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.

Governing Board List 2021/2022

There are no Associate Members.

Governors who have served in the last 12 months

Miss M Clare Co-opted Governing Body, Governor term of office ended 13.09.2022. There were no business interests declared.

Register of Governors’ Business Interests 2021/2022

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 Body of Ham Dingle Primary School,

                                  Pedmore (part of United Learning Multi Academy Trust)

                                  Chair of Shadow Governing Body of St Margaret's at Hasbury CE Primary                                                  School, Halesowen

                                  Works as a Clerk to Governing Bodies for Dudley MBC 

                                  Governor at Belle Vue Primary School, Wordsley

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

Governor Committees 2021/2022

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                                           Ms 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 2019/2020

Governor Visits

Governor visits have been planned to take place on Wednesday 24th November 2021 and Wednesday 9th February 2022.

Governor Attendance at Meetings

 Key

 √      Present

 X      Absent

 -       Not a member of the Committee

_{Autumn 2021}

_{Summer 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.

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.