The Governing Board

core strategic function

 1) Establishing the strategic direction:

• Setting and ensuring clarity of vision, values, and objectives for the school
• Agreeing the school improvement strategy with priorities and targets
• Meeting statutory duties

 2) Ensuring accountability:

 Appointing the headteacher

• Monitoring the educational performance of the school and progress towards agreed targets
• Performance managing the headteacher
• Engaging with stakeholders
• Contributing to school self-evaluation

3) Overseeing financial performance:

 Setting the budget, working with the Richard Huish Trust and Finance Officers

• Monitoring spending against the budget
• Ensuring money is well spent and value for money is obtained
• Ensuring risks to the organisation are managed

Governors usually serve a four year term on the Governing Board.  

We currently have a full Governing Board and have no vacancies.

The role of Governors is now far reaching with wide-ranging responsibilities.

In 2021, the Local Governing Board (LGB) decided to form a Finance Committee to further strengthen its commitment to financial oversight as shown in 3) above.

The school employs a Clerk to the Governors to keep accurate minutes of all discussions and to advise the Board of their statutory responsibilities.

A copy of all LGB meeting minutes are available from the school office.