Governors

The Local Governing Body of All Saints’ CE Primary School consists of a group of volunteers who are committed to ensuring the success of the school.

As set out by the Government, our key responsibilities are:

  • 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 effective and efficient performance management of staff; and
  • overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.
There are 12 positions:

 

Category

Number 

How appointed

Representing

Parent Governors

2

Elected by parents of children at the school

All Parents (however, Parent Governors make their own decisions; they are not delegates)

Head Teacher 

1

Ex- officio

 

Staff Governor

1

Elected by the Staff

All Staff (but the Staff Governor makes their own decisions and is not a delegate)

Trust Governors

(1 of these is the Vicar or Curate of All Saints Church)

5

Appointed by the MAT (except for the Vicar or Curate, who is ex-officio)

The Church and Diocese. Trust Governors help to ensure that the School’s Christian ethos is maintained.

Co-Opted Governors

Up to 3

Invited by the Local Governing Body and appointed by the MAT. Their appointment is renewed annually. One of the 3 should be aged under 25.

 

 

The LGB Chair of Governors is currently Dr Rachel Wood, who can be contacted via the school on 01638 662835 or admin@allsaints.suffolk.sch.uk 

The Governors hold two Full Local Governing Body Meetings each term, and there are also a number of Sub-Committees which carry out the work of the Governing Body:  

  • The Finance & Personnel Committee oversees budgets and staff.
  • The Premises, Health & Safety Committee oversees the Health & Safety of the school site for all stakeholders. It also oversees any necessary works to the building or grounds.
  • The Admission Committee reviews all applicants for the school and offers places, having applied the criteria listed in the appropriate year’s Admission Policy.

In addition, individual governors have specific monitoring responsibilities. The Sub-committees and individual governors all report back to the Full Local Governing Body.

Please Note:

One of our LGB Members is a member of another educational establishment’s Governing Body (please see 'All Saints’ Local Governing Body, Declarations of Interest' document for details).

The following Governors are themselves school staff: B. Rodel (Headteacher), S. Macro (Teacher), and R. Wood works as a Catch-up Tutor.

The Department for Education’s Governance Handbook is available here: Governance Handbook 2019 (publishing.service.gov.uk)