Meet the Governors

Welcome Message from our Chair of Governors

Welcome to Henry Chadwick Community Primary School, where our school motto, ‘Learn to Live’, is the foundation of our aspirations for our learners. This is a happy, safe, nurturing and forward thinking school where our children are at the centre of everything we do. We aim to provide a creative, challenging and inspirational curriculum where each child’s needs are met and every child is challenged to be the very best they can be.

As we move forward in this new and exciting phase of our development, I look forward to welcoming you to our school, at the heart of our community.

Mrs Karen Walton
Chair of Local Governing Board

Local Governing Board 2019-2020

Contact Telephone Number for Chair and Clerk: 01543 490354

E-mail Clerk – carole.jones@henrychadwick.staffs.sch.uk

E-mail Governors – governors@henrychadwick.staffs.sch.uk

The Governing Board shall consist of:

1 Headteacher
1 Staff Governor
2 Parent Governors
6 Community Governors

Local Governing Board – Mrs Karen Walton (Chair)

Nominated/Link Governors 2020-2021

H&S, Child Protection/Safeguarding and Prevent Mrs Stockdale

Online Safety, Website and Social Media Mrs Stockdale

Looked After Children Ms Howells

Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) and Pupil Premium Mrs Walton

Sports Premium/PE Mr Pratt

Pupil Progress and Data Mr Quinn

School Council/Pupil Voice Mrs Stockdale

Governor Diary Dates

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March 2021 Mar 2021

Business and Pecuniary Interests

March 2021

Trustee	Position	Term of office	Date appointed	Business and Pecuniary Interests	Company Directorships	Charity Trusteeships
Karen Walton	Chair of Governors Community Governor	08/02/2023	08/02/2019
Gill Stockdale	Community Governor	01/09/2023	01/09/2019
Kevin Pratt	Parent Governor	27/02/2023	27/02/2019	Step by Step Financial Planners	Step by Step Financial Planners
Paul O’Leary	Staff Governor	10/11/2022	10/11/2018
Rob Payne	Community Governor	09/01/2022	09/01/2018
Sabrina Anthi Howells	Parent Governor	03/09/2023	03/09/2019	Bonanza Gaming Limited	Bonanza Gaming Limited
Nigel Quinn	Community Governor	09/01/2023	09/01/2019
Vicki Barnes	Headteacher		01/09/2019

The School Governing Board

The school is “well supported by a strong governing body”. Governors know the school well and challenge the school well through their meetings, committees and visits into school.

OFSTED

Schools are run by governing bodies who work with Headteachers and senior management teams to ensure pupils get the best education. Think of it like a company where the Headteacher is the chief executive and the governors are the Board of Directors.

What they do?

They are responsible for making sure the school is run so children are encouraged to achieve their full potential

They are involved in:

Setting the direction, policies and objectives of the school
Approving the school budget
Making sure the curriculum is balanced and broadly based and in particular that the National Curriculum and religious education are taught
Appointing, challenging and supporting the Headteacher
Representing the views of parents

What they can’t do

The governing body is a group. Individual governors have no powers except where the whole governing body has given them a specific job to do.

Governing bodies make their decisions based on the advice of committees that deal with specific issues, such as the school’s curriculum, premises or finances. They don’t make decisions individually and they can’t go into schools and make demands of the Headteacher and staff.