Governors

Governors

As an Academy, the school has a contract with the Department for Education which requires the school to perform effectively in return for which the school receives funding from central government. This contract requires the school to be a registered company with Directors (we call them Governors)

The Governing Body elects a Chair and a Vice-Chair of Governors at the beginning of each academic year. The Governing Body has a Clerk.

There are four main governor committees and these are: Learning & Achievement, Personnel & Pay, Finance & Premises, Admissions

There are agreed terms of reference for each committee. Each committee elects its own Chair at the first committee meeting in the academic year. Whilst each committee has specific areas of responsibility the support of other governors may need to be sought before decisions can be implemented. The committees usually meet once a term or as required.

Responsibilities of The Governing Body

The primary role of the Governors is to carry out the day to day running of the Academy Trust in accordance with its Articles of Association and with company law.

The governing body has specific responsibilities including:

• To ensure the quality of educational provision
• To ensure that the school sets challenging targets
• The responsibility for the conduct of the school
• Ensuring policies relating to the School’s operation are prepared and reviewed
• Providing information for parents
• Managing the Academy Trust’s finances and property
• Personnel matters including staff appointments
• Pupil discipline and behaviour
• Monitoring and evaluating the activities of the school
• Ensuring that the Academy Trust complies with both charity and company law
• Preparing for and responding to OfSTED and SIAMS inspections

As part of our continuing development as a governing board we have drawn up an Effective Governance Plan, which is available to read here:-

Effective Governance Plan

Our Governors are:

 

Appointment in accordance with Articles	Name	Appointed	Expires	Business Interests
Incumbent	Revd. Fran Smettem	23/10/ 23	22/10/2027	Curate  - Benefice of Chew Valley West
3 x Persons nominated by the Trustees	VACANCY
	Michael Brayne	11/05/2023	10/05/2027	Nil
	VACANCY
2 x Persons nominated by the DBE	Rosie Pool	10/03/2022	9/03/2026	Owner - The Nursery at New Manor Farm
	Mary Usher-Clark	10/03/2022	9/03/2026	Nil
3 x Persons nominated by the Foundation Members who are parents of a registered pupil at the academy at the time of appointment	Marita Mary Price	22/09/2020	21/09/2024	Director - Bestaward Director - Hello Performance
	Nicholas David George (CHAIR)	01/09/2023	31/08/2027	Nil
	Tom Attfield	10/03/2022	9/03/2026	Nil
2 x Staff Governors through such process as they may determine	Victoria Louise Hennessy	12/11/2021	11/11/2025	Siblings' businesses - Hennessy Fire and Security & Hennessy Installations
	Suzanne Denise Lewis	12/11/2021	11/11/2025	Employed by Chew Stoke Out of School Club
The Principal	Benjamin Paul Hewett	7/10/13		Governor at Court de Wyck Church School
2 x Parents elected by parents of registered pupils at the Academy at the time of election	Stephen Priday	23/10/2020	22/10/2024	None
	Genevieve Whitby	27/01/2023	26/01/2027	None
GOVERNOR VACANCY  We currently have a vacancy for a parent governor on our governing board.  If you are interested in finding out more or obtaining a nomination form, please contact our Clerk to Governors, Liz Dagger, via our School Office.  The closing date for returning nomination forms is 12 noon on Friday 27th September 2024. Diversity At Chew Stoke Church School, our governance roles are composed of approximately 85% white British, 5% minority ethnic background* and 10% wishing not to share their information. Similar to pupil data, any individual who is of any origin other than white British is defined as being of minority ethnic background.   Membership of Committees 2023-24
Premises & Finance Committee	Marita Price Ben Hewett Genevieve Whitby (committee chair) Nicholas George Sally Connell (SBM)
Personnel & Pay Committee	Fran Smettem Marita Price  Rosie Pool (committee chair) Ben Hewett  Mike Brayne
Learning and Achievement Committee	Chris Chorley Ben Hewett Vicki Hennessy Steve Priday Marita Price Tom Attfield (committee chair) Mary Usher Clark
Admissions Committee	Ben Hewett Sue Lewis Fran Smettem Marita Price Liz Dagger (Clerk)
Governors with Special Interests
Safeguarding	Rosie Pool
Early Years	Chris Chorley
SEND	Nicholas George
Health & Safety	Genevieve Whitby
Church School Distinctiveness	Revd. Fran Smettem
Risk Register	VACANCY
Monitoring Visits	Liz Dagger (clerk)
Pupil Premium	Tom Attfield
Phonics	Mary Usher-Clark

Attendance at Meetings 2022 - 23

Full Governing Board

Tom Attfield	10 out of 11
Mike Brayne	6 out of 6
Christopher Chorley	6 out of 11
Susan Cook	5 out of 8
Nicholas George	7 out of 14
Vicki Hennessy	10 out of 11
Ben Hewett	21 out of 21
Sue Lewis	8 out of 9
Susan McKay	8 out of 10
Marita Price	19 out of 21
Steve Priday	Sick leave
Rosie Roberts-Pool	9 out of 10
Mary Usher-Clark	10 out of 10
Genevieve Whitby	12 out of 13

 

Finance & Premises Committee

Nicholas George	3 out of 6
Ben Hewett	6 out of 6
Marita Price	4 out of 6
Genevieve Whitby	6 out of 6

 

The Clerk to the Governors is Liz Dagger.

The Governors and Clerk may be contacted through the School Office.