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Our Governors
Welcome to the governors’ section of the St Swithun’s School website.
Here you can find out about the role of governors, the composition of our governing body, who the governors at St Swithun’s are, and more about them. We support the Headteacher and her staff in building on the considerable strengths of the school and in so doing ensuring all aspects of the school - quality of teaching, leadership and management, behaviour, safety and the achievement of pupils - continue to improve.
Claire Gilbert – Chair of Governors
Copies of the minutes of all governor meetings are available to read in the school office
Register of Business Interests
Schools are required to publish a register of governor business interests and attendance at full governing body meetings and committee meetings.
Register of Business Interests
St Swithun's Governor Attendance 2018/19
Governor Attendance
What is our role?
Good governance at a school is of huge importance and can have a considerable impact on the success of a school.
At St Swithun’s, governors play an active role in school life, champion ambition and high educational standards and work in strategic partnership with the headteacher and staff to ensure our school continues to improve. Governors, as a corporate body, have a legal responsibility for the school.
The role of the governing body is a strategic one and its key functions are to:-
  • set the aims and objectives for our school
  • set the policies for achieving those aims and objectives
  • set the targets for achieving those aims and objectives
  • monitor and evaluate the progress the school is making towards achievement of its aims and objectives
  • be a source of challenge and support to the headteacher (a critical friend)
The Headteacher is responsible for the internal organisation, management and control of the school and the implementation of the strategic framework established by the governing body.
 
Governors have statutory responsibilities such as safeguarding, health and safety compliance, effective curriculum planning and delivery, equality, inclusion, admissions and attendance. Specific strategic responsibilities include headteacher recruitment, the school staff structure, performance management and pay, and oversight of the school budget. Our aim is to raise standards in the interest of continuous school improvement and becoming an outstanding school for all pupils, their parents and carers and the wider community.
 

Composition of the governing body
The governing body has representatives from parents, the Local Authority, teaching staff, the community and the Diocese. The St Swithun’s School Instrument of Government, a legal document that was made effective in 2005 and updated in 2015 following reconstitution of the Governing Body, records the body's composition as follows:
  • Headteacher (1)
  • Staff governor (elected from the staff, 1)
  • Parent governors (elected from the parent body, 4)
  • Co-opted governors (appointed by the governing body, 2)
  • Foundation governor (appointed by the Diocese, 3; as of November 2019, 1 vacancy)
  • Local authority governor (appointed by the Local authority, 1).
The Full Governing Body (FGB) meets six times a year, and delegates finance scrutiny to the Resources committee and scrutiny of the curriculum and outcomes to the Impact committee. Copies of the minutes of governor meetings are available to read in the school office.
Name
Type of Governor
Responsibilties
Helen Atkinson
Headteacher
 
Gemma Bound
Parent
Safeguarding 
Gordon Buxton
Parent
Chair of Resources Committee
Manjari Chandran-Ramesh
Co-opted
Chair of Impact Committee
Kevin Dando
Staff
  
Claire Gilbert
Parent
Chair
Judy Hills
LA Governor
 
Revd Alison Mathew
Foundation
 
Sam Shepherd
Co-opted
 
John Sweeney
Foundation Governor
  
Vickie Ward
Parent
 
Jonathan Smith
Clerk
 
Hugh Fleming
Associate Member
 

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Grundy Crescent
Kennington
Oxford
OX1 5PS

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  • Home
  • School Opening
  • About Us
    • Headteacher's Welcome
    • Our Vision and Values
    • Safeguarding
    • Our Staff and Governors >
      • Staff
      • Our Governors
    • Job Vacancies
    • Performance Results >
      • What people say about our school
      • Ofsted and SIAMS Reports
      • Pupil Premium
      • DFE Performance Tables
      • PE Funding
      • SATs Results
  • Parents
    • Admissions
    • Uniform
    • Home School Agreement
    • Communication with Parents
    • Children's Well Being and Mental Health >
      • Anti Bullying
      • Policies and Documents
      • Useful Websites and Tips
      • Anxiety in Children
    • School Meals
    • PTA Friends of St Swithun's >
      • 130 Years of St Swithun's
      • FOSS Events
    • Parent Helpers
    • Parentmail
    • Parent View
  • Home Learning
  • Policies
  • Curriculum
    • Our Curriculum >
      • Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
      • Our Christian Values
      • British Values
      • Maths
      • Educational Visits
      • Sports Day
    • Early Years Foundation Stage-Reception & Nursery
    • Key Stage 1
    • Key Stage 2 Lower Juniors
    • Key Stage 2 Upper Juniors
    • End of Year Expectations
  • Clubs
    • After School and In School Clubs
    • Breakfast and After School Club
    • Activities
  • Children
    • School Council
    • House Captains
    • Learning Zone >
      • MyMaths
      • Scratch
      • BBC KS1 Bitesize
      • BBC KS2 Bitesize
      • Times Tables Rockstars
      • Maths Chase
  • Calendars
    • Term Dates
  • News
    • Newsletters
  • Contact