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Upper Beulah Hill,
London SE19 3LG
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Our Governing Body

About our Governing Body

Our school governing body is made up of a team of volunteers drawn from the school community who come together to form the school governing body. The governing body has three main roles in relation to raising standards and improving the work of the school.

  • Strategic Direction:
    this means making sure that the school is using all its resources to improve the learning and achievement of all pupils.
  • Critical friend:
    the governing body has a responsibility for monitoring and evaluating the school’s effectiveness and asking challenging questions.
  • Accountability:
    the governing body is responsible and is accountable to parents and the wider community for the school’s performance.

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THE GOVERNING BODY - MEMBERSHIP AND TERMS OF OFFICE
GOVERNORS’ DIVERSITY MONITORING
HOW THE GOVERNING BODY IS COMPOSED
MINUTES OF OUR MEETING
GOVERNOR ATTENDANCE 2016-2024
PECUNIARY INTERESTS
CONSTITUTION
THE GOVERNING BODY - MEMBERSHIP AND TERMS OF OFFICE

Committee Membership

Approved by Governing Board 2 october 2024

Chair of Governors: Fr Antonio García Fuerte
Vice Chair of Governors: Benjamin Fadele

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GOVERNORS’ DIVERSITY MONITORING
GOVERNORS’ DIVERSITY MONITORING

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HOW THE GOVERNING BODY IS COMPOSED
OUR GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

Every term we have a Full Governors Meeting when every governor is expected to attend. Any governor can put on the agenda an item about the working of the school. To help us carry out our duties we have a number of committees. Each committee has terms of reference that are agreed by the full governing body. These terms of reference state the responsibilities of the committee and the decisions they can take. Each committee meets at least once a term. These are;

The Resources Committee. This committee is responsible for monitoring the school budget and other financial matters such as acting on recommendations of audit checks. The committee also is responsible for staffing matters and the maintence and upkeep of the building, It is also responsible for Health and Safety matters.

Education, Curriculum & Pupil Voice Committee. This committee is responsible for monitoring the learning, teaching and pupil standards of achievement. It monitors the progress that children are making and closely looks at the performance of particular groups such as boys/girls, special needs, children who are supported through the pupil premium, EAL children to make sure that all children are achieving their best. As a church school it also monitors the quality and contents of Collective Worship and Religious Education.

Welfare, Parents & External Relations Committee. This committee is responsible for the safety and well being of pupils, the links with parents, All Saints Church and the local community. It works with parents in encouraging them to become involved in the life of the school, It monitors the attendance of pupils and monitors how the school is supporting vulnerable pupils and parents. It also receives reports on the behaviour of children, including any exclusions and examples of outstanding behaviour.

There are also other groups of governors that are particularly responsible for school matters. These include;

Staff Performance Review Committee. This committee of 3 governors receive reports on the annual performance reviews of staff, including the head teacher and any recommendations on pay.

Head teachers Performance Management Team. This consists of 3 governors who are supported by a member of the Southwark Diocesan Board of Governors. They set the annual targets for the head teacher and review progress throughout the year and decide at the end of the cycle if these targets have been met.

Admissions Committee.  Keeps the admission policy under review and how it is being implemented.

Safeguarding Governors. 2 governors are qualified in monitoring the safe guarding checks the school makes on staff. They study the records held on staff and make recommendations.

Faith Committee This group of governors with staff and pupils meet to support the school in developing its Christian ethos. It looks at the R.E. curriculum, collective worship and how the Christian values of the school are embedded in the daily life of the school.

To get their own perspectives on the life of the school governors spend a morning in school every term. During this visit we meet staff, observe teaching, look at children’s work and attend assemblies

As we are a Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School the majority of governors are called foundation governors. Their main responsibility is to ensure that the school stays true to its Christian Foundation. The majority of foundation governors are appointed by the Church Council of All Saints Church, Upper Norwood as the Church founded the school way back in the nineteenth century. Two other foundation governors are appointed by the Diocese of Southwark, the Diocese is the geographical area in which the school is situated.

Other governors represent the school staff and the local community which also includes parents.

These include one local authority governor chosen by Croydon Local Authority, one co-opted governor, an elected teacher governor and a governor to represent the support staff.

Two governors are elected by the parents of the school.

Father Antonio and Josephine Copeland are ex-officio governors because of their positions, Vicar of All Saints Church, Upper Norwood and Head teacher of the school.

PECUNIARY INTERESTS

In September 2023 all the individual Governors declared that they had no pecuniary interests in the school except for Shelisha Bent who works for Pearsons Limited, who produce educational resources, and like all Governors she would declare prior to any meeting if it was relevant.