Governors

Welcome to the Governing Board Web page.

The school’s Governing Board 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 Board 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 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.

 

The Current Governing Board

Name/Category of Membership	Appointing Body	Term of Office	Committee Membership	Areas of Responsibility
Edwin Lewis Local Authority	Governing Board	July 2019 - August 2023	Teaching & Learning	Chair, Safeguarding, E-Safety, Wellbeing of Staff, Mental Health Award Governor, Leadership, Personal Development
Sarah Morris Foundation Governor	Diocese	Ex-Officio 2019 - 2023	Teaching & Learning	Vice-Chair, Chair of Teaching & Learning Committee, 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
Susan Manley Co-opted Governor	Co-opted by the Governing Board	March 2018-August 2022	Business	Inclusion, including Behaviour & Attitudes
Patricia Hargreaves Foundation Governor	Diocese	September 2019 - August 2023	Teaching & Learning	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	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	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
Fiona Dumbelton Parent Governor	Parents	August 2019
Vikki Bardon Parent Governor	Parents	August 2019
Sue Thomas Foundation Governor	Diocese	August 2019
Jackie Tindall Staff Governor	Staff	July 2019

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 & Learning Committee Terms of Reference (TOR)

Business Committee Terms of Reference (TOR)

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
Edwin Lewis	Local Authority Governor
Sarah Morris	Anglican Chaplain, HMP & YOI Stoke Heath
Shaun Morris	School Chaplain, Reverend at St. Matthias Church, Hanford
Susan Manley	Compliance Auditor, parent of a member of school's Education Support Staff
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
02/10/2019	Teaching & Learning Committee	Sarah Morris, Edwin Lewis, Vicky Dutton, Jenny Cunliffe, Patricia Hargeaves, Clare Hancock, Pam Keen	None received
25/09/2019	Full Governing Board - Training Meeting	Sarah Morris, Shaun Morris, Edwin Lewis, Susan Manley, Pam Keen, Jenny Cunliffe, Rebecca Fairclough, Patricia Hargreaves, Vicky Dutton, Clare Hancock	None received
04/09/2019	Full Governing Board - Extraordinary Meeting	Edwin Lewis, Susan Manley, Pam Keen, Jenny Cunliffe, Rebecca Fairclough, Patricia Hargreaves, Vicky Dutton, Clare Hancock	Sarah Morris, Shaun Morris
03/07/2019	Full Governing Body	Fiona Dumbelton, Shaun Morris, Susan Manley, Pam Keen, Sarah Morris, Vikki Bardon, Jenny Cunliffe, Jackie Tindall	Sue Thomas
15/05/2019	Standards Committee	Sarah Morris, Fiona Dumbelton, Pamela Keen, Vikki Bardon, Susan Manley, Jenny Cunliffe,	None received
01/05/2019	Finance & Staffing Committee	Fiona Dumbelton, Pam Keen, Susan Manley, Sue Thomas, Jackie Tindall	Shaun Morris
20/03/2019	Full Governing Body	Fiona Dumbelton, Shaun Morris, Susan Manley, Pam Keen, Sarah Morris, Vikki Bardon, Jenny Cunliffe, Jackie Tindall	Sue Thomas
06/02/2019	Finance & Staffing Committee	Shaun Morris, Pamela Keen, Susan Manley, Sue Thomas, Jackie Tindall	Fiona Dumbelton
23/01/2019	Standards Committee	Fiona Dumbelton, Pamela Keen, Vikki Bardon, Susan Manley, Jenny Cunliffe, Sarah Morris	None received
28/11/2018	Full Governing Body	Fiona Dumbelton, Pam Keen, Sarah Morris, Shaun Morris, Susan Manley, Jenny Cunliffe, Jackie Tindall	Sue Thomas
17/10/2018	Finance & Staffing Committee	Shaun Morris, Fiona Dumbelton, Pam Keen, Susan Manley, Sue Thomas, Jackie Tindall	None received

Governors’ Annual Report 2018-19

Governors’ Annual Report 2018-2019

Contacting the Governors

If you wish to contact the Governors, please do so by emailing Mr Edwin Lewis at elewis@prioryceprimary.org and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Alternatively, you can contact the Clerk to Governors, Mrs Catherine Hawkesworth, by emailing chawkesworth@prioryceprimary.org.

 

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