Welcome to the Governors' section!
What is a School Governor?
School governors are volunteers who help to run the school. Some are elected (staff and parent governors) and others are appointed either by the local authority or from the local community.
What do governors do?
School governors have a wide range of responsibilities, helping to raise standards of pupil achievement and planning the school’s future direction, always in consultation with the Headteacher and other staff. We are also accountable for the performance of the school to parents and the wider community. We are not expected to take detailed decisions about the day-to-day management of the school: that is the job of the Headteacher.
Governors’ responsibilities include:
At Golden Valley we do this on several levels. We meet as a Full Governing Body about six times a year but also in two main committees, where certain aspects of the school are considered in more detail. At present our committees are:
Individual governors are also linked with a particular area, such as Special Educational Needs, Safeguarding, a curriculum subject or a year group. All governors are encouraged to visit the school during the working day if they can, but we do not interfere in the day-to-day teaching or running of the school: we leave that to the professionals!
North Somerset provides training in all aspects of governors’ responsibilities and we take full advantage of that, in order to be as effective as possible.
At Golden Valley we have 15 governor positions, a lively and dedicated team who work hard for the school.
GOVERNOR ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS 2017/18
FGB=Full Governing Body / R&P=Resources & Premises Committee / S&I= Standards & Information Committee
NAME |
FGB 21/9/17 |
FGB 7/12/17 |
FGB 22/3/18 |
FGB 12/7/17 |
R&P 16/11/17 |
R&P 8/3/18 |
R&P 17/5/18 |
S&I 12/10/17 |
S&I 22/2/18 |
S&I 14/6/18 |
Ann Clark |
YES |
NO |
Yes |
|
YES |
YES |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Doug Mc Millan |
YES |
NO |
NO |
|
YES |
YES |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Elise Taylor |
NO |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Helen Gillard |
YES |
YES |
YES |
|
N/A |
YES |
N/A |
YES |
YES |
|
Jan Barber |
YES |
YES |
YES |
|
NO |
YES |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Jane Turner |
NO |
YES |
YES |
|
YES |
YES |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Jess Devanny |
YES |
M/L |
YES |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
M/L |
M/L |
|
Jimmy Johns |
NO |
YES |
YES |
|
YES |
YES |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Katherine Mann |
N/A |
N/A |
YES |
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
Ken Hallett |
NO |
YES |
YES |
|
YES |
YES |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Kevin Lynch |
YES |
YES |
YES |
|
YES |
YES |
|
YES |
YES |
|
Martin Sills |
N/A |
N/A |
YES |
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
Mary Elford |
YES |
YES |
YES |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
YES |
YES |
|
Matt Furneaux |
YES |
YES |
YES |
|
N/A |
YES |
N/A |
NO |
YES |
|
Pauline Davis |
YES |
YES |
YES |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
YES |
YES |
|
Tina Roberts |
YES |
YES |
YES |
|
YES |
YES |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
(FGB = Full Governing Body Meetings / R&P = Resources & Premises Committee / S&I = Standards & Information Committee)
FGB 13/10/16 |
FGB 8/12/16 |
FGB 2/2/17 |
FGB 6/4/17 |
FGB 15/6/17 |
FGB 13/7/17 |
R&P 15/9/16 |
R&P 10/11/16 |
R&P 2/2/17 |
R&P 8/3/17 |
R&P 4/5/17 |
R&P 15/6/17 |
S&I 29/9/16 |
S&I 24/11/16 |
S&I 23/3/17 |
S&I 11/5/17 |
S&I 29/6/17 |
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M Furneaux | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Yes
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N/A | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
J Johns | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
P Davis | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
J Barber | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
K Hallett | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
D McMillan | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
E Taylor | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
M Elford | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
K Lynch | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
N French | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
J Devanny | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
J Turner | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
T Roberts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
A Clark | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
H Gillard | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes |
NAME | TYPE OF GOVERNOR | APPOINTING BODY | OFFICE | TERM START | TERM END | COMMITTEE(S) | REGISTERED INTEREST |
Ann Clark | Co-opted | FGB | R&P | ||||
Doug MacMillan | Co-opted | FGB | VC of R&P | 01/06/2015 | 31/05/2019 | R&P | |
Helen Gillard | Staff | Elected by staff | 02/06/2017 | 01/06/2021 | S&I | ||
James Johns | Co-opted | FGB | VC of Govs / Chair of R&P | 01/06/2015 | 31/05/2019 | R&P | Child at school |
Jan Barber | LA | Appointed by LA | 19/10/2014 | 18/10/2018 | R&P | ||
Jane Turner | Parent | Elected by parents | 05/12/2015 | 04/12/2019 | R&P | Child at school | |
Jess Devanny | Co-opted | FGB | 01/06/2015 | 31/05/2019 | S&I | ||
Katherine Mann | Parent | Elected by parents | 12/03/2018 | 11/03/2022 | Child at school | ||
Ken Hallett | Co-opted | FGB | 22/03/2018 | 21/03/2022 | R&P | Child at school | |
Kevin Lynch | Headteacher | Auto | 01/09/2006 | UFN | R&P, S&I | ||
Martin Sills | Parent | Elected by parents | 12/03/2018 | 11/03/2022 | Child at school | ||
Mary Elford | Co-opted | FGB | VC of S&I | 01/06/2015 | 31/05/2019 | S&I | |
Matt Furneaux | Parent | Elected by parents | Chair of Govs | 16/11/2011 | 15/11/2015 | S&I | Child at school |
Pauline Davis | Co-opted | FGB | Chair of S&I | 01/06/2015 | 31/05/2019 | S&I | Trendlewood Church (school lettings) |
Tina Roberts | Co-opted | FGB | 31/03/2016 | 30/03/2020 | R&P |
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