The Work of the Governing Board

The Governing Board at St Nicholas Church of England Primary School is made up of governors from all parts of our community, including parents, representatives from the Church of England and staff at the school.

Our Governing Board works hard in supporting, challenging and monitoring the performance of the school, in committee meetings ensuring that plans are in place to meet the strategic needs of the school and in their specialist roles such as Safeguarding governor, Pupil Premium governor and Special Educational Needs governor.

By law we must publish our governors' register of interests and a summary of meetings that our governors have attended in the last year; see below:

Governor Documents

The role of a school governor is demanding but very rewarding and is a good way to give back to your local community.  School governing boards are responsible for working with the school to ensure that it delivers a good quality education. Together with the headteacher, who is responsible for day-to-day leadership and management, they set the school's aims and policies.

Key roles of governors:

  • To ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction

  • To hold the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff

  • To oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure its money is well spent 

 

Inspiring Governance is a free, 'matchmaking' service which connects skilled volunteers interested in serving as governors and trustees with schools and colleges.  It provides free, expert support for volunteers and governing bodies, as well as for employers wanting to run programmes for their staff serving as governors.  For more information, click on the logo to the left.

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