parents are both informative and jargon-free. Parent governors should be aware of ways to encourage in the school. You as a parent, parent’s interest elect four parent governors for a period of four years. The minutes of the Governing Body meetings are available in the school office. What is the purpose of the Governing Body? The School Governors have responsibility for guiding the school in its aims and for overseeing the budget which has been allocated by the Borough Council. We do this by maintaining close contact with the Head Teacher and working with the staff to ensure that as far as possible and practicable, they all have the facilities and resources needed to do their jobs effectively. Who are the Governors? Governing bodies are a mixture of elected and appointed persons representing various aspects of the community. So there are Parent Governors elected by parents of pupils who attend the school, Community Governors appointed by the existing Governors and there are Governors delegated by the Local Authority to represent the authority's interests. If you are interested in becoming a Governor, please enquire at the school office How do we do our job? Governors, who are unpaid, are people who give up their spare time to help in managing the school. This is done by meeting together at least once each term and by forming a number of committees to monitor and guide various areas of activity - such as Finance & Personnel and School Improvement. Each committee will meet twice a term and report back to the Governors as a whole, on what is happening, what decisions have been taken and recommending courses of action which may be outside the terms of reference of the committee. For example, the Finance committee will work with the Head Teacher to set a budget each year but the budget has to be ratified by the whole governing body before being sent to the Borough Council. Another important aspect of the governors' role is in setting targets and monitoring the progress that the school makes in achieving them. The School Development Plan and the School Improvement Plan are working documents which set out the school aims to do in the academic year, which is continually updated, showing how it will be monitored and achieved. Each Governor has one or more areas of activity to which he or she is linked and will make periodic official visits to the school to observe what is happening in that area and report back to the rest of the Governors. Governors also set and agree policy documents relating to such things as Staff Pay, Behaviour, Health & Safety, Financial Management and several others. Each of these documents may be seen by enquiring at the school office.
parents are both informative and jargon-free. Parent governors should be aware of ways to encourage parent’s interest in the school. You as a parent, elect four parent governors for a period of four years. The minutes of the Governing Body meetings are available in the school office. What is the purpose of the Governing Body? The School Governors have responsibility for guiding the school in its aims and for overseeing the budget which has been allocated by the Borough Council. We do this by maintaining close contact with the Head Teacher and working with the staff to ensure that as far as possible and practicable, they all have the facilities and resources needed to do their jobs effectively. Who are the Governors? Governing bodies are a mixture of elected and appointed persons representing various aspects of the community. So there are Parent Governors elected by parents of pupils who attend the school, Community Governors appointed by the existing Governors and there are Governors delegated by the Local Authority to represent the authority's interests. If you are interested in becoming a Governor, please enquire at the school office How do we do our job? Governors, who are unpaid, are people who give up their spare time to help in managing the school. This is done by meeting together at least once each term and by forming a number of committees to monitor and guide various areas of activity - such as Finance & Personnel and School Improvement. Each committee will meet twice a term and report back to the Governors as a whole, on what is happening, what decisions have been taken and recommending courses of action which may be outside the terms of reference of the committee. For example, the Finance committee will work with the Head Teacher to set a budget each year but the budget has to be ratified by the whole governing body before being sent to the Borough Council. Another important aspect of the governors' role is in setting targets and monitoring the progress that the school makes in achieving them. The School Development Plan and the School Improvement Plan are working documents which set out the school aims to do in the academic year, which is continually updated, showing how it will be monitored and achieved. Each Governor has one or more areas of activity to which he or she is linked and will make periodic official visits to the school to observe what is happening in that area and report back to the rest of the Governors. Governors also set and agree policy documents relating to such things as Staff Pay, Behaviour, Health & Safety, Financial Management and several others. Each of these documents may be seen by enquiring at the school office.
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