Governors

 Pensby Primary School Governors

As a governing body, we made the decision to follow the circle model of governance in the academic year 2024-25. Decisions are now not delegated to committees and remain the decision of the full board of governors. There are two full governing body meetings each term, one focusing on budget and finance and one focusing on the curriculum and standards. 

Governors are assigned to oversee specific areas that were previously handled by committees and regularly visit the school to communicate with staff responsible for key areas like SEND or safeguarding. Reports are then prepared and shared with the full board. 

Our governors are experienced and knowledgeable and are committed to providing effective strategic leadership to ensure the school delivers high-quality education which meets the needs of its children. 

Our Governing Body is appointment in line with our Instrument of Governance. Parent Governors are nominated by parents/guardians and if an election is required only parents/guardians can vote. Staff governors are elected by school staff only. LA governors are recommended to the school by the LA and the governing board considers their suitability. Finally Co-Opted governors can be sought through local advertisement, recommendation or as a result of a governor needing to move designation. In all case they are carefully considered by the governing body who determine what skills and knowledge they can bring to the board to strengthen its operation before an appointment is made.

From time to time we may have Associate Governors on our board. Currently we have 3 Associate Governors. Associate Governors can be appointed to fill a need e.g. they have certain skills or knowledge that no other governor has and the schools needs. The Associate Governor may be appointed to ‘cover’ another governor who cannot attended for a period of time or they could be a member of staff whose role requires them to attend many governors meetings so providing continuty and purpose to their contriution. In these cases, the Governing Board will determine if they have voting rights or not. Currently our 3 Associated Governors have full voting rights and this is recording in governors minutes. They are representative of the staff, parents and community governors.

All governor appointments, resignations and voting rights are detailed in the Governing Body minutes.

Our Governing Body members are very active in the school, particularly in supporting the monitoring of teaching and learning. When they attend school events or carry out their work within the school, they sign in so that their attendance is monitored.

Governors follow the circle model of governance and meet as a full governing body twice each term. Governors are linked to subjects and areas of the school through our Learning Teams so that they know all aspects of the school can and are monitored regularly. As the governors are so proactive and involved in school life, they know it well and are able to speak from direct experience and with understanding.

Dates for meetings 2024-2025

Autumn term 2024

Full Governing Body meeting- 17th October 2024

Full Governing Body meeting- 28th November 2024

Spring term 2025

Full Governing Body meeting- 28th January 2025

Full Governing Body meeting- 24th March 2025

Summer term 2025

Full Governing Body meeting- 7th May 2025

Full Governing Body meeting- 23rd June 2025

GOVERNOR VACANCIES

We have one vacancy for a parent governor. 

Governors Code of Conduct

Please find below the link to our Governors Code of Conduct which sets out the expectations on and commitment required from our school governors in order for the governing board to properly carry out its work within the school and the community. The Governors Code of Conduct for Pensby Primary School is reviewed annually:

Code Of Conduct Pensby Govs 2023

Conflicts of Interest

Pensby Primary School is committed to the highest standard of ethical conduct and integrity in its business activities:

Our Conflict of Interests policy sets out the School’s position if situations arise where school staff and governors levels have a conflict of interest arising from outside activities or private, personal or financial interests. Please find below the Conflict of Interests Policy and our Register of Interests:

• Conflict of interests policy 2023 2024

Attendance Record for Governors’ Meetings

• Govs Attendance At Meetings Autumn 23
• Govs Attendance At Meetings Summer 23
• Govs Attendance At Meetings Spring 23
• Govs Attendance At Meetings Autumn 22
• Attendance Summer Term 22
• Attendance Spring Term 2022
• Attendance Autumn 2021

Governing Body Minutes

• Pensby FGB Minutes 14.6.23
• Pensby FGB Minutes 22.3.23
• Pensby Autumn Term FGB Minutes 30.11.22
• Full Governing Body Minutes Summer term 2022
• Full Governing Body Minutes Spring Term 2022
• Full Governors Meeting Autumn 2021

Building Health and Safety Committee

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the H&S committee met to ensure the risk assessment and school processes met statutory requirements. The different versions of the Risk Assessments reflect these meetings

• Pensby Primary H And S Minutes 10.10.23
• Pensby Primary H And S Minutes 4.5.23
• Pensby Primary H And S Committee Minutes 7.3.23
• H & S Minutes Summer Term 2022
• H&S Minutes Spring term 2022
• H & S Minutes Autumn 2021

Pastoral/Curriculum (Curriculum & SED from Sept 2023)

Please note: The Pastoral and Curriculum Committee have split into 2 separate committees. The Curriculum Committee minutes are in a running order format. From September 2023 the Curriculum Committee merged with the SED committee.

• Pensby Curriculum & SED Minutes 12.10.23
• Pensby Primary Curriculum Committee Minutes 3.3.23
• Primary Curriculum Committee Minutes 7 10 22
• Curriculum Committee Minutes Summer Term 22
• Curriculum Committee Minutes Spring Term 22
• Curriculum Committee working document Autumn 2021
• Curriculum Committee working document up to summer term 2021
• Curriculum Committee minutes Spring Term 2022

Pastoral

• Pastoral Committee Minutes 12.10.23
• Pensby Pastoral Committee Minutes 19.5.23
• Minutes Of The Pastoral Committee Meeting 3.3.23
• Pastoral Minutes summer 2021
• Pastoral mins Spring update meeting 2021
• Spring 2021 continuation
• Autumn 2020
•  Pastoral Curriculum Committee Summer 2019

Historical Joint Pastoral and Curriculum minutes can be found here;

• PP Pastoral and Curriculum minutes spring term 2019
• PP Pastoral and Curriculum minutes autumn term 2018
• Pastoral Curriculum Committee minutes 8.6.18
• Curriculum Minutes 9th Feb 2018

Finance/Personnel (from Sept 2023 named ‘Resources’)

During lockdown, online finance meetings were held in the Spring and Summer terms 2021, with the school bursar. Finance committee members were invited to attend. These meeting were held to keep a track of spending and plan budget. Minutes were not taken and the budget sheets were accepted as evidence financial processes had been followed at this time.

• Resources Minutes 24.11.23
• Minutes Finance Committee 19.6.23
• Finance Committee Meeting Minutes 27.2.23
• Finance Committee Meeting Minutes 25.11.22
• Finance Committee Minutes Summer Term 22
• Finance minutes Spring term 2022
• Finance Minutes Autumn 2021

School Evaluation and Development (SED) Committee

During lockdown, SED committee meetings were not held in Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Autumn 2020 and Spring 2021.  Instead all governors were invited to H&S meetings and meetigns to go through the COVID-19 Risk Assessment. For minutes from the Autumn Term 2023 please refer to the documents in the Curriculum section on this page.

• SED Committee Minutes 6.6..23
• SED Committee Minutes 16.3.23
• SED minutes Summer term 2022
• SED minutes Spring term 2022
• SED Minutes Autumn 2021