ST JAMES' CE JUNIOR SCHOOL GOVERNORS

Governors play a key role in the life of the school and meet regularly throughout the year to discuss and monitor a range of matters including Staffing, Finance, Curriculum along with Premises/Health and Safety.

The remit of the governing board:

It is stated in the Governance Handbook that all boards, no matter what type of schools or how many schools they govern, have three core functions:

• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;

• Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff; and

• Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.

Our Clerk to the Governors Mrs Carol Newton can be contacted at office@stjamesjun-bif.cumbria.sch.uk. Correspondence for the Governors can be sent to the clerk for distribution to the most appropriate Governor.

The current Governing Body is as follows:

Head Teacher

Jackie Rushton

Foundation Governors

Revd Jack Knill-Jones (Ex Officio)  (Chair of Governors)

Revd John Hodgkinson

Graeme Shaw

Sarah Cubiss

Karlie Shawcross

Ellyse Rochford (Vice Chair of Governors)

Vacancy

Staff Governor

Liam Reid

Parent Governors

Helen Brayshaw

Vacancy

Local Authority Governor

Vacancy

At our school we employ a Bursar who is an invitee to Governors meetings.

Bursar

Veronica Warner

Committee Structure: