Governors

The Governing Board work as a team. They are responsible for making sure the school provides a good quality education and raising educational standards in school is a key priority.

Governors promote effective ways of teaching and learning when setting the school aims and policies. They do this together with the head, who is responsible for the day to day leadership and management of the school.

The governing board is responsible to parents and the community. Appointments are for four years and the governing board’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 head teacher
• 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.

The governors support and challenge the head teacher and other members of staff by gathering views, asking questions and deciding what’s best for the school. Governors are ultimately responsible for how the school is performing.

Governing board membership is a combination of appointed and elected governors. At Paulerspury C.E. Primary School the governing board consists of:

• 3 Co-opted governors
• 3 Foundation governors
• 1 Head teacher
• 1 Local Authority governor
• 3 Parent governors
• 1 Staff governor

Name	Governor Type	Committee membership	Date appointed	Date stepped down	Profile	Pecuniary and business interests
Mrs Merrilyn Berry	Local Authority	Chair of Governing Board Chair of Curriculum Committee Member of Personnel Committee Member of Development Committee Member of Pay Committee	14 November 2015		Sport Premium Governor English Governor	None
Mr Robin Bunting	Headteacher	All	1st September 2017			None
Mrs Linda O'Sullivan	Clerk to Full Governing Board		1 September 2017			None
Mrs Asa Pearson	Parent	Member of Personnel Committee Member of Curriculum Committee	1 November 2017		Maths Governor	None
Mrs Natalie Drought	Parent	Vice Chair of Governing Board Member of Buildings & Finance Committee (Clerk) Member of Personnel Committee	1 November 2017		Safeguarding Governor Website Compliance Governor	None
Mr Edward de Courcy-Ireland	Foundation	Chair of Buildings & Finance Committee Member of Curriculum Committee	22 November 2018		R.E. Governor	None
Mrs Veena Drought	Co-opted	Member of Buildings & Finance Committee	17 July 2019			None
Mrs Hayley Cobley	Foundation	Member of Curriculum Committee Member of Buildings & Finance Committee	17 July 2019		EYFS Governor	None
Mr Richard Money	Co-opted		13 February 2020			None
Ms Jenny Betts	Staff		7 September 2020		Senior Teacher, SENCO, Inclusion Lead, EYFS Lead, Phonics Lead, Science Lead	None
Mr Peter French	Foundation		13 October 2020		Deputy Diocesan Director of Education, Diocese of Peterborough	None
Mr Paul Dunstan	Community		13 October 2020			None
Mr Ralph Stobart	Co-opted		13 February 2020	13 October 2020		None
Mrs Jacqui Hunt	Foundation	Member of Personnel Committee Member of Curriculum Committee (Clerk)	22 March 2018	17 August 2020	Church School Governor Pupil Premium Governor SEND Governor	None
Ms Tina Chapell	Staff	Member of Buildings & Finance Committee	1 May 2014	14 July 2020	School Business Manager Safeguarding	None
Mr Craig Barnard	Parent	Joint Vice Chair of Governing Board Member of Buildings & Finance Committee Chair of Personnel Committee Member of Development Committee	4 December 2017	30 April 2020		None
Mr Parmjit Gahir	Co-opted	Member of Buildings & Finance Committee	22 November 2018	9 April 2020		None
Mr Andy Bartlett	Co-opted	Chair of Buildings & Finance Committee Member of Development Committee Member of Pay Committee Member of Personnel Committee (Clerk)	26 January 2015	5 June 2020	Health & Safety Governor Buildings and Premises Governor Science Governor	None

A table of attendance at board and committee meetings can be found here.