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.
Hugh Fleming – Chair of Governors
Copies of the minutes of all governor meetings are available to read in the school office
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.
Hugh Fleming – 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.
Schools are required to publish a register of governor business interests and attendance at full governing body meetings and committee meetings.
St Swithun's Governor Attendance 2017/18
Governor FGB attendance record year to 31/08/18
S & R Committee attendance record year to 31/08/18
Governor FGB attendance record year to 31/08/18
S & R Committee attendance record year to 31/08/18
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:-
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:
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; as of May 2019, 1 vacancy)
- Foundation governor (appointed by the Diocese, 3; as of May 2019, 1 vacancy)
- Local authority governor (appointed by the Local authority, 1).
The Full Governing Body meets 6 times a year, and delegates finance scrutiny to the Strategy and Resources committee, which also meets 6 times a year. There is also a data group which meets four times a year and scrutinises overall attainment and progress. Copies of the minutes of governor meetings are available to read in the school office.
Chair of Governor’s letter October 2018.
Chair of Governor’s letter October 2018.
Name |
Type of Governor |
Responsibilties |
Pen Portrait |
Helen Atkinson |
Headteacher |
N/A |
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Gemma Bound |
Parent |
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Gordon Buxton |
Parent |
Safeguarding |
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Kevin Dando |
Staff |
N/A |
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Hugh Fleming |
Foundation |
Chair, Chair of Strategy and Resources committee |
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Claire Gilbert |
Parent |
Vice-chair; chair of data group |
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Revd Alison Mathew |
Foundation |
Inclusion |
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David Williams |
Co-opted |
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Emily Woodeson |
Local Authority |
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Alan Young |
Parent |
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Jonathan Smith |
Clerk |
N/A |
|
Tim Warner |
Associate Member of the Governing Body |
N/A |
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