Lowerplace Primary School

  1. Our School
  2. Meet the Governors

Meet the Governors

The Role of the Governing Board

All schools in England have a Governing Board which is responsible for overseeing many of the strategic decisions of the school. The Governing Board works in close partnership with the Headteacher, staff and the Local Authority. Whilst the Headteacher is, of course, responsible for the day to day running of the school, the governors main three roles include:

  • Strategic: The governing board sets the general direction of the school, looking at how it should best develop. This is done by reviewing and agreeing policies, targets and priorities and monitoring and reviewing aims and objectives.
  • Critical Friend: A governing board should work with the Headteacher and create a clear understanding of the challenges face in managing a school.
  • Accountability: - A school is a business and its stakeholders are the learners. The governing board must have a professional attitude and use its collective skills to benefit the learners. It must gather views, ask questions and decide what is best for the school. The governing board is answerable to parents, the wider community and the local authority.

School governors are drawn from different parts of the community. This helps to ensure that the governing board has sufficient diversity of views and experience but does not mean that governors of a particular category "represent" that group on the governing board. The different categories of governor are as follows:

Parent governors

Elected by parents to serve on the Governing Board

 

Staff governors

To include the Head Teacher if they wish to be a governor. Remaining staff (both teaching and non-teaching are represented) governors are elected by other members of staff at the school via elections.

 

Authority governors

Local Education Authority ( LEA ) governors are appointed by the LA . LAs can appoint any eligible person as an LA governor.

 

Co-opted governors

Appointed by the Governing Board to represent community interests. They can be persons who live or work in the community served by the school, or persons who do not work or live close by, but are committed to the good governance and success of the school.

 

Further Information

Please click here for further information on the Rochdale council website about a governors role.

Please click on the link to go to Governors Website www.governornet.co.uk/

Meet the Governors

Name of Governor Type Declared Business Interest Sub Committee Details Appointed and Expiry Date

  Victoria Fee

   - Vice Chair

Co-opted None Personnel and Pay Implementation Committee                    Curriculum and Standards Committee                                              Pupil Discipline Committee                                                                Staff Discipline Appeals Committee                                  Headteacher Appraisal Committee                                      Complaints Appeal Committee 12 Nov 2020 to
11 Nov 2024

  Mohammed Imran

Local Authority None Complaints Committee
Personnel and Pay Implementation Committee
Curriculum and Standards committee
Pupil Discipline Committee                                                                  Staff Discipline Appeals Committee
09 Jul 2021 to
08 Jul 2025
  Karen Martin
  - Headteacher
School None Curriculum and Standards Committee
Resources Committee
20 Apr 20
until not in post
  Martha Mead Co-opted None

Staff Discipline Appeals Committee
Curriculum and Standards Committee
Resources Committee

Pupil Discipline Committee

Complaints Appeal Committee

14 Mar 2023 to

13 Mar 2027

  Laura McBride



Co-opted None

Complaints Committee
Headteacher Appraisal Committee
Personnel and Pay Appeals Committee
Curriculum and Standards Committee

Pupil Discipline Appeals Committee

Resources Committee


 
  Ghulam R Shahzad Co-opted None

Staff Discipline Appeals
Headteacher Appraisal Committee
Personnel and Pay Implementation Committee
Pupil Discipline Committee
Curriculum and Standards Committee
Resources Committee

30 Jun 2020 to
29 Jun 2024
  Laura Pharaony Parent  None

Pupil Discipline Committee

Curriculum and Standards Committee
Resources Committee

 
  Sharon Tighe Staff None Curriculum and Standards Committee
Resources Committee
12 Nov 2018 to
11 Nov 2022
Neelam Jabeen Parent Parent Governor Curriculum and Standards Committee                                     Personnel and Pay Implementation Committee                             Pupil Discipline Committee                                                       Resources Committee                                                                         Staff Discipline Appeals  
Kamila Laing Parent Parent Governor Curriculum and Standards Committee                                     Personnel and Pay Implementation Committee                             Pupil Discipline Committee                                                       Resources Committee                                                                         Staff Discipline Appeals

  Dave Watson

   - Chair

Co-opted None Personnel and Pay Appeals Committee
Curriculum and Standards Committee
Resources Committee                                                                          Staff Discipline Committee                                                    Complaints Committee                                                        Headteacher Appraisal Committee                                        Personnel and Pay Implementation Committee
01 Apr 2021 to
31 Mar 2025
  Ellen Bullock
  - Deputy Headteacher
Associate Member Curriculum and Standards Committee
Resources Committee

13 Oct 2022 to

30 Sept 2026

Governor Information

  • Governor Link Roles

Link Governor Roles 2023/24

Governor Attendance at Meetings

Date

Number of Governors Attending (out of 10 in post)

Any apologies

15th September 2022

 9

 1

13th October 2022 (FGB)

 9

8th December 2022

 5

12th January 2023

 7

9th February 2023 (FGB)

 6

3

8th June 2023 (FGB)

 7

2

13th July 2023

 

  • Governor Line of Enquiry Days

The purpose of a line of enquiry day:

  • Focus on a single area identified for improvement through data and linked to the SDP
  • Governors to gain an understanding of the issue and use this to consider how to support the school forward in moving this aspect forward
  • Thereby contribute to governor development plan, identifying future areas for exploration

People responsible:

  • Governor Standards lead in partnership with Headteacher

Date

22nd Nov 2023

13th Mar 2024

 5th June 2024

Name and address of the Clerk to the Governing Board

Diane Ainscough

Governor Support Team

Number One Riverside

Smith Street

Rochdale

OL16 1XU

 

Name and address of the chair of the Governing Board

Dave Watson

c/o Lowerplace Primary School

Kingsway

Rochdale

OL16 4UU