Governing Body
Membership
Members of the Governing
Body are nominated, elected or co-opted
representatives of the Local Authority (LA), the local community, parents and
teachers. The governors work closely with
the headteacher, staff and LA in determining policy and procedure in the school. The full Governing Body must meet at least once a term. Their responsibilities include: financial management,
appointments and dismissal of staff, admissions policy, curriculum policy,
discipline and management of the premises. The term of
office for governors is four years.
The Governing Body
consists of 15 members as follows:
4 community governors
Rev Malcolm Raby (Chair)
Mrs Rebecca Wood
Dr Les Gelling
Miss Karen Wolfreys
3 Local Authority
representatives
Dr Roderick Johnstone (Vice Chair)
Mr Simon Gentry
Mrs Janet Nightingale
5 parent governors
Mrs Sally Tilley
Mrs Karen Lee
Ms Laura Collinson
Mrs Kim Horan
Mr Michael Grange
2 teacher governors
Miss Maria Burke
Mrs Celia Greenaway
1 non-teaching staff
governor
Mr Dave Bridgman
Clerk to the Governors
Mr Eric Smith
Complaints Procedure
The 1989 Education (School and Curriculum Related Information)
Regulations outline three stages for complaints.
The normal complaint procedure stages are:
Informal stage of discussion between the parent and teacher or
Headteacher.
Most complaints can be resolved at
this stage.
Formal complaint to the Headteacher.
Formal complaint to the Chair of Governors.
Further details of the procedures are available from the school.
Local Authority
The Local Authority can be contacted at:
Cambridgeshire County
Council
Office of Children and
Young People’s Services
Box ELH 1506
Shire Hall
Telephone 01223 717970