Governor Information 2019/20 | Lander Road Primary School

Lander Road Primary School,
Pennington Road,
Litherland,
Merseyside,
L21 8HY

Governor Information 2019/20

School Governors

The Governing Body of Lander Road Primary School plays a crucial role in the life and work of our school. It is made up of volunteers from the local and wider community, plus the Headteacher and a member of staff. The role of the Governing Body is defined in its constitution.

Governors undertake their roles and responsibilities through committees. There are four committees. They are:

Full Governing Body which meets normally 5 times a year
Finance and Environment
Inclusion and Safeguarding
Pay and Performance

In addition, we have an Equality & Diversity Working Group which has developed an Equality and Diversity policy to explain our attitude to Equal Opportunities, identified our key priorities for further development by asking parents, staff and governors for their views and then used the consultation to develop an Action Plan.

We have ‘lead governors’ who undertake specific monitoring roles in such areas as ‘Safeguarding’, ‘Pupil Premium’, ‘Sport and PE’, Special Educational Needs and Disability’ and the School Improvement Plan.

Governors also undertake ‘Governor Impact Visits’. This involves a group of governors undertaking visits to school with a specific focus which enables the governors to gather evidence first hand including talking to pupils and staff.

The main work of the governing body is outlined below:

Setting and reviewing the schools aims and policies and strategic direction
Undertaking the Headteacher’s performance management and monitoring the impact of staff appraisal
Monitoring the well-being of pupils & staff
Continuing to improve the standards of teaching and pupil achievement
Setting the school’s budget and monitoring the impact of expenditure on the quality of teaching, pupil achievement and the learning environment
Appointing the Headteacher and supporting the appointment of all staff
Acting as a link between the local community and the school
Dealing with complaints about the school

This does not mean that we manage the school. Professionals are employed to do this. Governors provide support and challenge and hold the school to account. Governors sign a Code of Conduct each year – which outlines our responsibilities and the values and principles of undertaking a public service.

You can find out what we have been doing by looking at the school’s website which includes information on governing teams, roles and biographical information as well as a record of governor attendance at committee meetings.

Lander Road Primary School Governing Body 2019/20

Headteacher: Mr Jeff Taylor

Chair: Mr Paul Davies

Vice-Chair: Ms Andrea Mallaburn

Clerk to the Governors: Mr Steve Travis

Name	Category	Date Appointed	Appointed by	Term of Office	Roles and Committees
Mr Jeff Taylor	Headteacher	01/09/2015	Governing Body	N/A	Headteacher, Inclusion & Safeguarding, and Finance & Environment and attending Pay and Performance committee
Mr Steve Ashcroft	Parent	12/12/2019	Parents	4 Years	TBC
Mr Ross Clark	Associate Member	07/12/ 2017	Governing Body	4 Years	Inclusion & Safeguarding
Mr Paul Davies	Co-opted	22/09/2016	Governing Body	4 Years	Chair of Governors, Staff Hearing & Grievances (Chair), Pay & Performance (Chair), Lead Gov for Governor CPD & Support
Mrs Jess Dickinson	Staff	19/9/2019	Staff Election	4 Years	TBC
Mrs Yvonne Dineley	Associate Member	19/09/2019	Governing Body	4 Years	Attends all committees as a non voting observer plus Equality & Diversity Working Group (Facilitator)
Mrs Sara Fielding	Local Authority	31/07/2023	Local Authority	4 Years	TBC
Mr Stephen Foord	Co-opted	22/09/2016	Governing Body	4 Years	Finance & Environment (Chair), Pay & Performance, Lead Gov for Health & Safety.
Mr Iain Maher	Parent	27/09/18	Parent Election	4 Years	Finance & Environment
Ms Sharon McCarthy	Parent	05/12/2019	04/12/2023	4 Years	TBC
Ms Andrea Mallaburn	Co-Opted	07/12/2017	Governing Body	4 Years	Vice Chair of Governors, Inclusion & Safeguarding, Finance & Environment
Mr Chris Prescott	Co-Opted	05/02/2019	Governing Body	4 Years	Finance & Environment
Mr Mark Roberts	Co-Opted	19/09/2019	Governing Body	4 Years	Inclusion & Safeguarding, Finance & Environment, Lead Gov for Safeguarding
Mr Michael Sheerin	Associate Member	19/09/2019	Governing Body	4 Years	Attends all committees as a non voting observer
Ms Jean Sloan	Co-opted	28/09/2017	Governing Body	4 Years	Inclusion & Safeguarding (Chair), Pay & Performance (Vice Chair), Staff Grievances & Hearings Group, Emergency Management, Lead Gov for Safeguarding, Lead Gov for Pupil Premium, Equality & Diversity Working Group

