What does the Governing Body do?
The Governing Body at Lambley Primary School is made up of members of the local and school community, all acting on a voluntary basis. We have a mixture of local authority, parent and staff governors as well as members who have been co-opted from the local community. Each member brings a different perspective and set of skills to the governing body.
We are responsible for ensuring that the school is run to promote pupil achievement and constantly striving to make sure every child reaches their full potential.
We provide strategic management, act as critical friends and ensure accountability. We work closely with the Headteacher, who is responsible for the day-to-day management of the school.
We are required to have a strong focus on three core strategic functions and when a school is inspected by Ofsted, the governing body is required to provide evidence that governors are fulfilling these three core functions:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
- Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff; and
- Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.
How is the Governing Body Organised?
We amended our instrument of government (which sets out the size and composition of our governing body) to update the number of governing body members to [13] as follows:
- 3 parent governors (who are elected by parents and carers of children at the school);
- 1 Local Authority governor (who is nominated by the Local Authority and appointed by the governing body based on his/her skills and experience);
- 1 staff governor (who is elected by staff at the school);
- 8 Co-opted governors (appointed by the governing body based on skills and experience).
- The Headteacher (who is a permanent member of the governing body)
As well as attending formal Governing Body Meetings (2 x per term) we all play an active part within school and attend governor training sessions on various educational issues to help us in our role. We have a number of working parties but these all operate under the ‘Essential Governance’ Committee. We are also responsible for ensuring that our school policies are reviewed regularly, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations/legislation.
If you would like to email the Chair of Governors, the address is: dbathgate@lambley.notts.sch.uk
Please use this link to see: School Register Of Governors’ Interests
