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Governors

What Do Governors Do?

Governors offer strategic guidance, rather than getting involved in the operational aspects of a school. This involves:

Working with other board members to plan the school’s strategic direction.
Overseeing the school’s financial performance, ensuring money is well-spent.
Holding the headteacher or school leadership to account.

A governor’s relationship with the school’s leadership team involves challenging existing processes to drive school improvement. Governors usually attend around six meetings per year.

Attendance Logs

Here you will find information about which Governors have attended and the dates for the meetings.

Safeguarding Committee Attendance Log

23 November 2022
22 March 2023
28 June 2023

SAFEGUARDING ATTENDANCE log 2021-2022

Full Governing Body Meetings Attendance Log

29 September 2022
15 December 2022
9 February 2023
6 April 2023
18 May 2023
13 July 2023

FULL GOVERNING BODY log 2021-2022

Finance, Staffing & Premises Attendance Log

12th October 2022
8th February 2023
29 March 2023
10 May 2023
12 July 2023

FINANCE, STAFFING & PREMISES log 2021-2022

School Improvement Committee Attendance Log

10 October 2022
5 December 2022
2 February 2023
27 March 2023
15 May 2023
7 July 2023

school improvement log 2021-2022

Committee Structure

This section shows you which Governors are on the committees.

Appeals Committee

First 3 appropriate available Governors

Named Governors

SEND Sue Ingham
Safeguarding/Looked After Children Sue Ingham & Sonia Bentley
RE & Collective Worship Joyce Simpson
Health & Wellbeing Jimmy Hinton
Pupil Premium and Disadvantaged Pupils Jimmy Hinton & Bolanle Adekunle
Reading Joyce Simpson
Parental Engagement Ludmila Novosjola
Health and Safety Bob Griffiths

Safeguarding Team of Governors

Child Protection and Safeguarding - Sue Ingham and Sonia Bentley
Health and Well-Being - Jimmy Hinton
Pupil Premium and Disadvantaged Pupils - Jimmy Hinton & Bolanle Adekunle
GDPR - Jimmy Hinton
Attendance and Punctuality - Sonia Bentley
Health and Safety - Bob Griffiths

Finance, Staffing & Premises

Chair – Bob Griffiths
Paul Urry (Head Teacher)
Joyce Simpson (Chair of Governors)
Sue Ingham (Foundation Governor)
Bob Griffiths (Foundation Governor)
Sohail Mahmood (Bursar)
Louise Hurley (School Business Manager)

School Improvement

Chair – Joyce Simpson
Paul Urry (Head Teacher)
Jimmy Hinton (Vice chair of Governors)
Sonia Bentley (Foundation Governor)
Joyce Simpson (Chair of Governors)
Gretl Young (LA Governor)
James Procter (Staff Governor)
Mary Fillan (Senior AHT & SENDCo)

Head Teacher's Performance Management

Sue Ingham (Foundation Governor)
Sonia Bentley (Foundation Governor)
Joyce Simpson (Chair of Governors)

Staff Discipline Committee / Pupil Discipline Committee

Jimmy Hinton (Vice chair of Governors)
Bob Griffiths (Foundation Governor)
Joyce Simpson (Chair of Governors)
Sonia Bentley (Foundation Governor)
Gretl Young (LA Governor)
Sue Ingham (Foundation Governor)

School Governors

Paul Urry

Category of governor	Head Teacher
The body which appoints you	Full governing body
Term of office (end date)	N/A
Names of any committees you serve on	School Improvement Finance, Staffing and Premises
Details of any positions of responsibility, such as chair or vice-chair of the governing body or a committee of the governing body
Declaration of interests	None
Governance roles in other educational institutions	Tong Leadership Academy

Joyce Simpson

Category of governor	Foundation Governor
The body which appoints you	The Diocese of Leeds
Term of office (end date)	07/10/2026
Names of any committees you serve on	School Improvement, Finance, Staffing and Premises, Head Teacher’s performance management, Staff/pupil Discipline Committee, RE and Collective worship
Details of any positions of responsibility, such as chair or vice-chair of the governing body or a committee of the governing body	Chair of the Governing Body Chair of the School Improvement Committee Named governor for Pupil Premium
Declaration of interests	None
Governance roles in other educational institutions	None

