Gotherington Primary School

ACADEMY GOVERNANCE
Since the conversion to Academy Status in August 2011, Gotherington Primary School is governed as an Academy Trust. The Governing Body has a strategic role. With the Head Teacher, governors set the vision, ethos and strategic direction of the school and decide the improvement priorities. They provide a balance of support and challenge to school leaders and monitor and evaluate the work of the school, ensuring financial probity at all times.

The School has a Governing body comprised of a Chair of Trustees, Head Teacher, 2 Parent Trustees, 3 Co-opted Trustees, a Staff Trustee and 3 Members

GOVERNING BODY ORGANISATION
The Chair of  Trustees is Mr M Mintram.
The Vice Chair of the Governing Body is .
The School also has 2 Committees and they are as follows:
Finance Chair: Mr S Goodwin
Health and Safety Mr M  Mintram

Mike Mintram, Chair of Trustees 

 

Sarah Maclay, Parent Trustee






Shaw Goodwin, Vice Chair, Co-Opted Trustee, Safeguarding, Chair of Finance

Rachel Jones, Co-opted Trustee




Kerry Wright, Parent Trustee




Emmy Badham, Staff Trustee


Ms Ruth Turner is the Clerk to Governors/Company Secretary

WHAT ARE GOVERNORS EXPECTED TO DO?
The Board of Governors have statutory duties, which are:

WHAT DO I DO IF I WANT TO RAISE A COMPLAINT?
Raising Concerns and Resolving Complaints

The Education Act 2002 states thatschools must have a “general” procedure for dealing with complaints that are not covered by other statutory procedures including admissions, exclusion from school, SEN, religious education and collective worship. Section 29 of the 2002 Act requires governing bodies to:

·Establish and to publicise procedures for dealing with all complaints relating to the school or to provision of facilities or services.

·Have regard to any relevant guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of State.

 

In 2009 The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act extended Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) power to consider parent and pupil complaints about state schools. The Importance of Teaching states: “Schools are best placed to address parents' concerns – and in almost every case, teachers and head teachers can resolve concerns and issues quickly and easily."

Sometimes parents and schools have issues that cannot be resolved locally, and so we will make sure that parents have a route to complain in the most cost effective way, repealing the 2009 legislation.

 

Complaints are extremely rare at Gotherington. We have an open culture. Staff are nearly always available – it’s easy to have a quick chat with teachers or the headteacher so most concerns or complaints are dealt with quickly. However, from time to time parents, and others connected with the school, will become aware of matters that cause them concern. To encourage resolution of such situations the Governing Body has adopted a “School Complaints Procedure”.  The procedure is devised with the intention that it will:

• usually be possible to resolve issues by informal means.

• be simple to use and understand.

• be non-adversarial.

• provide confidentiality.

• allow problems to be handled swiftly through the correct procedure.

• address all the points at issue.

• inform future practice so that the problem is unlikely to recur.

 

Full details of the procedure may be obtained from the 'Polices Section' of our website, the School Office or from the Clerk to the Governing Body.
 

Gotherington Primary School Governor responsibilities 

Title Chair Vice-Chair Pupil premium  Responsible officer  Safeguarding  SEN  Curriculum	Initials MM SG KW KW SG SM SM
Committees: Finance Health and safety Personnel (meets as required)	LW (Chair),KCL MM, KW & TP LW-S (Chair), KCL  MM (Chair) KCL, MM,
Panels: Pay Panel Head Teacher Performance Management Other Panels:	MM, KCL  MM  Governors to be called upon as  required

 
 

GOVERNING BODY ATTENDANCE ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-23

Full Governing Body - Attendance Details (2022-23)

 

Name of Governor	Date of Meeting						Overall %
	03.10.2022 FGB	05.12.2022 FGB & AGM	06.02.2023 FGB	30.03.2023 FGB	15.05.23 FGB	10.07.23 FGB
Mr M Mintram.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	100
Mrs K Langley	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	50
Mr S Goodwin	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	67
Miss R Jones	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	83
Miss H Kent	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	83
Mrs S Maclay	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	67
Mr L Wilkinson	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	67
Mrs K Wright	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	100
Mrs T Poole.	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	67

GOVERNING BODY ATTENDANCE ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-22

Full Governing Body - Attendance Details (2021-22)
 

Name of Governor	Date of Meeting						Overall %
	27.09.21 FGB	15.11.21 FGB	06.12.21 FGB	31.01.22 AGM	28.03.22 FGB	11.07.22 FGB
Mr M Mintram.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	100
Mrs K Langley	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	100
Mr S Goodwin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	100
Mrs S Lawrance	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	90
Mrs Maclay	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	100
Mrs J Morrow	No	No	No	No	No	No	0
Miss H Kent	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	90
Mr M Longland.	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	50
Mrs T Poole.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	100

 

 

 

                                                  Finance Committee Meetings - Attendance Details (2022-2023)

 

Name of Committee Member	Date of Meeting				Overall %
	14.11.22 FINANCE	23.01.23 FINANCE	11.05.23 FINANCE	05.07.23 FINANCE
Mr L Wilkinson Chair	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	100%
Mr M Mintram	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	100%
Mrs K Langley	Yes	Yes	No	No	50%
Mrs K Wright	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	100%
Mrs T Poole	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	100%