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:
Four community governors
Rev Malcolm Raby (Chair)
Mrs Rebecca Wood
Mr Les Gelling
Vacancy
Three LA representatives
Dr Roderick Johnstone(Vice Chair)
Mr Simon Gentry
Vacancy
Five parent governors
Mrs Sally Tilley
Miss Karen Wolfreys
Mrs Karen Lee
Mrs Kate Parker
Ms Laura Collinson
Two teacher governors
Miss Maria Burke
Mrs Celia Greenaway
One non-teaching staff governor
Mr Dave Bridgman
Clerk to the Governors
Mr Eric Smith
The
School Profile
The 2005 Education
Act introduced the School Profile a short focused document produced by school
governors, for parents, that replaces the annual governors' report. The Act
also removed the need for governors' annual meeting with parents. All
maintained schools, except nursery schools, will now produce a profile annually
to communicate with its parents about the school's progress, priorities and
performance. It is a short document which will contain: statistics, to be
provided and updated by the DfES on an annual basis, a summary of the latest
Ofsted report, to be provided by DfES and updated at least every three years
and narrative sections to be written by the school, updated at least annually.
(www.parentscentre.gov.uk/schoolprofile).
Complaints
Procedure
The 1989 Education (School and
Curriculum Related Information) Regulations outline three stages for
complaints.
The normal complaint procedure
stages are:
1.
Informal
stage of discussion between the parent and teacher or Headteacher. Most
complaints can be resolved at this stage.
2.
Formal
complaint to the Headteacher.
1.
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
CB3 OAP
Telephone 01223 717970