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The Governing Body

The 3 core roles of our governors:

  • Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.
  • Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils.
  • Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

Our Full Governing Body meets three times per year and our Finance Committee meets each half-term and reports back to the Full Governing Body.

Finance committee - Mr J Money, Mrs V Robinson-Noble and the Headteacher

Headteacher Performance Reviewers - Mr J Money, Mrs V Robinson-Noble and an elected external Education Advisor

Pay committee - Mr J Money, Mrs V Robinson-Noble

The links below enable you to find out more information about our governors including their business and financial interests within school, roles in other schools and the structure and responsibilities of the governing body and committees.  There is also an attendance chart for full governing body meetings this academic year.

Ex-Officio HEADTEACHER - Mrs Katie Durant Good

The Headteacher is responsible for the internal organisation, management and control of the school. The Headteacher advises on and implements the governing bodies strategic framework. The Headteacher also:

  • Formulates aims and objectives, policies and targets for consideration for the governing body to adopt
  • Reports to the governing body on progress at least once every school year (usually termly)
  • Has the right to attend all meetings of the governing body
  • Can choose not to be a member of the governing body

   Term of Office : Ex-officio

Staff Governor - Mrs Charlotte Williams

  • Staff governors are employed to work at the school and are elected by staff to the board.
  • They offer a staff perspective but do not represent the staff body.
  • There is only one staff governor position in a maintained school.

Appointed: 1st September 2024

Term of Office ends 31st August 2028

LA Governor - VACANCY

  • Local authority (LA) governors are nominated by the LA to serve on the governing body of an LA maintained school.
  • The governing body appoints them and can set eligibility criteria which nominees must meet.

Appointed:  NA

Term of Office ends 

Co-opted Governor - Rev Andrew Vaughan

  • Co-opted governors are appointed by the board based on their skills, experience and perspective.
  • They often have specialised knowledge in areas like HR, finance, law, data and education.
  • Sometimes known as community governors.

Appointed: 1st September 2017

Term of Office ends 31st August 2025

Co-opted Governor - Miss Grace McConnell

  • Co-opted governors are appointed by the board based on their skills, experience and perspective.
  • They often have specialised knowledge in areas like HR, finance, law, data and education.
  • Sometimes known as community governors.

Appointed: 1st September 2024

Term of Office ends: 31st August 2028

Co-opted Governor - VACANCY

  • Co-opted governors are appointed by the board based on their skills, experience and perspective.
  • They often have specialised knowledge in areas like HR, finance, law, data and education.
  • Sometimes known as community governors.

Appointed: NA - PLEASE CONTACT SCHOOL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED TO STAND AS A CO-OPTED GOVERNOR.

Term of Office ends: 

Parent Governor - Mr James Money (Chair of Governors)

  • Parent governors have parental responsibility for, or are carers of, pupils at the school.
  • Primarily elected by the parents of the school, they are a key part of the governing board that provide a parental perspective.
  • May be appointed by the governing body if a “nil” response was returned at the nominating stage
  • Cannot be appointed as parent governor if employed by the Local Authority

Appointed: 14th March 2023

Term of Office ends 13th March 2027

Parent Governor - Ms Viki Robinson-Noble (Vice Chair of Governors)

  • Parent governors have parental responsibility for, or are carers of, pupils at the school.
  • Primarily elected by the parents of the school, they are a key part of the governing board that provide a parental perspective.
  • May be appointed by the governing body if a “nil” response was returned at the nominating stage
  • Cannot be appointed as parent governor if employed by the Local Authority

Appointed: 1st September 2024

Term of Office ends: 31st August 2028

Parent Governor - Miss Elle Hill

  • Parent governors have parental responsibility for, or are carers of, pupils at the school.
  • Primarily elected by the parents of the school, they are a key part of the governing board that provide a parental perspective.
  • May be appointed by the governing body if a “nil” response was returned at the nominating stage
  • Cannot be appointed as parent governor if employed by the Local Authority

Appointed: 19th September 2024

Term of Office ends: 18th September 2028

Clerk to Governors - Mrs Abbie Palmer

Please send any correspondence for the Chair or the Clerk of Governors to be addressed to the school or by emailing governors@northscarleprimary.co.uk 

Chair of Governors - Mr James Money

Vice Chair of Governors - Ms Viki Robinson-Noble

Safeguarding Governor - Rev Andrew Vaughan

For more guidance on the strategic leadership and governance of local-authority-maintained scools please see the DfE - Governance in Maintained Schools

Governors are requested annually to declare any personal interests they may have in the school.  Rev A Vaughan serves on Swinderby C of E and St Michael's Primary School Governing boards. 

All Governors have voting rights on their committees.

Attendance at Governor meetings 2024/25