Meet the Governors | Broomgrove Junior School

Welcome to the Governors' section page of our school website. Here you will find listed all the Governors and their individual areas of responsibility as well as a copy of our annual Governance Statement.

What does a Governor do?

Name of Governor or Associate Member	Position of Responsibility	Date Appointed	Term of Office	Appointed by	Membership of Committees	Relevant Business Interests	Personal Relationship
Jon Guy	Co-opted Chair of Governors	20/09/2017	19/09/2020	Governing Board	Finance, Premises and Personnel		Children in school Chair at Infants
Helen Aldis	Parent Governor Chair of FPP & Pay Review	18/09/2015	17/09/2018	Parents	Finance, Premises and Personnel Pay Review (Chair) Staff Discipline Able, Gifted & Talented Inclusion Whistleblowing & Data Protection	None	Husband member of Wivenhoe Town Council. Children in school
Jennifer Heaps	Co-opted Vice Chair of Governors	04/01/2017	03/01/2020	Governing Board	Finance, Premises and personnel Headteachers Performance Management Pay Review Looked after children Safegurading Pupil Premium	None	None
Jon Manning	Local Authority Vice Chair of FPP	09/01/2017	08/01/2020	Local Authority	Finance, Premises and Personnel Pupil Discipline Appeals Pay Appeals Attendance	Teacher at another school	Wife works at Broomgrove Juniors
Karen Horrocks	Co-opted	30/01/2017	29/01/2020	Governing Board	Finance, Premises & Personnel SEN	None	Child at school Staff Member
Katie Johnston	Co-opted Vice Chair of P&C	01/09/2016	31/08/2019	Governing Board	Pupil & Curriculum Pupil Discipline Staff Discipline Pay Appeals Healthy Schools Children’s Welfare and Behaviour	Supply Teacher at another school (sept 17)	Child in school
Leesa Sharpe	Headteacher	01/09/2016	31/08/20019	Ex-officio staff	Finance, Premises and Personnel Pupil & Curriculum	None	Headteacher
Margaret Barrowman	Associate	28/08/2017	27/08/2018	Governing Board (1 year)		Educational Consultant	Previous Chair of Governors
Nicola Hubert	Co-opted Governor	01/07/201	30/06/2018	Governing Body	Finance, Premises and Personnel Health and Safety	None	Staff Member
Rebecca Blower	Staff Governor	05/01/2015	04/01/2019	School Staff	Pupil & Curriculum	None	Staff Member
Sarah McGloin	Parent Governor	09/05/2014	08/05/2018	Parents	Pupil & Curriculum Head Teachers Performance Management Pupil Discipline Pay Appeals Governor Mentor Subject Monitoring Coordinator	None	Child in school
Simon Ratcliffe	Co-opted Chair of P&C	14/11/2016	13/11/2019	Governing Board	Pupil & Curriculum Pay Review Link Governor Training Subject Monitoring Children’s welfare and behaviour	Teacher at another school	Child at school
Vikki Bonner	Associate	01/09/2016	31/08/2019	Governing Board	Finance, Premises and Personnel Pupil & Curriculum	None	Deputy Head
Ruth Melville	Co-opted	20/09/2017	19/09/2020	Governing Board	Finance, Premises and Personnel SEND	None	None

Governors' Meeting Attendance 2017/18

Key
	Present
A	Absence Submitted
N/A	Absence not submitted

Full Governing Body Meeting
Name of Governor	20.09.2017	22.11.2017	21.03.2018	27.06.2018
L Sharpe
V Bonner
J Heaps
S McGloin
K Johnston				A
H Aldis
J Manning			A
K Horrocks
M Barrowman			A	A
N Hubert
R Blower		A		A
S Ratcliffe
J Guy	-
R Melville	-		A

Finance, Premises and Personnel Committee
Name of Governor	12.10.17	14.11.17	25.01.18	15.03.18	17.05.18
L Sharpe
V Bonner
H Aldis
J Manning	A	A		A
J Heaps
K Horrocks
N Hubert	A
J Guy	-
R Melville	(observer)		A

Pupil and Curriculum Committee
Name of Governor	4.10.2017	7.02.2018	25.04.2018
L Sharpe
V Bonner
S Ratcliffe
S McGloin	A
K Johnston
R Blower
J Guy

Annual Governance Statement: May 2017

In January 2014, the Department for Education published advice in relation to the School Procedures Regulations 2013. A number of additional recommendations, not mentioned in the Procedures Regulations, were made in the advice document, including reference to the publication of an annual governance statement.

It is also good practice for a Board of Governors to publish an annual governance statement to explain how it has fulfilled its responsibilities – particularly in relation to its core functions, including:

the governance arrangements that are in place, including the remit of any committees;
the attendance record of individual governors at board and committee meetings; and
an assessment of the effectiveness and impact of the board and any committees with details of any particular challenges that have arisen.

Even though the publication of a governance statement is not mandatory, the School’s Board of Governors believe it is good practice and an effective way to demonstrate their accountability to parents.

