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 | None | 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 | 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 | 4 years | Personal development, behaviour and welfare Finance | None | None | None |
| Rachel | Rowland | Local Authority – appointed by GB Chair of Governors | 04/12/2017 | 4 years |
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 | 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 | 4 years |
Leadership and management Effectiveness of early years | None | None | None |
Please download minutes of our full governing body meetings:
September 2015
November 2015
January 2016
March 2016
May 2016
July 2016
September 2016
November 2016
January 2017
March 2017
May 2017
Nov 2017
Attendance at Governors meetings
Our records of governor attendance during the 2016/17 and 2017/18 academic year are published here.