School Governors

The role of the Governing Body

The responsibilities of the governing body are defined by legislation. The DCSF Governor’s Guide to the Law addresses governors’ responsibilities in detail. However, simply the governing body has three main roles:

1. Strategic -The governing body 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.

2. Critical Friend – A governing body should work with the Head teacher and create a clear understanding of the challenges face in managing a school.

3. Accountability – A school is a business and its stakeholders are the learners. The governing body 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 body is answerable to parents, the wider community and the local authority.

School governors are drawn from different parts of the community, such as: parents, the staff, the local authority (LA), the community and other groups. This helps to ensure that the governing body has sufficient diversity of views and experience but does not mean that governors of a particular category “represent” that group on the governing body. Although elected by parents, parent governors are not mandated to express any views apart from their own. They are ‘representative parents’ not ‘representatives of parents’.

Current Governors

	Mrs Jenny Seabright Headteacher
Appointment Date :	18 April 2018	Expiry Date :	—–
Committees :	Complaints, Curriculum and Pupils, Finance/Staffing/Human Resources, Pupil Discipline, Significant Change
Business Interests :	Husband has a building company
Finance Interests :
Roles in other Education Establishments :	Parent Governor at St.Margarets CofE Primary School in Rochdale Local Authority.
Training :	Prevent Designated Safeguarding Persons Training -15.09.17New Headteacher’s Induction – 02.10.17 & 01.18 & 28.09.18Safeguarding Training-18.10.17HR Conference-.11.17GDPR-14.03.18Managing H and S within Schools-31.01.18National Professional Qualification for Headship- Sept 16/Mar 18(NPQH)-Leadership Coaching Skills Part -17/18(Awareness and Responsibility)Fire Warden training-12.06.18Heads Conference – Chris Pick up-18.09.18New Heads Induction-.09.18Child Sexual Exploitation/Trafficking Training-15.11.18Analyse Performance Summary (ASP)-21.11.18Prevent Training-05.12.18 Effective Use of Evaluation and Pupil Premium-07.12.18 HR conference-20.11.18 Social care briefings-30.11.18 ASP – Chris Pickup-22.01.19 Peer on Peer Abuse Training-31.01.19 Governor Training – Driving school Improvement-07.03.19 Leadership Coaching Skills -08.03.19 New Framework Inspection – Chris Pickup-12.03.19 Heads Conference Oldham-21 and 22/03.19 Designated Teachers Conference LAC-07.05.19 Effective Learning Walks-08.07.19 WRAP -22.05.19
Attendance of Governing Body Meetings Sept 2018- Sept 2019:	6 attended

	Mr Tauseef Ahmed Co-opted
Appointment Date :	13 July 2016	Expiry Date :	12 July 2020
Committees :	Appointed Governors, Design & Technology Governor, Finance/Staffing/Human Resources, Health & Wellbeing, Lead Governor, Mathematics Governor, Ofsted Standing Comittee, PE Governor, Premises/Health & Safety, Pupil Outcomes, Standards & Curriculum, Year 3
Business Interests :	None
Finance Interests :	None
Roles in other Education Establishments :
Training :	Prevent, The Art of Taking the Chair (6/2/18) Induction for New Governors 2/3 (17/10/17) Induction for New Governors 1/3 (10/10/17)
Attendance of Governing Body Meetings Sept 2018- Sept 2019 :	3 attended, 2 apologies, 1 apoligy consent not given

	Miss Shiria Banu Co-opted
Appointment Date :	13 July 2016	Expiry Date :	12 July 2020
Committees :	Art Governor, Children of concern commitee, Exclusions, Health & Wellbeing, Ofsted Standing committee, Standards & Curriculum, Pupil Outcomes, Year 4
Business Interests :	None
Finance Interests :	None
Roles in other Education Establishments :
Training :	Prevent Introduction to Safeguarding (3/5/17)
Attendance of Governing Body Meetings Sept 2018- Sept 2019 :	2 attended, 3 apologies, 1 apology consent not given

