Governors
Welcome to the Governors' section of the school website.
Our Governing body numbers 14 members, including parent governors, staff governors and co-opted governors and meets once every half term.
All the governors are volunteers in their role. They are elected by different stakeholders depending on the type of governor role (e.g. parent governors are elected by the parents of pupils currently at the school, Foundation governors are elected by the church, co-opted governors are elected by the governing body).
We currently have a vacancy for a co-opted governor - click here to find out more.
Our role as governors is threefold:
- to ensure the school has clarity of vision, ethos and direction; we do this through setting the aims and objectives, policies and targets for the school;
- to monitor and evaluate progress and to support and challenge the headteacher; we do this at our regular meetings and also through governor visits;
- to oversee the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.
To manage this workload we have two sub-committees - Curriculum and Community (C&C) and Resources & Personnel (R&P) - each of which also meet once every half term. Broadly, C&C monitor the teaching and learning of the curriculum, inclusion and safeguarding, attendance and community links, while the R&P looks after financial matters, premises, personnel and health and safety.
We also have our own 3-year strategy that we regularly review and update; we have recently set our 2021-2024 strategy focusing on recovering, restoring and regenerating. It encompasses the following:
- Wellbeing of children, staff and school families; this encompasses supporting our school community through enhancing the physical environment (both building & grounds)
- Teaching and learning, which includes maintaining and developing a broad and balanced curriculum which Ofsted previously praised, while adopting positive practices from the pandemic; this also includes consideration of maximising use of our grounds for provision of sports and outdoor learning for all and extra-curricular provision
- Continuing to strive for outstanding governance – an important part of our strategy which incorporates governor visits, training and succession planning
We are always keen to hear the views of parents, staff, children and members of the local community. Please get in touch via the school office or by emailing C.Governor@western.hants.sch.uk
The governors may also be contacted via the school office. If you have concerns relating to the day to day running of the school these should, in the first instance, be referred to the Headteacher.
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Academic Year 2020/2021
Academic Year 2019/2020
Academic Year 2018/2019
Membership of Governing Body
As at 3/12/20
()= start and end of tenure dates
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CO-OPTED GOVERNORS (4) (Appointing Body: the Governing Body) Debbi Bentley (3/7/2019 - 2/7/2023) Rob Coleridge (3/7/2019 - 2/7/2023) Amy Weatherup (6/4/2022 - 5/4/2026) Vacancy |
FOUNDATION GOVERNORS (3) (Appointing Body: Winchester Diocesan Board of Education) Vicki Tibbitts* (Vice-chair)(9/1/2021 - 9/1/2025) Revd Dr Jonathan Rowe (12/7/22) Helen Jesty (14/10/2019 to 13/10/2023) |
LOCAL AUTHORITY GOVERNOR (1) (Appointing Body: the Governing Body with CC approval) Mike Longman (27/11/18 - 26/11/2022) |
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PARENT GOVERNORS (4) (Appointing Body: the Parent Body of the school) Claire Woodcock (Chair) (1/3/2021 - 1/3/2025) Lucy Herbert-Pike (25/10/2019 to 24/10/2023) Alex Hutchinson (27/11/2020 - 26/11/2024) Martin Ratcliffe (2/12/2021 - 1/12/2025) |
STAFF GOVERNOR (1) (Appointing Body: the Staff Body of the school) Sarah Horton (4/9/2019 - 3/9/2023)
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HT (1) Peter Burbridge* (ex-officio Governor) (1/9/2013)
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*=Governors who have completed the Safer Recruitment certificate online |
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ADDITIONAL DESIGNATED ROLES |
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Debbi Bentley - Wellbeing Link Sarah Horton – Development & Training Helen Jesty – Inclusion Vicki Tibbitts - SIAMS Martin Ratcliffe - Equality & Diversity |
Mike Longman - Health & Safety Amy Weatherup - PTA Link Claire Woodcock – Safeguarding |
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MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES |
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RESOURCES and PERSONNEL (to include the role of the Pay Committee) |
CURRICULUM and COMMUNITY |
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Mike Longman (Chair) Debbi Bentley Peter Burbridge (HT) (Advisory only on Pay Cttee) Rob Coleridge Lucy Herbert-Pike Alex Hutchinson Also in attendance: Lynn Franklin (Business Manager). By invitation: Paul Budd (Site Manager) |
Amy Weatherup (Chair) Peter Burbridge (HT) Sarah Horton Helen Jesty Martin Ratcliffe Vicki Tibbitts Claire Woodcock Also in attendance: Karen Luke (Deputy HT) |
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PAY COMMITTEE Peter Burbridge, Rob Coleridge, Mike Longman, Vicki Tibbitts |
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HEADTEACHER'S PERFORMANCE REVIEW PANEL Rob Coleridge, Mike Longman, Vicki Tibbitts |
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BUSINESS & FINANCIAL INTERESTS Peter Burbridge, Debbi Bentley and Sarah Horton all work at the school |
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Clerk to the Governors: Vacancy All correspondence should be sent to the school office |
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PREVIOUS GOVERNORS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE PAST YEAR James Ingham (14/10/2020 - 12/7/2022) Peter Seal (Foundation Governor) 19/9/2001 - 6/4/2022 |
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Governors' Attendance record
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Governor Access
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