THE GOVERNING BODY
INTRODUCTION LETTER FROM THE CHAIR OF GOVERNORS/KEY PURPOSE OF THE GOVERNING BODY
Dear Parents and Carers,
My name is Joyce Bitchenor and I am Chair of Governors at Burnt Tree Primary School. On behalf of the Governing Body, I would like to welcome you to our school website and provide you with an insight into the role of the Governing Body.
Our Governing Body is made up of 12 governors from a variety of backgrounds and with a range of different skills all of whom work hard to support the Headteacher, staff and pupils.
As a Governing Body we work with the school to ensure that it delivers good quality education and together with the Headteacher, who is responsible for day-to-day management of the school, we set the school’s aims and policies.
Our Key Roles are:
Setting the strategic direction for the school.
Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils and the performance management of staff.
Overseeing the financial performance of the school, making sure its money is well spent and ensuring financial accountability and sustainability.
Other duties include:
Determining how the school’s budget is spent including Pupil Premium
Appointing and dismissing staff
Hearing appeals and grievances
Setting standards for pupils’ behaviour and discipline
Making sure school buildings are welcoming and safe
Monitoring the school’s aims and policies
The Full Governing Body meets once every half term and there are 2 sub-committees – The Finance and Personnel Committee who meet each term and the Pupil Progress,
Standards and Curriculum Committee who meet every half term. Individual governors also take a lead role on behalf of the Governing Body in areas including Health and Safety, Pupil Premium, Child Protection and Safeguarding, Attendance and Special Educational Needs. All governors report back on their visits to school at Full Governing Body meetings.
In addition to attending meetings governors visit the school regularly attending special events, meeting with staff and pupils and monitoring progress.
We monitor progress in a variety of ways including: Presentations from subject leaders; Learning Walks; Book Scrutinies, attending Pupil Progress meetings and interviews with pupils. We also receive reports from the Head Teacher and other leaders, the Local Authority Adviser, Outside Agencies and the Junior Leadership Team.
On behalf of the Governing Body I would like to thank all parents and carers for their continued support.
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Joyce Bitchenor
Chair of Governors.
Below is a list of Governors and their responsibilities. If you wish to contact the Chair of Governors or any member of the Governing Body please do so through the school office. Any concerns related to the day to day management of the school including teaching and learning and pupil discipline must always be referred directly to the Head teacher.
LA Governors | Miss Joyce Bitchenor | Chair of Governors | Safeguarding, EYFS and Pupil Premium/Sports Grant Funding Governor |
Co-opted Governors | Mr Harmohan Sood | Vice Chair of Governors | Health & Safety Governor |
Mrs Sheila Reid-Simms | English: Reading/Writing Governor | ||
Mr Muhammed Loan | Science and Thematic Curriculum Governor | ||
Fr Martin Ennis | Attendance and Community Governor | ||
Parent Governors | Miss T Akintola | ||
Vacancy | SEND Governor | ||
Staff Governors | Mrs Jayne Bayliss | Head Teacher | |
Mrs Claire Brown | Maths and Pupil Voice/British Values Governor |
Governor Name | Type of Governor | Date of Appointment | Term of Office End Date | Appointing Body | Chair (CH) or Vice Chair (VC) | Committee Chair | Finance & Personnel Committee Member | Pupil Progress, Standards & Curriculum Committee Member | Connections to Staff (Yes or No) If Yes, who & how | Other School Governor Posts held. Name of School & type of Governor | Business Interests declared. (Yes / No) If yes please state | Attendance 2019/2020 |
Mrs J Bayliss | Head Teacher | 22/05/2018 | GB | Y (Advisory) | Y | Staff Member | Yes SB Electrical | 100% | ||||
Ms J Bitchenor | LA | 01/09/2018 | 10/04/2021 | LA/GB | CH | Pay | Y | Y | No | No | 92% | |
Miss L Blakeley | Co-Opted Deputy Head | 17/09/2019 | 16/09/2023 | Y | Staff Member | 88% | ||||||
Mrs C Brown | Staff | 07/09/2016 | 06/09/2024 | Elected | Y | Staff Member | 100% | |||||
Fr M Ennis | Co-Opted | 28/09/2016 | 27/09/2024 | GB | Y | No | No | 90% | ||||
Mr M Loan | Co-Opted | 24/06/2018 | 23/06/2022 | GB | Y | No | COP/Rood End Pr | No | 71% | |||
Mrs S Reid-Simms | Co-Opted | 24/06/2018 | 23/06/2022 | GB | No | No | 40% | |||||
Mr H Sood | Co-Opted | 29/09/2015 | 28/09/2023 | GB | VC | Fin/Pers | Y | No | No | 100% | ||
Miss T Akintola | Parent | 21/09/2018 | 20/09/2022 | Elected | Y | No | No | 71% | ||||
Mrs S Dosanjh | Parent | 19/10/2020 | 18/10/2021 | Elected | N/A | |||||||
Vacancy | Co-Opted | |||||||||||
Vacancy | Co-Opted | |||||||||||
Mrs A Braham | Parent | 23/09/2016 | 22/09/2020 | End Term | 30% |
CHAIR | Ms Joyce Bitchenor | PAY COMMITTEE | Ms Joyce Bitchenor |
VICE CHAIR | Mr Harmohan Sood | MEMBERS | Vacancy |
HEAD’S APPRAISAL | Ms Joyce Bitchenor | Fr Martin Ennis | |
Mr Harmohan Sood | |||
Fr Martin Ennis |
Governor | Area of Responsibility | School Link for Responsibility |
Joyce Bitchenor | EYFS | EY Lead - Charlotte Wakeman |
Safeguarding & Behaviour / Child Protection | Family Support Worker - Melissa Hardwick and Head Teacher - Jayne Bayliss | |
Pupil Premium/Sport Grant Funding | Head Teacher - Jayne Bayliss | |
Vacancy | SEND | SENCO - Samantha Tolladay |
Temitope Akintola | ||
Claire Brown | Maths | Louise Giles |
Pupil Voice / British Values | ||
Muhammed Loan | Science / Thematic Curriculum | Rebecca Hine / Claire Bailey |
Harmohan Sood | Health & Safety | Head /Site Manager/ Business Manager |
Sheila Reid-Simms | English | Leanne Blakeley |
Fr Martin Ennis | Attendance & Community | Attendance Officer - Karen Mullally |
Brief description of the remit to support specific responsibilities:
Attendance & Community – engagement, communication, increased understanding. Look at feedback from Parent Questionnaires and work with School to analyse. Look at methods of communication with School, and the use/development of the website. EEu is a growing population. Examine After-School provision. Work closely with Parent Support Adviser (PSA) on Attendance.
Promotion of British Values – knowledge that this is taking place eg assemblies, visits, School Council.
EAL – Progress for specific groups of children and look at interventions to support/how are these children accessing the curriculum.
Governor visits in some instances will need to – have a focus, report back on what was seen and what you would like to see next time.
Any discussion in School between a Governor/Member of Staff needs to be recorded – Governors Diary needs to be updated.