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Governors

Tenterfield’s governing body works with the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team to ensure the highest standards of education are delivered to all children in a safe and inclusive environment, with the well-being of all held as a priority.

The board is made up of parents, staff and community, authority and associate governors, who work together to ensure that there is sufficient diversity of views and experience at each meeting.

List of Governors 2024/25

Name

Type of Governor

Committees/
Responsibilities

Declaration of Interests

Date of Appointment

Term of Office

Attendance at FGB Meetings 2023/24
Lucy Hill Chair of Governors
  • All Committees
  • SEA Link
 Parent 10/09/21 10/09/21 – 09/09/25 3/3

Vicky Beare

Headteacher
  • All Committees

Staff

01/09/19

Ongoing

3/3

Mark Borland
  • Vice Chair
  • Health & Safety Link

Spouse of Zara Borland

01/04/23

01/04/23 – 31/03/27

3/3

April Bowman-Morris
  • Parent
  • Community Link

Parent

 09/02/24 09/02/2024 – 08/02/2028 1/1

Holly Brankin

Assistant Head/ Staff Governor
  • SENCo

Staff

01/09/21

01/09/21 – 31/08/25

3/3
Clare Woolmer Co-opted 
  • Safeguarding Link
  • SEA Link
   01/05/22 01/05/22 – 31/04/26 3/3

Christopher Knapp

Parent
  • Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Link
   05/01/22 05/01/22 – 04/01/26 2/3
Sarah O’Donovan Co-opted 
  • SEN Link
   09/02/2024 09/02/2024 – 08/02/2028 1/1

Laura Bacon

 Parent
  • Wellbeing Link
 Parent  01/01/25 TBC N/A

 

 

Please find below the details of our school governors whose terms expired during the last 12 months:

Charlotte Lake
  • Co-Vice Chair
  • Parent
  • Chair of School Improvement
  • Well-being Link

Parent

01/09/20

01/09/20 – 31/08/24

3/3
Harley Leversha Parent
  • School improvement
  • SEN Link
   01/04/23 01/04/23 – 31/03/27 1/1
             

*Associate members do not have voting rights

The role of the Governing Body

There is a Full Governing Board (FGB) meeting every term, and our two sub-committees meet termly, too. Governors receive meeting documents in advance, so they can submit questions and prepare accordingly. This allows for effective governance.

Some meetings are held out of work hours but, where possible, they are scheduled during the school day to allow governors the opportunity to undertake visits and produce Governor Visit Reports. This is also an indication of governors’ support for the wellbeing of school staff who need to attend meetings.

Governors are expected to attend all meetings but may provide apologies where appropriate. Failure to attend 3 meetings per year may lead to the removal of a governor from the board.

Governors have three main roles;

  1. Establishing strategic direction by:
    • Setting and ensuring clarity of vision, values, and objectives for Tenterfield
    • Agreeing Tenterfield’s improvement strategy with priorities and targets
    • Meeting statutory duties
  2. Ensuring accountability by:
    • Appointing the headteacher
    • Monitoring the educational performance of Tenterfield and progress towards agreed targets
    • Performance managing the headteacher
    • Engaging with stakeholders
    • Contributing to school self-evaluation
  3. Overseeing financial performance by:
    • Setting the budget
    • Monitoring spending against the budget
    • Ensuring money is well spent and value for money is obtained
    • Ensuring risks to the organisation are managed

All our governors adhere to the NGA Code of Practice and our own Code of Conduct, which has been signed by all members of the board.

Contacting the Governing Body

The Tenterfield governing body welcomes the views of parents and is always happy to discuss ideas and suggestions on how to improve our nursery school.  Please be aware that all complaints must follow the school’s complaints policy and that the Chair of Governors will not be able to intervene unless the correct process has been followed.

The Chair of Governors can be contacted via letter sent to the school office or via email at l.hill@tenterfield.herts.sch.uk.