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Winterbourne EarlsChurch of England Primary School

‘As each one does their part, we grow in love’

The Governing Body

The governing body is the strategic decision-making body of a school and has a crucial role in making sure every child gets the best possible education.

What do governors do?

School governors provide strategic leadership and accountability in schools. Governors appoint the head teacher and deputy headteacher. It is governors who hold the main responsibility for finance in schools, and it is governors who work with the headteacher to make the tough decisions about balancing resources.

Each individual governor is a member of a governing board, which is established in law as a corporate body. Individual governors may not act independently of the rest of the governing board; decisions are the joint responsibility of the governing board.

The role of the governing board is a strategic one, its key functions are to:

set the aims and objectives for the school
set the policies for achieving those aims and objectives
set the targets for achieving those aims and objectives
monitor and evaluate the progress the school is making towards achievement of its aims and objectives
be a source of challenge and support to the headteacher (a critical friend)

The Full Governing Body meets at least six times a year but Governors also attend subsidiary committee meetings focussed on Teaching & Learning and Resources.

The Teaching & Learning Committee hold the school to account for the educational standards achieved and the quality of education provided. It sets targets for pupils' education and measures the school against those targets.

The Resources Committee is responsible for financial matters. It engages in the setting of the annual school budget and reviews it on a regular basis. The maintenance and health & safety of the school premises also fall within the remit of this committee.

Governors are also involved in staff appointments, appraisal and pay.

Meet the Governors of Winterbourne Earls Church of England Primary School

Mrs Jenny Vokes - Chair of Governors

Co-opted Governor (appointed by Governors)

Term of Office: 09/05/2011 - 17/11/2022

Safeguarding Governor

Member of Teaching & Learning and Resources Committees

Mr Henry Head

Foundation Governor (appointed by Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education & St Mary PCC)

Term of Office: 14/10/2013 - 18/02/2022

Behaviour & Welfare Governor

Mr John Grafton

Clerk to the Governors

Appointed 01/07/2013

Reverend Peter Ostli-East

Foundation Governor (ex officio)

Appointed 09/05/2011

Behaviour & Welfare Governor

Mrs Jenny Head

Foundation Governor (appointed by Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education & St Michael and All Angels PCC)

Term of Office: 02/03/2013 - 06/03/2023

SEND and Looked After Children Governor

Chair of Teaching & Learning Committee

Dr Matthew Brookes