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Priory Primary School Governing Body

The school’s Governing Body is collectively responsible for the overall direction of the school and its strategic management.  It is responsible for setting the school’s educational and financial priorities and for promoting high standards.  The Governing Body aims to ensure that children are attending a successful school which provides them with a good education and supports their well-being.
Its responsibilities include:

• Promoting high standards of achievement and ensuring accountability;
• Monitoring and evaluating the school’s progress;
• Setting the aims, values and ethos of the school;
• Adopting and reviewing policies for achieving these aims and objectives;
• Acting as a “critical friend’ to the Headteacher;
• Planning the school’s long-term future;
• Setting and monitoring the budget to ensure best value for money;
• Appointing staff including the Headteacher.

Membership

The Governing Body 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.

 

The Current Governing Body

Name/Category of Membership	Appointing Body	Term of Office	Committee Membership	Areas of Responsibility
Fiona Dumbelton Parent Governor	Parents	2015-2019	Standards Finance & Staffing	Chair, Safeguarding
Shaun Morris Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	2016-2020	Finance & Staffing	Chair of Finance & Staffing Committee, Finance
Sarah Morris Foundation Governor	Diocese	Ex-Officio	Standards	Vice-Chair, Chair Standards Committee, Lower Key Stage 2 & Literacy
Sue Thomas Foundation Governor Leave of absence March to September 2018	Diocese		Finance & Staffing	Early Years, Phonics & Early Reading & Christian Character
Vikki Bardon Parent Governor	Parents	2015-2019	Standards	E-Safety & Computing, Key Stage 2 & Maths
Susan Manley Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	2018-2022	Standards Finance & Staffing	Inclusion
Jenny Cunliffe Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	2017-2021	Standards	Deputy Headteacher
Pam Keen Headteacher	Ex-Officio	Ex-Officio	Finance & Staffing	Headteacher
Jackie Tindall Staff Governor	Staff	2015-2019	Finance & Staffing	N/A
Governors who have held office in last 12 months	Appointing Body	Date of Leaving / End of Term
Peter Small	Governing Body	Resigned October 2017

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

Sub-Committees

• Standards Committee
• Finance & Staffing Committee

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

Code of Practice for School Governors

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

Governors’ Register of Interests (including pecuniary interests)

 

Name	Business and Finance Interests
Fiona Dumbelton	Governance Manager, Keele University
Sarah Morris	Anglican Chaplain, HMP & YOI Stoke Heath
Sue Thomas	Jigsaw Arts for Health Project Manager at Trentham Mews Medical Centre Trustee & Administrator, The Kabanda Trust Member of Trentham Parish Church
Vikki Bardon	Teacher Advisor for Computing & E-Safety, Entrust Education Services
Shaun Morris	School Chaplain, Reverend at St. Matthias Church, Hanford
Susan Manley	Compliance Auditor
Jenny Cunliffe	Deputy Headteacher, Priory CE Primary School
Pam Keen	Headteacher, Priory CE Primary School
Jackie Tindall	Senior Inclusion Leader, Priory CE Primary School

Attendance at Governors’ Meetings

Date	Meeting of	Governors in Attendance	Apologies Received and Accepted
04/10/2017	Standards Committee	Sarah Morris, Fiona Dumbelton, Vikki Bardon, Pam Keen	Peter Small
18/10/2017	Finance & Staffing Committee	Shaun Morris, Fiona Dumbelton, Pam Keen, Jackie Tindall	Sue Thomas
08/11/2017	ASP Data Meeting for all Governors	Sarah Morris, Fiona Dumbelton, Vikki Bardon, Pam Keen; Jackie Tindall, Jenny Cunliffe	Shaun Morris and Sue Thomas
22/11/2017	Full Governing Body	Fiona Dumbelton, Shaun Morris, Pam Keen, Sarah Morris, Sue Thomas, Vikki Bardon, Jenny Cunliffe	Jackie Tindall
24/01/2018	Standards Committee	Sarah Morris, Fiona Dumbelton, Pam Keen, Jenny Cunliffe	Vikki Bardon
14/02/2018	Finance & Staffing Committee	Shaun Morris, Fiona Dumbelton, Pam Keen, Jackie Tindall	Sue Thomas
14/03/2018	Full Governing Body	Fiona Dumbelton, Shaun Morris, Susan Manley, Pam Keen, Sarah Morris, Vikki Bardon, Jenny Cunliffe, Jackie Tindall	None
02/05/2017	Standards Committee	Sarah Morris, Fiona Dumbelton, Vikki Bardon, Pam Keen, Jenny Cunliffe	None
16/05/2018	Finance & Staffing Committee	Shaun Morris, Fiona Dumbelton, Pam Keen, Susan Manley	Jackie Tindall
26/06/2018	Full Governing Body	Fiona Dumbelton, Pam Keen, Sarah Morris, Susan Manley, Vikki Bardon, Jackie Tindall, Jenny Cunliffe	Shaun Morris
13/09/2018	Full Governing Body	Fiona Dumbelton, Pam Keen, Sarah Morris, Shaun Morris, Susan Manley, Vikki Bardon, Jackie Tindall, Jenny Cunliffe	Sue Thomas
26/09/2018	Standards Committee	Sarah Morris, Fiona Dumbelton, Vikki Bardon, Pam Keen, Jenny Cunliffe	Sue Thomas
17/10/2018	Finance & Staffing Committee	Shaun Morris, Fiona Dumbelton, Pam Keen, Susan Manley, Sue Thomas, Jackie Tindall	None

Governors’ Annual Report 2017

Governors’ Annual Report 2017

Contacting the Governors

If you wish to contact the Governors, please do so by emailing fdumbelton@priorycacademy.org and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

 

 

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