Meet the Governors

The role of the Governing Body.

The School Governing body is responsible for working with the school to ensure that it delivers a good quality education. Together with the head teacher, who is responsible for day-to-day management, they set the school’s aims and policies.

Governors have three main roles:

To provide strategic direction for the school
To act as a critical friend to the head teacher
To ensure accountability

Governors also have some important duties which they perform in collaboration with the head teacher and the senior leadership team. These include:

Determining how the budget is spent
The appointment of staff
Forming policy on the school’s curriculum
Setting standards for pupils’ behaviour and discipline
Making sure school buildings are welcoming and safe
Setting and monitoring the school’s aims and policies

Recent reconstitution of Governing Bodies throughout the country has meant that the group is smaller and can be more responsive to the changing needs of the school. The core of governors is relatively small, each of whom has expertise in their own field. The Governing Body is able to co-opt Associate Members where needed, for specific tasks. A Governors’ Notice Board in school with up-to-date information will include a comments/questions envelope to enable the board to regularly and frequently answer any questions and queries.

The reconstituted governing body is made up of:

NAME	TYPE OF GOVERNOR	TERM OF OFFICE	APPOINTING BODY	RESPONSIBILITY
Vacancy	Parent Governor
Mr K Teli	Co-opted Governor	05.03.15 – 04.03.19	Governing Body
Mrs L Van der Heiden	Co-opted Governor	31.01.17 – 30.01.21	Governing Body	Chair of Governors
Mr C Pelham	Co-opted Governor	31.01.17 – 30.01.21	Governing Body
Mr C Cook	Co-opted Governor	31.01.17 – 30.01.21	Governing Body
Vacancy	Co-opted Governor	1	Governing Body
Mrs H O’Driscoll	Co-opted Governor	31.01.17 – 30.01.21	Governing Body
Mr M Sachs	Local Authority Governor	04.03.15 – 03.03.19	Local Authority
Ms D Franklin	Staff Governor	27.09.17 -26.09.21	Staff at Wells Primary School
Mrs J Henderson	Head teacher		-	Head teacher
Mrs B Yilmaz	Parent Governor	16.11.18-15.11.22	Parent Body	Vice-Chair of Governors

Committee Information

Name	Committee	Position of responsibility held
Mr C Pelham	Teaching and Learning	Chair
Vacancy	Teaching and Learning
Mrs H O’Driscoll	Teaching and Learning
Ms D Franklin	Teaching and Learning
Vacancy	Teaching and Learning

Mrs J Henderson	Teaching and Learning

Name	Committee	Position of responsibility held
Mrs L Van der Heiden	Finance and Resources	Chair
Mr M Sachs	Finance and Resources
Mr C Cook	Finance and Resources
Mrs J Henderson	Finance and Resources
Mr K Teli	Finance and Resources
Vacancy	Finance and Resources
Mrs S Dennis	Finance and Resources	Also invited

Governors each have a link to at least one curriculum area:

Martin Sachs	Maths and Music
Kirit Teli	Computing
Louise van der Heiden	Literacy, Humanities and Science
Chris Cook	Premises, Health and Safety, Art and Design and PE
Chris Pelham	SEND RE and Safeguarding

REGISTER OF PECUNIARY, BUSINESS OR PERSONAL INTERESTS

Name	Date of appointment	Pecuniary, business or personal interest	Date register signed	NIL Return
Mr K Teli	05.03.15		11.12.18	Yes
Mrs L Van der Heiden	31.01.17		7.11.19	Yes
Mr C Pelham	31.01.17		7.11.19	Yes
Mr C Cook	31.01.17		7.11.19	Yes
Mrs H O’Driscoll	31.01.17		7.11.19	Yes
Mr M Sachs	04.03.15	Member of Management Body PRU – 01.04.16	7.11.19
Ms D Franklin	27.09.17		7.11.19	Yes
Mrs J Henderson	-	Carr Garden Buildings	7.11.19