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

Committees and Chairs:

  • Appeals Committee – Dr Walton
  • Behaviour and Safety Committee – Mrs Lawes
  • Finance, Premises and Personnel Committee – Miss Robinson
  • First Committee/ Pay Review – Mrs Lawes
  • Headteacher Performance Committee – Mrs Lawes
  • Standards, Achievements and Curriculum Committee – Mrs Glasper

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

NameRepresentingStart DateTerm of OfficeCommitteeResponsibilitiesRegister of Governors InterestsRelationship to Staff
Mr David Christie – HeadteacherStaff – Headteacher01.01.2016N/AECM
Behaviour and Safety
Finance, Premises and Personnel
Standards, Achievement and Curriculum
Leadership and Management of the schoolNoneNA
Mrs Catherine Lawes – ChairChair of Governing Body
Co-Opted
01.09.201207.09.2020 – 06.09.2024Behaviour and Safety (Chair)
First/ Pay Review (Chair)
Headteachers Performance (Chair)
Child Protection
Performance Management
English
R.E.
Healthy Schools
Health and Safety
Music
NoneNA
Miss Vicki WilliamsStaff04.03.202404.03.2024 – 03.03.2028Standards, Achievement and CurriculumCurriculum Development
Mathematics
Phonics
Performance Management
NoneNA
Councillor Richard ManchesterLocal Authority (Deputy Vice Chair)07.02.201807.02.2022 – 06.02.2026First/ 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 SchoolNA
Mrs Lyndsey GlasperVice Chair of Governing Body
Parent Appointed
28.01.201928.01.2023 – 27.01.2027Standards, Achievement and Curriculum (Chair)
Behaviour and Safety
ECM
PE (including Sports Premium)
RE
Website
Compliance
NoneNA
Mrs Emily HunterCo-Opted14.06.201914.06.2023 – 13.06.2027Standards, Achievement and Curriculum
Appeals
ECM
SMSC
Well-being (Pupils/ Staff)
MFL
Design and Technology
NoneNA
Miss Leanne RobinsonCo-Opted10.01.202210.01.2022 – 09.01.2026Finance, Premises and Personnel (Chair),
First/ Pay Review
RSENoneNA
Miss Alison HallibutonCo-Opted01.02.202201.02.2022 – 31.01.2026Standards, Achievement and CurriculumMathematics
Assessment
Attendance
NoneNA
Dr Nicholas WaltonParent Appointed02.03.202302.03.2023 – 01.03.2027Standards, Achievement and Curriculum
Appeals
Early Years
Computing
NoneNA
Mr Ben HaymanAssociate Appointed (no committee membership or voting rights)04.11.201424.04.2023 – 23.04.2025NANANone

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:

  • EYFS – Dr Walton
  • Attendance – Miss Halliburton
  • Assessment/ Pupil Outcomes – Miss Halliburton
  • Safeguarding – Mrs Lawes
  • RE – Mrs Glasper
  • Behaviour and Attitudes/ Personal Development – Dr Walton
  • English Reading – Mrs Lawes
  • Governor Skills Audit – Mrs Glasper
  • Design and Technology – Mrs Hunter
  • School Led Tutoring – Mrs Glasper
  • Mathematics – Miss Halliburton
  • RSE – Miss Robinson
  • Staff Wellbeing – Mrs Hunter
  • Pupil Mental Health and Wellbeing provision – Mrs Hunter
  • Website compliance – Mrs Glasper

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 2023-2024

Schools are now required to display a record of Governor’s attendance at meetings for each school academic year. The table below provides Governor attendance information across 2023 and 2024 academic years, to date.

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 – Spring term
March 2023
Full Meeting – Summer term
June 2023
Full Meeting – Autumn term
October 2023
Pay Review Committee
November 2023
Finance, Premises and Personnel Committee
November 2023
Standards, Achievement and Curriculum Committee
November 2023
Headteacher Appraisal
January 2024
Full Meeting – Spring term
March 2024
Mr D Christie////////
Mr J Craft
(Appointed Co-Opted since March 2017 – RESIGNED May 2023)
/NANANANANANANA
Mr B HaymanNAAA/xxxxAA
Mrs C Lawes////xx//
Mrs R Wilkinson (DHT appointed Staff Representative February 2016/ 2nd Term of Office ended in March 2024)A/A//xx/xNA
Councillor Richard Manchester (appointed March 2018/////x//
Mrs Lyndsay Glasper (Elected December 2018)///xx/x/
Mrs Emily Hunter
(Co-Opted since June 2019)
//AAx//x/
Miss Vicki Williams (Staff Representative since March 2024)NANANANANANANA/
Miss Leanne Robinson (Co-Opted since Nov. 2021)/////x/AA
Miss Alison Halliburton (Co-Opted since Nov. 2021)///xx/x/
Mrs Katherine Cook (Parent Appointed – Feb. 2023 – RESIGNED AUGUST 2023)//NANANANANANA
Dr Nicholas Walton (Parent Appointed – Feb. 2023)///xx/x/

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