governors have specific responsibilities attached to their roles and visit the school on a regular basis to meet with staff and pupils.

Whole School Community – Our Role

As a governing body, we believe that our parents, carers, pupils, staff, governors and members of the wider local community all have an equally important part to play in the success of our school. Your views are important to us, and we are always pleased to hear your suggestions as to how we can improve. If you would like to pass on a suggestion for school improvement, or if you are interested in becoming a school governor, I can be contacted via the school office for further information.

Governing Body Structure

The governors are a team of people, drawn from the local community who are responsible for ensuring that the school provides the best quality education that we can for the children.

Following due consideration and full discussion by the Governing Body at the FGB meeting in September 2014, it was decided to reconstitute the governors to the following:

4 Parent Governors

1 LA Governors

1 Staff Governor

1 Headteacher Governor

5 Community Governors

12 in total

From the above, the Chairperson is elected by all the governors on an annual basis.

All parents at the school are eligible to vote and elect parent governors. Governors hold office for four years. You will be notified when elections are due. If you are interested in being involved in this capacity please ask for more information or speak to one of the governors who will be happy to tell you about their work. Minutes of the Governing Body Meetings are available on request from the school office.

Governor Name	Type of Governor	Date of appointment	Term of office end date	Chair /Vice Chair	Committee member	Area of responsibility	Relevant business and pecuniary interests	Full voting rights
Helen Griffiths	Local Authority	16/1/2019	15/1/2023	No	School Improvement Committee and Pay Committee	Teaching & Learning and Outcomes	Related to Paul Griffiths (Head of Service) Dudley MBC	Yes
Ian Collier-Dart	Co-opted	12/7/2018	11/7/2022	No	Resource Committee	Early Years	Early Years Consultant, service provider	Yes
Peter Lopeman	Co-opted	12/7/2018	11/7/2022	No	School Improvement Committee	SEN and Looked After Children	None	Yes
George Henry Clifford Partridge	Co-opted	1/9/2015	31/8/2019	No	Resources Committee	Currriculum	None	Yes
Ibtisam Kassim	Co-opted	12/7/2018	11/7/2022	1. Vice Chair of Governing Body 2. Chair of Resource Committee	Resources Committee and Head Teacher's Appraisal	Training	Trustee at Halesowen Cultural Centre and Governor at Caslon Primary School	Yes
Stuart Steele	Parent	22/6/2018	21/6/2022	No	Resources Committee and Head Teacher's Appraisal	Child Protection and Safeguarding	None	Yes
Joanne McGrath	Parent	31/3/2017	30/3/2021	No	School Improvement Committee and Pay Committee	Vulnerable groups	None	Yes
Kester Roper	Parent	31/3/2017	30/3/2021	1. Chair of Governing Body 2. Chair of School Improvement Committee	School Improvement Committee, Pay Committee and Head Teacher's Appraisal	Literacy and Maths	None	Yes
Daniel Evans	Staff	3/3/2017	2/3/2021	No	School Improvement Committee	N/A	None	Yes
James Harrold	Head Teacher	1/9/2016	31/8/2020	No	Attends and presents at all governors and committee meetings	N/A	Wife is employed by First for Education Supply Agency	Yes
Ian Lloyd (Deputy Head Teacher)	Observer	10/3/2017	9/3/2021	No	Invited to attend all governor and committee meetings	N/A	None	No
Robert Hickman (Assistant Head Teacher)	Observer	10/3/2017	9/3/2021	No	Invited to attend all governor and committee meetings	N/A	None	No
Jenny Lee (School Business Manager)	Observer	10/3/2017	9/3/2021	No	Invited to attend all governor and committee meetings	N/A	Related to Paul Harris, employed by Dudley MBC, HR First	No

Governors that have left within the past 12 months:

Governor Name	Type of Governor	Date of appointment	Leaving date	Chair /Vice Chair	Committee member	Area of responsibility	Relevant business and pecuniary interests	Full voting rights
David Baker	Co-opted	14/3/2016	12/6/2018	No	School Improvement Committee and Pay Committee	Literacy & numeracy	None	Yes
Nicola Chapman	Co-opted	19/9/2016	24/5/2018	Vice Chair of Governors	School Improvement Committee	SEN	None	Yes
Kate Wright	Parent	31/3/2017	12/7/2018	No	School Improvement Committee	N/A	None	Yes

Governors attendance

Full Governing Body Meetings:

Governors name	5.2.2018	12.7.2018	13.9.2018	16/1/2019
Mr G Craig
Mrs N Chapman
Mr J Harrold
Mr C Partridge		Apologies	Apologies	Apologies
Mr D Evans
Mr J Flanagan	Apologies
Mrs J Nisbet	Apologies
Mr D Baker
Mr K Roper
Mrs J McGrath
Mrs K Wright
Mr S Steele
Mr I Collier-Dart
Mr P Lopeman				Apologies
Mrs I Kassim
Mrs Helen Griffiths		(Observer)	(Observer)	Apologies

School Improvement Meetings:

Name	21.7.2017	29.9.2017	11.1.2018	1.3.2018	21.11.2018
Mr J Harrold		Apologies
Mr G Craig
Mr D Baker
Mrs J Nisbet		Apologies
Mrs K Wright
Mrs N Chapman
Mr K Roper
Mr D Evans
Mrs H Griffiths
Mrs J McGrath

Resources Meetings:

Name	23.4.2018	24.10.2018
Mr J Flanagan
Mr J Harrold
Mr C Partridge
Mrs J McGrath
Mr K Roper
Mrs J Nisbet	Apologies
Mr I Collier-Dart
Mrs I Kassem		Apologies
Mr S Steele		Apologies

Annual Governance Statement for Huntingtree Primary School

In accordance with the Government’s requirement for all governing bodies, the 3 core strategic functions of our Governing Body are:

1. Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos, values and strategic direction;

2. Holding the Head teacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils and for the performance management of staff;

3. Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

The Full Governing Body meets at least once each term, we also have two committees to consider different aspects of the school in detail and three committees to carry out statutory functions. These committees are:

School Improvement Committee
Finance and Premises / Resources Committee
Pay Committee
Performance Management Committee
Appeals Committee.

The work that we have completed in our committees during the past year includes:

· Annual review of the work of the Governing body carried out

· School budget monitoring

· Pupil Premium /Sports Premium monitoring and evaluation

· Health and Safety issues and building works monitored

· Scheduled policies and procedures updated and reviewed

· Staff recruitment and staff allocation monitoring

· New Curriculum implementation and assessments monitored to ensure pupils develop their learning

· Data analysed to ensure that pupils make good progress from their starting points

· Attendance monitored and tracked

· Parent events attended

Governing Body Structure

Governor Name

Type of Governor

Date of appointment

Term of office end date

Chair /Vice Chair

Committee member

Area of responsibility

Relevant business and pecuniary interests

Full voting rights