Governors

Quantock Federation Governing Body

Updated September 2010

Foundation                                Loretta Whetlor 

Foundation                                (Ex Officio) vacancy                               

Foundation                                 Bernard Maynard-Smith (Ex Officio)

Foundation                                 Rev Richard Ninis  (Chair of Welfare Committee)    

Community                                Cerys Randell   

Community                                Sam Fahey

Community                                 vacancy

LA                                                 David White 

LA                                                 Peter Rowe   (Chair)

Staff                                             Ian Bradbury      (Executive Head)

Staff                                             vacancy

Staff                                             Dawn Saffrey (awaiting appointment)                             

Parent                                         Paula Smythe (Chair of  Business Committee)

Parent                                         Vacancy

Parent                                         Paul Meagher                                        

Parent                                         Tony Newman

Parent                                         Kevin Francis (Vice Chair and Chair of Teaching &                                                       Learning Committee)

Parent                                         vacancy

Parent                                         Liz White   

Associate Governor                John Bryant

Clerk                                           Helen Hatfield

Instrument:

18 Governors

6 Parents

3 Staff       

4 Foundation

2 Local Authority

3 Community

This is an exciting time to be a governor of the Quantock Federation. Having agreed, in May 2007, to become a Hard Federation, the old governing bodies of Old Cleeve, St Peters and Danesfield came together to form one body with responsibility for all three schools. We are now a group of eighteen representing a wide variety of the school and local community. Each school has its own group of parent governors, directly elected by the individual school and, as each of the schools is a church school, there is also strong representation of this link. There are governors who represent the community, those who are in place courtesy of the Local Authority and the Diocese, the Executive Headteacher and associate governors. 

Our work involves all aspects of the life of the three schools. We meet regularly as a full governing body, but we also do a lot of work in the various committees that have been created. The strategic decisions that we make are driven by the information we gather from our personal visits to the schools, our discussions with the wonderful staff there and by our committee meetings. These are split into three areas, Business, Teaching & Learning and Welfare. Alongside this each governor has their own area that they are involved with and which they monitor. So for example, there is a governor that looks at the teaching of Numeracy across the three schools, the same with Literacy. There is a governor with specific responsibility for Special Educational Needs and for the Gifted and Talented. We keep a watching brief on the behaviour and attendance in the schools and the standards of education that the children reach. A full record is kept of our decisions and the minutes of the governors meetings are available for people to see.

The overriding ethos of a good governing body though is teamwork. This means not just working together well as governors but also being involved with all the staff in the three schools. There are always interesting challenges within a group of schools and there are also great opportunities. We would welcome any input from all the people involved with the school; parents, children, staff and the community. Through federation the bonds between the three schools have developed enormously to the benefit of the children. As governors we are committed to ensuring this progress continues.  

Peter J Rowe

Chair of Governors

Click on the following links for more information:
For more information about school governors , www.six.somerset.gov.uk/governors

School Success  Plan 2009 - 2010

APPROVED MINUTES FROM FULL GOVERNORS MEETINGS
October 2008
December 2008
January 2009
March 2009
May 2009
July 2009
September 2009
October 2009
November 2009
January 2010
March 2010
May 2010

 If you would like to know more about the work of the governors, or if you have any requests for specific information on governance matters, you should contact the Clerk via the school email or via telephone during normal office hours.

CALENDAR OF MEETINGS - 2010/11