The organisation of the Governing Body of Charlton Mackrell C of E Primary School is set out in the school’s most recent Instrument of Government, made effective on 11 February 2015 and reviewed annually.

The Board consists of 12 governors and all have a strong link with our wider school community. Governors serve for a standard term of term of 4 years though co-opted governors, who are appointed by the Board, serve 2 year terms.

A Governing body performs three main functions they are:

1. Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction for the school.
2. Holding the Head teacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils.
3. Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money it well spent.

The day to day management and running of the school is the responsibility of the Head teacher and school leadership team. It is the job of the leadership team to report to the governors so we can undertake our main functions identified above.

The Full Governing Board (FGB) meets every half term and Governors also undertake individual statutory governor roles as well as duties to specific areas of the curriculum and also meet regularly in committees or working parties that look more closely, with staff, at important areas of the school’s performance and development these include:

• School Finance
• Premises
• Performance and Standards (Curriculum)
• Personnel and Pay
• Head Teacher performance
• Statutory committees to cover complaints, appeals and exclusions are convened if required.
• Individual responsibilities include Safeguarding, Special Educational Needs or Disability, Armed Forces & Service families, Church School and ICT

The legal terms of the governing body can be accessed here: Instrument of Government Feb 2015.

 

Name	Governor type	Role(s) on governing  board	Contact
Rebecca Cawley	Headteacher	Board; all committees
Alastair Thompson Chair of Governors.	Parent	Link Governor - Armed Forces & Service families	Via school at 01458 223329
Keith O’Boyle Vice-Chair of Governors.	Parent	Chair of Finance Committee; Personnel & Pay Committee member	Via school at 01458 223329
Mike McGraw Lead Governor for Strategy	Parent	Finance Committee Member	Via school at 01458 223329
Celia Mycock	Local Authority	Finance Committee member; Premises Working Group and Personnel & Pay Committee member	Via school 01458 223329
Rev. Alan Symonds	Foundation	Church School	Via school 01458 223329
Kevin Moore SEN Governor	Foundation	Lead governor for Premises & Health and Safety. Performance & Standards and Personnel & Pay Committee member.	Via school 01458 223329
Maddie Carter-Rice	Staff	EYFS; Performance & Standards Committee member	Via school 01458 223329
Terrie Elliss Safeguarding Governor	Co- opted	Performance & Standards Committee member; Friends of Charlton Mackrell School	Via school 01458 223329
Marcus Hindley	Co- opted	ICT; Finance Committee member	Via school 01458 223329
Charlie Hull	Co- opted	Chair - Performance & Standards Committee; Personnel & Pay Committee member	Via school at 01458 223329
Vacancy	Co- opted
Anne Adams	Clerk	Clerk to Governing Body	Via school at 01458 223329

 

Governors terms, declarations and attendance