All Saints Church of England Primary School

Governors

THE GOVERNING BODY

The Governing Body provides strategic leadership and accountability for the school. It has three key functions:

Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent
Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils
Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction

Governors set the aims and objectives for the school and set the policies and targets for achieving those aims and objectives. They monitor and evaluate the progress the school is making and act as a source of challenge and support to the headteacher.

In action, this means:

Appointing and performance reviewing the head teacher, including making decisions about pay
Managing budgets and deciding how money is spent
Engaging with pupils, staff, parents and the school community
Sitting on panels and making decisions about things like pupil exclusions and staff disciplinary
Addressing a range of education issues within the school including disadvantaged pupils, pupils with special needs, staff workload and teacher recruitment
Looking at data and evidence to ask questions and have challenging conversations about the school

The Governing Body buys into the local authority clerking and Governor support services in order to ensure governors are well-supported in their work.

THE STRUCTURE OF THE GOVERNING BODY AND ITS COMMITTEES

At All Saints we have a governing body comprising 12 members:

3 parent governors (appointed by ballot by parents)
1 Local Authority Governor
1 Staff Governor
The Head teacher
3 Foundation Governors (appointed by the Diocesan Board of Education for the Diocese of Leeds) including the Priest of the Parish of Horton All Saints
3 Co-opted Governors

As well as the Full Governing Body, which meets 6 times a year, there are two standing committees: the Estates, Staffing and Finance committee; and the Curriculum and School Improvement Committee. These committees usually meet in the weeks before each Full Governing Body Meeting in order to scrutinise in detail these key aspects of the school on behalf of the Full Governing Body.

Governors are elected for a term of four years. If you would be interested in becoming a governor, please ask any of the governors or the headteacher for more information.

Register of Interests

Full Name	Type of Governor [including Associate Members] Appointed by	Date of Appointment /Term of Office	End date if applicable	Committee membership , voting rights of Associate Members and any special roles or chairing responsibilities	Other educational institutions at which a governor	Business interests and date notified	Any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff (including spouses, partners and close relatives)	Meetings attended over previous academic year out of a total number of applicable meetings (incl committees) 2015/16	Meetings attended over previous academic year out of a total number of applicable meetings (incl committees) 2016/17
Mr H Atkinson	Co-opted	05/10/2013	10/02/2019	Finance, Buildings & Staffing/Curriculum & School Improvement	None	None	None	20/21	17/21
Mr K ALI	LEA	16/11/2013	24/04/2016	Finance, Buildings & Staffing			Daughter attends All Saints’ currently in Year 4.	3/16
Mr S Ali	Parent	05/07/2014	20/10/2016	Curriculum & School Improvement				5/12
Mrs M Clayton	Non-Teaching	18/01/2013	17/01/2017	Finance, Buildings & Staffing	None	None	None	12/16	13/14
Mr J Davie	Head Teacher	01/09/2014	n/a	Curriculum & School Improvement/ Staffing Premises & Finance	None	None	None	21/21	19/19
Janet Firth	Foundation	15/03/2016		Curriculum & School Improvement/				4/4	12/12
Mr B Khan	Parent	28/09/2015	01/11/2015		None	None	None	1/1
Mr O Khan	Parent	27/04/2015	27/04/2019	Finance, buildings & Staffing/ Curriculum & School Improvement	None	None	None	19/21	7/19
Mrs E McMahon	Foundation	31/01/2014	Retired 27/01/2016	Finance, Buildings & Staffing	None	None	None	8/8
Mrs E Ogilvie	Co-opted	20/02/2014	30/09/2016	Curriculum & School Improvement				6/12
Mrs A Onyango	Foundation	21/10/2013	20/10/2017	Finance, Buildings & Staffing	None	None	None	12/16	9/14
Mrs S Saleem	Parent		02/03/2020	Curriculum & School Improvement				4/4	4/12
Mr S Treasure	Foundation	12/10/1998	n/a	School Improvement/Church Links/SIAMS	Academy Appointed Governor at St Oswald’s Primary	None	None	12/12	10/12
Mr R Ul-Haq	Parent	10/03/2010	02/11/2016	Curriculum & School Improvement				2/7	2/12
Mr K Wyatt	Co-opted	01/12/2015	01/12/2019	Staffing Premises & Finance				6/6	10/14
Mrs F Yousaf	Parent	25/11/2015		Curriculum & School Improvement				4/4	8/12