Walworth Primary School’s Governing Body has an important role to play in ensuring that our school provides the best possible teaching and learning for pupils. School Governors come from a wide range of backgrounds; parents, teachers, staff and community.
Governor Structure
Name | Representing | Term of Office | Committee | Responsibilities | Register of Interests | Relationship to Staff | Position |
Mr Ken Flynn (Chair) | Co-opted | 11.02.19 - 10.02.23 | Headteachers Performance Pay Review First Personnel | Residential Unit GDPR and I.T. Children looked after Safeguarding | - | None | Chair of Governors (LEA appointed) |
Mr Philip Chater ( Vice Chair) | Co-opted | 05.05.20- 04.05.24 | Finance & Premises (Chair) Curriculum, Standards and Attendance Pay Review First | R.E. D&T Culture (Music, Art, MFL) Children looked after Maths | None | Vice Chair of Governors LA Appointed |
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Miss Sarah Brandon | Co-opted | 07.05.18 - 06.05.22 | Head Teachers Performance (Chair) Pay Review First (Chair) Personnel. | English Governor Training | None | Co-opted Link Governor | |
Ms Nikki Rutter | Parent | 01.02.20 - 31.01.24 | Finance & Premises Appeals (Chair) | Humanities PSHE EWMH Lead Nurture | None | Parent Appointed | |
Ms Ashleigh Holt | Co-opted | 19.10.20 - 18.10.24 | Appeals Personnel Curriculum, Standards & Attendance | Attendance SEN Remote Learning | None | ||
Mr Roland Cooke | Staff | Ongoing | Finance & Premises Personnel Curriculum, Standards & Attendance | Head Teacher | - | - | Head Teacher |
Miss Vicky Bourne | Staff | 07.02.19 - 06.02.23 | Personnel. Finance & Premises Curriculum, Standards & Attendance | Deputy Head Humanities Science | None | Teaching Staff | |
Mrs Michelle Smith | Staff | 25.03.19 - 24.03.23 | Personnel. Curriculum, Standards & Attendance. | Humanities | None | Learning Support Assistant | |
Mrs Cheryl Blakey | Local Authority | 18.06.19 - 17.06.23 | Appeals Personnel (Chair) Curriculum, Standards & Attendance (Chair) | Pupil Premium Sports Premium PE Attendance | Local Authority | ||
Mrs Gail Weetham | Parent | 18.11.21 - 17.11.25 | None | Parent Appointed |
Governor Attendance 2021-22
KEY
/ – Attended meeting
A/A – Apologies sent and accepted by meeting
N – Did not attend
X – Not a member of the committee
Name | HT Performance Management Committee 13/10/21 | Pay Review/ First Committee 13/10/21 | Pay Review/ First Committee 20/10/21 | Full Governing Body Meeting 20/10/21 | Curriculum & Standards Committee 1/12/21 | Full Governing Body Meeting 28/2/22 | Curriculum & Standards Committee 28/3/22 |
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Mr. Ken Flynn | / | / | / | / | X | / | / (Observer) |
Mr. Philip Chater | X | A/A | / | / | / | A/A | / |
Miss Sarah Brandon | / | / | / | / | X | / | / (Observer) |
Miss Nikki Rutter | X | X | X | / | X | / | X |
Mrs. Ashleigh Holt | X | X | X | / | / | / | A/A |
Mr Roland Cooke | X | X | X | / | / | / | / |
Miss Vicky Bourne | X | X | X | / | / | / | / |
Mrs. Michelle Smith | X | X | X | A/A | A/A | / | / |
Mrs. Cheryl Blakey | X | / NB. Co-opted for meeting | X | / | / | / | / |
Gail Weetham | A/A | / | / | ||||
Observers | Gail Weetham | Sarah Brandon | Emma Reed |
As Governors, we all have an interest in education and a passion for securing the best for Walworth School, working closely with the Headteacher to ensure we deliver our mission of 'Improving the quality of children's lives'. We conduct most of our business through meetings; we meet as a full Governong Body once a term. We also go into school to meet with the Headteacher, other members of staff and pupils to help us find out how the school is progressing towards its targets. We attend training sessions and seminars to help us keep up to date with changes in school and education, and to help us do our job effectively. Governors are responsible for the strategic vision of the school and for supporting the Headteacher and staff in achieving that vision. Governors have responsibility for appointing the Headteacher, managing the school's budget, setting annual targets and monitoring performance against those targets, all in the interest of raising standards of achievement. In addition to these statutory responsibilities, Governors do a wide variety of other things, either through formal committee activity