Governors
Our Governing board
The Role of the Governing Board.
The purpose of the Governing Board is to provide confident and strong strategic leadership
working in close partnership with the leaders of the school, leading to robust accountability,
oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance.
This means:
• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
• Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff
• Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well-spent
As a Governing Board we work cooperatively together to ensure we meet the 3 core strategic
functions above.
The Governing Board consists of:
Mrs B Ellison Clerk to Governors
Reverend Joanna Fielding Ex-officio / Foundation Governor
Mrs S Laughlin Ex-officio and Head of School
Miss S Smith Chair of governors / Parent Governor
Mrs J Foster Vice chair / Local authority Governor
Mr E Grainger Co-opted Governor
Ms Z Hicks - Staff Governor
Mr J Marshall - Parent governor
Miss G Roberts Foundation Governor
Ms S. Cudworth Parent Governor
Mrs J Styler Associate member (Finance)
Mrs J Nicol Associate member (FGB)
This year 2023-2024, the school is working on the following priorities which guides our work fulfilling our core strategic functions and meeting our statutory requirements.
Priority 1
Curriculum / Teaching and Learning
1a -To refine the curriculum to clearly identify what key knowledge children should know and remember in all subjects
1b - To ensure the consistent delivery of the planned curriculum in each class in every subject area
1c -To ensure knowledge organisers and Learning zones reflect this key knowledge and the key questions
Id-To ensure all activities taught engage learners and support learning
Priority 2
Curriculum / Teaching and Learning
2a - To ensure progress is tracked through quality assessment and monitoring of learning
2b - To ensure that assessment, monitoring and evaluation – across all foundation subjects- is used effectively to target all pupils – leading to improved outcomes for all.
2c - To refine data tracking / progression in subjects across school
Priority 3
Christian Distinctiveness / new SIAMS framework
3a - To define what spirituality looks like at CPPS
3b - To revisit school vision and values to ensure it is ‘theologically grounded’ and understood by all
3c - To ensure high-quality RE teaching across school
3d - To develop collective worship to reflect new SIAMS framework judgements
3e - To ensure curriculum documents reflect Christian vision
In order to carry out our functions effectively we meet 6 times per year as a full governing board. We also have delegated responsibilities which enables us to undertake our strategic functions on behalf of the board. It is a privilege to be a governor at Cleeve Prior CE Primary school where every child is valued and nurtured to grow and flourish.
Through our strategic oversight of the work of the school we support and strengthen the school to provide high quality education for all pupils.