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Circle Model - Whole Governing Board

The Governing Board will operate at all times in accordance with the requirements of the Education Act, the School Governance Regulations, the Local Authorities Scheme for Financing Schools and all relevant legislation and will review Standing Orders at least annually.

In addition to the requirements set out in legislation, the following procedures will apply to the operation of the Governing Board. This document to be read in conjunction with “Positions held in the Governing Board” document.

Outline

The Governing Board works as a ‘whole team’, without any separate committees. It meets 6 times per year, once in each half term. The annual planner and agenda for each meeting will include all the tasks which the Governing Board is required to consider, and the Governing board will ‘commission’ assignments or activities arising from the business of the meeting, which will be recorded in the minutes. Any ‘commissioned’ working groups will have Governing board drafted agreed terms of reference. In addition to ‘commissioning’ activities or actions on their behalf, the Governing board, in order to ensure its core functions are fulfilled, will delegate monitoring responsibilities to ‘monitoring pairs’ or ‘individuals’. These include the statutory required individual roles and those focused on the priorities of the School Plan. In each case where a function has been delegated there is a statutory duty to report any action or recommended decision to the Governing board at the next meeting.

Terms of Reference for Governing Boards

The purpose of governance is to provide confident, strategic leadership and to create robust accountability oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance. The Governing Board has resolved to conduct all its business as a full Governing board, and to work collectively without committees.

The Board has three strategic core functions

· Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;

· Holding Executive and Associate Head Teachers to account for the educational performance of the school / organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff;

· Overseeing the financial performance of the school / organisation and making sure its money is well spent.

The main responsibilities to be managed by the Governing board are outlined here.

 

Attendance Record 22-23

Record of Meeting Date of Meeting S Mason K Thomas R Allen-Zoarder C Quinton D Green M Jones M Charlton R Churchman A Stanley J Kang G Morgan J Cleghorn K Wheatley
Curriculum & Standards Meeting 22/09/22 n/a P n/a P P P n/a n/a A n/a P n/a n/a
Governors Day 30/09/22 OFSTED OFSTED OFSTED OFSTED OFSTED OFSTED OFSTED OFSTED OFSTED OFSTED OFSTED n/a n/a
Full Governing Board Meeting 06/10/22 Term expired P A P P P P MATERNITY P n/a P n/a n/a
Pay Committee 01/11/22 n/a P n/a P P P n/a MATERNITY n/a n/a P n/a n/a
School Improvement Committee 10/11/22 n/a P A P P n/a n/a MATERNITY n/a n/a P A n/a
Resource Committee 30/11/22 n/a P n/a P P A P MATERNITY n/a n/a P n/a n/a
School Improvement Committee 19/01/23 n/a P RESIGNED P P n/a n/a MATERNITY n/a RESIGNED P P n/a
Governors Day 31/01/23 n/a n/a n/a P P P A MATERNITY P n/a n/a n/a n/a
Curriculum & Standards Meeting 16/02/23 n/a P n/a P P P n/a MATERNITY P n/a P n/a n/a
Full Governing Board Meeting 02/02/23 n/a P n/a P P P A MATERNITY P n/a P P n/a
Resource Committee 23/03/23 n/a P n/a P P A P MATERNITY n/a n/a P n/a n/a
School Improvement Committee 27/04/23 n/a P n/a P P n/a n/a MATERNITY n/a n/a P P n/a
Resource Committee 18/05/23 n/a P n/a P A P A MATERNITY n/a n/a P n/a P
Curriculum & Standards Meeting 15/06/23 n/a P n/a P P A n/a MATERNITY A n/a P n/a n/a
Governors Day 22/06/23 n/a n/a n/a P A A A MATERNITY P n/a n/a n/a n/a
Full Governing Board Meeting 06/07/23 n/a P n/a P P A P MATERNITY P n/a P P n/a

Attendance Record 21-22

Record of Meeting Date of meeting S Mason K Thomas R Allen-Zoarder A Pryce C Quinton D Green M Jones M Charlton R Churchman A Stanley R Kang
Curriculum & Standards Meeting 23/09/21 n/a P n/a n/a P P P n/a n/a A
Governors Day 28/09/21 A P P A P P P A P P
Full Governing Board Meeting 07/10/21 A P P A P P P P A A
Pay Committee 02/11/21 n/a P n/a n/a P P P n/a n/a n/a
Resource Meeting 09/11/21 n/a P n/a P P P n/a P n/a n/a
School Improvement Committee 13/01/22 P P P n/a P P n/a n/a P n/a
Restructuring Meeting 24/01/22 A P P n/a P P P n/a P P
Full Governing Board Meeting 03/02/22 A P P P P P n/a P A P
Curriculum & Standards Meeting 15/02/22 n/a P n/a LEFT P P P n/a n/a P
Governors Day 10/03/22 n/a P P P P A A P A
Resources 17/03/22 n/a P n/a P P P A n/a n/a
School Improvement Committee 03/05/22 A P A P P n/a n/a A n/a
Curriculum & Standards Meeting 03/05/22 n/a P n/a P P P n/a n/a P
Governors Day 20/05/22 A P P P P A P P P NEW
Resource Committee 26/05/22 n/a P n/a P P P P n/a n/a P
Full Governing Board Meeting 30/06/22 A P P P P P P A P P
School Improvement Committee 13/07/22 P P A P P n/a n/a A n/a n/a

Attendance Record 20-21

Record of Meeting Date of meeting S Mason K Thomas R Allen-Zoarder D Nolan A Pryce C Quinton D Green M Jones M Charlton R Churchman A Stanley
Full Governing Board Meeting 08/10/20 P P P P P P P A P P P
School Improvement Committee 05/11/20 A P P n/a n/a P P n/a n/a P n/a
Pay Committee 11/11/20 n/a P n/a n/a n/a P P P n/a n/a n/a
Curriculum & Standards Meeting 12/11/20 n/a P n/a P n/a P P P n/a n/a P
Resource Meeting 26/11/20 n/a P n/a n/a P P n/a n/a P n/a n/a
School Improvement Committee 21/01/21 P P P n/a n/a P P n/a n/a P n/a
Curriculum & Standards Meeting 25/02/21 n/a P n/a P n/a P P P n/a n/a P
Resources 11/02/21 n/a P n/a n/a P P P P P n/a n/a
Full Governing Board Meeting 25/03/21 P P P P P P P P A A P
Resource Committee 06/05/21 n/a P n/a n/a P P P P P n/a n/a
School Improvement Committee 01/07/21 P P A n/a n/a P P n/a n/a P n/a
Curriculum & Standards Meeting 10/06/21 n/a P n/a P n/a P P A n/a n/a P
Full Governing Board Meeting 08/07/21 P P P A P P P P A A P
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