Governors | Thorpe Acre Junior School

Welcome to the Governors' page, where you can find out more about the school’s Governing Body and what the Governors do. The Governing Body plays an important part in the strategic leadership of the school, working with and supporting the Headteacher and staff.

Governors monitor how well the school is doing in terms of the children’s attainment and progress; teaching and learning; behaviour; welfare and health and safety. They also monitor the school’s finances ensuring value for money and the leadership and management of the school.

The Governing Body is made up of a cross-section of the local community and includes parent representatives of children at the school. Thorpe Acre Junior School is a vital part of the local community and the Governing Body plays an important role in ensuring the school continues to build on the success that the Headteacher and staff have worked so hard to achieve. Some of the duties include:

· Setting strategic direction, policies and objectives;

· Approving the school budget;

· Reviewing progress against the schools budget and objectives;

· Appointing, challenging and supporting the Headteacher.

The Full Governing Body meets three times a year. Additionally Governors are members of sub-committees which all meet termly. Please see below for the structure of our Governing Body.

Structure of our Governing Body:

- Full Governing Body

Full Governing Body including Strategy

- Sub Committees

Finance, Personnel and Premises (including H&S)
Standards, Teaching and Learning
Community and Welfare (including Attendance and Behaviour)

Name	John Hallett	Robin Duke	Jo Beaumont	Lorraine Gilmore	Mohammed Al-Shuwaili	Karen Brown
Position	Chair of Governors	Vice Chair	Headteacher			Clerk to the Governors
Specific Responsibility	Recruitment Mathematics More Able Safeguarding	Safeguarding English		SEND Anti-Bullying
Date of Appointment	13/04/19	24/01/18	01/01/09	13/04/19	19/09/17	01/04/18
Name of Appointing Body	Appointed by Governing Body	Nominated by LA, appointed by Governing Body	Appointed by Governing Body	Appointed by Governing Body	Appointed by Governing Body	Nominated by LA, appointed by Governing Body
Term of Office	4 years	4 years	14 years	4 years	4 years	10 years
Date of Stepping Down
Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests	None	None	None	None	None	None
Voting Rights	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No

*Attendance Record*
12/05/20 STL	√	√	√	√	x	N/A
29/04/20 FPP	√	√	√	√	x	N/A
11/02/20 STL	√	√	√	√	x	N/A
05/02/20 FPP	√	√	√	√	√	N/A
09/10/19 FGB	√	√	√	√	√	√
03/12/19 CW	√	√	√	√	x	N/A
17/09/19 FPP	√	√	√	√	x	N/A
26/06/19 FGB	√	√	√	√	√	√
21/05/19 FPP	√	√	√	√	x	N/A
19/03/19 STL	√	√	√	√	x	N/A
13/03/19 FGB	√	√	√	√	√	√
12/02/19 ExtraO	√	√	√	√	√	N/A
04/12/18 CW	√	√	√	√	√	N/A
28/11/18 FPP	√	√	√	√	x	N/A
20/11/18 STL	√	x	√	√	x	N/A
10/10/18 FGB	√	√	√	√	√	√

*LEAVERS WITHIN THE PAST 12 MONTHS:*

Name	Mr Jason Gilbourne	Mr Rajnikant Makvana	Nr Nathan Odom
Position
Designation
Date of Appointment	22/03/17	13/04/15	28/02/18
Name of Appointing Body	Appointed by Governing Body	Appointed by Governing Body	Nominated by LA, appointed by Governing Body
Term of Office
Date of Stepping Down	07/09/18	30/06/18	12/7/19
Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests	None	None	None
Held Voting Rights	Yes	Yes	Yes

Sub-Committee Members:

Finance, Personnel and Premises (including H&S)	Standards, Teaching and Learning	Community and Welfare (including Attendance and Behaviour)
Mr J Hallett (Chair)	Mr J Hallett (Chair)	Mrs L Gilmore (Chair)
Ms J Beaumont (Headteacher)	Ms J Beaumont (Headteacher)	Ms J Beaumont (Headteacher)
Ms J Clarke (Bursar; non-voting)	Mr R Duke	Mr R Duke
Mr R Duke	Mr M Al-Shuwaili	Mr M Al-Shuwaili
Mr M Al-Shuwaili	Mrs L Gilmore	Mr J Hallett
Mrs L Gilmore

Discipline / Capability / Grievance / Pupil Disciplinary / Pay (appeals):

Each Committee consists of three Governors; staff Governors may not sit on Appeals Committees.

Governor representation on Appeals Committees will be drawn from three of the remaining Governors not participating in the first Committee.

Complaints:

Any three non-staff Governors who have no prior knowledge of the complaint.

Please note: at present, no member of the Governing Body has any relevant business or pecuniary interests.