Governors

Welcome to the Governors page of our school website.  We are extremely proud of our school, our staff and the achievements of our pupils; your children.  We strive to achieve academic excellence and sporting fulfillment influenced by our Christian values; and we try to do this in a way we hope your children find engaging and fun.

Our role is one of strategic oversight, vision setting and decision making, creating robust accountability for school leaders.  This includes ensuring that our school prepares pupils for life and the workplace by building  their character and resilience and by protecting them from the risks of extremism and radicalisation.  Our core functions for effective governance are;

  • Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
  • Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school, our pupils and the performance management of our staff
  • Overseeing the financial performance of our school and making sure our money is well spent.

Our Governing Body have a diversity of perspectives to ensure robust internal challenge and have a positive relationship with the Headteacher and staff.  We are fully integrated into school life, its heartbeat, and interaction with the local community.  We try to improve our performance through self evaluation and collaboration with other schools further afield.  We each have a passion to do the very best we can to develop every child placed in our charge and hope that you share and support our values.

You will find below details of all governors including the nature of each appointment, attendance record and any declared interests.

Thank you for taking the time to read about our school. Please peruse the other items on our website to enlighten you even further on what we do and have achieved.  You are most welcome to visit whenever is mutually convenient.  This can be arranged by contacting the school on 01946 841221.

A number of websites contain further information relating to school governance.  One you may find particularly informative is the National Governors Association and is at; www.nga.org.uk

 

Chair of Governors

 

Beckermet Church of England Primary School Governing Body


Governor

No. of Meetings Attended Academic

Year 2023/24

Re-election Date

Head

Mrs Claire Birkett

2/2 Permanent

Chair of Governors

Mrs Kiera Connor 

   

Vice Chair

Mr Ian Skipper

   

Staff Appointed Governor

Mrs Sue Alderson

2/2 31 August 2028

Local Authority Appointed Governor

Vacancy

0/0  
     
Foundation Governors    
Rev Philip Dorling (Ex Officio) 1/1 Permanent
Mrs K Connor  2/2 01 January 2028
Mrs Claire West  0/2 24 March 2029
Mr P Stanford  0/2 24 March 2029
Mrs R Beard 0/2 24 March 2029
4 Vacancies    
     
Parent Governor    
Mr James Connor 2/2 02 December 2025
Mr Ian Skipper 1/2 02 December 2025
     

Clerk of Governors

Mrs Lenore Thomson

  Permanent

 

All Governors serve a term of 4 years

None of our Governors have any business interests relevant to the school

None of our Governors have any financial interest relevant to the school

 

We would like any parents who are interested in being part of the governing body in the role of parent governor to contact Mrs Thomson in the office.

 

Governing Body Committees

 

Health & Safety Committee

Mrs C Birkett

Mrs K Connor

Mrs C West

Mr J Connor

 

Finance Committee

Mrs C Birkett

Mrs K Connor

Mr I Skipper

 

Staffing & Curriculum

Mrs C Birkett

Mrs K Connor

Mrs S Alderson

Rev R Cunliffe

 

Appeals Committee 

Mrs C Birkett

Mrs K Connor

Mrs S Alderson

 

Admissions Committee 

Mrs C Birkett

Mrs K Connor

Mrs S Alderson

 

Grievance & Exclusions Committee 

Mrs C Birkett

Mrs K Connor

Mrs C West

Rev R Cunliffe

 

Curriculum Governors

 

English & PE - To Be Confirmed 

Maths - Mr I Skipper 

Science & Computing - Mrs C West 

Geography & History - Mrs K Connor 

Modern Foreign Languages - Mr I Skipper 

Music, Art & DT - Mr J Connor 

Religious Education - Rev R Cunliffe

 Early Years - To Be Confirmed 

SEND - To Be Confirmed

PHSE - To Be Confirmed