Our Governing Body

Governors work closely with headteachers, school staff and representatives from the local authority (LA).

Governor Committee Structure

Name	Representing	Term of Office	Committee	Responsibilities	Register of Interests	Relationship to Staff
Mrs Ann Gregg (Chair)	Foundation	02/10/2017 - 26/09/2021	Curriculum Finance & Premises First / Pay Review Safeguarding	Chair EYFS SEND	Governor at another school	none
Mrs Lisa Caine	Foundation	14/02/2018 - 13/02/2022	Curriculum Finance & Premises First / Pay Review Headteachers Performance Personnel & Pupil Discipline	Pupil Premium	none	none
Rev A Cornforth	Foundation	23/01/2019 - 06/01/2023	Admissions
Mrs D Lindsay	Foundation	01/03/2019 - 28/02/2023	Appeals
Mr S Wigley-Smith	Foundation	20/05/2019 - 19/05/2023	Appeals Finance & Premises Safeguarding
Mrs Madeleine Brown - Headteacher	Headteacher	01/09/2015 - ongoing	Admissions Curriculum Finance & Premises Personnel & Pupil Discipline Safeguarding		none	none
Mrs A Hill (Observer)	-	18/09/2012 - 07/12/2021	Finance & Premises	-	-	-
Miss Gemma Alderson	Parent	23/04/2018 - 22/04/2022	First / Pay Review Safeguarding
Mrs Angela Davidson	Staff	17/09/2018 - 22/04/2022	Personnel & Pupil Discipline		-	-
Ms D Pattison	Clerk to Governors	-			none	none

Recent Resignations

Mrs Katie Davies – resigned 01/01/21
Mr Charlie Kay – – resigned 01/01/21

How To Become A School Governor

If you require further information on the roles and responsibilities of School Governors or you are interested in becoming one, visit the Durham County Council website School Governor section.

Statutory Guidance for Governing Bodies

St Joseph’s RCVA Primary adhere to the statutory guidance from the Department for Education. This means that governing bodies must have regard to it when carrying out duties relating to the constitution of governing bodies in maintained schools. For further information please view or download the documents below.

Record of Governor Training

Governing Body Training Profile (last updated 19/09/17)

Governor Attendance

Schools are now required to display a record of Governor attendance at meetings for each school academic year.

KEY
✓ – Attended meeting
A/A – Apologies sent and accepted by meeting
N – Did not attend
n/a – Not a member of the committee

Record of Attendance 2020 -2021

Name	Termly Meeting 14/10/2020	Meeting [add date]
Mrs Lisa Caine - Chair	✓
Mrs Catherine Mustill - Vice Chair
Mrs Catherine Mustill
Mrs Ashley Hill
Mrs Madeleine Brown - Headteacher
Mrs Angela Davidson	✓
Mr Chris Horn
Ms D Pattison
Mrs Susan Adams
Mrs Ann Gregg	✓
Miss Gemma Alderson	✓
Mr Sean Wigley-Smith	✓
Mrs Danielle Lindsay	✓
Clr Charlie Kay	Resigned 01/01/2021
Mrs Kate Davies	✓	Resigned 01/01/2021

Archived Attendance
You can also view previous years attendance on our website.

Committee Terms of Reference

Finance & Premises Committee

Chair: Lisa Caine
Terms of Reference: To meet termly
Members: Madeleine Brown, Mrs Hill (observer)

In conjunction with the Headteacher to draft the first formal budget plan of the financial year, for approval by the full Governing Body
To establish and maintain an up-to-date 3 year financial plan
To monitor income and expenditure, including virement decision, significant anomalies from the anticipated position, and report termly to the Governing Body
To ensure the school operates within the financial regulations of the County Council and the requirements of the DfE School Financial Value Standard
To monitor expenditure of all voluntary funds kept on behalf of the Governing Body
To annually review charges and remissions policies and expenses policies
To make decisions in respect of service level agreements
To make decisions on expenditure following recommendations from other committees
To prepare financial statements for inclusion in any reports to parents
To ensure as far as is practical that any Health & Safety (H&S) issues are appropriately funded in accordance with priorities.

Meetings: Termly to coincide with Oracle
Disqualifications: when there may be a conflict of interest; or a pecuniary interest.

Virement Limits		Expenditure Limits
Limit set for Headteacher without prior written approval of Chair or Governing Body.	£3,000	Any items of expenditure up to	£5,000
Limit set for Headteacher with approval from Chair of Governors.	£3,000 to £5,000	• Above this limit if item was previously notified to the Governing Body. • Prior Finance Committee or Chair of Governors approval (whichever is the soonest) to be sought outside of this limit and reported at the earliest opportunity.
Prior Finance Committee or Chair of Governors approval (whichever is the soonest) to be sought outside of this limit and reported at the earliest opportunity

Personnel and Pupil Discipline Committee

Chair: Susan Adams
Terms of Reference: To meet at start of every Autumn Term, and then as required
Members: Madeleine Brown, Lisa Caine

To carry out the annual review of the staffing structure
To oversee the appointment procedures for all staff
To keep under review work life balance, working conditions and well-being including monitoring of absence
Teaching staff appointments
Review temporary contracts on an annual basis
To ensure that a Performance Management Policy is in place
Consider staff Leave of Absence (only if necessary after delegation to Headteacher)
To act as the pupil discipline committee for fixed term and permanent exclusions.
Complaints.

Delegation to the Headteacher
School Staffing (England) Regulations 2009.

Appointment:

Temporary support staff
Supply
Non-teaching staff (delegated together with one Governor).

Dismissals:

No delegation for dismissals (to be dealt with by the First/Pay Review Committee)

Curriculum Committee

Chair: Mrs Mustill
Terms of Reference:
Members: Susan Adams, Madeleine Brown, Ann Gregg

To make recommendations to the Governing Body and review the school’s curriculum statement and policies as required in the light of the LA curriculum statement and statutory obligations regarding the National Curriculum
In collaboration with the staff to provide information about how the curriculum is taught, evaluated and resourced
To review the policy and provision for sex education and to make recommendations where necessary
To review the policy and provision for collective worship and RE and to make recommendations where necessary
To monitor and review information about school performance and reporting to parents accordingly to statutory requirements
To contribute to the School Development Plan and SEF
Curriculum/performance review including target setting and monitoring mechanism.

Disqualifications: Pecuniary Interest

Admissions Committee

Chair:
Terms of Reference:
Members: Madeleine Brown

To determine within statutory provisions and the Governing Body Policy whether any child shall be admitted to the school
To review admissions arrangements and to make recommendations for changes to the Governing Body.

Safeguarding Committee

Chair: Susan Adams
Terms of Reference
Members: Madeleine Brown, Lisa Caine, Ann Gregg

Ensure the school is fulfilling its responsibilities regarding Child Protection and the requirements of ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’
To consider and determine the school’s policy relating to E-Safety
To consider the school security policy.

Disqualifications: Pecuniary Interest

Headteacher’s Performance Review

Terms of Reference:

To arrange to meet with the Education Development Partner to discuss the Headteacher’s performance targets
To decide with support from the EDP whether the targets have been met and to set new targets annually
To monitor throughout the year the performance of the Headteacher against the targets
To make recommendations to the appropriate committee in respect of awards for the successful meeting of set targets.

Downloads

You can view or download the Committee Terms of Reference by clicking the link below:

St Joseph’s RCVA – Committee Terms of Reference 2017

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