Governors’ Information and Duties

Governor Impact Statement

Governor Responsibilities and Information

What Do Governors Do?

The governors’ role is to provide a strategic overview for the school, with the school’s School Impact Plan at its core. Governors work with the Executive Headteacher, Head of School and staff to drive up standards, deliver the best possible opportunity for every child to achieve their potential and to ensure the wellbeing and safety of pupils and staff.

Governors help make key decisions about the school and constructively challenge and support how the school and its resources are managed. They monitor the progress and impact of decisions and agree targets, policies, priorities and budgets with the Executive Headteacher.

All governors must be committed to developing their knowledge and skills and be willing to attend regular training courses in all aspects of governance. They abide by the Governors Code of Conduct, located in the website Policy folder.

Our Governing Body has a clear and active responsibility for safeguarding. Governors have strategic oversight of all safeguarding arrangements within the school, ensuring that statutory requirements are met and that robust policies, procedures and training are in place. They monitor safeguarding practice regularly, receive reports from school leaders, and challenge and support the leadership team to ensure that the safety, wellbeing and protection of every child remains our highest priority.

Governor Information

St Mary Immaculate School is a Voluntary Aided Catholic School with a Governing Body made up of 12 governors:

• 7 are appointed by the Archdiocese of Birmingham (Foundation Governors)
• 2 are elected by parents (Parent Governors)
• 1 is appointed by Warwickshire Local Education Authority (Local Council Governor)
• 1 is elected by school staff (Staff Governor)
• 1 is the Executive Headteacher

All governors are appointed for a period of 4 years, except for the Executive Headteacher who is automatically a governor. Each year the Governing Body elects a Chair and Vice-Chair or two Co-Chairs.

The Current Governing Body Members and their duties

• Co-Chair of Governors – Mrs Chrissie Beaumont (Foundation Governor)
• Co-Chair of Governors – Mr Andrew Staley (Foundation Governor)
• Mrs Emma Rayment (Foundation Governor)
• Mr Christian Frank (Foundation Governor)
• Mr Alex Castilla Ballesteros (Foundation Governor)
• Mrs Joannah Whitten (Parent Governor)
• Mr Vinders Bhogal (Parent Governor)
• Mrs Julia Wallace (Executive Headteacher)
• Mrs Kelly Roberts (Staff Governor)
• Vacancy (Local Authority Governor)
• The Clerk to the Governors is Mrs Elizabeth Mottram

Our Safeguarding Lead Governor is Jo Whitten.

Governors’ Meetings

The Full Governing Body meets 2 to 3 times each term. We act as one governing body, and are currently operating without any sub-committees.

Governor Links With The School

Governors aim to keep close contact with the school and make regular visits to monitor progress and assess the impact of planned improvements. They try to attend parents’ evenings and school events to identify parents’ views and ideas through personal conversations as well as regular questionnaires.

Some governors have additional responsibilities for topics such as:

• Safeguarding
• Special Needs
• RE
• Health and Safety
• Finance
• Performance Management

Contacting The Governors

The governors are always keen to hear parents’ views, so please get in touch via the school office or Executive Headteacher if you have any ideas, suggestions or questions.

If you wish to contact either of the Co-Chairs of Governors, please leave a message at the school office or via the form below.

Governing Body Minutes