	Dr Zahid Chauhan OBE Co-opted
Appointment Date :	14 Oct 2012	Expiry Date :	13 Oct 2023
Committees :	Health & Wellbeing, Lead Governor, Ofsted Standing Committee, Pupil Premium, Science, Year 4
Business Interests :	None
Finance Interests :	None
Roles in other Education Establishments :
Training :	Prevent
Attendance of Governing Body Meetings Sept 2018- Sept 2019 :	1 attended, 3 apologies, 2 apology consent not given

	Mrs Fiona Liddy Co-opted
Appointment Date :	14 Oct 2015	Expiry Date :	13 Oct 2023
Committees :	Educatioal visits, Lead governor – health & Safety in Education, Lead governor – Human Resources Education Policy, Media Contact Governor, Ofsted Standing Committee, Premises/Health & Safety, School premises, Staff/huan resouces/finance committee.
Business Interests :	School Business Manager
Finance Interests :	None
Roles in other Education Establishments :	None
Training :	Prevent Social Mobility and Disadvantage – Alex Quigley – Afternoon Session – OLF18 (26/6/18) Social Mobility and Disadvantage – Emran Mian – OLF18 (26/6/18) Social Mobility and Disadvantage – Graeme Logan – OLF18 (26/6/18) Social Mobility and Disadvantage – Professor Graham Donaldson – OLF18 (26/6/18)
Attendance of Governing Body Meetings Sept 2018- Sept 2019 :	6 attended

	Mr Peter Widall (Chair) Co-opted
Appointment Date :	14 Oct 2015	Expiry Date :	13 Oct 2023
Committees :	Appointed Governors ( Headteacher Performance Objectives ), Change Appeals/HR, Children of concern, Curriculum & Pupils, Complaints, Educational visits, Staff/Human Resources/Finance Committee, ICT, Ofsted Standing committee, Personal / Pay / Staffing, School premises committee, Standards & Curriculum, Year 3
Business Interests :	None
Finance Interests :	None
Roles in other Education Establishments :
Training :	Chairs Briefing – Lees Suite (21/05/19) Attendance Training for School Governors – Afternoon Session (09/05/19) Promoting the Educational Needs of Looked After and Previously Looked After Children (27/02/19) Chairs Briefing Meeting (21/01/19) Chairs Briefing Meeting (20/9/18) WRAP: Workshop Raising Awareness of Prevent (6/6/18) GDPR Data Protection (16/5/18) Chairs Briefing – Lees Suite (14/5/18) Chairs Briefing (17/1/18) Post 16 Participation, Careers, Education, Attendance & LA Statutory Responsibilities Workshop (17/1/18) School Improvement Workshop (17/1/18) SEND & SEN Support Services Workshop (17/1/18) Chairs Briefing (20/9/17) Chairs Briefing (16/5/17) Health and Safety – Alexander Park School (17/10/16) Governor Conference – Making an Impact – Oldham Governance for the 21st Century (9/11/13) ‘An Inspector Calls’ – Implications of the new September 2009 Inspection Framework for Schools (15/10/09) Governors and Finance (22/9/09)
Attendance of Governing Body Meetings Sept 2018- Sept 2019 :	6 Attended

	Cllr Jenny Harrison (Vice Chair) Local Authority
Appointment Date :	04 Oct 2012	Expiry Date :	02 Oct 2020
Committees :	Appointed Governor (Headteach Performance Objectives), Children of concern, Curriculum & Pupils, Gifted & Talented, Literacy, Most able pupils, Ofsted Standing Committee, Premises/Health & Safety, Pupil Outcomes, Staff/Human resources/Finance, Standards & Curriculum, Year 6
Business Interests :	None
Finance Interests :	None
Roles in other Education Establishments :
Training :	Interpreting Your School Performance Data – Afternoon Session (07/05/19) Chairs Briefing Meeting (21/01/19) Promoting the Educational Needs of Looked After and Previously Looked After Children (14/11/18) Health and Safety for School Governors (10/10/18) GDPR Data Protection (16/5/18) The whole school approach to emotional health and mental health wellbeing in Oldham (13/6/17) Governor Conference workshop – International New arrivals (12/11/16) Governor Conference Workshop – The role of schools in Health (12/11/16) Oldham Governor Conference 2016 (12/11/16) Governors and Leadership Potential (17/6/16) Induction for new Governors 3/3 (28/3/13) Induction for new Governors 2/3 (6/2/13) Induction for new Governors 1/3 (30/1/13)
Attendance of Governing Body Meetings Sept 2018- Sept 2019 :	4 attended, 2 apologies

