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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 and Safety (termly, 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	Declaration of Relevant Interests	Term of Office - start	Term of Office - end	Committee Membership	Additional Responsibilities
Mrs Susan Shaw	Foundation	Diocesan Board	N/A	01/09/2015	31/08/2019	Achievement and Curriculum (Chair), Pay Committee	Chair of Governors, Class 3 Link Governor
Mr Bill Pigg	Foundation	Diocesan Board	V.P. Product Development and Quality Systagenix 8/12/08-ongoing	01/01/2016	31/12/2019	Staffing Finance & Premises, Pay Committee (Chair)	Vice-Chair, Class 1 Link Governor
Miss Linda Collier	Headteacher	By virtue of office	N/A	01/09/2015		All committees
Professor Chris Bojke	Parent	Parents		24/03/2017	23/03/2021	Achievement & Curriculum Occasional Attendee at Staffing, Finance & Premises Committee	Class 3 Link Governor
Mrs Jo Wedgwood	Parent	Parents	N/A	11/10/2013	10/10/2017	Achievement and Curriculum, Health & Safety (Chair)	Class 2 Link Governor
Mr Richard Horner	Co-opted	Governing Body		31/10/2016	30/10/2020	Staffing Finance & Premises (Chair), Health and Safety	Class 5 Link Governor
Ms Kata Rejto-Nemes	Co-opted	Governing Body	N/A	23/03/2015	22/03/2019	Achievement and Curriculum	Class 4 Link Governor
Miss Jodie Tate	Co-opted	Governing Body	Employee at Sainsbury's Supermarkets	16/01/17	15/01/21	Staffing Finance & Premises, Pay Committee	Safeguarding and Class 1 Link Governor
Mrs Sue Challis	Co-opted Staff	Governing Body	N/A	23/03/2015	22/03/2019	Achievement and Curriculum, Health & Safety	Class 4 Link Governor
Mrs Vicky Crinnion	Co-opted Staff	Governing Body	N/A			Staffing Finance & Premises, Health and Safety
Miss Laura Rushmer	Staff	Staff	N/A	12/11/2015	11/11/2019	Achievement and Curriculum
Mrs Catherine Lajoinie	Clerk	Clerking Service

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	Declaration of Relevant Interests	Term of Office	Committee Membership	Additional Responsibilities
Mr Owen Thomas	Parent	Parents	N/A	November '15 - Feb '17	Staffing Finance & Premises	Class 3 Link Governor
Mrs Julie Davis	Local Authority	Nominated by LA - appointed by Governors	N/A	November '14 - January '17	Achievement and Curriculum, Pay Committee, Staffing Finance & Premises	Chair, Class 3 Link Governor
Mrs Sally Smith	Co-opted Parent	Governing Body	N/A	March '15 - June '16	Health & Safety, Pay Committee, Staffing Finance & Premises (Chair)	Class 1 Link Governor

Governing Body Meeting Attendance 2015-2016

Full Governing Body

NAME	GOVERNOR	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
RECONSITUTED 23/03/15
p = present
x = not a governor at that time
a = apologies for absence
na = no apologies for absence

STAFFING, FINANCE & PREMISES COMMITTEE MEETINGS

NAME	GOVERNOR	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 MEETINGS

NAME	GOVERNOR	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 MEETINGS

NAME	GOVERNOR	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