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Blackhall Primary School, Middle Street, Blackhall Colliery, Hartlepool, TS27 4NA

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Blackhall Primary School

Inspire, Enjoy, Achieve

"Staff are ambitious for all pupils at Blackhall Primary School." (Ofsted, March 2023)"Children in the early years get off to a strong start. Children settle into school quickly and enjoy their learning." (Ofsted, March 2023)"Pupils learn to read well." (Ofsted, March 2023) "There is a clear sense of belonging and relationships between adults and pupils are strong." (Ofsted, March 2023) "Pupils' successes are celebrated. They are proud of their achievements and enjoy learning with friends." (Ofsted, March 2023) "Playtimes are happy occasions." (Ofsted, March 2023)"There is a love of reading throughout the school.. Pupils cherish these reading sessions." (Ofsted, March 2023)

Our Governing Body

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

We currently have three vacancies on our Governing Body for Co-opted 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.

 

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)

 

Governor Code of Conduct 

  

Governor Committee Structure

We are pleased to share the new roles and responsibilities of our governing body below.

Name Representing Term
of
Office
Committee Responsibilities Register
of
Interests
Relationship
to
Staff
Mrs Jane Fox - Chairperson Co-opted Governor 04/02/2024-04/02/2028 Curriculum
Finance, Premises & Staffing
Pay review
Head teacher performance management
Leadership and Management
GDPR
Health and Safety
Safeguarding
SFVS
None None declared
Mrs Andrea Norman - Vice Chairperson LA Governor 26/03/2021-25/03/2025 Appeals
Curriculum
Finance, Premises & Staffing
Head teacher performance management
EYFS
Personal Development
Culture incorporating PSHCE/SMSC/British Values
Pupil Premium
Recovery Premium
Sports Premium
Employee at a local authority primary school None declared
Mrs Rachel Leonard Headteacher 01/09/2021- Appeals
Curriculum
Finance, Premises & Staffing
Pay review

Headteacher

Governor at a local authority primary school

None Declared
Mrs Sally Newton Co-opted Governor 20/01/2022-19/01/2026 Curriculum
Pay review
Quality of Education
SEND
Employee of an academy trust  None declared
Mrs Samantha Harrison Parent Governor 28/04/2021-27/04/2025 Appeals
Curriculum
Finance, Premises & Staffing
Behaviour and Attitudes
Wellbeing

Parent

Employee at a local authority primary school

Governor at a local authority primary school 

Relative of a member of teaching staff
Mrs Sarah Watson Staff Governor 03/11/2021-02/11/2025 Curriculum
Finance, Premises & Staffing
EYFS
School Website
Teacher None Declared
Father Kyle McNeil Co-opted Governor 29/03/23-28/03/27 Curriculum
Finance, Premises & Staffing
Governor at a local authority primary school  None Declared
Miss Charlotte O'Neil Co-opted Governor 16/10/23 - 15/10/27 SEND Deputy Head None Declared
Mr Mark Berry Co-opted Governor 20/03/2024-20/03/2028 CLA Grandparent  None Declared

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

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

 

Committee Terms of Reference

Members of our Governing Body also meet as smaller sub-committees where we look at specific areas of the school such as finances, the school’s results and the progress children are making (as a whole group) as well as non-academic (social) development of the children. These subcommittees report back to the full governing body.  We look at what the school is doing to improve, what impact it has on children’s progress and make sure money is well spent.  We try to make sure our discussions are well informed and balanced and we have the interests of the children at the core of all our decision making.

Terms of Reference


Governor Attendance

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

Record of Governor Attendance 2023-2024

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

 


Full
Governing
Body
Meeting
Full
Governing
Body
Meeting
Full
Governing
Body
Meeting
Finance,
Premises &
Personnel
Committee
Finance,
Premises &
Personnel
Committee (Pay Review)
Finance,
Premises &
Personnel
Committee
Finance,
Premises &
Personnel
Committee
11/12/24 01/04/25 08/07/25 08/10/24 07/11/24 18/02/25 20/05/25  
Mrs Jane Fox - Chairperson   
Mrs Andrea Norman - vice Chairperson  
Mrs Rachel Leonard  
Mrs Samantha Harrison  
Mrs Sally Newton  
Mrs Sarah Watson A/A  
Father Kyle  
Miss Charlotte O'Neil  
Mr Mark Berry   
Mrs Hill Huntington - Clerk  

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

 

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