Meet the Governors

Welcome

Here you will find information about the Governing Board of St Mark’s CE Primary School.

We are a group of 10 people made up of School staff, Church appointees, parents and others with a keen passion to ensure that the children of St Mark’s receive the best education possible.

Governors have 3 main roles.

• To ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
• To hold the Headteacher to account for the education performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of the staff
• To oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure that the money is well spent

Effective governance is based on six key features:

• Strategic leadership that sets and champions vision, ethos and strategy.
• Accountability that drives up educational standards and financial performance.
• People with the right skills, experience, qualities and capacity.
• Structures that reinforce clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
• Compliance with statutory and contractual requirements.
• Evaluation to monitor and improve the quality and impact of governance.

DfE (October 2020) Governance Handbook

As a Governing Board, we have a range of expertise to ensure that these 3 functions are fulfilled. We meet regularly throughout the academic year as a Governing Board in order to carry out these functions.

We meet as a Governing Board twice each term when we all discuss, question and challenge the leadership of the School. One of the Meetings is a full Governing Board Meeting and the other is a School Improvement Committee Meeting (all Governors are members of this Committee). The statutory Committees meet as and when necessary. 

We also attend Governor Days which are held regularly throughout the academic year. This is when we visit School to carry out first-hand monitoring. We have the chance to talk to the children and to experience life at St Mark’s for ourselves. We also visit School at other times.

Governors who have served in the last 12 months

Mrs M Makarounas   Staff Governor term of office ended 12.06.2020. There were no business interests declared.

Mr G Southall  Foundation Governor term of office ended 12.11.2020. Mr Southall had a relative who works at the school.

Ms C Saul Ex Officio Governor term of office ended 25.03.2021. There were no business interests declared.

Register of Governors’ Business Interests 2020/2021

Mrs J Price                 Chair of Local Advisory Board at Colley Lane Primary Academy, Cradley 

                                   Member of the Local Governing Body of Ham Dingle Primary School, Pedmore

                                   Works as a Clerk to Governing Bodies for Dudley MBC 

Mr K Rondeau, Mrs C While, Mrs F Jones, Mrs D Jones, Miss M Clare and Miss A Bayton have no business interests.

Governor Committees 2020/2021

The Governing Board meets as a whole Governing Board once each term. The School Improvement Committee meets once each term. Statutory Committees as and when they needs to meet. These Committees are shown below.

School Improvement Committee

All Governors

Head Teacher's Appraisal Committee

 Mrs J Price (Chair)

 Mrs C While

 Mrs F Jones

Pay Committee                                     Pay Appeals Committee

Mrs J Price (Chair)                                 Mrs F Jones (Chair)                                         

Mr G Southall                                         Mrs C While

Mrs D Jones                                           Miss M Clare

Staff Dismissal Committee                              

The Chair of Governors will constitute the Committee as and when they need to meet from Governors who are available and eligible.

Staff Dismissal Appeals and Pupil Discipline Committees

The Chair of Governors will constitute the Committee as and when they need to meet from Governors who are available and eligible.

Governor Responsibilities 2019/2020

Governor Attendance at Meetings

 Key

 √      Present

 X      Absent

 -       Not a member of the Committee

Spring 2021

During the Covid-19 pandemic, visits to school by Governors have not been permissible. Therefore, Governors have kept in touch with school via email and GovernorHub and remote visits have been carried out virtually.

Autumn 2020

During the Covid-19 pandemic, visits to school by Governors have not been permissible. Therefore, Governors have kept in touch with school via email and GovernorHub and remote visits have been carried out virtually.

Summer 2020

During the Covid-19 pandemic, visits to school by Governors have not been permissible. Therefore, Governors have kept in touch with school via email and GovernorHub and remote visits have been carried out virtually.

Spring 2020

Autumn 2019

Summer 2019

A Governor Morning was held on Thursday 20th June 2019 when the focus was setting the ethos and strategic direction for the School.

A Governor Morning was held on 1st April 2019.