Our Governors

The Governors help us make our school the best it can be. They meet regularly to support the Leadership Team in the decision making process and to ask challenging questions about how well we are doing and how we can improve.

The Governor's Vision for our school incorporates our "Caring, curious, courageous" motto but expands this further.  The reason for this vision plan is so that we as a board can focus on what we expect to see from our staff, children, parents and other stakeholders of our school.  Here is our vision.

The Chair of Governors is Mrs Liz Maisey (e: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and our Clerk to Governors is Mrs Christine Killey. Our Governors are caring, curious and courageous people who give up their time voluntarily to support the school and we are very grateful for the contribution they make. 

We are pleased to welcome Kelly Bowden to our Governing Body as a Parent Governor and Mike Avis as a Foundation Governor. 

Governor News

It has been a few months since I updated.  It feels like things have settled into a new sort of normal.  It is great to see the children all back and settled into school life, even if only from afar.  The Governors meetings have continued to be virtual (over MSTeams) and I was hoping that we may have a chance to sit and have a proper get together before the end of term, but that looks unlikely after the news last week from the Government.

This will be my last Governor update, as I pass the reigns on to one of my fellow Governors.  We are very fortunate at St Marys to have a committed and talented board of Governors, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank each one of you for your support during the time I have been Chair.

Thank you to those new parents, Kelly Bowden (Parent Governor) and Mike Avis (Foundation Governor) who are new to the Governing body and in volunteering their time.   As they start on their journey as a Governor I can only hope they find the role as interesting and informing as I have over the past few years.

I continue to wish the school well, and hope it goes from strength to strength as the Town school.

Liz Maisey (Chair of Governors)  

Governing Committees

The Full Governing Body is responsible for:

• Monitoring and challenging the progress of the school in achieving its priorities;
• Setting the strategic direction, vision and ethos of the school;
• Recruiting and performance managing the headteacher;
• Exercising employer responisibility;
• Ensuring the school meets its statutory responsibilities;
• Ensuring financial probity;
• Ensuring the premises are well managed;
• Reporting to the school's stakeholders.

We also have two sub-committees - the Teaching and Learning Committee and the Resources Committee:

The purpose of the Teaching & Learning Committee is to monitor and improve standards of pupil performance and the teaching of the national curriculum. The committee will support and advise and challenge the Headteacher and the Governing Body on the distinctiveness of St Mary's as a church school and on communication and engagement with parents and the community.  The committee will also ensure safeguarding meets statutory requirements.

The purpose of the Resources Committee is to ensure effective use of the school's financial resources, that the premises are fit for purpose and meet relevant health and safety requirements and to provide guidance to the Headteacher on personnel issues.

Our Governors

Each Governor has a specific curriculum responsibilty and a defined term of office.