School governors are the largest volunteer workforce nationally with over 300,000 school governors in England.
The governing body carries out its functions with the aim of taking a largely strategic role in the running of the school. This includes:
- setting up a strategic framework for the school
- setting aims and objectives for the school
- agreeing policies and targets for achieving the objectives
- reviewing progress and reviewing the strategic framework in the light of progress
- ensuring accountability to stakeholders
The governing body acts as a “critical friend” to the head teacher by providing support and challenge. The head teacher is responsible for the day-to-day, management and control of the school and the implementation of the strategic framework established by the governing body. The governors and head teacher work together in partnership to raise standards in the school.
There are several types of governors; they are:
- Parent governors: parents and carers of pupils at the school are eligible to stand for governorship at the school. Parent governors are elected by other parents at the school. If insufficient parents stand for election, the governing body can appoint parent governors.
- Staff governors: both teaching and non-teaching staff are eligible for staff governorship. Staff governors are elected by the school staff and must be paid to work at the school – volunteers are not eligible. The head teacher is a member of the governing body by virtue of his/her office and counts as a member of the staff category.
- Local Authority governors: LA governors are appointed by the Local Authority. In Liverpool, the City Council is the appointing body.
- Co-Opted governors: co-opted governors are appointed by the governing body to represent community interests, including the business community.
- Associate members: the governing body can appoint associate members to attend full governing body meetings in a non-voting capacity. Associate members may serve on one or more governing body committees with limited voting rights.
Our School Governors are:
| NAME | CATEGORY | SPECIFIC ROLE | COMMITTEE MEMBER | CHAIR PERSON OF COMMITTEE | DATE OF APPOINTMENT | APPOINTED BY | BUSINESS INTERESTS | GOVERNANCE ROLE IN OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Gill Price | Co-Opted | Chair of Governors
Pupil Premium Link Governor |
Resources
Curriculum & Standards Pay Review Headteacher Performance Review |
Chair of Governors | May 2015
Reappointed May 2023 |
Governing Body | None | Governor at St Sebastian’s CP School Liverpool.
|
4 years |
| Mr Steven Pritchard | Co-Opted | Vice Chair of Governors
Online Safety Health & Safety Governor |
Resources
Headteacher Performance Review |
Chair of Resources
|
Sept 2015
Reappointed July 2023 |
Governing Body | None | Governor at Lister Junior School | 4 years |
| Mrs Shirley Fernandez | Co-Opted | SEND Link Governor | Curriculum & Standards
Resources |
Chair of Curriculum & Standards Committee | Oct 2021 | Governing Body | None | None | 4 years |
| Sam McKenna | Local Authority | Mental Health Governor | Curriculum & Standards | Feb 2024 | Governing Body | None | None | 4 years | |
| Mrs Wendy McNiven | Co-Opted | Curriculum & Standards
Resources |
Jan 2023 | Governing Body | None | Tuebrook Children’s Centre Co-ordinator | 4 years | ||
| Mrs Carly Garner | Parent | Curriculum & Standards | Oct 2021 | Governing Body | None | Governor at Lister Junior School | 4 years | ||
| Mr Dave Williams | Parent | Curriculum & Standards | Oct 2021 | Governing Body | None | None | 4 years | ||
| Mrs Janet Davies |
Head teacher | Resources Curriculum & Standards |
Sept 2013 | N/A | None | Vice Chair of Tuebrook Children’s Centre Advisory Board | Permanent | ||
| Ms Ashley Haynes | Staff | Curriculum & Standards | Sept 2017
Sept 2021 |
Governing Body | None | None | 4 years | ||
| Clerk |
The Chair of Governors is Mrs Gill Price
Vice Chair of Governors is Mr Steven Pritchard
To ensure the governing body is effective in carrying out it’s duties the full committee meets 3 times per year. As well as this there are three sub committees who meet separately. The Resources Committee meets 3 times per year. The Pay review Committee meets at least twice a year and the Curriculum & Standards Committee meets twice a year.
If you would like to contact any of the governors please send in a sealed envelope for their attention and our administration staff will pass this onto them.
LISTER INFANTS SCHOOL BREAKDOWN OF GOVERNORS ATTENDANCE AT GOVERNING BODY MEETINGS SEPTEMBER 2023 TO JULY 2024
Full Governing Body Meetings
| NAME |
10/2023 |
02/2024 |
07/2024 |
TOTAL (3) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gill Price (CO) |
A | = | = |
2/3 |
||
|
Stephen Pritchard (CO) |
= | A |
= |
2/3 |
||
|
Dave Williams (P) |
= | A | = |
2/3 |
||
|
Sam McKenna (LA) |
= | = | = |
3/3 |
||
| Shirley Fernandez (CO) | = | = | = | 3/3 | ||
|
Carly Garner (P) |
A | A | = |
1/3 |
||
|
Ashley Haynes (S) |
= | = | = |
3/3 |
||
|
Janet Davies (HT) |
= | = | = |
3/3 |
||
|
Paula McFadden (AM) (SBM) |
A | A | A |
0/3 |
||
| Kirsty Gordon (AM) (DHT) | A | = | = |
2/3 |
||
| Wendy McNiven (CO) | = | = | A | 2/3 | ||
Key
| = Present A = Absent (Apology submitted) and accepted. X = Absent with no apology submitted – = Not a Governor at that point in time |
CO =Co-Opted Governor (formerly Community Governor) LA = Local Authority Governor P = Parent Governor S = Staff Governor HT = Head Teacher AM = Associate Member* NB * Associate Member (AM)with no voting rights |