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    Governance

    Carolyn Briggs – Chair of Governing Body and Finance Committee

    Will Harrison – Co-opted Governor for GDPR and on Finance Committee

    Nicki Bromilow – Co-opted Governor

    Roz Danks – Governor

    Deborah Wheelan – Safeguarding Governor

    Darren Atkinson – Governor 

     

    The remit of the Governing Body includes the following core functions:

    • Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
    • Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils and for the performance management of staff
    • Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent

    In exercising their functions the Governing body agrees to:

    • Act with integrity, objectivity and honesty and in the best interests of the school
    • Be open about the decisions they make, actions taken and be prepared to explain their decisions and actions to interested parties.
    • The governing body will appoint a clerk with a view to ensuring their efficient functioning and must have regard to advice from the clerk as to the nature of the governing body’s functions.

    The Head Teacher’s responsibilities include:

    • The internal organisation, management and control of the school
    • The educational performance of the school
    • The head teacher is accountable to the governing body for the performance of all his or her responsibilities
    • The head teacher must comply with any reasonable direction of the governing body