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Home / About Us / Our Governing Body

Our Governing Body

Governors work closely with head teachers, school staff and representatives from the local authority (LA).

We currently have two vacancies on our Governing Body for Parent Governors. If you are interested in this position and feel you would like to support the school in this role, please contact the school office as soon as possible for a nomination form.

We are pleased to share the new roles and responsibilities of our governing body below. We have also recently restructured our Governing Body Committees and will be pleased to share these updates very soon.

Governor Committee Structure

NameRepresentingTerm
of
Office
CommitteeResponsibilitiesRegister
of
Interests
Relationship
to
Staff
Mrs Jane Fox - ChairpersonCo-opted Governor04/02/2024Finance & Premises
Curriculum (Chair)
First Committee
HT Performance Management
Personnel
Leadership and Management
GDPR
Health and Safety
Safeguarding
SFVS
NoneNone declared
Mrs Andrea Norman - Vice ChairpersonLA GovernorFinance & Premises
First / Pay Review
Personnel
EYFS
Personal Development
Culture incorporating PSHCE/SMSC/British Values
Pupil Premium
Recovery Premium
Sports Premium
NoneNone declared
Mrs Sally NewtonCo-opted GovernorAppeals
Curriculum
Finance & Premises
Quality of Education
SEND
NoneNone declared
Mrs Yvonne SarginsonCo-opted Governor21/01/2024AppealsBehaviour and Attitudes
LAC / PLAC
None School volunteer
Mrs May GrayCo-opted Governor08/10/2023Personal Development
Culture incorporating PSHCE/SMSC/British Values
NoneNone declared
Mrs Samantha HarrisonParent GovernorBehaviour and Attitudes
Wellbeing
NoneRelative of a member of teaching staff
Ms Sarah Grayson - TeacherStaff GovernorCurriculum
Personnel
EYFS
School Website
TeacherNone Declared

Role of the Board of Governors

The Governing Body of a school is responsible for ensuring that it is run to promote the very best of outcomes for children.

Its duties include:

  • setting strategic direction, policies and objectives
  • the school budget
  • reviewing progress against the school’s budget and objectives
  • appointing, challenging and supporting the head teacher

The Governing Body is made up of:

  • parent governors (elected by parents)
  • staff representatives (elected by school staff)
  • local authority governors (appointed by the local authority)
  • community governors (appointed by the governing body)

Statutory Guidance for Governing Bodies

Blackhall Primary School adhere to the statutory guidance from the Department of 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.

The Constitution of Governing Bodies of Maintained Schools (2017)
Governing Committee Information

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.


Governor Attendance

Schools are now required to display a record of Governor attendance at meetings for each school academic year.

Record of Governor Attendance 2019-2020

 Meeting Date
16/09/2019
Meeting Date
09/10/2019
Meeting Date
05/02/2020
Meeting Date
17/06/2020
NameCommittee
Pay Review (First)
Termly MeetingTermly MeetingTermly Meeting
Mr D Evans - Chair✓✓✓✓
Mrs J Fox - Vice Chair✓✓✓✓
Mrs D Wilkinson - Vice Chair✓✓A/A✓
Mrs Y SarginsonX✓✓✓
Mrs E RobinsX✓✓✓
Mrs R CarlisleX✓NN
Mr D ButtersX✓✓A/A
Mrs M GrayX✓✓✓
Mr R BowesXA/ANA/A
Mrs J M Clark - Head Teacher✓✓✓✓
Mrs R Leonard - Deputy Head TeacherX✓✓✓
Mrs J Huntington✓XXX

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

Archived Attendance 

You can also view previous years attendance on our website.

Governor Training

This year’s Governor Training Schedule can be downloaded below.

BPS Governor Monitoring Responsibilities and Training Jan22


Committee Terms of Reference

This will be added to our website soon.

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