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 staff and to experience life at St Mark’s for ourselves. We also visit School at other times.

The School has close links with the parish church of St Mark’s and the Governors, together with the children and staff, attend important celebrations, at Church and in School, to mark the passing of the Church year. The children regularly attend events at Church.

Governing Board List 2023/2024

There are no Associate Members.

Governors who have served in the last 12 months

Register of Governors’ Business Interests 2023/2024

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

                                  (part of Windsor Multi Academy Trust)

                                  Member of the Local Governing Committee of Ham Dingle Primary School,

                                  Pedmore (part of United Learning Multi Academy Trust)

                                  Chair of Governors at St Margaret's at Hasbury CE Primary                                                                          School, Halesowen

                                 Governor at Bell Vue Primary School, Wordsley

                                 Co-Chair of Governors at Halesowen CE Primary School, Halesowen

                                 Member of Management Committee at Sycamore Short Stay

                                 School, Dudley                                 

                                 Works as a Clerk to Governing Bodies for Dudley MBC 

Mr K Rondeau, Mrs C While, Mrs F Jones, Mrs D Jones, Ms S Hall and Ms E Elgerton have no business interests.

Governor Committees 2023/2024

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

School Improvement Committee

All Governors

Chair of School Improvement Committee - Mrs F Jones

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 C While  (Chair)                            

Mrs F Jones                                           Mrs E Elgerton

Mrs D Jones                                           

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 2023/2024

Governor Attendance at Meetings

 Key

 √      Present

 X      Absent

 -       Not a member of the Committee

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