Ingoldisthorpe C of E VA Primary School

Governors

Chair & Foundation PCC Governor	Vice Chairman and Foundation Diocesan Governor	Foundation Bishops Governor	Foundation PCC Governor
Mrs Anne Louise Moore Term of office:15-08-17 to 14-08-21	Mr Andrew Dominic Nicoll Term of office:4-7-18 to 5-7-22	Revd. Mark Capron Term of office:12-7-16 to 12-7-20	Mrs Sarah Jane Bristow Term of office: 29-09-17 to 30-9-21

Foundation Diocesan Board Governor	Staff Governor	Foundation Diocesan Board Governor	Headteacher
Mrs Hayley Minns Term of office:17-10-17 to 18-10-21	Mrs Amy Jayne Taylor Term of office: 18-4-18 to191-4-22	Mr John Nicholson Oughtibridge Term of office 12-01-18 to 11-1-22	Mr Sean Wright Term of office: 31-08-18 to 31-08-22

Parent Governor	LA Governor	Foundation Diocesan Board Governor	Parent Governor
Mrs Katherine Bithray 03-10-17 to 02-10-21	Mr Lewis Benedict Sinclair Marten Term of office:30-08-15 to 30-08-19	Mrs Carol Greatorex Term of office 1-09-17 to 30-08-21	Mr Eric James Snaith Term of office:12-10-18 to 11-10-22

Annual Statement of the Governing Body Ingoldisthorpe Church of England VA Primary School September 2018 
 
Dear Parents, 
 

All the Governors would like to welcome you and your child to Ingoldisthorpe School and to provide a short review of our role, how we work and our activity over the past year. 

There are twelve Governors at the school. We have two committees, a Finance Committee, which focuses on finance, premises and staffing matters and a Curriculum Committee which concentrates on learning, data, and pupil progress. The Governors meet formally in total 12 times each year. Individual Governors have been monitoring the progress of our pupils in specific curriculum areas. We have also Nominated Governor for Safeguarding and for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.  

The Governors are part of the Leadership of the school. Collectively we are responsible for ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and direction, holding the Head Teacher, Mr Sean Wright, to account for the educational performance of the school and all of the pupils and overseeing financial performance to ensure money is well spent. Together with the Head and deputy Head Teacher, Mrs Sarah Hall, we plan, monitor and support every aspect of the school’s work. Governors assist in the recruitment process as required though the school has a low turnover of staff.   

With the significant expansion of pupil numbers at the school since 2015 the main focus of the Governors has been to ensure that the resources are available to provide the best quality of education is available to all children, to ensure that each child is encouraged and stretched to achieve their best result. All Governors spend time talking with teachers about their roles in school and how they monitor the progress and attainment of pupils. 

Beyond the review of activity undertaken in regular meetings individual Governors visit the school to observe and gather evidence of the work of the school staff and discuss further initiatives with Mr Wright. We talk to staff, pupils and parents to hear their views on the many changes that have taken place in the work of the school over the year and what further progress is planned.  

It is pleasing that OFSTED have finally recognised that the quality of children’s education is not measured in simple exam results. Nevertheless further improvement taken place in the Summer 2018 KS1 and KS2 exams and results the children achieved were again well above the national averages in all core subject areas. The school retains its “Outstanding” OFSTED grading.  

Ingoldisthorpe Governors have also attended a wide range of direct and distance training  over the past twelve months to ensure our knowledge and skills are up to date. We constantly ask ourselves how the work we are doing helps to improve the quality of learning and the progress of the children.  

Further Information; Minutes of Governing Body meetings, Committee meetings and monitoring reports are public documents – you can ask at the school office if you would like to see any of the minutes of our meetings or reports prepared following our visits. Further information about the Governors can also be found on the school’s website. If you have any queries about the work of the Governing Body or consider that you would  be prepared to become a Governor please contact the Clerk to the Governors, Mrs Jo Raby, via the school office. 

We look forward to seeing you all at future events within school. 

  Anne Moore

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Chair, on behalf of the Governors 

Full Governors Meeting - Tuesday 18th September 2018:
No Pecuniary Interests were reported and governors completed the annual Register of Pecuniary Interest form.
Governance roles in other educational institutions: Rev Mark Capron is also a governor at Dersingham Primary School.