Jimmy Hinton

Category of governor	Ex Officio
The body which appoints you	The Diocese of Leeds
Term of office (end date)
Names of any committees you serve on	School Improvement, Head teacher’s performance management
Details of any positions of responsibility, such as chair or vice-chair of the governing body or a committee of the governing body	Vice Chair FGB (Full Governing Body) Named governor of GDPR
Declaration of interests	Related to a member of staff.
Governance roles in other educational institutions	St Matthew’s Primary School

Bob Griffiths

Category of governor	Foundation Governor
The body which appoints you	The Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales
Term of office (end date)	18/11/2026
Names of any committees you serve on	FSP (Finance, Staffing & Premises), Disciplinary, Head teacher recruitment
Details of any positions of responsibility, such as chair or vice-chair of the governing body or a committee of the governing body	Chair of FSP (Finance, Staffing & Premises) Named governor of Health and Safety
Declaration of interests	None
Governance roles in other educational institutions	Immanuel College

Sue Ingham

Category of governor	Foundation
The body which appoints you	St Stephen’s Parish Church Council
Term of office (end date)	05/10/2026
Names of any committees you serve on	Finance, Staffing and Premises. Head teacher’s performance management
Details of any positions of responsibility, such as chair or vice-chair of the governing body or a committee of the governing body	Vice Chair of Finance, Staffing & Premises. Chair of Safeguarding committee Named Governor for Safeguarding & SEND
Declaration of interests	None
Governance roles in other educational institutions	None

Sonia Bentley

Category of governor	Foundation Governor
The body which appoints you	St Stephen’s Primary School
Term of office (end date)	30/03/2026
Names of any committees you serve on	School Improvement
Details of any positions of responsibility, such as chair or vice-chair of the governing body or a committee of the governing body	Named governor attendance and punctuality
Declaration of interests	Employed by a relevant organisation
Governance roles in other educational institutions	None

Gretl Young

Category of governor	LA Governor
The body which appoints you	St Stephen’s Primary School
Term of office (end date)	29/09/2025
Names of any committees you serve on	School Improvement
Details of any positions of responsibility, such as chair or vice-chair of the governing body or a committee of the governing body
Declaration of interests	None
Governance roles in other educational institutions	None

James Procter

Category of governor	Staff governor
The body which appoints you	St Stephen’s Primary School
Term of office (end-date)	18th July 2024
Names of any committees you serve on	School Improvement
Details of any positions of responsibility, such as chair or vice-chair of the governing body or a committee of the governing body	No positions of responsibility
Declaration of interests	None
Governance roles in other educational institutions	None

Bolanle Adekunle

Category of governor

Foundation Governor

The body which appoints you

Full Governing Body

Term of office (end-date)

17/11/2026

Names of any committees you serve on

N/A

Details of any positions of responsibility, such as chair or vice-chair of the governing body or a committee of the governing body

Named governor for Pupil Premium and Disadvantaged Pupils.

Declaration of interests

None

Governance roles in other educational institutions

N/A

Nargis Shaheen

Category of governor

Parent Governor

The body which appoints you

Full Governing Body

Term of office (end-date)

TBC

Names of any committees you serve on

N/A

Details of any positions of responsibility, such as chair or vice-chair of the governing body or a committee of the governing body

N/A

Declaration of interests

None

Governance roles in other educational institutions

N/A

Ludmila Novosjolova

Category of governor

Foundation Governor

The body which appoints you

Full Governing Body

Term of office (end-date)

23/10/2026

Names of any committees you serve on

N/A

Details of any positions of responsibility, such as chair or vice-chair of the governing body or a committee of the governing body

Named governor for Parental Engagement

Declaration of interests

None

Governance roles in other educational institutions

N/A