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Home / About Us / Our Governing Body

Our Governing Body

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

Role of the Board of Governors

The Governing Body of a school is responsible for ensuring that it is run to promote the very best of outcomes for children.

Its duties include:

  • setting strategic direction, policies and objectives
  • the school budget
  • reviewing progress against the school’s budget and objectives
  • appointing, challenging and supporting the headteacher

The Governing Body is made up of:

  • parents governors (elected by parents)
  • staff representatives (elected by school staff)
  • local authority governors (appointed by the local authority)
  • community governors (appointed by the governing body)

Please read our ESS Governance Statement 2017-2018 for more information.

Governor Committee Structure

NamePositionRepresentingTerm
of
Office Ends
CommitteeSpecial
Interests Area
Register
of
Interest
Relationship
to
Staff
Miss S Taylor
Staff19/01/2020Finance & PremisesNoneNone
Mr J Wise
ChairCo-opted09/11/2020Staffing
Finance & Premises
First Committee
HT Performance Review
Health and Safety
Curriculum
Attendance
NoneNone
Mrs A KaneCo-opted05/03/2023InclusionNoneNone
Mrs H Cook
Co-opted31/08/2019Finance and PremisesNoneNone
Mrs H KirtleyParent19/03/2021Curriculum and Standards
Appeals
Safeguarding
Attendance
NoneNone
Mrs J WilliamsHeadteacherCurriculum and Standards
Finance & Premises
Staffing
NoneNone
Mrs L FenwickVice ChairParent10/03/2023Curriculum and Standards
First Committee
HT Performance Review
English
SMSC (inc British Values)
Curriculum
NoneNone
Mrs N WilsonParent10/10/2020Curriculum and Standards
Appeals
HT Performance Review
Pupil Discipline
Inclusion - SEND and More Able
RE
NoneNone
Mrs S ShawParent10/10/2020Curriculum and Standards
Finance & Premises
First Committee
Staffing
MathsNoneNone
Ms L McCallumLocal Authority30/09/2022Curriculum and Standards
Staffing
Safeguarding
Pupil Premium
Attendance
NoneNone
Miss H GreavesParent03/02/2023Appeals
Finance & Premises
EYFS
Sport Premium
NoneNone

Statutory Guidance for Governing Bodies

The Governing body at East Stanley School follows the statutory guidance from the Department for Education. This says 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 full document below.

The Constitution of Governing Bodies of Maintained Schools (2017)

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.


Governor Attendance

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

Record of Attendance 2019–2020

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

NameMeeting
[add date]
Meeting
[add date]
Meeting
[add date]
Miss S Taylor
Mr J Wise
Mrs H Cook
Mrs H Kirtley
Mrs J Williams
Mrs L Fenwick
Mrs N Wilson
Mrs S Shaw
Ms L McCallum
Miss H Greaves

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


Committee Terms of Reference

We will be adding this information soon.

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