The role of school governor is a voluntary one, and the governing body is made up of members from the teaching and support staff, parents, the local community and representatives from Elvington Parish Church.

The governors provide strategic leadership and accountability in school by supporting the headteacher in setting the school’s vision, ethos and strategic direction; holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils; and holding the main responsibility for the finance of the school, and it is the governors who work with the headteacher to make the decisions about balancing resources.  The role of governor is largely a thinking and questioning role, not a doing role.  The day to day operational management of the school is delegated to the headteacher and the senior leadership team.

We meet as a full governing body each term.  Each governor will also contribute to one or more of the following sub committees:

• Staffing, Finance & Premises (four times per year, also attended by Ms Carolyn Arden Bursar and SBM)
• Health & Safety Working Party (also attended by the school caretaker)
• Achievement and Curriculum (four times per year)
• Head Teacher Performance Management (twice per year)
• Pay Committee (twice per year, also attended by the headteacher)

Governors may also be seen in and around school when on a visit to a specific area or attending one of the many events held at School.  We look forward to meeting with you through the course of the school year.

Name of Governor	Category of Governor	Appointing Body	Term of Office - start	Committee Membership	Additional Responsibilities	Declaration of Relevant Interests	Other Governorships
Mr Bill Pigg	Foundation	Diocesan Board	01/01/16 -31/12/19	Staffing, Finance & Premises; Health & Safety Working Party; Pay Committee; Head Teacher Performance Management	Chair of Governors; Chair of Head Teacher Performance Management; Class 2 Link Governor	Director - Holden Consult Ltd. 1/5/17 - ongoing Director - Dr Bill Pigg Consultancy Ltd. 1/5/17 - ongoing	N/A
Miss Linda Collier	Headteacher	Ex Officio - In Post by virtue of their office	01/09/15 -ongoing	Staffing, Finance & Premises; Achievement & Curriculum; Health & Safety Working Party; Pay Committee (attendee)		Ofsted Team Inspector 01/06/2017 - ongoing	N/A
Mr Phil Watt	Local Authority	Nominated by the LA; appointed by the Governing Body	10/10/17-09/10/21	Achievement & Curriculum	Safeguarding and Class 2 Link Governor	Director of Propelo (School Improvement Organisation) 10/10/17-ongoing	N/A
Mr Richard Horner	Co-opted	Governing Body	31/10/16 -30/10/20	Staffing, Finance & Premises	Chair of the Staffing, Finance & Premises Committee; Class 5 Link Governor	N/A	N/A
Miss Jodie Tate	Co-opted	Governing Body	16/01/17 -15/01/21	Staffing Finance & Premises, Pay Committee; Head Teacher Performance Management	Chair of the Pay Committee; Class 1 Link Governor	Employee at Sainsbury's Supermarkets	N/A
Mr Nick Morgan	Co-opted Parent	Governing Body	19/07/17 -18/07/21	Staffing, Finance & Premises; Pay Committee	Class 4 Link Governor	N/A	N/A
Professor Chris Bojke	Parent	Parents	24/03/17 -23/03/21	Achievement & Curriculum	Chair of the Achievement & Curriculum Committee; Class 3 Link Governor	N/A	N/A
Miss Rosanne Jackson	Parent	Parents	23/10/17 - 22/10/21	Achievement & Curriculum; Head Teacher Performance Management	Class 1 Link Governor	Nestle 08/1999 - ongoing Yorkshire Fencing 03/2017 - ongoing	N/A
Mrs Sue Challis	Co-opted Staff	Governing Body	23/03/15 -22/03/19	Health & Safety Working Party;	Chair of the Health & Safety Working Party; Class 4 Link Governor	N/A	N/A
Miss Jill Richards	Staff	Staff	20/03/18 -19/03/22	Achievement & Curriculum	Class 5 Link Governor	tbc	tbc
Mr Darley (school caretaker)	Attendee			Attends Health & Safety Working Party
Carolyn Arden (bursar/SBM)	Attendee			Attends Staffing, Finace & Premises Committee/Health & Safety Working Party
Janet Edgar	Clerk	Clerking Service	Ongoing

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Former Members of the Governing Body

The following are former members who have served on the Governing Body in the past year.

Name of Governor	Category of Governor	Appointing Body	Term of Office	Committee Membership	Additional Responsibilities	Declaration of Relevant Interests	Other Governorships
Mrs Susan Shaw	Foundation	Diocesan Board	01/09/15 -17-07-18	Achievement and Curriculum; Pay Committee; Head Teacher Performance Management	Chair of Governors; Chair of the Achievement & Curriculum Committee; Class 1 Link Governor	N/A	N/A
Miss Laura Rushmer	Staff	Staff	12/11/15 -25/02/18	Achievement and Curriculum	Class 5 Link Governor	N/A	N/A
Mrs Jo Wedgwood	Parent	Parents	11/10/2013 -4/10/2017	Achievement & Curriculum committee; Health & Safety Working Party	Class 2 Link Governor	N/A	N/A

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Governing Body Meeting Attendance 2016-2017

(p = present, a = apologies, r = resigned, na = absent with no apologies, x = not a governor at this time)