Former Governors 2018/19

Name	Category	Date Appointed	Appointed by	Term of Office	Stood Down
Mr Lee Crispin	Parent	17/03/2016	Parent Election	4 Years	11/7/2019
Mr Andrew Goulbourne	Staff	01/09/2015	Staff Election	4 Years	31/08/2019
Mrs Diane Thomas	Parent	31/12/2018	Parent Election	4 Years	30/01/19
Mrs Margaret Wheeler	Co-opted	22/09/2016	Governing Body	4 Years	20/07/2019

Committees**

Inclusion & Safeguarding	Finance & Environment	Pay & Performance
Chair Ms Jean Sloan	Chair Mr Stephen Foord	Chair Mr Paul Davies
Mr Ross Clark*	Mr Chris Prescott	Ms Jean Sloan
Mr Mark Roberts	Mr Mark Roberts	Mr Stephen Foord
Mr Jeff Taylor	Mr Jeff Taylor	Mrs Yvonne Dineley*
Ms Andrea Mallaburn	Mrs Yvonne Dineley*	Mr Jeff Taylor
Mrs Yvonne Dineley*	Mr Michael Sheerin*	Mr Michael Sheerin*
Mr Michael Sheerin*	Ms Andrea Mallaburn	Mr Iain Maher
	Mr Iain Maher

* In attendance

** Standards & Quality Committee discontinued in 2019/20

Name of Governor	Declared Interest
Mr Jeff Taylor	No business or financial interest declared
Mr Steve Ashcroft	No business or financial interest declared
Mr Iain Maher	No business or financial interest declared
Mr Paul Davies	External Adviser to Merseyside Boroughs ITT Partnership
Mr Chris Prescott	No business or financial interest declared
Mrs Jess Dickinson	No business or financial interest declared
Mrs Yvonne Dineley	No business or financial interest declared
Mr Stephen Foord	Director of Edutec Solutions Ltd
Mr Mark Roberts	No business or financial interest declared
Ms Andrea Mallaburn	No business or financial interest declared
Ms S McCarthy	No business or financial interest declared
Mrs Jean Sloan	No business or financial interest declared
Miss Sara Fielding	No business or financial interest declared

Please note: Any declaration of personal interests between governors and staff of Lander Road Primary School are made to the Chair of Governors and Headteacher.

Record of Attendance 2018/19

	Name		Scheduled Meetings		Meetings Attended		Apologies Accepted		Absent
Mr Lee Crispin resigned 11.7.19		9		1		2		6
Mr Paul Davies		14		14
Mrs Yvonne Dineley		20		18		2
Mr Stephen Foord		13		12		1
Mr Andrew Goulbourne		11		9		2
Ms Andrea Mallaburn		12		9		3
Mr Iain Maher		13		11		2
Mr C Prescott joined 5.2.19		4		3		1
Mr Mark Roberts		13		7		6
Mr Michael Sheerin		20		17		3
Ms Jean Sloan		17		17
Mr Jeff Taylor		20		20
Mrs Diane Thomas resigned 30.1.19		7		5		2
Mrs Margaret Wheeler resigned 20.7.19		9		6		1		2
Miss Sara Williams		10		4		6