Governors

Welcome to the Governing Board Web page.

Purpose of the Board 

The Board is the school’s accountable body.  It is responsible for the conduct of the school and for promoting high standards.  The Board’s key aim is to ensure that children are attending a successful school, which provides them with a good education and supports their well-being.  

Strategic Functions of the Board

Establishing the strategic direction, by:

• Setting and ensuring clarity of vision, values, and objectives for the school
• Agreeing the school improvement strategy with priorities and targets
• Meeting statutory duties

Ensuring accountability, by:

• Appointing the Headteacher
• Monitoring the educational performance of the school and progress towards agreed targets
• Performance managing the Headteacher
• Engaging with stakeholders
• Contributing to school self-evaluation

Overseeing financial performance, by:

• Setting the budget
• Monitoring spending against the budget
• Ensuring money is well spent and value for money is obtained
• Ensuring risks to the organisation are managed

Membership

The Governing Board seeks to represent its key stakeholders and its membership is drawn from parents, staff, representatives of the diocese, and co-opted members who are deemed to have the necessary skills and experience as identified by the Governors.

Contacting the Governors

If you are interested in becoming a Governor, or wish to contact the Governors about an issue involving the school please email:

• Acting Chair of Governors (Co-Vice Chair), Reverend Sarah Morris at sarahmorris@prioryceprimary.org 

Or alternatively:

• Clerk to the Governing Board, Karl Lawton at Karl.Lawton@stoke.gov.uk

We look forward to seeing and meeting you as we go about our business of supporting the work of Miss Keen, her staff team and of course our amazing pupils!

The Current Governing Board

 

Name/Category of Membership	Appointing Body	Term of Office	Committee Membership	Areas of Responsibility
Sarah Morris Foundation Governor	Diocese	Ex-Officio 2019 - 2023	Teaching & Learning	Acting Chair, Co-Vice Chair, Quality of Education,English, Phonics, Governor Skills & Training
Shaun Morris Co-opted Governor	Co-opted by Governing Board	September 2016-August 2020	Business	Finance, Staffing, Health & Safety, Premises, Data Protection, PE & Sport Funding
Patricia Hargreaves Foundation Governor	Diocese	September 2019 - August 2023	Teaching & Learning	Co-Vice Chair, Foundation Governor, Curriculum, Christian Character
Vicky Dutton Parent Governor	Parents	September 2019 - August 2023	Teaching & Learning	Maths
Clare Hancock Parent Governor	Parents	September 2019 - August 2023	Teaching & Learning	Chair of Teaching & Learning Committee, Early Years
Pam Keen Headteacher	Ex-Officio	Ex-Officio	Business	Headteacher
Jenny Cunliffe Co-opted Governor	Co-opted by the Governing Board	September 2017-August 2021	Teaching & Learning Business	Deputy Headteacher
Rebecca Fairclough	Staff	September 2019 - August 2023	Business	Senior Inclusion Leader
Governors who have held office in last 12 months	Appointing Body	Date of Leaving / End of Term
Susan Manley Co-opted Governor	Co-opted by the Governing Board	March 2018-November 2020	Business Teaching & Learning	Inclusion, including Behaviour & Attitudes
Edwin Lewis Local Authority	Governing Board	July 2019 - August 2023	Business	Chair, Safeguarding, E-Safety, Wellbeing of Staff, Mental Health Award Governor, Leadership, Personal Development

The Governing Board at Priory Primary School has two Committees.  They are:

Sub-Committees

• Teaching & Learning Committee
• Business Committee

If you want to find out more about each Committee’s responsibilities, please click on the links below:

 

Teaching and Learning Committee Terms of Reference

Business Committee Terms of Reference

Code of Practice for School Governors

Governors are expected to adhere to the Priory Governor Code of Conduct which sets out the expectations on and commitment required from governors in order for the Governing Board to properly carry out its work within the school and the community.

Governors’ Register of Interests (including pecuniary interests)

 

Name	Business and Pecuniary Interests
Sarah Morris	Anglican Chaplain, HMP & YOI Stoke Heath
Shaun Morris	School Chaplain, Reverend at St. Matthias Church, Hanford
Patricia Hargreaves	Foundation Governor
Vicky Dutton	Parent Governor
Clare Hancock	Parent Governor
Jenny Cunliffe	Deputy Headteacher, Priory CE Primary School
Pam Keen	Headteacher, Priory CE Primary School
Rebecca Fairclough	Senior Inclusion Lead, Priory CE Primary School

Attendance at Governors’ Meetings

Date	Meeting of	Governors in Attendance	Apologies Received and Accepted
22/10/2022	Business Committee	Shaun Morris, Edwin Lewis, Susan Manley, Pam Keen, Rebecca Fairclough	None received
11/06/2020	Full Governing Board	Shaun Morris, Edwin Lewis, Susan Manley, Jenny Cunliffe, Rebecca Fairclough, Patricia Hargreaves,	Sarah Morris, Vicky Dutton, Clare Hancock
27/05/2020	Business Committee	Shaun Morris, Edwin Lewis, Susan Manley, Pam Keen, Jenny Cunliffe, Rebecca Fairclough,	None Received
21/05/2020	Full Governing Board	Shaun Morris, Edwin Lewis, Susan Manley, Pam Keen, Jenny Cunliffe, Rebecca Fairclough, Patricia Hargreaves, Vicky Dutton, Clare Hancock	Sarah Morris
18/03/2020	Full Governing Board	TBC	TBC
05/02/2020	Business Committee	Shaun Morris, Edwin Lewis, Susan Manley, Pam Keen, Rebecca Fairclough, Jenny Cunliffe	None received
22/01/2020	Teaching & Learning Committee	Sarah Morris, Vicky Dutton, Patricia Hargeaves, Clare Hancock, Pam Keen, Susan Manley	Jenny Cunliffe
20/11/2019	Full Governing Board	Sarah Morris, Shaun Morris, Edwin Lewis, Susan Manley, Pam Keen, Jenny Cunliffe, Rebecca Fairclough, Patricia Hargreaves, Vicky Dutton,	Clare Hancock

Governors’ Annual Report 2020

Chairs Report 2020

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