– Academic Year 2021-2022

Recording of Statutory Governance Information – 2021/22

Academies to table information regarding their governors on their website.  This must be readily accessible to ensure transparency of governance.  The table of information must contain:

• Name of Governor
• Term of office for each governor.  Inform SNMAT (Jo Saville and Alison Jacobson) of appointment and resignation dates (within 14 days).
• 2021/22 governor meetings and attendance
• Declaration of interests**

** As governor meetings are being held remotely, SNMAT have been advised by internal audit that declarations of business interests can be completed and signed electronically or by hand.  Copies and authorisation of the declarations (emails) must be kept by the academy as evidence to support the tabled information being presented on the website.  SNMAT does not require a copy of the declarations of interest, but may request this if asked by the auditors.

Nominations for Parent Governors

The governing body of your academy has one parent governor vacancy and is looking for parents who are interested in this role and who have children at the academy.  The term ‘parent’ relates to any person who has ‘parental responsibility’ as defined by the Children Act 1989.  If you have any queries about your eligibility as a ‘parent’, please contact me for further advice.

The Governing Body
Since September 2014, the law requires that governors are appointed on a skills basis,  to ensure they are prepared for the rigours and demands that the role of a governor entails. There is training available on many subjects such as governor induction, financial training etc from both the Local Authority and other organisations to support the skills needed to be effective in the role.  
Governors need to have knowledge and understanding of how the school operates and to do this they are expected to  attend training events, meetings and visits to the school as and when required.

It should be noted all governing body members are voluntary members and give their time freely.
 

The role of the governing body:-

• Is to provide a strategic overview of the school by establishing a vision and setting purpose and aims of the school.
• Is to monitor and evaluate the work of the school by reviewing the performance of the head teacher, progress towards targets set and the effectiveness of school improvement strategy.
• Is to oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure its money well spent. 

When do we meet?

The law requires that the full governing body meet at least three times a year, one meeting each term, but as matters arise governors can be required to attend further full governing body meetings.
To ensure we fulfil the role of the governing body we find the most effective way is to meet as sub committees before meeting as a full governing body.
These are :-

• Accountability Panel 1 -  Strategic Development of the school and pupils. 
• Accountability Panel 2 -  Finance and Personnel issues.

These committees meet each term before the full governing body meeting so that proposals made at committee stage can be put forward and discussed and adopted.

We also have other working parties such as the pay and appraisal committee, which meets annually that further support the work we do.

Governing Board Constitution

There are 10 positions, 9 are filled and there is 1 vacancy.

Other members

These are the people that are listed as members on GovernorHub, but aren't allocated to the constitution.