Governors
What is our role?
The role of school governors is, with the senior leadership team, to give strategic direction to the school and to provide appropriate challenge and support to the Headteacher and staff to enable the school to achieve high standards for all of its students.
How can we offer appropriate challenge and support?
South Wolds Governors have a wide variety of experience and skills which are used to good effect to help the drive towards constant school improvement. Our work experience includes the commercial, public, education and voluntary sectors, some of us are specialists in ICT, human resources, leadership and management, teaching and learning, customer relations, many aspects of education including higher, further and vocational training, languages and scientific research. All of us bring creativity, commitment and perspective to the role which makes for a strong and supportive governing body.
How do we understand the school so well?
We learn about what is happening in school through a mixture of formal and informal means. In addition to the more standard, regular ways described below, we join in with many other school activities including staff recruitment, pupil admissions and school events.
Governor Links
Teams of Lead Governors focus on areas of strategic importance to the Academy. Currently Lead Governors focus on Quality of Teaching, Achievement, Personal Development, Behaviour & Welfare, Pupil and Parent voice and CEIAG. They link with key members of the Senior Leadership Team and undertake visits to the school to focus on these areas. Their reports are shared with all other governors in Local Governing Body meetings.
Additional documentation about the Academy can be found on the EMET website
EMET Declaration of Business Interests 2022-23
Meetings
There are 6 Local Governing Body Meetings in an academic year. Meetings focus on strategic direction and governors scrutinise all aspects of the performance of the school and senior leaders' self evaluation.
Governors' Attendance Register
Governing Body Membership
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Name |
Governor |
Appointed Date |
End of Term |
Appointed By |
Register of Business Interests |
|
Simon Martin |
Co-opted |
9.10.18 |
03.10.26 |
Governing Body |
Chair of Governors Croft Primary School. Sutton in Ashfield. Director of Sutton Town Centre Group Charity. Director/Trustee of AAETO Ltd Adult and Community Learning. Member of Sutton Youth Radio Ltd Charity. Member of Lets All Eat CIC Sutton in Ashfield. Member of Discover Ashfield |
|
Sue Jacques (Chair of Governors) |
Co-opted |
20.09.18 |
03.10.26 |
Governing Body |
Parent of Child(ren) at the School Governor Tollerton School Employee of the Local Authority |
|
Rebecca Ferguson |
Co-opted |
04.07.23 |
03.07.27 |
Governing Body |
Parent of Child(ren) at the School |
|
Nichola Watts |
Co-opted |
23.01.24 |
22.01.28 |
Governing Body |
Company Secretary and Director of Schenker Limited |
|
Annette Beaumont (Vice Chair of Governors) |
Community |
29.01.19 |
28.01.27 |
Governing Body |
Governor of Tollerton School Member of Equals Trust Member of the LA Education Appeals Panel & Exclusions Panel |
|
Vacancy |
Community |
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Governing Body |
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Vacancy |
Community |
|
|
Governing Body |
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|
Halina Angus |
Head Teacher |
Ex-officio |
|
Ex Officio |
Employee of the School |
|
Cllr John Cottee |
Local Authority |
14.07.20 |
13.07.24 |
Local Authority |
Councillor of the Local Authority Trustee of Nottinghamshire Clubs for Young People Director of Kimolia Co Ltd Trustee of Cresswell Crags Chairman/Director of Keyworth Sports Association |
|
Brennig Jones |
Parent |
27.11.23 |
26.11.27 |
Parents |
Royal Air Force Sailing Association Committee Member Royal Yachting Association Voting Member Governor of Royal National Lifeboat Institution North West Cruising Club Committee Member Bay of Colwyn Sailing Club Committee Member Mendip Byways & Bridleways Assoc Committee Member |
|
Michelle Law |
Parent |
21.11.22 |
20.11.26 |
Parents |
Parent of Child(ren) at the School |
|
Sally Blackamore |
Parent |
06.10.21 |
05.10.25 |
Parents |
Parent of Child(ren) at the School. |
|
Lauren Crawford |
Teaching Staff |
06.10.21 |
05.10.25 |
Staff |
Employee of the School |
|
Vacancy |
Support Staff |
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Staff |
Employee of the School |
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Governors who have resigned in the last 12 months |
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Zofia Zielinski |
Parent |
04.07.23 |
03.10.23 |
Parents |
Parent of child(ren) at the School.
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If you would like any more information about governors at South Wolds please email me: chair@southwolds.uk
Sue Jaques - Chair of Governors