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
Dr Bill Pigg	Foundation	Diocesan Board	01/01/16 -31/12/19	Achievement & Curriculum; 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
Revd Ian Kitchen	Foundation	Ex Officio	03/09/2018 -ongoing		Class 1 Link Governor	N/A	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
Mrs Barbara Ellis	Co-opted	Governing Body	29/1/19 -18/01/23	Achievement & Curriculum	Class 1 Link Governor	NA	Previous governor at Blakehill Primary School, Bradford, Dec 2011-Dec 2018
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	Staffing, Finance & Premises; Head Teacher Performance Management	Class 1 Link Governor	Nestle 08/1999 - ongoing Yorkshire Fencing 03/2017 - ongoing	N/A
Miss Jill Richards	Staff	Staff	20/03/18 -19/03/22	Achievement & Curriculum	Class 5 Link Governor	Partner is an employee of Santander bank	N/A
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 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 Jodie Tate	Co-opted	Governing Body	16/01/17 -15/02/19	Staffing Finance & Premises, Pay Committee; Head Teacher Performance Management	Chair of the Pay Committee; Class 1 Link Governor	Employee at Asda Supermarkets	N/A
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

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Governing Body Meeting Attendance

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

2017-2018

Full Governing Body
NAME	GOVERNOR	Sep-26-2017	10-Oct-17 Ex-Ord	Jan-30-2018	20-Mar-18	14-Jun-18	17-Jul-18
Linda Collier	Headteacher	p	p	p	p	p	p
Sue Shaw (Chair of Governors )	Foundation	p	p	p	p	p	p
Bill Pigg (Vice Chair)	Foundation	p	p	p	p	a	a
Laura Rushmer (resigned Feb 18)	Staff	p	a	p	x	x	x
Jill Richards (appointed 13-03-18)	Staff	x	x	x	p	a	p
Jo Wedgwood (resigned 04-10-2017)	Parent	p	x	x	x	x	x
Rosanne Jackson (appointed 23-10-2017)	Parent	x	x	a	p	a	p
Chris Bojke	Parent	p	p	p	p	a	p
Richard Horner	Co-Opted	p	p	a	p	p	a
Sue Challis	Co-Opted (Staff)	p	p	p	p	a	a
Jodie Tate	Co-Opted	p	p	p	a	a	a
Nick Morgan	Co-opted (Parent)	a	p	p	a	p	a
Phil Watt (appointed 10-10-2017)	LA	x	x	p	p	p	p
IN ATTENDANCE
Jill Richards	Deputy Head Teacher		p
Phil Watt	Prospective LA Governor	p	p
Staffing, Finance and Premises
NAME	GOVERNOR	Nov-21-2017	Apr-24-2018	Jul-03-2018
Linda Collier	Headteacher	p	p	p
Richard Horner (Chair)	Co-Opted	a	p	p
Bill Pigg	Foundation	p	p	a
Jodie Tate	Co-opted	p	p	p
Mr Nick Morgan	Co-opted (Parent)	p	p	p
IN ATTENDANCE
Carolyn Arden	SBM	p	p	p
Achievement and Curriculum Committee
NAME	GOVERNOR	Nov-14-2017	Feb-27-2018	Apr-24-2018
Linda Collier	Headteacher	p	p	p
Sue Shaw (Chair)	Foundation	p	p	a
Mr Phil Watt	LA	p	p	p
Sue Challis	Co-Opted (Staff)	a	na	na
Chris Bojke	Parent	p	p	p
Rosanne Jackson (appointed 23-10-17)	Parent	p	a	p
Jill Richards (appointed 13-03-18)	Staff	x	x	p
Laura Rushmer (resigned)	Staff	p	p	x
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
Syvia Free	TA Class 5	p	p
Charlotte Palmer	Teacher Class 3	p	p
Laura Rushmer	RE Phase Leader			p
Lucie Leppington	Student Teacher	p
Pay Committee
NAME	GOVERNOR	Oct-10-2017
Bill Pigg (Chair)	Foundation	p
Jodie Tate	Co-opted	p
Sue Shaw	Foundation	p
IN ATTENDANCE
Linda Collier	Headteacher	p

Attendance in Previous Years