School Governors

  Spixworth Infant School Governing Body 2009-10

Visit the Governors Information Board in the school library for more information about the responsibility areas of each governor. Contact details for individual governors are available in the school Handbook for Parents.

Chair of Governors & Parent                                                                  Parent Governor

Governor                                                                                                    Mrs J Kidd

Mrs C Dye                                                                                                  Mr S Westgate

                                                                                                                     Mr D Watson

Community  Governor &                                                                         Miss D Nicholas

Vice Chair                                                                                                

Rod Smith                                                                                                Community Governor

                                                                                                                    Mrs E Gatie                                                        

LEA Governor                                                                                         

Mr  T Rowe                                                                                               Clerk                                                                                                                                                                                 

Mr F Mills                                                                                                  Mrs R Bateman

Mr D Roper 

Staff Governors                                                                                      

Miss K Smith

Miss V Hydon                                                                                           

Head Teacher Governor                                                                  

Ms C M Smith                                                                                         

  How Governing Bodies are made up

There are four categories of governor which must be represented on the governing body: parents, school staff, the Local Education Authority (LEA) and the community.

Parent Governors

Parents, including carers, of registered pupils at the school are eligible to stand for election for parent 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.

A person is disqualified from election or appointment as a parent governor of a school if they are an elected member of the local authority or if they work at the school for more than 500 hours (i.e. for more than 0ne-third of the hours of a full-time equivalent in a school year (at the time of election or appointment).

Staff Governor

Both teaching and support staff paid to work at the school 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.

LEA Governor

Local Education Authority (LEA) governors are appointed by the LEA. LEAs can appoint any eligible person as an LEA governor.

Community Governor

Community governors are appointed by the governing body to represent community interests. Community governors can be persons who live or work in the community served by the school, or persons who do not work or live close to the school but are committed to the good governance and success of the school.