Information on the Governing Body of Longlands Primary School

Longlands Governing Body

 

Photo:

Back row: Mr Tom Parsons, Mr Alex Murphy, Ms A Anyiam, Mr K Oliver, Mr R Constable  

Front row: Mrs V Adduono, Dr T Hayes, Mr T Baines, Mr S Morgan, Mrs S Homewood and Mr B Turner.

Chair of Governors - Mr Stephen Morgan

Governors work closely with the Head Teacher and the Senior Leadership Team to ensure that children receive the best education and achieve their individual maximum potential during their time at Longlands. School governors provide strategic leadership and accountability and while they do not manage the day-to-day running of the school, they do appoint the Head Teacher and Deputy Head Teacher as well as hold the Head Teacher accountable for the progress of children in the school. It is governors who hold the main responsibility for finance in schools, and who work with the head teacher to make decisions about balancing resources.

The governing body at Longlands includes a mix of experienced and new governors representing a variety of professional backgrounds, expertise and skills. 

The role of the governing body is a strategic one and can be summarised by the following:

• set the aims and objectives for the 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 Head Teacher (a critical friend)

 (The Head Teacher is responsible for the internal organisation, management and control of the school and the implementation of the strategic framework established by the governing body.)

Committee Structure

Governors attend full Governing Body meetings once a term and sit on one of two subcommittees (learning and achievement or resources), which take responsibility for particular areas of School business.

Types of governors explained:

Local Authority (LA) Governor: appointed by the Local Authority that maintains the school.

Co-opted Governor: appointed by the governing body to represent the community. Co-opted governors do not need to have any previous experience or knowledge of education, nor do they need to have children in the school.

Parent Governor: elected onto the governing body by other parents from the school, and are usually parents of children in attendance at the school.

Staff Governor: elected onto the governing body by staff at the school.

Associate Governor: invited to attend full and committee meetings to support the governors to make informed decisions. Associate governors do not have voting rights.

Subject/Area	Governor(s)	Leader
English	Dr A Hayes	Mrs C Rossiter (Reading)  Mrs S Harris (Writing)  Mrs T Allen (Phonics/Early Reading)
Mathematics	Mrs V Adduono	Miss S Brook  Miss R Childs
Science	Mrs V Adduono	Mr S Allen
PE & Sport Premium  Technology	Mr B Turner	Miss C Gayson/ Miss M Almond (support)
EYFS	Mrs S Homewood Ms S Pattanath	Mrs T Allen (EYFS Leader)
Safeguarding  Looked After Children  Health & Safety	Mr R Constable	Mr T Baines - Head
SEND  Pupil Premium	Mr S Morgan  Mr K Oliver	Mrs E Francis – SENCo
SMSC  School Council  Wellbeing  PHSE/RSE	Mr K Oliver  Ms A Anyiam	Mrs T Allen
Governor Training	Mr S Morgan	Mr T Baines - Head

 

Subject/Area	Committee	Leader
Attendance	L&A committee	SLT
Equality Assurance	Both committees	SLT
Art	Primarily L&A	Miss R Childs/ Miss L Taylor (support)
DT	Primarily L&A	Miss R Childs/ Miss L Taylor (support)
Geography	Primarily L&A	Mr A Murphy
History	Primarily L&A	Miss J Black
Computing	Primarily L&A	Mr S Allen/Mr N Morand
MFL	Primarily L&A	Miss K Cumpson
Music	Primarily L&A	Mrs S Harris
PHSE/RSE	Primarily L&A	Mrs T Allen
RE	Primarily L&A	Ms T Sheridan