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Governors

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