Welcome to the section of our website where you can find out more about the Governors and the work that they do.

Governors have an important role as a 'Critical Friend' to the school, working in partnership with the school community to help provide the best possible education for our pupils. This is achieved by:

- Setting the school's values, vision and strategic aims, agreeing plans and policies, and making creative use of resources.

- Monitoring and evaluating performance, acting as a critical friend to the Headteacher to support and challenge the Headteacher in managing the school.

- Ensuring that the school is accountable to the children and parents it serves, to its local community, to those who fund and maintain it, as well as to the staff it employs.

Categories of Governor

Local Authority (LA) Governor - nominated by Birmingham City Council.

Co-opted Governor - a person appointed by the Governing Body who has the skills required to contribute to the effective governance and success of the school.

Parent Governors - are elected by and from the parents

Staff Governor - elected by and from the staff

Committees

The responsibilities of the Governing body are shared between three main committees, each with a specific responsibility; the Finance Committee oversees the budget, staffing, strategy and resources, our Quality of Education Committee is responsible for all matters surrounding teaching and learning in school, and the Safeguarding Committee overseas all aspects of safeguarding in school. In addition to this, there are further committees which meet as and when the need arises, such as the Pay Committee, and the Discipline and Complaints Committee. All committees report back to the main Governing Body.

Finance Committee & Pay and Personnel

Mrs H Sutton (Chair)

Mr M Benton (Head Teacher)

Miss L Appleby (Deputy Head Teacher)

Mrs J Van Arkadie

Mrs H Birha

Mr R Bhandal

Mrs N Humphries (Schools Financial Services)

Quality of Education Committee

Mrs. D. Jones (Chair)   

All governors

Safeguarding Committee

Mrs S Cardwell (Chair)

Mr M Benton (Head Teacher)

Miss L Appleby (Deputy Head Teacher)

Mr T Briggs

Mrs N Pole

Mrs D Jones

Mr. D. Meyer (Site Manager)

Link Governors

Safeguarding - Mrs S Cardwell

GDPR - Mr M Benton

Mathematics - Mr R Bhandal

English - Mrs J Van Arkadie

Science - Mrs D Jones

EYFS - Mrs. H Sutton

SEND - Mrs D Jones

Training - Mrs H Birha

Collective Worship - Mr T Briggs

Well-being - Mrs H Birha

 Link Governors are those who have been assigned to a specific focus of school life. There are Link Governors assigned to many areas of the curriculum. The role of the Linked Governor is:

• to take an interest in and gain more detailed knowledge of their area
• to know what is contained in the School Improvement Plan (SIP for their area)
• to be involved in the review of the SIP for their area and to be part of the planning process
• to help the governing body in its critical friend role by asking questions about progress and challenging appropriately about attainment in their area
• to report back at agreed intervals either to the appropriate committee or the full governing body
• to work in full partnership with the Headteacher

Past Governors

Governor Documents 

Governors' Register of Business and Financial Interests 2021-22

Governors' Register of Business and Financial Interests 2022-23

Governors' Register of Business and Financial Interests 2023-24

Governors' Register of Business and Financial Interests 2024-25

Governors' Attendance Register 2023-24

Finance Committee Attendance Register 2023-24

Safeguarding Committee Attendance Register 2023-24

Resources Committee Attendance Register 2023-24

Curriculum Committee Attendance Register 2023-24

Resources Committee Terms of Reference 2023-24

Safeguarding Committee Terms of Reference 2023-24

Curriculum Committee Terms of Reference 2023-24