or through personal involvement with the day-to-day life of the school Sub-committees meet as and when required. Members of the Governing Body serve for a four year period. At the Autumn Term full Governing Body meeting, the Chair and Vice-Chair are elected and the composition of sub-committees is determined. All Governors may be contacted via school - home addresses are not published for reasons of security. Please click on the link below to read the written statements of behaviour principles. Governing Body - Written Statement of Behaviour Principles Walworth Primary School adhere to the statutory guidance from the Department of 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. The Constitution of Governing Bodies of Maintained Schools (2017) Chair: Mr Ken Flynn Strategic Leadership and Accountability: People and structures: Compliance and Evaluation: Chair: Cheryl Blakey Curriculum Planning & Delivery Assessment & Improvement Engagement: Meetings: at least termly Chair: Phillip Chater Finance: Premises: Meetings: at least termly
NB Any goods/services purchased and works to be carried out are subject to Durham County Council Contract Procedures Rules (January 2014) for quotations i.e. quotations, or tenders to be invited from capable contractors based on the likely value of the procurement over its lifetime. Chair: Nikki Rutter Meetings: held as necessary Chair: Sarah Brandon Meetings: at least annualy Chair: Cheryl Blakey Meetings: as and when required Lead Governor: Sarah Brandon Meetings: Autumn Term plus monitoring meetings Chair: Cheryl Blakey Meetings: At least annually Delegation to the Headteacher The Governing Body can delegate the power to appoint outside the leadership group to: Appointments: Dismissals: 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
Full Governing Body
Vice Chair: Mr Philip Chater
Curriculum and Standards Committee
Terms of Reference
Quorum: 3
Disqualifications: NoneFinance & Premises Committee
Terms of Reference
Quorum: 3
Disqualifications: where there may be a conflict of a pecuniary interest
Virement Limits Expenditure Limits
Limit set for Headteacher without prior written approval of Chair of Governing Body
Where the cumulative effect of multiple virements on the same budget heading exceeds this limit, details are to be reported to the next Finance and Premises Committee meeting for information and retrospective approval£5,000 Any items of expenditure up to £
Limit set for Headteacher with approval from Chair of Governors
A log of these approvals will be maintained and details reported to the next Finance and Premises Committee meeting. £5,000 to £10,000 Above this limit if item was previously notified to the Governing body
Prior Finance and Premises Committee or Chair of Governors approval (whichever is the soonest) to be sought outside of these limits and reported to the Finance and Premises Committee at the earliest opportunity.
Pupil Discipline Committee
Terms of Reference
Quorum: 3
Disqualifications: prior knowledge; any Governor whose child is involvedFirst/Pay Review Committee
Terms of Reference:
Quorum: 3
Disqualifications: Headteacher; Chair of Governors (if have prior knowledge); where there may be a conflict of interest; any governor whose spouse/partner is involved; staff (annual pay review and matters relating to staffing reductions).Appeals Committee
Terms of Reference
Quorum: Must have at least the same number of Governors as were present at the original hearing.
Disqualifications: Headteacher; chair of Governors (if have prior knowledge); any Governor involved in the original hearing; where there may be a conflict of interest; any governor whose spouse/partner is involved; staff (appeals in relation to salary or staffing reduction decisions).Headteacher's Performance Review Committee
Terms of Reference
Disqualifications: Headteacher and staff
Personnel Committee
Terms of Reference:
Quorum: 3
Disqualifications: where there may be a conflict of a pecuniary interest; any Governor whose spouse/partner is involved.
School Staffing (England) Regulations 2009
Governing Body delegates to....responsibility for the appointment of:
Governing body delegates to the Headteacher responsibility up to and including first written warning / first and final written warning / dismissal of:
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