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  • Meet the Governors

    Welcome to our governors' webpage.

     

    The purpose of the Governing Body is to uphold the school's aim to create a caring Christian environment, where pupils feel valued and develop a life-long love of learning. 

     

    Our school has strong links with St. Bartholomew's Church. The children often attend services at the church and the Reverend Jonathan comes into school every week to take assemblies, to speak with the children and to run the Thursday football club!

     

    The governors themselves are a body of volunteers who support the school by providing executive and due diligence advice, challenge and support. In support of our excellent school staff, the main three roles of the governors are:

     

    1. Strategy - to help ensure that the school has a clear vision and strategy.

    2. Review - resources are managed well and the school is meeting its statutory duties

    3. Ensure accountability for the quality of education - by receiving regular reports from the head, asking questions and making termly visits.

     

    To work effectively, we link governors to a subject or a particular aspect of the school such as Special Education Needs and Disability or Early Years. These governors work on behalf of the whole governing body to gain detailed knowledge of their liked area and in supporting and challenging the subject co-ordinator to drive progress and new initiatives.

     

    We are committed to listening to and understanding the views and needs of our pupils and their parents. Some of the ways that we do this are through annual parent questionnaires, annual pupil questionnaires and several informal coffee mornings/meetings throughout the year. These help us to gain the views of the whole school community and enable the community to contribute to the development of the school.

     

    Contacting the Governors

     

    All of the governors welcome your comments and questions and can be contacted at chair@stbarts.herts.sch.uk. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you wish to discuss any of the issues mentioned above. However, individual governors cannot provide an alternative route to voicing parental concerns. If you have a concern or a complaint which is specific to your child, your first port of call should be the class teacher. If the issue is of general concern, you should make this known to the Head teacher.

    The minutes of the governors meetings are available from the school office.

     

    Governors for 2023-2024

    Name

    Category

    Appointing Body

    Committee Roles

    Term of office

    Pecuniary Interests

    Kelly Wall & Victoria Mowbray 

    Head teacher

     

    Head teacher

    Commenced

    19/04/22

    Kelly undertakes tutoring locally

    Keira Poland

    St Alban's Diocesan

    Board of

    Education

    St Alban's Diocesan Board of Education

    People and Curriculum Committee

    24/11/23- 23/11/27

    None

    Kate Ballingall

    St Alban's Diocesan

    Board of

    Education

    St Alban's Diocesan Board of EducationTBC23/01/25 - 22/01/29 

    Liane Nakar

    Staff Governor

    Staff

    People and Curriculum Committee

    01/09/19-31/8/27

    None

    Rev Jonathan Gordon

    Foundation

    Ex-Officio

    People and Curriculum Committee

    01/09/14 ongoing

    Jonathan is also a governor at St Mary's Primary School, Northchurch.

    Mark Burrage

    Foundation

    St Bartholomew's Parochial Church Council

    TBC

    15/01/25-14/01/29
    Ann Godsell

    Foundation

    St Bartholomew's Parochial Church Council

    TBC15/01/25-14/01/29 

    Kathryn Carlisle

    Foundation

    St Bartholomew's Parochial Church Council

    Co-Chair of Governor 

    11/10/23 - 10/10/27

    None

    Lindsay Hardy

    Foundation

    St Bartholomew's Parochial Church Council

    TBC15/01/25-14/01/29 

    Kelvin Reay

    Parent

    Parents

    Chair of People and Curriculum Committee

    01/10/22 - 30/09/26

    None

    Ben Walters

    Parent

    Parents

    Finance and Premises Committee

    09/09/21 - 08/9/25

    None

    Jennie Arthur

    Local Authority

    Local Education Authority

    Co-Chair of Governor 

    01/10/22 - 30/09/26

    None

    Interests include governance roles in other educational institutions, business and financial interests, material interests arising from relationships between governors, or relationships between governors and school staff.

    Governors attendance at meetings 2022-2023

    Name

    FGB Meetings attended

    People and Curriculum committee

    Finance and Premises committee

    Position

    Kelly Wall

    5/5

    3/3

    4/4

    Co-Headteacher

    Victoria Mowbray

    5/5

    3/3

    3/4

    Co-Headteacher

    Charis Geoghegan

    2/3

    3/3

    4/4

    Chair of governors

    Resigned 24.5.23

    Mark Burrage

    5/5

    1/1

    4/4

    Vice Chair of Governors & Chair of F&P committee until 25.5.23

    Appointed Chair of Governors 25.5.23

    Barbara Burch

    5/5

    n/a

    3/4

     

    Jennie Arthur

    5/5

    3/3

    n/a

    Chair of P&C committee

    Liane Nakar

    5/5

    2/3

    n/a

     

    Rev. Canon Jonathan Gordon

    3/5

    1/3

    0/0

     

    Ben Walter

    5/5

    n/a

    3/4

     

    Natalie Dean

    3/4

    3/3

    n/a

    Resigned 23.5.23

    Michael Eggleton

    1/5

    0/3

    n/a

     

    Instrument of Governance

    Committees

    We have 2 committees.  They meet once per term.  One focuses on the people and curriculum of the school.  The other focuses on the finance and premises of the school.  Please see the work plans for these committees below.

    People and curriculum committee work plan 2023-2024

    Finance and premises committee work plan 2023-2024