Governors

Pensby Primary School Governors

Our school continues to go from strength to strength and we are very proud of the progress our children are making and the obvious enjoyment they are getting from all that the school provides. Standards are continuing to rise through the school’s well structured, engaging and exciting curriculum.

We are a keen and hard-working group of governors. We meet as a full Governing Body at least once a term. In addition to this we have several smaller committees that meet at least termly and look very closely at the different areas of school life. The committees are Personnel and Finance, Pastoral and Safeguarding, Curriculum and SEN, Buildings Health & Safety, Self Evaluation and Development (SED) and Pensby/Stanley joint committee.

Our Governing Body constitution is detailed below:

Name	Position held	Category of Governor	Designated roles	Term of office
David Spencer	Chair of Governors	co-opted governor	All committees	02.12.21 to 01.12.25
Yvonne Clarke	Vice-Chair of Governors Chair of Children’s Club Committee	co-opted governor	Personnel & Finance Pastoral & Safeguarding Curriculum & SEN SED Early Years CLA	02.12.21 to 01.12.25
Kate Brown	Headteacher	staff governor	All committees Designated Safeguarding Lead	by virtue of position as Headteacher
Julie Evans	Chair of Finance Committee	co-opted governor	Personnel & Finance Pastoral & Safeguarding Curriculum & SEN Buildings H & S Sports Grant	21.01.21 to 20.01.25
Suzanne Evans	Chair of Curriculum and SEN Commitee	co-opted governor	SED Personnel & Finance Pastoral & Safeguarding Curriculum & SEN PPG	28.04.20 to 27.04.24
Helen McCauley	Governor	co-opted governor	Pastoral & Safeguarding Health & Safety SEND Safeguarding	30.01.21 to 29.01.25
Madeline Farrell	Governor	parent governor	TBC	27.05.21 to 26.05.2025
Richard Morris	Governor	parent governor	TBC	27.05.21 to 26.05.2025
Gareth Lewis	Governor	parent governor	TBC	8.04.22 to 7.4.26
Mitchel Mills	Governor	parent governor	TBC	8.04.22 to 7.4.26
Jennie Lawrence	Governor	parent governor	SED Buildings Health and Safety Personnel and Finance	27.5.21 to 26.05.25
James Klausen	Governor	staff governor	SED Pastoral & Safeguarding Curriculum & SEN	15.11.2019 to 14.11.2023
Barry Smalley	Governor	L.A governor	TBC	27.05.21 to 26.05.2025
Chris Boynton	Associate Member	n/a	Buildings, H & S	28.04.18 to 27.04.22
Linda Grant	Associate Member	n/a	Pastoral and Safeguarding Curriculum and S.E.N.	23.11.21 to 22.11.23
Carolyn Totty	Clerk to Governors	n/a	—	appointed September 2021

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 2 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 2 Associated Governors have full voting rights and this is recording in governors minutes.

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 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 proractive and involved in school life, they know it well and are able to speak from direct experience and with understanding.

Dates for meetings

Autumn term 2022

Finance and Personnel – Monday 26th September and Friday 25th November 2022

Curriculum and SEND – Friday 7th October 2022

Health and Safety – Monday 26th September 2022

Pastoral – TBC

Self Evaluation and Development – TBC

Full Governing Body – Wednesday 30th November

Spring term 2023

Finance and Personnel – TBC

Curriculum and SEND – TBC

Health and Safety – TBC

Pastoral – TBC

Self Evaluation and Development – TBC

Full Governing Body – TBC

Summer term 2023

Finance and Personnel – TBC

Curriculum and SEND – TBC

Health and Safety – TBC

Pastoral – TBC

Self Evlauation and Development – TBC

Full Governing Body – TBC

PARENT GOVERNOR VACANCY NOMINATION FORM

We currently have one vacancy for a parent governor. The nomination form can be downloaded here;

Pensby govs nomination form Autumn Term 2022

The closing date for the return of nomination forms is Friday 30th September 2022 at 9.30am.

If you are considering applying to our school for a place for your child, I’m sure you will be impressed with our care, support and facilities. Why not come along and visit us? You will receive a very warm welcome.

David Spencer – Chair of Governors

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:

The Governors Code of Conduct 2021

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:

Attendance Record for Governors’ Meetings

Governing Body Minutes

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

Pastoral/Curriculum/SEN and Safeguarding Committee

Please note: The Pastoral and Curriculum Committee have split into 2 separate committees. The Curriculum Committee minutes are in a running order format. The notes here relate to curriculum meetings from the Autumn term 2020 to the present:

Pastoral minutes can be found here;

Joint Pastoral and Curriculum minutes can be found here;

Finance/Personnel

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.

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.

Pensby/Stanley Committee

Due to lockdown and a change of school leadership at all levels at Stanley School, these meetings have not been held and will commence again in 2022.

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