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Information on the Governing Body of Longlands Primary School

Longlands Governing Body

Photo:

Back row: Tony Hayes, Robert Constable, Abimbola Anyiam, Stephen Morgan, Sergio Muniz-Aragon, Mr Murphy (Teacher).  

Front row: Sandie Homewood, Miss Owen (Head Teacher), Victoria Adduono, Ben Turner.

Chair of Governors - Mr Stephen Morgan

Governors work closely with the Head Teacher and the Senior Leadership Team to ensure that children receive the best education and achieve their individual maximum potential during their time at Longlands. School governors provide strategic leadership and accountability and while they do not manage the day-to-day running of the school, they do appoint the Head Teacher and Deputy Head Teacher as well as hold the Head Teacher accountable for the progress of children in the school. It is governors who hold the main responsibility for finance in schools, and who work with the head teacher to make decisions about balancing resources.

 

The governing body at Longlands includes a mix of experienced and new governors representing a variety of professional backgrounds, expertise and skills. 

The role of the governing body is a strategic one and can be summarised by the following:

  • set the aims and objectives for the school
  • set the policies for achieving those aims and objectives
  • set the targets for achieving those aims and objectives
  • monitor and evaluate the progress the school is making towards achievement of its aims and objectives
  • be a source of challenge and support to the Head Teacher (a critical friend)

 (The Head Teacher is responsible for the internal organisation, management and control of the school and the implementation of the strategic framework established by the governing body.)

 

Committee Structure

Governors attend full Governing Body meetings once a term and sit on one of two subcommittees (learning and achievement or resources), which take responsibility for particular areas of School business.

Types of governors explained:

 

Local Authority (LA) Governor: appointed by the Local Authority that maintains the school.

 

Co-opted Governor: appointed by the governing body to represent the community. Co-opted governors do not need to have any previous experience or knowledge of education, nor do they need to have children in the school.

 

Parent Governor: elected onto the governing body by other parents from the school, and are usually parents of children in attendance at the school.

 

Staff Governor: elected onto the governing body by staff at the school.

 

Associate Governor: invited to attend full and committee meetings to support the governors to make informed decisions. Associate governors do not have voting rights.

 

Forename

Surname

Category

Start

End

Position

Business & Pecuniary Interest

Victoria

Adduono

Parent

30/09/2022

29/09/2026

 

Daughter of another Governor

Abimbola

Anyiam

Co-opted

20/09/2021

19/09/2025

 

 

Robert

Constable

Co-opted

21/06/2021

20/06/2025

 

 

Adam

Curtis

Co-opted

05/10/2022

04/10/2023

 

 

Tony

Hayes

Co-opted

01/03/2021

28/02/2025

Vice Chair

Father of another Governor

Sandie

Homewood

Co-opted

03/09/2019

02/09/2023

Vice Chair

 

Stephen

Morgan

Local Authority

22/01/2022

21/01/2026

Chair

 

Janice

Owen

Head Teacher

30/01/2014

 

Headteacher

 

Tom

Parsons

Co-opted

25/09/2019

24/09/2023

 

Trustee of CRIBS

Ben

Turner

Parent

30/09/2022

29/09/2026

 

 

 

Resources Committee

Learning & Achievement Committee

Dr A Hayes (Chair)

Ms A Anyiam (Chair)

Mr B Turner

Mr A Murphy

Mr R Constable

Mrs V Adduono

Mrs S Homewood

Mr R Constable

Mr S Morgan

Mrs S Homewood

Mr A Curtis

Mr S Morgan

Miss J Owen (HT)

Miss J Owen (HT)

 

 

Subject/Area  

Committee     

Coordinator

Attendance

L&A committee

SLT

Equality Assurance

Both committees

SLT

Art

Primarily L&A

Miss Childs

DT

Primarily L&A

Miss Childs

Geography

Primarily L&A

Mr A Murphy

History

Primarily L&A

Miss Black

Computing

Primarily L&A

Miss Griffiths

MFL

Primarily L&A

Miss Cumpson

Music

Primarily L&A

Mrs Harris

PHSE

Primarily L&A

Miss Griffiths

RE

Primarily L&A

Miss Sheridan

 

 

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