The Governing Board met for the 1st meeting of the academic year on Monday 16th September.

At this meeting, School Development Priorities were shared with governors. This year, we will be focusing on: curriculum, assessment and zones of regulation.

The 1st 4 weeks of this year has been a transitional period for the children so that teachers can address any lost learning from over the 6 weeks holiday. Governors felt that the transition period will be a positive move forwards.

At our 1st meeting, we elected a chair and vice chair of the Governing Board and we reviewed our Link governors and established how they will be linked with staff and pupils.

We agreed that Succession planning is to be an area for development for the Governing Board this year.

All governors have a link role. This is so each governor can check an area of the school provision and feedback to the board in meetings. Some areas are SEND, Safeguarding and Early Years. At their recent meeting governors discussed ways they could work with pupils to gather 'Pupil Voice' in their different areas. This is where pupils tell governors what they think about the school, what they like and what they would like to see. This helps governors gain a better understanding of the pupils' experiences of school.

Governors also discussed some building and maintenance work that will take place over summer.

The SENCo was also thanked for his continuing hard work and efforts for pupils.

Governors discussed attendance at length in the meeting and also met with the Family Liaison Officer. She explained how families are supported to improve attendance. Governors shared their concerns at the amount of holidays taken in term time and the impact on pupils' learning.

Governors also considered Health & Safety, exploring causes for accidents and noting the actions taken by the school to ensure that the school is a safe area for pupils and staff.

As part of their role governors must ensure the school use funding appropriately and effectively for pupils. Governors scrutinised documents and provided in-depth challenge regarding the budget and school spending on improvements to the building.

At the latest meeting Governors met with the Maths lead who informed governors of the improvements in pupils' knowledge of maths and how they are able to talk to others about what they are learning. The enthusiasm of the Maths lead really came across and it was clear that their passion for the subject is being carried through to lessons.

Governors also commented on the amount of achievement points pupils had been awarded. It has been lovely to see this positive approach by staff and pupils through the school.

Governors always consider how funding is spent in the school and how it is being used to improve outcomes for pupils. On the school website are details of how Pupil Premium funding is being spent. A governor had visited school to see the plan in action and was able to feedback to governors about how the money is being used.

Governors met on the first day back after Christmas and were grateful that the Headteacher and School Business Manager had worked so hard before Christmas to have documents ready for the meeting.


The Chair and Headteacher had met with the Local Authority to discuss if any changes were needed to the governing board to better meet the needs of the school. Governors were pleased to hear that previous ideas in meetings shared were very similar to local authority suggestions and were glad that they remain up to date with their practise. Governors currently meet 6 times a year with 2 extra meetings for those who sit on the finance committee.


The SENCO also visited the meeting to give a short presentation. Governors heard about the positive adjustments to teaching that benefit all pupils across the school. Parents are also becoming more involved and taking part in workshops to help their children with their learning.


If you would be interested in being a parent governor please contact the school.