Governors

At Garrett Hall we are very lucky to have a dedicated team of governors. Our governors play a vital role in ensuring that our school provides the very best possible education for all of our children. Our governors are responsible for providing a strategic view, ensuring accountability and act as a crucial friend to the school. Our governors hold regular meetings, at least one per term.

How are our governors selected?

Parent governors are elected by the parents/carers and the term of office is four years. When a position becomes vacant nominations will be asked for and an election involving all registered parents and guardians will take place.

Community governors are appointed by the Governing Body and their term of office is four years.

LEA governors are appointed by the Local Education Authority and their term of office is four years

Staff governors are elected by the staff for four years from the date of appointment.

Governing Body Composition 2023/2024:

Type of Governor	No.
Co opted	3
Headteacher	1
Local Authority	1
Parent	2
Staff	1

Names of Governors	Type of Governor	Term of Office	Voting Rights	Date of appointment	Date of resignation (if resigned in the last 12 months)	Appointing Body
Mrs Shirley Chappell - Chair	Co-opted	4 years	Full	11 March 2013 Re-appointed 8 March 2021		The Governing Body
Mrs Emma Hayes	Parent	4 years	Full	11 Nov 2022	30.10.23	The Governing Body

Mr Nigel Grimshaw Mr Darren Jones	Co-opted Parent	4 years	Full	26 June 2021 16th February 2023	3 November 2022	The Governing Body
	Parent
Cllr Barry Taylor	Local Authority	4 years	Full	Re-appointed 28 April 2023		Nominated by Council and appointed by the Governing Body
Mrs Sue Chambers Mrs Tracy Beaty	Deputy Headteacher Headteacher	NA NA	None - Observer Full	NA NA		NA NA

Mrs Sarah Bullock	Co-opted	4 years	Full	27 Nov 2017 Re-appointed 11 Nov 2022		The Governing Body

Mrs Alison Seddon	Co-opted	4 years	Full	Re-elected 13 Nov 2017 Re-appointed 11 Nov 2022		The Governing Body
Miss Sophie Waddington Elaine Middlehurst Martin McArdle	Staff Staff Parent Governor	4 years 4 years 4 years	Full Full Full	16 Sept 2019 3rd November 2023 18th December 2023	November 23 (Miss Sophie Waddington)	The Governing Body

Specific Responsibilities

Responsibility	Name
Safeguarding/Child Protection Governor	Sarah Bullock
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Governor	Darren Jones
Health and Safety Governor	Martin McArdle
E-Safety Governor	Vacant
Pupil Premium & Looked after children Governor	Alison Seddon
Link Governor	Shirley Chappell

Circle Structure

Terms of reference are available on request from school.

Circle Structure		Pay Committee
Remit: To ensure there is a process in place for the monitoring and evaluation of teaching and learning that has regard to raising standards. Also to review and approve the levels of financial delegation for inclusion in the Scheme of Financial Administration. To provide guidance and assistance to the headteacher.		Remit: The Pay Committee will have delegated powers to consider and decide all matters concerning pay with the Pay Policy determined by the Governing Body.
Membership		Membership
All Governors Clerk: Jayne Bennett		Barry Taylor (chair), Sarah Bullock, Shirly Chappell

Committees convened when necessary:

Staff Dismissal/Grievance/Appeals
Pupil Discipline
The General Complaints Panel

The Committee shall comprise of a pool of governors named for this purpose of whom the first three will be called in alphabetical order without a prior knowledge of the cases

Register of Interests 2023/2024

Name	Details of Pecuniary Interest	Details of personal interest
Mrs Tracy Beaty	None	None
Mrs Sarah Bullock Mrs Sue Chambers	None None	None None
Mrs Shirley Chappell	None	None
Mr Nigel Grimshaw	None	None
Mrs Emma Hayes	None	None
Miss Sophie Waddington Elaine Middlehurst Martin McArdle	None None None	None None None


Mrs Alison Seddon	None	None
Cllr Barry Taylor Mr Darren Jones	None None	None None

Attendance Record of Governors 2023-2024

Governor	Governor Type	18th Sep 23	6th Nov 23	11th Dec 23	29th Jan 24	18th March 24	29th April 24	24th June 24
Tracy Beaty	Headteacher	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N/A
Jayne Bennett	Clark	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N/A
Sarah Bullock Shirly Chappell	Co-Opted	Y Y	N Y	Y Y	N Y	N Y	N Y	N/A
Alison Seddon	Co-Opted	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N/A
Barry Taylor	LA	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N/A
Elaine Middlehurst	Staff	-	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N/A
Sophie Waddington	Staff	Y	Term Ended
Emma Hayes	Parent	N	Resigned
Darren Jones Martin McArdle	Parent	Y N/A	N N/A	Y N/A	Y Y	Y N	Y Y	N/A

Attendance Record of Governors in 2022-23

Name of Governor	Dates of Full Governing Body Meetings Attended
	26-9-22		03-11-22		05-12-22		23-01-23
	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO
Mrs Emma Hayes		X		X	X		X
Mrs Tracy Beaty	X		X		X		X
Mrs Sarah Bullock	X		X			X	X
Mrs Shirley Chappell	x		X		X		X
Mr Nigel Grimshaw		X				X		X
Mrs Alison Seddon	x		x		x		x

Cllr Barry Taylor	x
Miss Sophie Waddington	x			X		X	X
Mr Darren Jones		X		X				X

Name of Governor	Dates of Full Governing Body Meetings Attended
	06.03.23		24.04.23		19.06.23
	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO
Mrs Emma Hayes		x		X		X
Mrs Tracy Beaty	X		X		x
Mrs Sarah Bullock		x	x		x
Mrs Shirley Chappell	X		X		x
Mr Nigel Grimshaw		x	X		x