Wembury Primary School Governing Body
Lead governors and governors’ areas of responsibility
Parent Governors
LA Governor
Kerry Dunn
Doug Packer
Martyn Gilbey
(Vice Chair)
Nick Hall
Kara Ord
Sue Tarsky (Deputy
Vice Chair)
Staff Governor
Julie Gibbs
Headteacher
Susie Evans
Co-opted Governors
Barrett Cable
Sheila Jenkins (Chair)
Martin Kirkbride
Lesley Taylor
Pete Wilkinson
Vacancy
Each governor is responsible for ensuring that the monitoring, and/or other work associated with
his/her area(s) below, is carried out and reported to the Governing Body. SJ will have general
oversight of governors’ monitoring of curriculum and personnel; DP will have general oversight of
Finance, Premises and Health & Safety.
Area
Lead Governor(s) Lead Staff
Curriculum Monitoring
English
LT
Lyn Chamberlain
Mathematics
NH
Susie Jackson
Science
BC
Helen Prince
IT/Computing
DP
Greg Chantler
Geography & History
MK
Nicola Ridge
RE and collective worship
KO
Julie Gibbs
PSHE, SMSC, “British” values, etc.
PW
Nicola Ridge
Creative Arts –Music, Drama
MG
Noelle Boucherat
Creative Arts – Art, DT
ST
Susie Evans
Languages & International
SJ
Kerrie Burt
Nicola Ridge
PE (incl. use of Sports Premium)
BC
Kerry Dunn
Outdoor Education, Forest Schools
PW
Helen Prince
School visits and trips
NH
Susie Evans
Pupil Voice / Student Council
KO
Nicola Ridge
Strategic Monitoring
Pupil Performance Data incl. progress BC, SJ, DP
Susie Evans
of groups
Lyn Chamberlain
Susie Jackson
Use of Pupil Premium
BC
Kerry Dunn
Pupil assessment
NH
Lyn Chamberlain
Early Years (incl. links with pre-school) MK
Julie Gibbs
Kerry Dunn
Safeguarding
LT
PW
Susie Evans
Health & Safety
MG NH
Susie Evans
Finance, budget monitoring
ST
Susie Evans
Toni Nicholson
Finance, policy and SFVS
DP
Susie Evans
Toni Nicholson
Lead Governors and Monitoring 2015-2016
When
Summer
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Spring
Autumn
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Spring
Summer
Spring
Autumn
Summer
Termly
Summer
Termly
Spring
Autumn
Spring
Spring
Spring
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Wembury Primary School Governing Body
Premises, AMP
PW
Premises – environment for learning
Parent & Community Engagement,
Community Cohesion
Personnel
KO
ST
Susie Evans
Linda Aldridge
Terry Clarke
Susie Evans
Lyn Chamberlain
Spring
Autumn
Termly
SJ
Susie Evans
Termly
Toni Nicholson
IT Strategy, IT systems, incl. admin.
MG
Susie Evans
Spring
Greg Chantler
Staff Development & Teacher Training SJ
Susie Evans
Summer
(incl. NQT)
Lyn Chamberlain
SEND, G&T, Inclusion
PW LT
Pip Jones
Spring
Equality Objectives
MK
Pip Jones
Autumn
Behaviour, rewards and sanctions
KO
Susie Evans
Autumn
Committees / other groups
Performance & Pay Committee
BC ST PW
3 or 4 p.a.
Headteacher Appraisal governors
LT DP SJ
Standing Committee 1a
LT KO MG
Standing Committee 2a
DP ST PW
Standing Committee 1b
DP NH BC
Standing Committee 2b
MG LT MK
* The composition of the standing committees may depend on the issue under review. Other
governors may be called upon to ensure impartiality.
Acronym Buster (AB!)
AMP = Asset Management Plan; DT = Design Technology; G&T = Gifted and talented; IT =
Information Technology; MFL = Modern Foreign Languages; NQT = Newly-Qualified Teacher; PSHE
= Personal, Social and Health Education; RE = Religious Education; SEND = Special Educational
Needs and Disabilities; SFVS = Schools’ Financial Value Standard; SMSC = Spiritual, Moral, Social
and Cultural Development;
Responsibilities of Lead Governors
1. Preparing the agreed scheduled items for presentation at the governors’ meetings
2. Preparing the key questions for the agenda and sending them to the Clerk 10 days before
the meeting date
3. Drafting any changes necessary to policies scheduled for review
4. Leading the discussion of the agenda items at the governors’ meetings relevant to their
area of responsibility
5. Ensuring that another governor is able to take over from them should they be absent from
a meeting
6. Maintaining a close liaison with the appropriate member(s) of staff
7. Keeping up to date with national and local developments in their area of responsibility.
Lead Governors and Monitoring 2015-2016
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