The Role of the Governing Body
The governing body is responsible for the conduct of the school, and promotes high standards of educational achievement at the school. It is the school’s accountable body. School Governors work together with the Head Teacher in agreeing the aims and conduct of the school, ensuring that the pupils have a full entitlement to the agreed curriculum and managing the school within its allocated budget.
All School Governors are volunteers who give freely of their time and knowledge for the benefit of the school.
Dinting C of E Primary (VA) Governing body consists of 2 Parent Governors, elected by parents with children at this school, 1 Authority Governor, appointed by the Local Education Authority, 8 Foundation Governors, appointed by the Diocese of Derby ( one is Ex Officio), and 2 Staff Governors, elected by staff at this school (Headteacher is Ex Officio) and I Co-opted Governor, elected by the Governing Board
Governors are appointed to:
- provide a strategic view of the school by establishing a vision and setting the purpose and aims of the school within an agreed policy framework. It appoints and performance manages the headteacher, agreeing the school improvement strategy which includes setting statutory targets with supporting budgets and staffing structures;
- monitor and evaluates the work of the school by reviewing the performance of the headteacher, the effectiveness of the policy framework, progress towards targets, and the effectiveness of the school improvement strategy;
- sign off the self evaluation process and respond to school improvement service and Ofsted reports as necessary. In addition it holds the headteacher to account for the performance of the school and ensures that parents are involved, consulted and informed as appropriate, with information to the community being made available as required.
In order to do this a governing body:
- works with the headteacher who is responsible for the day to day management of the school
- agrees policies and practice that assist the headteacher and staff to carry out their responsibilities
- agrees principles and targets for improvement
- acts as the critical friend of the school and headteacher
- receives and discusses reports on the resulting practice and conduct of the school
- reviews its own working practices
- works within the regulations for governing bodies; these are laid down by central government and the local authority.
The governors of the school meet regularly throughout the school year in order to facilitate their responsibilities, share information and make key decisions.