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The Governing Body at Hawksworth Wood
All schools in England have a Governing Board which is responsible for overseeing many of the strategic decisions of the school. The governing board conducts its business to take account of the three roles of the governing board as outlined in the Governance handbook:
- 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.
The day to day management of the school is the responsibility of the Head teacher and senior leadership team.
The full governing board meets four times a year; all full governing board meetings are clerked by a trained professional clerk. The governing board ensures it covers all statutory duties and fulfils the strategic responsibilities. This is done through the six full Governing board meetings, face to face (visits into school), information provided by the Headteacher and members of the leadership team and external sources such as the school improvement adviser and national data.
We also have 3 subcommittee groups which meet 3 times per year who have a sharper focus on specific areas of the school. There are:
- Resources subcommittee
- Pupil support sub committee
- Teaching and Learning Subcommittee
Chair Of Governors (Local Authority Appointed)
Alan Crump
Date of Appointment 18/01/2010
Term of Office 11/12/2024 to 10/12/2025
Register of business, financial or personal interests: None declared
Chair of Pupil Support Sub-committee , is the link governor for Safeguarding, complaints governor and is responsible for the performance management of the headteacher
Vice Chair Of Governors (Parent)
David Goodall
Date of Appointment 22/09/2021
Term of Office 11/12/2024 to 10/12/2025
Register of business, financial or personal interests: None declared
Sits on Resources sub-committee and is wellbeing governor
Parent
David Goodall
Date of Appointment 22/09/2021
Term of Office 22/09/2021 to 21/09/2025
Register of business, financial or personal interests: None declared
Sits on Resources sub-committee and is wellbeing governor
Co-opted
Linzi Ladlow
Date of appointment 26/04/2025
Term of Office 26/04/2025 to 26/05/2026
Register of business, financial or personal interests: None declared
Nicole Demspey
Date of appointment 26/04/2025
Term of Office 26/04/2025 to 26/05/2026
Register of business, financial or personal interests: None declared
Hannah Bithell
Date of Appointment 16/03/2022
Term of Office 16/03/2022 to 15/03/2026
Register of business, financial or personal interests: Member of Leeds City Council, NIHR, GMB, Cluster and HAVA. Co-Chair Governor Burley St Matthias, Adel Beck EMC.
Sits on the Health and Wellbeing Committee
Julie Parr
Date of Appointment 16/03/2022
Term of Office 16/03/2022 to 15/03/2026
Register of business, financial or personal interests: None declared
Hannah Prideaux
Date of Appointment 02/07/2019
Term of Office 02/07/2019 to 06/07/2027
Register of business, financial or personal interests: None declared
Yvonne Wilson
Date of Appointment 22/09/2021
Term of Office 22/09/2021 to 21/09/2025
Register of business, financial or personal interests: None declared
Local Authority
Alan Crump
Date of Appointment 18/01/2010
Term of Office 18/01/2010
Register of business, financial or personal interests: None declared
Chair of Pupil Support Sub-committee , is the link governor for Safeguarding, complaints governor and is responsible for the performance management of the headteacher
Staff Governor
Dalaney Fish
Date of Appointment 08/02/2024
Term of Office 08/02/2024 to 07/02/2028
Register of business, financial or personal interests: None declared
Headteacher Governor
Eleanore Pickard
Date of Appointment 20/04/2020
Term of Office 20/04/2020 to 20/04/2050
Register of business, financial or personal interests: None declared
Governor Term of Office ended or resigned in last 12 months
Mr Jon Stothard Term of Office: 03/03/2015 – 29/11/2024
Mr Matthew Barron Term of Office 19/06/2024 to 04/12/2024
Mr Dave Postlethwaite
Sarah Saxon
The Role of the Governing Body
As set out in the DfE Governance Handbook, the purpose of governance is ‘to provide confident strategic leadership and to create robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance.’
A governing body has the following 3 core functions:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.
- Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff; and
- Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure money is well spent.
If you are interested in becoming a governor for our school, please contact the school office.