The Governing Body of Riverview C of E  Primary School & Nursery  2019-20

The key roles of the governing body are:

• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction

• Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff

• Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

  In order to carry out our role efficiently and effectively, the detailed work of the governing body is undertaken by four committees and an Advisory Board for the Children’s Centre.  In addition to attending full governors’ meetings, all governors sit on at least one of these committees which report back to termly meetings of the full governing body, at which broader issues are also discussed and agreed.

  Curriculum committee

  Considers and makes recommendations about all issues associated with the successful organisation of the curriculum, including teaching and learning, monitoring and assessing pupil progress, reporting to parents and examination results.

  Personnel committee

  Considers annual review of pay policy, recruitment, other personnel issues and safeguarding arrangements.

  Premises & Finance committee

  Considers and makes recommendations about all budgetary issues for the school and Children’s Centre including setting & monitoring the budget.  Also responsible for overseeing the school ‘Governors' Fund’.  Oversees buildings and

  Community Links committee

  Develops links between the school, parents/carers and the wider community, including our church, our neighbours and statutory authorities.  The committee also manages development of the Children’s Centre and extended services to the community.

  Children’s Centre Advisory Board

  The purpose of the Advisory Board is to work with partners to help and advise those responsible for running the Children’s Centre, ensure that the Centre is clear about the views of parents, and play an active role in driving improvement.

  How to contact us:  If you have any feedback you would like to give the governing body or have any questions regarding the strategic direction of the school please contact the Chair or Vice Chair of Governors via email: info@riverview.surrey.sch.uk or by telephone 020 8337 1245.

  Our School governors are:

Name	Date of appointment  (all four year terms except Headteacher)	Governor Status	Committee Role/responsibility	Special Responsibilities
Mercy Atkins	1st Sept 2013	Head Teacher - Governor ex officio	Personnel Premises & Finance Curriculum Community Links Children’s Centre Advisory Board	Head Teacher Emergency Contact Key Holder
Elaine Letchford	1st Sept 2018	Foundation Governor	Chair of Governors Curriculum Personnel Premises & Finance Children Centre Advisory Board	Emergency Contact Confederation Epsom & Ewell Partnership Representative Academy Governor Key Holder
Vivienne Aitchison	6th Oct 2017	Foundation Governor	Chair of the Personnel Committee Curriculum Pay Committee	Special Needs Looked After (LAC) Safeguarding
David Senneck	3rd May 2017	Foundation Governor	Premises & Finance Curriculum
Valerie Bradfield	10th Jul 2017	Foundation Governor	Community Links Personnel
Philip Cairns	4th Jun 2018	LEA Governor	Chair of the Curriculum Committee Community Links Pay Committee	Maths
Jo Sander	27th Sept 2018	Staff Governor	Personnel Premises & Finance	Link /Training Governor School Business Manager
Doug Marshall	24th Jan 2019	Parent Governor	TBA
Niral Purohit	2nd July 2019	Parent Governor	TBA
Richard Watson	22nd July 2019	Foundation Governor	TBA
Tracey Robbins	7th March 2016	Associate Member	Children’s Centre Advisory Board Community Links (Voting rights)	Children’s Centre Manager
Vacancy		Foundation Ex-Officio
Vacancy		Foundation Governor
Geoff Bowyer	Resigned 23rd July 2019	Foundation Governor
Sheila Lemon	Resigned 23rd July 2019	Foundation Governor
Nick Barber	Resigned 17th June 2019	Parent Governor

Foundation Governors are appointed by the Diocesan Board of Education (3) and the Parochial Church Council of the Parish of St. Francis of Assisi, Ewell (3).  One additional Foundation Governor is ex-officio.

Parent Governors are elected by other parents at the school

The Staff Governor is elected by other members of staff at the school.

The Local Authority Governor is nominated by the local authority,  appointed by the Governing Body.

The Head Teacher is a Governor ex-officio

Associate Members do not have voting rights on the full governing body, but may vote in committees.

Additional Information.

The Deputy Head, Karen Fox, also sits on the Curriculum Committee and is invited to all Governing Body meetings.  The Head Teacher is an ex-officio member of the Personnel, Premises & Finance, Curriculum and Community Links Committees.

Our meeting dates

The 2019-20 Governing Body meetings will be held on the following dates:

Monday 23^rd September 2019 5pm (Setting Committees)

Monday 18^th November 2019 5pm (Autumn FGB)

Monday 27^th January 2020 5pm (Spring FGB)

Monday 11^th May 2020 5pm (Summer FGB)

• All meetings start at 5.00pm in the school.  Anyone wishing to attend must give two weeks notice to the school office (info@riverview.surrey.sch.uk).

Register of Interests

From 1 September 2015 governing bodies will be under a duty to publish on the website their register of interests.