Governing Body

HAWKEDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL

 

Welcome to the governing body webpage. Here you will be able to find out more about the role of the governors and how our governing body contributes to school life.

 

Remit of the Governing Body

 

The purpose of having a governing body is to:

• Help the school to set high standards by planning for the school’s future and setting targets for school improvement
• Keep the pressure up on school improvement
• Be a critical friend to the school, offering support and advice
• Help the school respond to the needs of parents and the community
• Make the school accountable to the public for what it does
• Work with the school on planning, developing policies and keeping the school under review
• Exercise its responsibilities and powers in partnership with the headteacher and staff

The governing body consists of 3 Co-opted governors, 1 Headteacher, 1 Local Authority Governor, 2 Parent Governors, 2 Partnership Governors and 1 Staff Governor. There is currently 1 Partnership Governor vacancy on the governing body.

 

The table below shows the current members of the governing body and positions of responsibility.

Governor Name	Category of Governor	Appointing Body	Term of Office	Positions of Responsibility
Mrs. Tina Kirby	Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	17.01.19 to 16.01.23	Headteacher’s Appraisal Panel/Admissions Appeals Panel/Pay Appeals Panel for Staff
Miss Thelma Lewis	Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	24.02.17 to 23.02.21	Pupil Premium/SEND/Pay Committee/Child Protection/Safeguarding/Looked After Children
Mr. Paul Marsden	Co-opted Governor	Governing Body	18.01.18 to 17.01.22	Health & Safety
Mr. Cos Benincasa	LA Governor	Local Authority	19.01.19 to 18.01.23	Pay Committee/Headteacher’s Performance Review Panel/Pay Appeals Panel for Staff
Mr. Angus McClellan (Vice-Chair)	Parent Governor	Elected by Parents	20.09.18 to 19.09.22	Headteacher’s Performance Review Panel/Admissions Appeals Panel/Pay Appeals Panel for Staff/Health & Safety/Link for training/ Governor responsible for liaison with LA in the event of allegation (Child Protection) against Headteacher
Dr. Dorothy Yen	Parent Governor	Elected by Parents	10.03.16 to 09.03.20	Pay Committee (Chair)/Pay Appeals Panel for the Headteacher
Alison Benincasa (Chair)	Partnership Governor	Governing Body	18.01.18 to 17.01.22	Governor responsible for liaison with LA in the event of allegation (Child Protection) against Headteacher/Admissions Appeals Panel/Pay Appeals Panel for Staff/Headteacher’s Performance Review Panel/Child Protection/ Safeguarding/Looked After Children
Mr. Andy Mason	Partnership Governor	Governing Body	23.05.19 to 22.05.23	Health & Safety/Pay Appeals Panel for the Headteacher
Mrs. Louise Wotherspoon	Staff Governor	Elected by Staff	21.03.18 to 20.03.22
Mrs. Joanne Davies (Headteacher)	Staff Governor	Automatically a governor as Headteacher	01.01.13
Mrs. Katharine Butler	Associate Member	Governing Body	06.07.18 to 05.07.22
Mr. Michael Nelson	Associate Member	Governing Body	12.09.19 to 11.09.23	Child Protection/Safeguarding/ Looked After Children

 

The school has one committee as follows:-

 

Pay Committee

The Pay Committee has delegated responsibility to follow the Pay Policy with reference to staffing and financial budget plans. If the Committee feels it to be appropriate, any matter may be passed to the full Governing Body for ratification.

Ensure the aims of the Pay Policy are achieved in a fair and equitable manner within statutory and contractual obligations.

Ensure the criteria of the Pay Policy is used appropriately in determining the pay of each member of staff in the annual review.

Recommend to governors the annual budget needed for the payment of staff.