Meet the Governors

School Governors

The Local Governing Body of St Thomas CE Primary School plays a crucial role in the life and work of our school. It is made up of 10 volunteers from the local and wider community, plus the Headteacher and two members of staff. The role of the Local Governing Body is defined in its constitution.

Our school is part of the Liverpool Diocesan School Trust (LDST), a multi academy trust led by Liverpool Diocese which, “welcomes young people of all faiths and none and is committed to providing each of them with a high quality education and environment where Christian values and principles permeate all that is done”. More information on LDST can be found on the school website and at : http://www.liverpool.anglican.org/Liverpool-Diocesan-Schools-Trust-Update

Governors undertake their roles and responsibilities through committees. There are six committees, they are:

• Full Local Governing Body which meets normally 4 times a year

• Curriculum and Standards

• Resources

• Safeguarding & SEN

• Distinctiveness/Ethos

• Pay and Performance

In addition, we have ‘lead governors’ who undertake specific monitoring roles in such areas as: Safeguarding, Special Educational Needs and Disability, Pupil Premium, Health and Safety, GDPR.

Governors also undertake ‘learning walks’ in which a group of governors will undertake a visit to school with a specific focus eg how the school assess pupils progress.

The main work of the Local Governing Body is outlined below:

Acting as a critical friend to the school and being accountable for its decisions.
Continuously developing the partnership with parents, carers and pupils and seeking their views to help the Governing Body, Senior Leadership Team and all staff in moving the school forward.
Establishing the strategic direction of the school by ensuring there is clarity of vision, values and objectives.
Agreeing the school improvement strategy with appropriate priorities and targets.
Ensuring accountability by appointing and performance managing the Head Teacher.
Monitoring the educational performance of the school and progress towards agreed targets.
Contributing to the school’s self-evaluation.
Overseeing financial performance by setting the budget, monitoring spending against the budget and ensuring money is well spent and value for money is obtained.

You can find out what we have been doing by looking across the school website which has further information on governing teams, roles, biographies info and links.

St Thomas’ CE Primary School Local Governing Body 2018/19

Headteacher: Mr Mark Ward

Chair: Mrs Jane Dunn

Vice-Chair: Rev Paul Robinson

Clerk to the Governors: Mr S Travis

Name	Category	Date Appointed	Appointed by	Term of Office	Roles and Committees
Mrs Emily Alty	Associate	13/03/2019	Local Governing Body	N/A	Deputy Headteacher
Mrs R Baker	Foundation	12/10/2018	Diocese	4 Years	Distinctiveness/Ethos (VC) Curriculum & Standards
Mrs L Ben-Ali	Staff	1/06/ 2017	Staff	4 Years	Curriculum & Standards
Mrs J Cropper	Foundation	1/09/2017	Diocese	4 Years	Vice Chair of Governors Distinctiveness/Ethos (C)
Mrs C Danher	Foundation	1/10/2016	Diocese	4 Years	Curriculum & Standards Distinctiveness/Ethos
Mrs J Dunn	Foundation	12/10/2018	Diocese	4 Years	Chair of Governors Pay & Performance Curriculum & Standards Resources Safeguarding & SEN
Mrs S Ellis	Parent	17/10/2018	Parent Election	4 Years	Pay & Performance Resources
Mr P Gradden	Foundation	1/08/2015	Diocese	4 Years	Resources (C) Pay & Performance
Mr P Illingworth	Parent	12/10/2018	Parent Election	4 Years	Resources (VC) Pay & Performance
Mrs K Pouton	Foundation	1/03/2016	Diocese	4 Years	Curriculum & Standards (VC) Distinctiveness / Ethos
Mr S Reck	Foundation	13/3/2018	Diocese	4 Years	Curriculum & Standards (C) Pay & Performance (VC) Resources
Rev P Robinson	Foundation	1/09/2017	Diocese	4 Years	Distinctiveness/Ethos
Mr M Ward	Headteacher	1/01/2016	Local Governing Body	N/A	Headteacher

C = Chair, VC = Vice Chair

Former Governors 2017/18

Name	Category	Date Appointed	Appointed by	Term of Office	Stood Down
Mrs H Blakemore	Parent	1/12/2015	Parent Election	4 Years	2018
Mr P Dickson	Parent	1/06/2015	Parent Election	4 Years	2018
Mr P Robinson	Co-opted	1/09/2015	Local Governing Body	4 Years	2018
Mrs H Stewart	Foundation	1/09/2017	Diocese	4 Years	2018

Committees

Safeguarding & SEN	Resources	Curriculum & Standards	Distinctiveness & Ethos	Pay & Performance
Chair Mrs J Dunn	Chair Mr P Gradden	Chair Mr S Reck	Chair Mrs J Cropper	Chair Mrs J Dunn
Mr M Ward	Mr M Ward	Mr M Ward	Mr M Ward	Mr M Ward
	Mr S Reck	Mrs L Ben-Ali	Mrs C Danher	Mr S Reck
	Mrs J Dunn	Mrs K Pouton	Rev P Robinson	Mr P Gradden
	Mr P Illingworth	Mrs J Dunn	Mrs R Baker	Mr P Illingworth
	Mrs S Ellis	Mrs C Danher	Mrs K Pouton	Mrs S Ellis
		Mrs R Baker	Mrs R Cowen (Associate Governor)
		Mrs E Alty (AssociateGovernor)

Register of Interests

Name of Governor	Declared Interest
Mrs E Alty	No business interest declared
Mrs R Baker	No business interest declared
Mrs L Ben-Ali	No business interest declared
Mrs J Cropper	No business interest declared
Mrs C Danher	No business interest declared
Mrs J Dunn	Chair of Governors at Sand Dunes Nursery
Mrs S Ellis	No business interest declared
Mr P Gradden	No business interest declared
Mr P Illingworth	No business interest declared
Mrs K Pouton	No business interest declared
Mr S Reck	No business interest declared
Rev P Robinson	Liverpool Diocesan Board of Education member Chair of Governors at Downholland Haskayne CE Primary School
Mr M Ward	No business interest declared

Please note: Any declaration of personal interests between Governors and staff of St Thomas’ CE Primary School are made to the Chair of Governors and Headteacher.

Record of Attendance 2017/18

Name	Scheduled Meetings	Meetings Attended	Apologies Accepted	Absent
Mr M Ward	23	23	0	0
Mrs L Ben Ali	8	8	0	0
Mrs H Blakemore	11	5	4	2
Mrs J Cropper	9	7	2	0
Mrs C Danher	9	5	4	0
Mr P Dickson	7	4	2	1
Mrs J Dunn	21	21	0	0
Mr P Gradden	11	10	1	0
Mrs K Pouton	6	5	1	0
Mr S Reck	8	6	1	1
Mr P Robinson	8	4	4	0
Rev P Robinson	10	9	1	0
Mrs H Stewart	9	5	4	0