Annual Governance Statement – May 2017
In accordance with the Government’s requirement for all boards of governors, the 3 core strategic functions of the Broomgrove Junior School Board are: 1. Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction; 2. Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the School and its children; 3. Overseeing the financial performance of the School and making sure its money is well spent.
Governance arrangements	The Board of Governors (Formerly known as the Governing Body) re-constituted from 1^st September 2015 and is made up of: 3 Parent Governors 1 Local Authority Governor 2 Staff Governors (inc. the headteacher (unless the headteacher resigns the office of governor in accordance with Regulation 19 of The School Governance (Constitution)(England)Regulations 2012)) 9 Co-opted Governors The full Board of Governors meets at least once each term, and we also have a number of Committees to consider different aspects of the School in detail. These are: Finance, Premises and Personnel Committee (FPP): the focus for this committee is the financial running of the School, the maintenance and development of the School premises and personnel matters Pupil & Curriculum Committee (P&C): the focus of this committee is to monitor the learning and teaching that takes place in the School and to ensure children are supported as effectively as possible in their learning journey Pay Review Committee: the focus of this committee is to consider the implementation of pay awards in line the recommendations made through the performance management process and the Teachers Pay and Conditions Document which is updated each year We also have Committees that meet as and when required to consider pupil discipline and staffing matters. Joint Interests Committee (JIC): this comprises the Headteacher, Chair of the Board of Governors and another governor of both the Junior and Infant Schools. The focus of this committee is to discuss (mainly financial) issues which concern both schools such as the catering facilities, the use of the bungalow for pre-school and out-of-school activities, IT, premises and grounds. The committee also looks at areas where the two schools can work closely together to benefit children’s education and the smooth transition between the schools. This committee meets twice-termly.
Attendance record of Governors	Attendance at meetings is good and we have never cancelled a meeting because it was not “quorate” (the number of Governors needed to ensure that legal decisions can be made).
The work that we have done on our Committees and in the Governing Body	During the past year, the members of the Board of Governors have continued to work tirelessly to monitor, challenge and support the work of the school in order to ensure that every child is given every opportunity to make the best possible progress academically and to develop their physical, emotional and social skills. Our activities included monitoring every curriculum area twice, talking to the children and staff, looking at children’s work and scrutinising the progress that was recorded each term. We discussed the government’s new assessment expectations and ensured that those individuals and groups who were not making expected progress received extra support. We also made sure that every child had a wide range of experiences including Forest Schools, clubs and educational visits, including the residential visits that have become so popular. This was all achieved through the careful management of an ever-diminishing budget provided by the Local Authority. A school can only improve if the teaching and learning are really good and this is dependent on the quality of the staff. We have therefore invested heavily in staff training. This has increased staff expertise and confidence and the results can be seen in every class. School leadership is also vital and governors were pleased to appoint Mrs. Leesa Sharpe as headteacher from September 1st 2016. Miss Victoria Bonner was also appointed to the position of deputy headteacher from September 1st 2016. We have continued to ensure that all children are safe in school and have recently reviewed our Security and Safeguarding Policies in line with good practice and current legislation. All other policies have been reviewed and can be read on our web-site. We are pleased to say that the Local Authority funded the replacement of another section of the outer and inner walls during the summer holidays. Internal refurbishment and classroom upgrading has given the children and staff a further boost. Unfortunately, there is no funding available from the Local Authority to complete the final stage of these works which comprises two classrooms, the kitchen and staffroom. We will be applying pressure on the Local Authority to provide funding for this work, in-order to provide a safe and functioning environment throughout the entire school. IT facilities have been improved and children now have access to classroom laptops so that they can take their accelerated reader tests in a more timely manner. Work to the new library is on-going. Internet access has been set up so that it can be used as a lending library and children can do the work associated with the Accelerated Reader programme successfully. Looking beyond our school, we are now working much more closely with the Infants’ School. Indeed, each school now has a teacher from the other school on their Board of Governors and a statement of agreement has been made between to two schools to formalise this closer working partnership. There are joint policies in situ between the two schools and subject leaders are working closely together to ensure the smooth transition of children from year 2 to year 3. The Chair and Vice Chair have also been meeting with other governors from the Colne Cluster of primary schools to share information and learn from each other. At the other end of the children’s journey, we are also developing stronger links with The Colne Community college to ensure the transition of children from year 6 to year 7 is also smooth and less stressful. Our staff are taking part in training programmes delivered by the Thrive Community Trust as well as working more closely with subject leads at the Colne. Our formal agreement with Elmstead Primary School to support each other on certain panels should the need arise also continues.
Future plans for the Governors	In this age of austerity, the school budget is being squeezed and we are having to make daily decisions on how best to use the limited resources we have available. We will continue to work to our strategic plan, modifying it where necessary so that every area of the curriculum progresses and children enjoy a broad range of experiences. The main focus will continue to be our application to be recognised as an International School and governors with expertise and interest in achieving that status will be assisting Mrs. Crockett, the teacher with responsibility for that area of the curriculum. We will continue to monitor the careful use of the Pupil Premium budget to ensure that every child in that category is fully and appropriately supported. Moreover, we will ensure that the Sports Funding is used to enhance the facilities to promote access to a wider range of sports activities for all children. There have been some changes to the Governing Body recently with new members joining and others leaving. However, governors will continue to develop their skills through training and the use of the skills they bring to the Board. Catering for every child’s needs will be at the centre of everything we do.
How you can contact the Governing Body	We always welcome suggestions, feedback and ideas from parents. Please contact the School Office should you wish to discuss anything with a member of the governing body.

Governors’ Attendance Record for 2016-17
Governor	Full Governing Body (number of meetings held: 4)	Finance, Personnel & Premises (number of meetings held: 6)	Pupil & Curriculum (number of meetings held: 3)
Mrs Helen Aldis	2	4	-
Mrs Tracey Ashley	2	-	2
Dr Margaret Barrowman	1	3	1
Mrs Rebecca Blower	2	-	2
Mr Keven Crowhurst	2	-	1
Mrs Karen Horrocks	1	3	-
Mrs Nicola Hubert	2	4	-
Mr Jon Manning	2	4	-
Mrs Sarah McGloin	2	-	2
Mrs Leesa Sharpe	2	4	2
Miss Vikki Bonner	2	4	2
Mrs Areej A-hawamdeh	2	-	1
Mrs Jenny Heaps	1	4	-
Mrs Katie Johnston	2	-	-
Mr David Ratcliffe	0	3	-
Mr Simon Ratcliffe	1