Governing Body

The governing body at Ryarsh Primary School has a vital role to play in making sure that every child gets the best possible education. We achieve this by:

a. Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;

b. Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils; and

c. Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

The full governing body meets six times every year (one meeting every-half term). In addition to this, pairs of governors (monitoring pairs) visit the school three times each year in order to monitor the school’s progress towards achieving the strategic goals, identified through the school development plan.

As a governing body, we believe in working in close partnership with the school, in order to continually improve the quality of learning opportunities for each child.

We maintain an open and friendly atmosphere at our meetings, where all ideas are welcome, and are often the subject of lively discussion.

We all have different backgrounds which enable us to bring a great variety of skills to the governing body, and this, combined with a shared commitment to the pupils and staff of the school, is one of the reasons why we are so successful.

Governor Impact Statement

Each academic year, Governor details are updated to reflect thier roles and responsibilites. This information for the 2018/2019 year is listed below:

Name		Category & appointing body	Date of appointment	Term of office	Responsibilities	Relevant business interests	Other governships	Relationships to staff
Ruth	Austin	Headteacher ex officio	01/01/2014	ex officio		Friendship with Matt Stridgen of SRD Group(supplier of audio-visual and lighting equipment for the school)	None	None
Daniel	Childs	Co-opted – appointed by GB	24/09/2015	4 years	Finance	None	None	None
Claire	Crome	Staff – elected by staff body	24/09/2015	4 years	Personal development, behaviour and welfare	None	None	None
Niall	Gardener	Parent – elected by parent body	06/10/2017	4 years	Outcomes for pupils	None	None	None
Steve	Hill	Co-opted – appointed by GB	01/01/2015; 01/01/2019	4 years	Quality of teaching and learning Health & Safety	None	None	Voluntary assistance with school trips
Steven	Hughes	Parent – elected by parent body	02/11/2015	4 years	Outcomes for pupils SEND	None	None	None
John	Macnab	Parent – elected by parent body	17/10/2016	4 years	Quality of teaching and learning	None	None	None
Jon	Naylor	Co-opted – appointed by GB	01/01/2015; 01/01/2019	4 years	Personal development, behaviour and welfare Finance	None	None	None
Rachel	Rowland	Local Authority – appointed by GB Chair of Governors	04/12/2017	03/12/2021	Finance	Husband James Rowland paid to produce vision and value photography displays for the school	None	None
Stewart	Speake	Co-opted – appointed by GB	01/01/2015; 01/01/2019	4 years	Leadership and management Health & Safety	None	None	None
Daniel	Sproul	Parent – elected by parent body	12/03/2015	4 years	Effectiveness of early years Safeguarding(including Child Protection)	Managing Director, CPS Engineering Ltd.	None	None
Carmel	Sutton	Co-opted – appointed by GB Vice Chair of Governors	01/01/2015; 01/01/2019	4 years	Leadership and management Effectiveness of early years	None	None	None