Our faculty Staff & Governors read more Staff Senior Leadership Early Years Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2 Lower Key Stage 2 Upper Key Stage 2 Curriculum + Enrichment Health Office Lunchtime Supervisors Site Staff Click here to see the Wise Owl Trust Executive Team Governors School Governors now play an increasingly significant role in the running of schools. We feel it’s a huge privilege to serve the school, and play our part in ensuring the children at Briscoe Lane receive the education they deserve. School governing bodies are made up of volunteers who are responsible for working with the school to ensure that it delivers a good quality education. Individual governors bring a range of experience to the group, drawing on their own professional expertise and often their knowledge of the school as parents or as part of the local community. We work closely with the Principal, Mrs Hall and her senior leadership team, and focus on three core functions: 1.  Setting the school’s strategic direction and priorities, and ensure all statutory duties are met. 2.  Acting as a ‘critical friend,’ supporting the principal and holding her to account for the school’s day-to-day running. 3.  Overseeing the school’s financial performance and ensure the budget is well spent. Governors don’t get involved in the everyday operation of the school; that is in the hands of Mrs Hall and her Senior Leadership Team. Our role is mainly to help shape the strategic direction and priorities of the school, and help drive those priorities forward. We meet as a whole Governing Body several times a year. In addition to this, two sub-committees meet and each has a particular focus on different areas of school life: 1.  Achievement and Inclusion 2.  Resources Much of the work is done in these committees, and each one will meet once or twice per term. In addition to these meetings, some of us also fulfil statutory roles which oversee different aspects of school life (e.g. Safeguarding, Health and Safety, and Special Educational Needs). The work of the Board of Governors helps ensure that staff can get on with doing what they do best – educating our pupils to a high standard but at the same time creating time, space and resources for your children to do the more fun things in life. Please click here for Governor details including pecuniary interests. Governance Policies Pecuniary Interests Registers The Pecuniary Interests Register is a statutory requirement to be completed by all governors. This is also a standard item for the agenda for every governors’ meeting. To view the 2020-21 Pecuniary Interests Register please click here. For previous Pecuniary Interests Registers please click the icons below. Pecuniary Interests 2019/20 Pecuniary Interests 2018/19 Pecuniary Interests 2017/18 Attendance Registers The Attendance register for governors, shows which governors attended each of the meetings in the specified academic year. Attendance Register 2020/21 Attendance Register 2019/20 Attendance Register 2018/19 Attendance Register 2017/18 Other Governance Documents Governors’ Visit Record Governors’ Questions to Ask Governor Visits Guidance GDPR Privacy Notice(parents & carers) Privacy Notice(pupils) Records Management Policy GDPR Policy Privacy Notice (workforce) Wise Owl Trust Wise Owl Trust is a growing, multi-academy trust formed in 2012. Currently comprising 3 primary Academies located within East Manchester, we have developed a strong central team of specialists with expertise to support school improvement, allowing schools to focus on the needs of the children and the delivery of a high standard of teaching and learning. Academies within our trust retain their individuality and history, however they share with us the goal and desire for excellence. Wise Owl Trust Trust House, c/o Seymour Road Academy, Seymour Road South, Clayton, Manchester M11 4PR COVID UPDATES (COPY) Briscoe Lane Academy Briscoe Lane Newton Heath Manchester M40 2TB Tel: 0161 681 1783 Email: admin@briscoe.manchester.sch.uk Parent and public enquires Miss C Beresford Principal Mrs C Hall Chair of the Governing Body Sheila Sturgeon c/o Briscoe Lane Academy Newton Heath, Manchester M40 2TB Special Educational Needs (SEN) Co-ordinator (SENCO) J. Osborne j.osborne@briscoe.manchester.sch.uk Click to visit the Wise Owl Trust Website Part of the Wise Owl Trust Wise Owl Trust, Trust House, C/O Seymour Road Academy, Seymour Road South, Clayton, Manchester M11 4PR www.wiseowltrust.com © Briscoe Lane Academy 2018 | Site by Drumbeat back to top