Governors

Welcome to the Governing Body Web page.

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	July 2015-August 2019	Standards Finance & Staffing	Chair, Safeguarding
Shaun Morris Co-opted Governor	Co-opted by Governing Body	September 2016-August 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	July 2015-August 2019	Finance & Staffing	Early Years, Phonics & Early Reading & Christian Character
Vikki Bardon Parent Governor	Parents	July 2015- August 2019	Standards	E-Safety & Computing, Key Stage 2 & Maths, Data Protection
Susan Manley Co-opted Governor	Co-opted by the Governing Body	March 2018-August 2022	Standards Finance & Staffing	Inclusion
Jenny Cunliffe Co-opted Governor	Co-opted by the Governing Body	September 2017-August 2021	Standards	Deputy Headteacher
Pam Keen Headteacher	Ex-Officio	Ex-Officio	Finance & Staffing	Headteacher
Jackie Tindall Staff Governor	Staff	July 2015- July 2019	Finance & Staffing	N/A
Governors who have held office in last 12 months	Appointing Body	Date of Leaving / End of Term

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

Sub-Committees

• Standards Committee
• Finance and Staffing Committee

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

Standards Committee Terms of Reference (TOR)

Finance and Staffing Committee Terms of Reference (TOR)

Code of Practice for School Governors

Governors are expected to adhere to the Priory Code of Practice for School Governors 2018-2019 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 Pecuniary 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, parent of a member of school's Education Support Staff
Jenny Cunliffe	Deputy Headteacher, Priory CE Primary School
Pam Keen	Headteacher, Priory CE Primary School
Jackie Tindall	Senior Inclusion Lead, Priory CE Primary School

Attendance at Governors’ Meetings

Date	Meeting of	Governors in Attendance	Apologies Received and Accepted
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
28/11/2018	Full Governing Body	Fiona Dumbelton, Pam Keen, Sarah Morris, Shaun Morris, Susan Manley, Jenny Cunliffe, Jackie Tindall	Sue Thomas
23/01/2019	Standards Committee	Fiona Dumbelton, Pamela Keen, Vikki Bardon, Susan Manley, Jenny Cunliffe, Sarah Morris	None
06/02/2019	Finance & Staffing Committee	Shaun Morris, Pamela Keen, Susan Manley, Sue Thomas, Jackie Tindall	Fiona Dumbelton
20/03/2019	Full Governing Body	Fiona Dumbelton, Shaun Morris, Susan Manley, Pam Keen, Sarah Morris, Vikki Bardon, Jenny Cunliffe, Jackie Tindall	Sue Thomas
01/05/2019	Finance & Staffing Committee	Fiona Dumbelton, Pam Keen, Susan Manley, Sue Thomas, Jackie Tindall	Shaun Morris
15/05/2019	Standards Committee	Sarah Morris, Fiona Dumbelton, Pamela Keen, Vikki Bardon, Susan Manley, Jenny Cunliffe,	None
03/07/2019	Full Governing Body	Fiona Dumbelton, Shaun Morris, Susan Manley, Pam Keen, Sarah Morris, Vikki Bardon, Jenny Cunliffe, Jackie Tindall	Sue Thomas

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 fdumbelton@prioryceprimary.org and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

 

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