Governors
Welcome to the Governors' Page
Who are the Governing Body?
Our Governing Body consists of 12 governors. All governors are unpaid volunteers in this role. Governors are either appointed by the Local Authority (Representative Governors), elected by the parents (Parent Governors) or chosen by the school from the wider community (Community Governors). In addition, there are two Staff Governors, chosen by the staff (usually one teacher and one member of support staff), and the Head Teacher can be on the Governing Body, too.
Current list of governors / vacancies (at October 2008):
Representative Governors (2)
Margaret Palmer (Chair)
Colin Sutherland
Parent Governors (4)
Pat Grant
Eleanor Kliffen
Casita McKie
(vacancy)
Community Governors (3)
Simon Gabbidon
Angela Morris
(vacancy)
Support Staff Governor (1)
Jane Law
Teacher Governor (1)
Isabel Hamilton
Headteacher
Resham Mirza
The Governing Body at Tiverton meets twice a term. These are the dates of our meetings for the 2008/09 school year:
December 3, 2008. 6pm
February 4, 2009. 6pm
April 1, 2009. 6pm
May 13, 2009. 6pm
July 15, 2009. 6pm
You are very welcome to sit in on a Governing Body meeting. Ask at the school for more information.
What do Governors do?
We work together, as a Governing Body, to make important collective decisions. We are answerable to parents and the community. Our role can be summarised as: providing strategic management, acting as a critical friend and ensuring accountability. Specific responsibilities include:
- Promoting high standards of education and achievement
- Planning the school’s long-term future
- Setting the school’s aims and values
- Appointing senior staff including the Head Teacher
- Working with the school to set the budget, and monitoring financial performance throughout the year.
In all of these we work closely with the Head Teacher and other staff, and with the support of the Local Authority. Governors receive training, usually from Haringey, to cover not only our essential role but also specialist knowledge, such as Financial Management, Inclusion, Health and Safety etc.
What don’t Governors do?
Governors do not have individual responsibility – all decisions are normally taken by the Governing Body as a whole - and we do not run the school on a day to day basis. This is the responsibility of the Head Teacher and the school staff. Although Governors often come into the school, for a variety of reasons, we do not inspect or assess lessons.
For more information on the responsibilities of the Governing Body, and what governors do, have a look at the links below.
http://www.haringey.gov.uk/governors
