Meet the Governors

• Welcome to the Governors’ section 

   

  All governance boards, no matter what type of school have three core functions:

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

   

  Effective governance is based on six recognised key features:

  • Strategic leadership that sets and champions vision, ethos and strategy
  • Accountability that drives up educational standards and financial performance
  • People with the right skills, experience, qualities and capacity
  • Structures that reinforce clearly defined roles and responsibilities
  • Compliance with statutory and contractual requirements
  • Evaluation to monitor and improve the quality and impact of governance

   

  The Governing Body of Fen Drayton Primary School comprises of 12 Governors:

  • One LA Governor - nominated by the Local Authority
  • Four Parent Governors - elected by the parent body
  • Five Co-opted Governors - members of the local community, nominated from community organisations or by other governors
  • One staff Governor - elected by the staff
  • Headteacher (who can choose to be a governor or not)

   

  Governors can serve for up to four years before being re-elected. 

   

  Upon joining the Governing Board, governors are allocated to one of two sub-committees which meets every half term. These Committees have particular terms of reference and delegated responsibilities for key areas of the school.

   

  The Curriculum and Learning Committee (C&L) 

  • Provides strategic direction on all matters relating to pupil’s education and social well-being and ensuring standards of attainment and progress are made
  • Ensures the school’s responsibilities to delivering the national curriculum are met
  • Monitors the needs of SEN children and those with additional needs

   

  The Resources and Infrastructure Committee (R&I) 

  • Provides strategic direction all matters relating to the school budget
  • Oversees the school’s asset management, making recommendations on the upkeep and development of the school infrastructure 
  • Monitors that the school adheres to Health and Safety legislation and guidance
  • Forms the Pay Review Committee making recommendations for staff pay awards and also the Review Appeals Committee if required

   

  In 2019-20, The Governing Board at Fen Drayton also agreed the benefits of creating a third HR sub-committee. Plans to initiate this are temporarily on hold until school and governor operations are back to normal after the Covid-19 lockdown.

    

  The HR Committee (HR) will:

  • Provide strategic direction on the implementation of HR policies, ensuring any decision with a financial implication is made subject to the approval of the governing body 
  • Review all HR policies including the non-financial elements of pay/appraisal policies
  • Monitor staff training and ensuring staff wellbeing is prioritised and maintained

   

  In addition to our main committees, delegated governors also participate in the following:

  • Health and Safety at Work Committee: Ensuring the school meets all regulatory requirements in relation to Health and Safety at work legislation.
  • Head Teacher Appraisal Review Committee (HTPR)

   

  And can be called upon to form any of the following panels when required: 

  • Disciplinary Standing Committee (Staff Discipline)
  • Disciplinary Appeals Committee (Staff Appeals)
  • Pupil Discipline - Exclusion Appeals (Pupil Discipline)

   

  The work and actions of the sub-committees are reported to all governors at the half-termly meetings of the Full Governing Body or FGB, ensuring we monitor progress against and continue to strive towards our strategic goals:

  • To support children to make good progress
  • To continue to provide a broad and enriched curriculum
  • To prioritise excellence in staffing
  • To make the Fen Drayton Primary School experience a valuable one for all community members
  • To continue strong and responsible financial management
  • To engage with other local schools

   

  The Agenda section contains copies of the agendas for all meetings. Please note that due to the size of the school, minutes of the meetings are not made public in the interest of protecting anonymity. Details of attendance at meetings is provided.

   

   Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.

   

  We have also provided a Register of Governor Interests for your information.

   

  Fen Drayton Primary School PUBLICATION OF GOVERNOR’S DETAILS AND REGISTER OF INTERESTS Governors hold an important public office and their identity should be known to their school and wider communities.  In the interests of transparency, a governing body should publish on its website up-to-date details of is governance arrangements in a readily accessible form.
  CURRENT GOVERNORS
  Full Name	Category of Governor	Appointing Body (in accordance with the Instrument of Government)	Date of Appointment	Term of Office	Committees Governor Serves On	Positions of Responsibility (eg chair or vice-chair of the GB or Committee of the GB)	Relevant Business/ Pecuniary Interests	Governance roles in any other educational establishments	Relationship between Governors and members of the school staff (including spouses, partners or relatives)
  Ruston Biggs	Co-opted		5 May 2020	4	R&I Staff Discipline, ,  Pupil Discipline, H&S Committee	Vice Chair, Art, Health and Safety and FML Governor	None	None	None
  Julie Bishop	Staff		10 July 2019	4	C&L, HR Committee	Behaviour	None	None	None
  Helen Cooper	Co-opted		5 May 2020	4	C&L,		None	None	None
  Paul Cooper	Parent		25 Sept 2017	4	R&I HTPR Committee,  Review Appeal Committee, Disciplinary Appeals Committee, Pupil Discipline	Chair of R&I , PE and Sport Governor	Director at Deloitte LLP	None	None
  Danielle Doyle	Co-opted		5  Feb 2019	4	R&I, HR Committee, Disciplinary Appeals Committee	ICT	Strategic Communication and Engagement Lead or the Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute, University of Cambridge	None	None
  Ruth Dunleavey-Routh	Parent		8 May 2018	4	C&L HTPR Committee, Review Appeals Committee	Chair of C&L, EYPS, Science, More Able and RE Governor	None	None	None
  Gemma Edwards	Parent		4 Feb 2020	4	C&L Staff Discipline Committee	SEN, Inclusion & Vulnerable groups	None	Associate Governor in Role as Assistant Head teacher for Wheatfields Primary School	None
  Sarah Oakley -Mudge	Associate		1 September 2019	4	C&L		Laser 2000 UK – Non Executive Director	None	None
  Hannah Oldridge	Co-opted		8 Oct 2019	4	C&L, Review Appeals Committee, Pupil Discipline	PSHE, Safeguarding and RE Governor	None	None	None
  Tara Spooner	LA		4 Feb 2020	4	R&I,   HR Committee, Staff Discipline Committee	Chair of HR Committee, Maths Music	None	None	None
  Philippa Storer	Parent		5 May 2020	4	C&L HR Committee, Disciplinary Appeals Committee	Chair of Governors, Literacy, Humanities Behaviour, Governor Training, Communication to school community of governors activities	None	None	None
  Claire Turner	Headteacher (Staff)		17 Nov 2014	Term of post	C&L R&I HR Committee, Health and Safety Committee	Head	None	None	None
  Vacancy	Co-opted

Structure of Governing Body (reference Instrument of Government)

• 3/4 Parent Governors

• Headteacher

• 1/1 Staff Governor

• 1/1 Local Authority Governor

• 5/5 Co-opted Governors

• 1/1 Associate Governors