	Ms Sahdia Jubeen Parent
Appointment Date :	17 Nov 2016	Expiry Date :	16 Nov 2020
Committees :	Curriculum & Pupils, Lead governor – closing and Gap for EAL learners, Ofsted standing committee, Year 5
Business Interests :	None
Finance Interests :	None
Roles in other Education Establishments :
Training :	Prevent Induction for new Governors 3/3 (21/3/17) Induction for new Governors 2/3 (14/3/17) Induction for new Governors 1/3 (7/3/17)
Attendance of Governing Body Meetings Sept 2018- Sept 2019:	4 attended, 2 apologies

	Miss Iram Nisar Parent
Appointment Date :	04 May 2016	Expiry Date :	03 May 2020
Committees :	Geography/History committee, Lead governor – Health and Safety in Education, Lead governor – Closing the Gap for EAL Learners, Ofsted Standing Committee, Premises/Health & Safety, Pupil Outcomes, RE, Standards & Curriculum, Year 5
Business Interests :	None
Finance Interests :	None
Roles in other Education Establishments :
Training :	Prevent, Induction for new Governors 3/3 (22/6/16) Induction for new Governors 2/3 (15/6/16) Induction for new Governors 1/3 (8/6/16) Governor Mark Standard for Governing Bodies – Session 2 – Strategic Leadership and Statutory Respon’ (14/3/07) Induction for New Governors 2/2 (14/3/07) Induction for New Governors 1/2 (7/3/07)
Attendance of Governing Body Meetings Sept 2018- Sept 2019 :	3 attended, 3 apologes

	Mrs Johura Rahman Staff
Appointment Date :	17 July 2018	Expiry Date :	16 July 2022
Committees :	Ofsted Standing Committee, Pupil Outcomes, School Premises, Standards & Curriculum
Business Interests :	None
Finance Interests :	None
Roles in other Education Establishments :
Training :	Induction for New Governors 3/3 – Afternoon (29/01/19) Induction for New Governors 2/3 – Afternoon (22/01/19) Induction for New Governors 1/3 – Afternoon (15/01/19) Disciplinary Exclusion from School and Fair Access – Afternoon Session (29/11/18)
Attendance of Governing Body Meetings :	5 attended, 1 apology

	Mr Jual Ahmed Co-opted
Appointment Date :	20 August 2019 Expiry Date : 19 August 2023
Committees :	Ofsted Standing committee, Strategic Planning, Staff/Human Resources/Finance Committee
Business Interests :	None
Finance Interests :	None
Roles in other Education Establishments :
Training :
Attendance of Governing Body Meetings :

	Mr Jangir Iqbal Co-opted
Appointment Date :	27 March 2019 Expiry Date : 26 March 2023
Committees :	Ofsted Standing committee, Staff/Human Resources/Finance Committee
Business Interests :	None
Finance Interests :	None
Roles in other Education Establishments :
Training :
Attendance of Governing Body Meetings :

	Reverend Nicolas Johnson Co-opted
Appointment Date :	27 August 2019 Expiry Date : 26 March 2023
Committees :	Ofsted Standing committee, School premises committee
Business Interests :	None
Finance Interests :	None
Roles in other Education Establishments :
Training :
Attendance of Governing Body Meetings :