Every school has a governing body.

Ours includes:

• Parents elected by other parents at the school.
• Teachers elected by their colleagues.
• A governor elected by support staff.
• Local Authority governors.
• Governors co-opted by other members of the governing body.
• The headteacher.

Our governors bring a range of experience and interests from many walks of life. They work closely with others to make good decisions, and to make sure their decisions are followed up. It will help if you are a good listener. You should make time to visit the school and spend time with the staff, by doing this you will stand a much better chance of understanding how the school works.

What do our Governors do?

Our governors work as a team. They are responsible for making sure the school provides a good quality education and ensuring that the school has high expectations of what our pupils can achieve. When setting the school aims and policies our governors also promote effective ways of teaching and learning.

A governor's appointment is for four years.

Our governing body's main role is to help raise standards of achievement. It:

• is accountable for the performance of the school to parents and the wider community
• plans the school's future direction
• selects the headteacher
• makes decisions on the school's budget and staffing
• makes sure the national curriculum is taught
• decides how the school can encourage pupil's spiritual, moral and social development
• makes sure the school provides for all its pupils, including those with special needs.

Our governors support and challenge us by gathering views, asking questions and deciding what's best for the school. Should you wish to contact a governor, you may do so through the school address. A list of our governors is provided below:

Name	Designation	Finance	Curriculum & Personnel	Premises
BEN LAWRANCE	HT	*	*	*
MARK THORPE	LA	*	*
VIV THORPE	LA
JOHN COLLINSON	LA		*	*
DAVID WHITELEY	LA			*
MARTIN COLLIER	CG	*	*
MIKE GALEY (CHAIR)	CG	*
MICKIE O’TOOLE (VICE-CHAIR)	CG		*
DAVID THOMSON	CG			*
JAMES MAIN Community Governor linked to SEN	CG	*
NICOLA EAYRES	TG		*
MIKE TUNNICLIFFE	TG
DIANE TURNER	SG	*		*
LES HARRIS	PG
SHARON SMITH	PG		*
CHRIS BASS	PG			*
JOANNE GRAY	PG
LINDA SANDERSON	PG
ELIZABETH EXTON	PG
MICK BOTFIELD (caretaker) co-opted as non-Governor				*
STEVE BUCK (Union rep)				*
CG Community Governor PG Parent Governor SG Staff Governor TG Teacher Governor HT Headteacher LA Local Authority Governor