Governing Body

Local Governors have the following functions:

Monitoring progress towards targets:

• Monitor and evaluate School and Student progress and attainment
• Monitor and evaluate the school’s action plan, Raising improvement plan and SEF
• Monitor and evaluate the planning, development and delivery of the curriculum of the school
• Be a source of challenge and support to the Head of School and Senior leaders
• Act as a link governor on a specific issue / with department, making relevant enquiries of the relevant staff, and reporting to the governing body through the committee structure on the progress on the relevant school priority
• Listening to and reporting to the school’s stakeholders: pupils, parents, staff, and the wider community
• Ensure the school staff have the resources and support they require to do their jobs well
• Recruit new members of the Local Governing Body as vacancies arise

Ensuring financial probity by:

• Being aware of spending against the budget

For governing bodies to carry out their roles effectively, governors must be:

• Prepared and equipped to take their responsibilities seriously
• Acknowledged as the accountable body by the lead professionals
• Supported by the appropriate authorities in that task
• Willing and able to monitor and review their own performance

We do not as a matter of course publish approved and signed minutes, agendas or any papers considered at the Governing Body meetings, although these are available on request via email or hard copy by contacting:

office@hamptonlakesprimary.org.uk

Or by calling the school office of 01733 246826

View the Governance Structure here