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Wooley Terrace, Stanley, Crook, County Durham DL15 9AN

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Home / About Us / Our Governing Body

Our Governing Body

Governors work closely with Mr Christie (Headteacher), school staff and representatives from the local authority (LA).

Effective Governance

The purpose of governance

1. The purpose of governance is to provide confident and strong strategic leadership which leads to robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance.

2. All governance boards, no matter what type of school or how many schools they govern, have three 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 effective and efficient performance management of staff; and
  • Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.

To contact the Chair of the Governing Body, please call 01388762858 – or, write to:

Mrs Catherine Lawes
Chair of Governors
c/o Stanley Crook Primary School
Wooley Terrace
Stanley Crook
DL15 9AN

Governor’s Committee Structure

For further information on who our governors are and what they do, please click on each name below:

NameRepresentingTerm
of
Office
CommitteeResponsibilitiesRegister of
Governor's Interest
Relationship to
Staff
Mr David Christie - HeadteacherStaff - HeadteacherN/AECM
Behaviour and Safety
Finance, Premises and Personnel
Standards, Achievement and Curriculum
Leadership and Management of the schoolNone
Mrs Catherine Lawes - Chair Chair of Governing Body
Co-Opted
04.06.2020Behaviour and Safety (Chair)
First/ Pay Review (Chair)
Headteachers Performance (Chair)
Child Protection
Performance Management
English
R.E.
Healthy Schools
Health and Safety
Music
None
Mrs Rachel Wilkinson - Deputy HeadteacherStaff03.03.2020Standards, Achievement and Curriculum Curriculum Development
Mathematics
EYFS
Performance Management
None
Councillor Richard ManchesterLocal Authority (Deputy Vice Chair)23.03.2022First/ Pay Review
Headteacher Performance
Community Liaison and Improvement
Performance Management
County Councillor of Tow Law division for Durham County Council and LA Rep at Tow Law Millennium School
Mr Ben Hayman - Vice ChairVice Chair of Governing Body
Parent
20.12.2022Standards, Achievement and Curriculum (Chair)
Appeals (Chair)
Empowering the Voice of the Child
EYFS
Curriculum Planning
Mathematics
Science
Governor Training and Development
None
Ms Jane Lee Parent 20.12.2022Appeals
Finance, Premises and Personnel
Behaviour and Safety
SEND
Looked After Children
Anti Bullying, Equalities and Diversity, Cultural Education, GDPR
None
Mr James CraftCo-Opted09.03.2021Finance, Premises and Personnel (Chair)
First/ Pay Review
Headteacher Performance
Finance (including Pupil Premium and Catch Up funding) STEM and Community Projects
Assessment
Pupil Attendance
None
Mrs Lyndsey GlasperParent 20.12.2022Standards, Achievement and Curriculum
Behaviour and Safety
ECM
PE (including Sports Premium)
RE
Website
Compliance
None
Mrs Emily HunterCo-Opted01.07.2023Standards, Achievement and Curriculum
Appeals
Appeals
ECM
SMSC
Well-being (Pupils/ Staff)
MFL
Design and Technology
None

Governor meetings are held at least every term during which important areas of school improvement are discussed. Each Governor also has an area of the curriculum to monitor and reports on performance in this area through regular monitoring visits. Feedback from monitoring visits is used to challenge the school leadership team and is used to target areas for improvement to improve provision within our school.

Recent monitoring visits have included:

  • Staff Wellbeing – Mrs Hunter
  • Pupil Mental Health and Wellbeing provision – Mrs Hunter
  • Pupil Attendance – Mr Craft
  • Assessment – Mr Craft
  • Website compliance – Mrs Glasper
  • Mathematics (Mastery and NCETM project involvement) – Mr. Hayman
  • English (Cross-curricular writing/ Reading) – Mrs Lawes
  • Safeguarding and Looked After Children provision – Ms Lee
  • Finance and Budget – Mr Craft
  • Special Educational Needs Provision – Ms Lee
  • Governance Review and Action Plan – Mr Hayman

An Overview of our Governing Body’s Key Activities

How To Become A School Governor

If you require further information on the roles and responsibilities of School Governors or you are interested in becoming one, visit the Durham County Council website School Governor section.

Statutory Guidance for Governing Bodies

Stanley Crook Primary School adhere to the statutory guidance from the Department for Education. This means that governing bodies must have regard to it when carrying out duties relating to the constitution of governing bodies in maintained schools. For further information please view or download the documents below.

 

Record of Governor’s Attendance 2019 – 2020

Schools are now required to display a record of Governor’s attendance at meetings for each school academic year. You can also view previous years attendance on our website.

KEY
✓   – Attended meeting
A/A   – Apologies sent and accepted by meeting
N   – Did not attend
X  – Not a member of the committee
NA – Not Applicable

NameFull Meeting November 2019Finance, Premises and Personnel Committee
November 2019
Pay Review Committee (incl. Headteacher Appraisal)
November 2019
Standards, Achievement and Curriculum Committee
December 2019
Full Meeting
February 2020
Full Meeting
June 2020
Standards, Achievement and Curriculum Committee
October 2020
First/ Pay Review
November 2020
Headteacher Performance
November 2020
Full Meeting
November 2020
Mr D Christie ✓✓✓✓A/A✓✓✓✓✓
Ms J Lee ✓✓xxA/AA/AxxxA/A
Mr J Craft
(Appointed Co-Opted - March 2017)
✓✓✓x✓A/Ax✓✓✓
Mr B Hayman ✓
Appointed Vice-Chair of Governors
xx✓✓✓✓xx✓
Mrs C Lawes ✓
Appointed Chair of Governors
x✓x✓✓x✓✓✓
Mrs R Wilkinson (DHT appointed February 2016)✓xx✓✓✓✓xx✓
Councillor Richard Manchester (appointed March 2018✓✓✓x✓✓x✓✓✓
Mrs Lyndsay Glasper (Elected December 2018)✓xx✓✓✓✓xx✓
Mrs Emily Hunter
(Co-Opted June 2019)
✓xx✓✓✓✓xx✓

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Wooley Terrace

Stanley

Crook

County Durham

DL15 9AN

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