Membership, Tenure & Attendance

School Governors are members of a school’s Governing Board; they have responsibility for raising school standards through their three key roles of setting strategic direction, ensuring accountability and acting as a critical friend.

Here at Sparrow Farm Primary School the Governing Board consists of governors from differing areas,

• Parents – elected by other parents.
• Staff – elected by other members of staff.
• Co-opted – appointed by the governing body.

Whether appointed or elected each governor has a term of office, which is a maximum of four years before they have to seek re-election/re-appointment.

All Governors are appointed or elected in accordance with the Instrument of Government and under the guidance of the Local Authority representative. All appointments are recorded in the Full
Governing Board Minutes.

Being a Governor is voluntary and as such, Governors do not receive any payment for their work. Training is given for every aspect of the role and is delivered locally by the local authority, through specialist on-line training packages and through national organisations.

The Governing Board meet termly.  Governors reviewed their Committee structure in January 2023 and moved to a flat structure with only a Pay Committee.  The Governing Board agree Terms of Reference for the full Governing Board and Pay Committee each year.

Current members of the Governing Board are:

Amie Cella

APPOINTED BY: Ex officio – Headteacher

DATES: 29/01/2021

RECORDED DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST: None

Michelle keene

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY: Chair of Governing Board; Safeguarding; Child Protection; LAC

APPOINTED BY: Governing Board

DATES: 29/01/2021

RECORDED DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST: Employed at Atlas Cleaning

deborah carr

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY: Vice Chair of Governing Board; SEND; Well Being

APPOINTED BY: Parents

DATES: 29/01/2021

RECORDED DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST: None

 miranda brennan

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY: Sport Premium; Well Being

angela dennis 

AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY: Sports Premium

APPOINTED BY: Governing Board

DATES: 29/01/2021

RECORDED DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST: None

kirsty kennedy

AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY: Sustainability

APPOINTED BY: Staff

DATES: 29/01/2021

RECORDED DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST: None

 sarah macrae

 APPOINTED BY: Governing Body

Dates: 29/01/2021

RECORDED DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST: School Business Manager

 abhaya shetty

 AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY: Chair of Pay Committee; Pupil Premium; SEND

APPOINTED BY: Parents

DATES: 29/01/2021

RECORDED DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST: None