Ferndale Primary School and Nursery Menu Meet our Governors Home About Us Meet our Governors The Core Functions of the Local Governing Body are: Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent Governor Capacity Responsibility Appointed Mrs Rachel Rose Parent Chair 06-Nov-13 Mr Jake Chandler Governor Numeracy 27-Sep-18 Mr Sam Hudson Governor Finance 08-Mar-18 Mrs Jane Hayward Staff Clerk 01-Oct-17 Mrs Paula Iles Governor SEN/Pupil Premium 02-May-17 Mrs Rhea Reynolds Staff GDPR 20-Nov-13 Miss Liz Horrobin Ex-officio Headteacher 17-May-18 Rev Barbara Sheppard Governor Early Years 28-Mar-18 Mrs Candace Jackson-Collier Parent 23 January 2020 Mr Ali Arshad Parent 23 January 2020 The following governors have resigned within the last 12 months Date of Resignation Mr Neil Hilton Parent 14 July 2020 Mr Tim Harris Governor 3 July 2020 Mr Sam Hudson Parent 6 March 2020 Miss Lauren Coley Staff 1 September 2019 The Governing Body will consist of: Up to 3 Staff Governors At least 2 Parent Governors A minimum of 4 and a maximum of 10 Governors (which can include parents and staff, as long as the total number of staff does not equal more than one third of total number of governors) Please click here to view the Scheme of Delegation Further information and declarations of conflicts of interest can be viewed here. Terms of Reference The main functions of the local governing body are divided between the wellbeing of staff and pupils and education standards and progress. The terms of reference for these remits are detailed below. As well as this, each school will receive a delegated budget which is devolved from the Trust bank account. Governors will be expected to monitor the effectiveness of the spending in each school to ensure maximum impact and value for money. This includes the use of Pupil Premium and PE premium funding. Wellbeing To be involved in the appointment of staff and ensure recruitment, selection and appointments meet statutory and safeguarding requirements To monitor staff job descriptions to ensure fairness, legality and that they are up to date To be involved in the monitoring and recruitment of Governors To review and monitor the staffing and leadership establishment of the school To ensure school networks delivers quality staff development To monitor and review staff training To instigate, monitor, review and evaluate Governor training To monitor and review Performance Management/Appraisals To instigate capability procedures as and when appropriate To oversee disciplinary/grievance procedures To monitor and review all aspects of staff wellbeing (including Health and Safety eg maternity.) General protection of staff welfare eg stalkers, violent people, e-safety To investigate allegations against staff To investigate allegations against pupils To ensure the medical, emotional and social needs of all pupils are met To monitor behaviour log, bullying log and racist incident log To monitor and review the Academy’s involvement with the wider community Education Standards and Progress To ensure that to raise standards is acted upon, using the objectives set out in the School Improvement Plan To review and analyse the performance of the school, against national and local indicators, and to advise the Governing Body on any action required in order to sustain improvement. To approve the school’s curriculum statement and to ensure that it is being met. To ensure that School Improvement Plan reflects the requirement to raise standards, and to monitor and evaluate it accordingly. To monitor the implementation of any Action Plan resulting from OFSTED Inspections, in order to maintain progress. To recommend or approve the annual key stage targets to be set. To establish with the assistance of the Head, information about how the curriculum is taught, evaluated and resourced. To ensure that the requirements of pupils with SEND are met. To receive regular reports from the Head and/or SMT on the quality of teaching and learning, to identify areas for improvement, and ensure that any necessary action is taken to maximise outcomes for pupils. To ensure that other relevant policies (i.e. for Teaching & Learning, Behaviour, Attendance etc.) which support learning and improvements in attainment are in place and regularly reviewed. The Chair of Governors can be contacted in the following ways: In writing: Chair of Governors C/O Ferndale Primary and Nursery School Wiltshire Avenue Swindon Wilts SN2 1NX By email: clerktogovernors@ferndale.swindon.sch.uk In this section Privacy Notice Contact Us Values and Ethos Meet our Governors Meet the Staff Pupil Premium Policies and Duties SEND Ofsted Report Attainment and Progress Vacancies For the Inspector Ferndale Primary School and Nursery Wiltshire Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1NX Tel: 01793 332425 © 2021 Ferndale Primary School and Nursery Website Design by e4education High Visibility Version Sitemap Privacy Cookies Cookie Policy This site uses cookies to store information on your computer. Click here for more informationAllow CookiesCookie Settings