What Does A Governing Body Do?
The Governors are responsible for policy and strategy and the Head teacher is responsible for the day-to-day running of the school and ensuring that the policy and strategy agreed by the Governors is implemented. The Governing Body has a large number of legal responsibilities and amongst these are ensuring that the National Curriculum is properly delivered, arranging for religious education to be carried out, deciding how to spend the delegated budget and approving the many different school policies, such as those referring to discipline and behaviour and health and safety.
The Governing Body is made up of:
The governing body of a school is responsible for ensuring that it is run to promote pupil achievement. Its duties include:
The Full Governing Body meets termly. The Governors also meet in committees each term. The committees are:
If you are interested in becoming a member of the Governing Body we do occasionally have vacancies that occur and the Head Teacher or Chair of Governors will be pleased to talk to you about them.
Governors business interests
Name of Governor or Associate Member |
Category of Governor |
Term Ends |
Appointing Body |
Membership of Committees |
Positions of Responsibility |
Relevant business interests that could present a conflict of interest |
Attendance at Governor meetings |
Deborah Bailey |
Head Teacher |
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Ex officio |
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Due to Covid 19 pandemic meetings have been held electronically – all governors participated. |
Nigel Hill |
Co-opted |
31-03-2025 |
Governing Body |
Finance & Personnel Curriculum Salary reviews/Staff disciplinary Head teacher pay & performance review |
Chair of Governors Safeguarding |
Governor, St Georges Primary School. |
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Jodi Green |
Staff Governor |
31-03-2025 |
School Staff |
Premises Curriculum |
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Val Scott |
Co-opted |
28-02-2024 |
Governing Body |
Finance & Personnel Salary reviews/Staff disciplinary Head teacher pay & performance review |
Vice Chair of Governors SEN |
Head Teacher – Poplar Adolescent Unit |
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Sarah Norton |
Parent |
01-01-2024 |
Parents |
Curriculum |
Chair of Curriculum Committee |
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Christina Harding |
Parent |
01-01-2024 |
Parents |
Premises Finance & personnel |
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Mark Norman |
Parent |
19-07-2025 |
Local Authority |
Finance Salary reviews/Staff disciplinary appeals Head teacher pay & performance review |
Chair of Finance & Personnel |
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Tim Barnes |
Co-opted |
23-11-2025 |
Governing Body |
Curriculum |
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Tony Everard |
Co-opted |
01-01-2024 |
Governing Body |
Premises |
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Relation employed by John Bunyan Primary |
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Julian Lamb |
Co-opted |
01-01-2024 |
Governing Body |
Premises |
Chair of Premises Headteacher performance/pay appeal |
Chainevent ltd, Barkley projects LLP. Barkley projects Properties LLP, Tey Gardens LLP. WA Holdings LTD |
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Janette Quinn |
Co-opted |
01-01-2024 |
Governing Body |
Curriculum |
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