Governors
Our Governing Body forms a key part of the school and works closely with the head teacher, staff and local authority. It oversees the strategic leadership of the school, providing support and challenge to help the Head Teacher in moving the school forward and ensures that the school functions well in terms of standards, staffing, curriculum, premises and finance.
Membership of our Governing Body
Our Governing Body consists of 16 people:
- Head Teacher
- 1 appointed Local Authority Governor
- 3 Foundation Governors
- 1 elected Staff Governor
- 6 Co-opted Governors
- 4 elected Parent Governors
The Full Governing Body meets 3 times a year, once each term. In addition there are 2 committees, Strategic, Personnel & Pupils and Finance & General Purposes, that meet at more regular intervals throughout the year.
At the bottom of the page, the Scheme of Delegation 2025-26 can be found. This clarifies how the responsibilities are distributed across the relevant committees.
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The springboard for some of the Governors' work is the School Development Plan, and listed below are the main areas Governors are monitoring from the (2025-26) plan:
|
Target from the School Development Plan |
What we wanted to know |
What we are doing to find out how things are going |
Timescale |
|---|---|---|---|
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SDP Priority 1 Develop our writing curriculum so that all pupils secure firm foundations |
What are the standards of writing across the school and how will the new national writing framework make an impact on the teaching of writing and on standards of pupils’ writing? |
There is a new national framework for writing, and the school now has a writing expert per year group. We will meet with the Headteacher/ year group experts to find out what they think the issues are. We will find out what they are planning to improve / implement and how they will do this. | Initial discussion in Autumn 2. Review of outcomes in the summer term. |
| Governors look at new framework and discuss differences between this and the old framework. How will this affect writing across the school? | Autumn 2 | ||
| We will receive a termly update on writing as part of Headteacher’s report to Governors | Termly | ||
| The SP&P Committee will look at children’s writing books from all year groups - with a particular focus on DPs and those with SEND. | Spring 2 | ||
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SDP Priority 2 Ensure that our Personal, Social and Health Education curriculum reflects our school mission and the needs of our pupils. |
What is the content of the Personal, Social and Health Education curriculum? Is it progressive through year groups? How has it been changed to be personalised to our school – both to our mission to provide an education of the head, heart & hands’, and the needs of our pupils. |
Governors will look at the current Personal Social and Health Education curriculum and the Department for Education’s new guidance on Relationships and Sex education. | Summer 1 |
| We will check to see if the school is delivering ‘sequenced, dedicated weekly lessons’ as outlined in the Department for Education’s new guidance. The Headteacher will report to governors on this. | Summer 1 | ||
| We will conduct an end of year review to see whether the plans align with our school’s values, mission and the needs of our most vulnerable pupils. | Summer 2 | ||
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SDP Priority 3 Support teachers to become experts in achieving high levels of participation and engagement in their classrooms |
What are ratio strategies? Are the ratio strategies used by all teachers? What is the impact of these strategies |
We will have an overview of what ratio strategies are. (These are techniques used by teachers to make sure all pupils are engaging with their learning in class) |
Autumn 2 |
| We will have discussion at Governors’ meetings – how are ratio strategies working? Is it consistent across the school? What is the impact? | Autumn 2/Spring 1 | ||
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Governors will walk around school to see ratio strategies used in classrooms. |
Spring 2 |
School Governors Year End Financial Statements
Instrument of Government
St Peter's Scheme of Delegation
Governor Register of Interests
Governors have certified to say that they have declared all beneficial interests which they or any person closely connected with them have with businesses or other organisations which may have dealings with the school.
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Name of Governor |
Name of Business or Organisation or Person or Educational Establishment |
Nature of Business or Relationship |
Nature of Interest |
Date of Appointment or Acquisition |
Date of Cessation of Interest |
Date of Entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sheila Johnson-Marshall |
None declared |
17/09/2025 | ||||
|
Michael Bradley |
The Florence Nightingale Academy |
Governor |
23/3/2023 |
22/3/2027 |
17/09/2025 |
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|
David Allcock |
None declared |
17/09/2025 | ||||
|
David Baker |
None declared |
25/09/2025 | ||||
|
Rev Andrew Buchanan |
None declared |
17/09/2025 | ||||
|
Robert Dodd |
None declared |
17/09/2025 | ||||
|
Lee Farrell |
None declared |
17/09/2025 | ||||
| Tom Flint |
None declared |
17/09/2025 | ||||
| Caroline Houghton | None declared | 17/09/2025 | ||||
|
Ruth Keen |
None declared |
17/09/2025 | ||||
|
Nikki Roe |
None declared |
17/09/2025 | ||||
| Julia Stapely | None declared | 17/09/2025 | ||||
|
Albert Venables |
None declared |
01/10/2025 |
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Appointment |
Role |
Type |
Attendance Sept 2024 - July 2025 Possible / Actual |
First Appointed |
Start Date |
End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheila Johnson-Marshall |
Chair and Appraisal Governor |
Co-opted | 18 / 18 | 31 Aug 1981 | 10 Mar 2023 | 09 Mar 2027 |
| Michael Bradley | Headteacher | Headteacher | 18 / 18 | 01 Jan 2020 | 01 Jan 2020 | |
| Robert Dodd | Health & Safety Governor 1 | Local Authority | 11 / 11 | 08 Mar 2003 | 07 Oct 2022 | 06 Oct 2026 |
| Rev Andrew Buchanan | Foundation | 9 / 12 | 07 Feb 2011 | 07 Feb 2011 | ||
| David Baker | Foundation | 7 / 11 | 31 Mar 2021 | 31 Mar 2025 | 30 Mar 2029 | |
| Nikki Roe | Vice Chair and Safeguarding Governor | Foundation | 7 / 12 | 15 Nov 2017 | 15 Nov 2025 | 14 Nov 2029 |
| Caroline Houghton | Staff Governor | Staff | 10 / 11 | 12 Jul 2024 |
12 Jul 2024 |
11 Jul 2028 |
| David Allcock | Health & Safety Governor 2 | Co-opted | 10 / 11 | 26 Sep 2018 | 26 Sep 2022 | 25 Sep 2026 |
| Lee Farrell | Co-opted | 11 / 11 | 11 Feb 2014 | 9 Mar 2023 | 08 Mar 2027 | |
| Tom Flint | Co-opted | 2 / 2 | 14 May 2025 | 14 May 2025 | 13 May 2029 | |
| Ruth Keen | SEND Governor | Co-opted | 11 / 11 | 19 Mar 2018 | 06 Oct 2025 | 05 Oct 2028 |
| Albert Venables | Pupil Premium Governor | Co-opted | 10 / 12 | 26 Sep 2018 | 26 Sep 2022 | 25 Sep 2026 |
| Julia Stapely | Parent | 11 / 12 | 14 May 2024 | 14 May 2024 | 13 May 2028 | |
| David Baxter | Co-opted | 5 / 6 | 11 Mar 2015 | 9 Mar 2023 | 12 Feb 2025 | |
| Nicola Burton | Parent | 9 / 11 | 04 May 2022 | 04 May 2022 | 03 May 2026 | |
| Leahanne Richards | Parent | 8 / 11 | 16 Mar 2022 | 16 Mar 2022 | 17 Sep 2025 | |
| Kelly Wilson | Parent | 9 / 12 | 13 Dec 2022 | 13 Dec 2022 | 29 Jul 2025 |
Contact the Governing Body
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact us via the school office: admin.office@stpetersjunior.org.uk or Tel: 0115 9743303