Governors

Hawksworth Wood Governing Body

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 (Co-opted)

Mr Jon Stothard

Date of Appointment 03/03/2015

Term of Office 21/09/2022 to 20/09/2026

Register of business, financial or personal interests: None declared

Sits on Resources sub-committee, is the complaints governor and is responsible for the performance management of the headteacher.

Vice Chair Of Governors (Local Authority Appointed)

Mr Alan Crump

Date of Appointment 18/01/2010

Term of Office 16/03/2022 to 15/03/2026

Register of business, financial or personal interests: None declared

Chair of Pupil Support Sub-committee and is the link governor for Safeguarding

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Mr David Goodall

Date of Appointment 22/09/2021

Term of Office 22/09/2021 to 21/09/25

Register of business, financial or personal interests: None declared

Sits on Resources sub-committee and is wellbeing govern/

Mrs 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

Chair of Resources sub-committee and is link governor for SEND

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Local Authority

Mr A Crump
Term of Office  16/03/2022 to 15/03/2026     

Headteacher

Miss Eleanore  Pickard

Date of Appointment 25/04/2020

Term of Office 25/04/2024  to

Register of business, financial or personal interests: None declared

 Governor Term of Office ended or Governor resigned in last 12 months

Co-opted

Mr Mark Rowlinson

      Term of Office  05/06/2017 to 04/06/2021

Ms Deborah Howarth

Term of Office 22/9/2021 to 08/06/2022

Mrs K Noon

Term of Office  09/06/2019 to 08/06/2023

Associate

Mrs K Hargreaves

Term of Office 25/09/2019 to 31/12/2023

Attendance Register for Governor Meetings 2023-2024

Full Governing Body Meetings

Resources Sub-Committee Meeting

Pupil Support Sub-Committee Meeting

Teaching and Learning Sub-Committee Meetings

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.