Full Governing Body (RECONSITUTED 23/03/15)		31-Oct-16	16-Jan-17	07-Mar-17	08-May-17	19-Jul-17
Linda Collier	Headteacher	P	P	P	P	P
Laura Rushmer	Staff	P	P	A	P	P
Julie Davis (Chair of Governors - Resigned as Governor & Chair of Governors 16/01/2017)	LA	P	P	X	X	X
Owen Thomas (Resigned 25/02/2017)	Parent	P	A	X	X	X
Jo Wedgwood (Resiged as Vice Chair 07/03/2017)	Parent	P	P	P	A	P
Chris Bojke	Parent	X	X	X	P	P
Kata Rejto-Nemes (Resigned 24/07/16)	Co-Opted	P	P	NA	P	A
Richard Horner	Co-Opted	P	P	P	A	A
Sue Challis	Co-Opted (Staff)	P	P	P	P	P
Jodie Tate	Co-Opted	X	P	P	P	A
Sue Shaw (Elected Chair of Governors 07/03/2017)	Foundation	P	P	P	P	P
Bill Pigg (Elected Vice Chair 07/03/2017)	Foundation	P	P	P	P	P
Vicky Crinnion	Co-Opted (Staff)	X	X	P	P	P
Nick Morgan	Co-Opted (Parent)	X	X	X	X	P

Staffing, Finance and Premises		06-Dec-16	02-May-17	27-Jun-17
Linda Collier	Headteacher	P	P	A
Julie Davis	LA	P	X	X
Owen Thomas (Chair until resignation 25/02/2017)	Parent	A	X	X
Kata Rejto-Nemes (left SFP Cttee & joined A&C Cttee on 07/03/2017)	Co-Opted	A
Bill Pigg	Foundation	P	P	P
Richard Horner (elected Chair of the Cttee at FGB on 07/03/2017)	Co-Opted	A	P	P
Vicky Crinnion	Co-Opted (Staff)	X	A	P
Jodie Tate	Co-opted	X	P	A
IN ATTENDANCE
Carolyn Arden	SBM	P	P	P
Chris Bojke	Parent	X	P	P
Nick Morgan	Prospective Governor	X	X	X/P

Achievement and Curriculum Committee		21-Nov-16	13-Feb-17	24-Apr-17	17-Jul-17
Linda Collier	Headteacher	P	P	A	P
Julie Davis	LA	P	NA	X	X
Joanne Wedgewood	Parent	P	P	P	P
Sue Challis	Co-Opted (Staff)	P	P	P	P
Susan Shaw (Chair)	Foundation	P	P	P	P
Laura Rushmer	Staff	P	P	P	P
Kata Rejto-Nemes (joined the Cttee on 07/03/2017)	Co-opted			NA	NA
Chris Bojke (joined the Cttee on 08/05/2017)	Parent	X	X	attended; see below	A
IN ATTENDANCE
Nicki Granger	Subject Leader - Maths	P	P	P
Shelly Hewson	Subject Leader - Literacy	P	P	P
Jill Richards	Deputy Head Teacher		P	P
Chris Bojke	Parent	X	X	P

Pay Committee		31-Oct-16
Julie Davis (Chair)	LA	P
Bill Pigg	Foundation	P
Sue Shaw	Foundation	P
IN ATTENDANCE
Linda Collier	Headteacher	P

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Governing Body Meeting Attendance 2015-2016

(p = present, a = apologies, r = resigned, na = absent with no apologies, x = not a governor at this time)

Full Committee	(RECONSITUTED 23/03/15)	14-Sep-15	18-Jan-16	21-Mar-16	11-Jul-16
Linda Collier	Headteacher	P	P	P	P
Laura Rushmer	Staff Governor	X	P	P	A
Julie Davis (CHAIR)	LA Governor	P	P	P	P
Owen Thomas	Parent Governor	X	P	P	P
Jo Wedgwood	Parent Governor	P	P	P	P
Kata Rejto-Nemes	Co-Opted Governor	P	P	P	P
Sue Challis	Co-Opted Governor (Staff)	P	P	P	P
Sally Smith	Co-Opted Governor (Parent)	P	A	A	X
Sue Shaw	Foundation Governor	P	P	A	P
Bill Pigg	Foundation Governor	P	NA	P	P
Staffing, Finance & Premises Committee		02-Dec-15	14-Mar-16	26-Apr-16	28-Jun-16
Linda Collier	Headteacher	P	A	P	P
Julie Davis	LA Governor	P	A	P	P
Sue Challis	Co-Opted Governor (staff)	P	P	P	P
Sally Smith	Co-Opted Governor (parent)	P	P	P	X
Bill Pigg	Foundation Governor	NA	P	P	A
IN ATTENDANCE
Carolyn Arden	Peri Bursar	P	P	P	P
Achievement & Curriculum Committee		09-Nov-15	29-Feb-16	04-Jul-16
Linda Collier	Headteacher	P	P	P
Julie Davis	LA Governor	P	A	P
Joanne Wedgewood	Parent Governor	P	P	P
Kata Rejto-Nemes	Co-Opted Governor	NA	P	P
Susan Shaw	Foundation Governor	P	P	P
IN ATTENDANCE
Carolyn Arden	Peri Bursar	P	P	A
Pay Committee		16-Oct-15
Julie Davis	LA Governor	P
Sally Smith	Co-Opted Governor (parent)	P
Sue Shaw	Foundation Governor	P
IN ATTENDANCE
Linda Collier	Headteacher	P