LOCAL ACADEMY COMMITTEE
RESPONSIBILITY (Term of office in brackets)
| Local Authority Governor – Chair of Governors (Acting) | Catholic Life |
| Dr Christine Moretto | Kamella Hudson |
| EYFS | |
| Staff Governors | Sarah Byrne |
| Miss McCluskey (Headteacher) | Health and Safety |
| Mrs Kathryn Thomas (Deputy Headteacher) by invitation | Christine Moretto |
| Mrs H Reading – Staff Welfare | Pupil Premium and Sports Premium |
| Keith Miller | |
| Safeguarding | SEND |
| Kamella Hudson | Alex Watson |
| Clerk to Governors | Student Behaviour and Welfare |
| Mrs Angie Marchant | Sarah Byrne |
*subject to approval/renewal of term by Diocese/LA
DECLARATION OF INTERESTS
No Governor has any financial or other interests to declare.
SUB COMMITTEES and WORKING PARTIES UNTIL JULY 2021
| Sub Committee | Responsibilities | Members |
| Finance and Property (termly) | Manages and tracks all spend in accordance with our budget allocation. Ensures that the school premises are maintained, that they are safe, and they provide a good learning environment. |
Stephen Eastmond, Miss McCluskey, Christine Moretto, Kamella Hudson |
|
Teaching and Learning (half termly) |
Monitors the development of the school curriculum |
Rita Sequeira, Miss McCluskey, Christine Moretto, Kamella Hudson, Hayley Reading, Kathryn Thomas (clerk) |
| Personnel and Pay Review (annually) |
Ensures that all of our HR policies are current and advises on any personnel matters Ensures that staff performance reviews are carried out. Reviews the performance of the Head Teacher |
Christine Moretto, Rita Sequeria, Stephen Eastmond, Miss McCluskey |
| Admissions (annually) | Reviews our admissions policy, as well as ranking all applications in accordance with our policy. | Christine Moretto, Miss McCluskey, Kamella Hudson |
| Appeals (as required) |
To hear any appeals made by staff in relation to pay To support other schools for Admissions and Exclusions challenges. | Christine Moretto, Rita Sequeria, Stephen Eastmond |
| Child Protection Governor | |
| Development Governor | |
| Equality Governor, Pupil Premium, SEND | |
| Early Years Foundation Stage Governor | |
| Curriculum Governor | Kamella Hudson |
| Curriculum Governor | Rita Sequeira |
| RE Governor | |
| Outdoor Learning Governor | |
| Health and Safety Governor | Rita Sequeira |
| Sports Premium Governor | Rita Sequeira |
GOVERNOR ATTENDANCE 2017/18:
There were 6 Full Governing Body Meetings
There were 6 meetings of the Teaching and Learning, Wellbeing and Behaviour Committee
There were 4 meetings of the Finance Committee
There were 2 meetings of the Admissions Committee
There was 1 meeting of the Personnel Committee
| Mr Mike Jackson | Full Governing Body 6, Committees 11 (Left December 2018) |
| Mr Tim Nicholson | Full Governing Body 6, Committees 5 (Left 2018) |
| Mr Robin Thoms | Full Governing Body 6, Committees 5 |
| Dr Sarah Horsley | Full Governing Body 6, Committees 9 (Left September 2019) |
| Dr Christine Moretto | Full Governing Body 6, Committees 10 |
| Fr Michael Turner | Full Governing Body 5, Committees 0 |
| Mrs Johanna McDermott | Full Governing Body 6, Committees 9 (left September 2019) |
| Mr David Butler | Full Governing Body 3, Committees 2 |
| Miss Amanda McCluskey | Full Governing Body 6, committees 11 |
| Mrs Rita Sequeira | Full Governing Body 5, committees 0 |
| Mrs Kathryn Thomas (guest) | Full Governing Body 6, Committees 6 |
| Mr Anthony Foy | Full Governing Body 6, Committees 6 (left FGB Aug 2018) |
SCHOOL GOVERNOR and GOVERNING BODIES ROLE
Being a school governor is demanding but very rewarding and is a good way to support your children’s school, your community and your parish. School governing bodies are responsible for working with the school to ensure that it delivers a good quality education. Together with the headteacher, who is responsible for day-to-day management, they set the school’s aims and policies. The role is a partnership.
GOVERNORS MAIN ROLE
Our Governors have three main roles which are:
- To provide strategic direction for the school
- To act as a critical friend to the headteacher
- To ensure accountability
TERM OF OFFICE and MEETINGS
The term of office for a school governor is four years. Most schools have a full governing body meeting once a term (for approximately 2 hours), at St Peter’s we have a full governing body meeting every half term. You also join a committee which usually meets at least once a term. The committee you join can work to your strengths and skills, ie finance or curriculum or personnel. Most governors find they usually attend meetings or visit a school three or four times each term, minimum. We also shadow a class and try to visit the teacher and class termly.
INDUCTION and TRAINING
New governors attend a one or two day induction course. This is essential to helping us understand our role so you can begin to make a positive difference to our governing body. The workshops are run across Bucks and tutors do their best to make them simple, straightforward and fun. Training offered to governors in Bucks is high quality , varied and interesting. The cost of training is part of the school budget and ongoing school development.
BECOMING A GOVERNOR
Should I become a governor?
Being a governor is challenging and rewarding. You feel as if you have a real impact on the education of our children. Most of the time it is enjoyable, but when it is required governors need to be critical yet supportive to the staff of the school and to the parents-always remembering the reason we do the volunteer role-our children and their education.
If you would like to find out more about becoming a governor you may find the following links useful