Long Marton
Community School
"Governors are very supportive. They bring a wealth of professional expertise to their roles in holding leaders to account for the school’s performance and effectively fulfilling their statutory responsibilities." Ofsted February 2019
Chair of Governors:
Mr Andrew Mason - chair@longmarton.cumbria.sch.uk
Clerk to the Governors:
Mrs Wendy Swinbank - clerk@longmarton.cumbria.sch.uk
Co-opted Governors
Mr Dacre Swinbank - dacreswinbank@longmarton.cumbria.sch.uk
Mr David Main - davidmain@longmarton.cumbria.sch.uk
Parent Governors:
Mrs Katie Armstrong - katiearmstrong@longmarton.cumbria.sch.uk
Mrs Isabella Simpson - isabellaleprisimpson@longmarton.cumbria.sch.uk
Mr Tim Sowerby - timsowerby@longmarton.cumbria.sch.uk
Mrs Nazreen Banks - nazreenbanks@longmarton.cumbria.sch.uk
Mr Ed Evans - edevans@longmarton.cumbria.sch.uk
Governors Appointed by Local Authority:
Ms Sarah Golding - sarahgolding@longmarton.cumbria.sch.uk
Teaching Staff Representative:
Mr John Davis - john@longmarton.cumbria.sch.uk
Co-opted Non-Teaching Staff Representative:
Mrs Andrea Hodgkinson - andreahodgkinson@longmarton.cumbria.sch.uk
Headteacher:
Mrs Rachel Smith - head@longmarton.cumbria.sch.uk
Associate Member: Mr Peter Brown - peterbrown@longmarton.cumbria.sch.uk
LONG MARTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL
Name |
Category |
Committee |
Responsibilities and Areas of Interest |
Term of office |
Declared business interest |
Rachel Smith | Headteacher |
Staffing and Finance Performance Management Grounds and Premises including Heath and Safety Publicity School Meals Safeguarding |
Headteacher | Ex Officio | None declared |
John Davis | Teaching staff rep |
Publicity |
N/A |
September 2023 | None declared |
Andrea Hodgkinson | Non - Teaching staff rep | Premises |
N/A
|
January 2024 | None declared |
Andrew Mason (Chair) |
Co-Opted |
Staffing and Finance Safeguarding |
Chair of Governors Maths History |
March 2024 | None declared |
David Main (Vice Chair) |
Co-opted |
Staffing and Finance Appeals Headteacher Performance Management |
Computing | June 2024 | None declared |
Katie Armstrong | Parent |
Staffing & Finance - TBC |
TBC |
March 2025 | None declared |
Tim Sowerby | Parent |
Appeals Ground and Premises including Heath and Safety |
Geography |
November 2021 | None declared |
Nazreen Banks | Parent | Ground and Premises including Heath and Safety |
Early Years Special Needs |
March 2022 | None declared |
Sarah Golding | Local Authority |
Complaints Safeguarding |
Design/Technology Science |
June 2022 | None declared |
Dacre Swinbank | Co-opted | Staffing & Finance | RE | November 2022 | Clerk - sister in law |
Isabella Lepri-Simpson | Parent | Complaints Sub Committee | Art | January 2024 | None declared |
Ed Evans | Parent | Premises committee | June 2024 | None Declared | |
Peter Brown |
Associate member |
N/A | N/A |
September 2022 |
None declared |
Wendy Swinbank | Clerk to the governors | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Committee Terms of Reference - including current members – 2019-2020
Staffing/Finance Committee
Members: Mr David Main; Mrs Rachel Smith; Mr Andrew Mason; Mr Dacre Swinbank; Mr John Davis.
Purpose
The purpose of the Committee is to ensure that the Staff and Governors have in place effective systems and procedures for the financial management of the school and to contribute towards the raising of standards.
Period of Review
Terms of reference should be reviewed annually by each committee and recommended for approval to the Governing Body in the first meeting of each academic year.
Membership
Membership shall consist of no fewer than four Governors including the Headteacher. The committee should meet at least three times a year. The Committee must elect a chair at the first meeting of the academic year. A quorum is a minimum of three members of the committee.
Functions
Responsibilities Delegated to the Committee
Responsibilities Delegated to the Headteacher
Responsibilities delegated to the Small School business manager (SSBM)
Grounds and Premises Committee including Health and Safety
Members: Mrs Rachel Smith; Mr Tim Sowerby; Mrs Jo Thompson (H&S Governor); Mrs Nazreen Banks; Mrs Andrea Hodgkinson; CO-OPTED Mrs Sandra Longstaff.
Meet as and when necessary, at least once every academic year.
To maintain and develop a safe School environment.
Monitor use of School premises by outside groups.
Report back regularly to main Governing Body.
6 members - quorum of 3.
Communicate any decision & associated costs to appropriate chairs of other committees.
Delegated powers to co-opt as necessary. Work within framework of policy of delegation maintained by the main Governing Body.
Communications & PR Committee
Members: Mrs Rachel Smith; Mr John Davis; Co-Opted Charlie Ellison & Mrs Alison Birkett.
Meet as and when necessary.
To publicise and communicate the work of the School to the wider community.
Report back regularly to main Governing Body.
Minimum of 4 members - quorum of 3.
Delegated powers to co-opt as necessary.
Work within framework of policy of delegation maintained by the main Governing Body.
School Meals Committee
Members: Mrs Rachel Smith; Mr Dacre Swinbank; Mrs Wendy Swinbank SSBM; Guest; Mr. Kenton Pollard.
Meet termly or as and when necessary.
Report back to the full governing body.
Report financial implications to the Finance committee as and when necessary.
To ensure implementation of the nine food standards.
Delegated powers to co-opt as necessary.
To overview the provision of a good healthy school meal service.
Safeguarding Committee
Members: Chair & Vice Chair of Governors; nominated safeguarding governor; Senior Designated Person and Health & Safety Governor (respectively; Andrew Mason, David Main, Ms Sarah Golding, Mrs Rachel Smith, Mrs Jo Thomson).
Meet as and when necessary.
Ensure the school’s policies and procedures safeguard and promote the welfare of the children at the school, and that appropriate training is undertaken.
Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the school’s safeguarding arrangements.
Report to the main Governing Body relevant safeguarding issues.
Annually review the school’s safeguarding policy.
To conduct the annual safeguarding audit
Annually review equality objectives
5 members – quorum of 3
Attendance at Full Governors meetings
NAME |
2018/19 |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
Rachel Smith | 6/6 | 6/6 | 4/4 |
Andrew Mason | 6/6 | 6/6 | 4/4 |
David Main | 4/6 | 3/6 | 3/4 |
John Davis - appointed Jan 2020 | N/A | 4/4 | 4/4 |
Andrea Hodgkinson - appointed Jan 2020 | N/A | 4/4 | 4/4 |
Tim Sowerby | 4/6 | 3/6 | 2/4 |
Nazreen Banks | 6/6 | 4/6 | 3/4 |
Sarah Golding | 6/6 | 6/6 | 3/4 |
Isabella Lepri-Simpson - appointed Jan 2020 | N/A | 4/4 | 4/4 |
Ed Evans - appointed June 2020 | N/A | 1/1 | 4/4 |
Dacre Swinbank - appointed Nov 2018 | 5/5 | 5/6 | 3/4 |
Peter Brown | 3/6 | 3/6 | 4/4 |