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Governing Board

The Governing Board, Headteacher and senior staff form the school leadership and management team, and share responsibility for the school.  The Governing Board must hold the school to account for the standards it achieves.  It must ensure that all resources (including the school budget and staff) are properly used to meet the needs of all children and provide value for money.  Governors help to form the School Improvement Plan and are responsible for monitoring all aspects of its effectiveness in terms of outcomes for pupils.

  

Who are the Governors?

The Governing Board is made up of 4 groups who represent the stakeholders of the school: staff, parents, the community and the Local Authority.  This range of people is intended to provide a broad and balanced selection of viewpoints and to represent each sector of the school’s community. Governors are volunteers. An effective Governing Board will have members who have a wide range of experience and a variety of skills to offer their school. They typically serve for an initial period of four years, which can be renewed once, and during this time will have a variety of responsibilities.

 

Key roles of governors:

  • To ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
  • To hold the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
  • To oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure its money is well spent 

 

The constitution of the Governing Board at Dunton Green Primary School is:

 

The Headteacher

6 Co-opted Governors

1 Local Authority (LA) Governor

1 Staff Governor

3 Parent Governors

 

The Governing Board has two main committees – the Finance and Resources Committee and the Standards and Curriculum Committee – and committees dealing with Pay and Reward and the Headteacher’s Performance Review. Governors have monitoring and other individual responsibilities and produce reports on their activities.

 

These are the people in post, with their terms of office and governor responsibilities:

 

 

 

Term of office

Responsibilities & Committees

Headteacher

 

 

 

Tracey Boanas

 

Ex-officio

Finance and Resources

Standards and Curriculum

Co-opted Governors (6)

 

 

 

Mark Craig

 

08/10/21 -

07/10/25

Finance and Resources

Data Protection Governor

Safeguarding Governor

Health & Safety Governor

Paul Geradine

 

18/07/22 -

17/07/26

Chair of Governors

Foundation subjects governor

Finance & Resources

Pay & Reward (Chair)

Chair of Headteacher’s Performance Review

Alexia Perversi

 

23/05/19 -

22/05/23

Vice Chair of Governors

Standards and Curriculum (Chair)

Pupil Premium Governor

Appeal Panel (pay decisions)

Headteacher’s Performance Review

Rebecca Bindon

 

10/10/19 -

09/10/23

Finance and Resources (Chair)

Early Years Lead Governor

Jana Petkova

 

 01/06/20 -

31/05/24

Finance & Resources

Pay & Reward

Jennifer D'Souza

 

01/08/20 -

31/07/24

Standards & Curriculum

Pay & Reward

LA Governor (1)

 

 

 

Sarah Brown

 

 07/02/22-

06/02/26

Pay and Reward

Parent Governors (3)

 

 

 

Stephen Reilly

 

21/09/20 -

20/09/24

Standards and Curriculum

Maths lead governor

Headteacher’s Performance Review

Kerry Hopkins

 

01/10/20 -

30/09/24

 

Associate Governor

 

 

 

Olivia Power

 

26/05/22 -

25/05/2026

Standards and Curriculum

Staff Governor

 

 

 

Daisy Fearfield

 

15/12/21 –

14/12/25

Standards and Curriculum

E Safety Governor

 

The Clerk to the Governors is Melanie Erasmus

If you wish to contact the Governing Board please address correspondence to the Chair of Governors chairofgovernors@dunton-green.kent.sch.uk 

If you are interested in becoming a school governor please speak enquire at the school office and we will contact you to talk about what the role involves and the opportunities that are available.

Business Interests

The governors declare their business interests annually and update them during the year if required.  (Governors who have left the board within the last year are included).

 

Governor

Business Interests

Nature of interest

Rebecca Bindon

None

 

Tracey Boanas

None

 

Sarah Brown

None

 

Mark Craig

None

 

Jen D'Souza

None

 

Paul Geradine

None

 

Kerry Hopkins

None

 

Jana Petkova

None

 

Alexia Perversi

None

 

Stephen Reilly

None

 

Adam Walker

None

 

Daisy Holliday

None

 

Governors’ Attendance at meetings of the full Board for Academic Year

(Updated annually) Please click here to see Attendance Record for 2020-2021

 Attendance

FGB

2018/19

 

2019/20

 

2020/21

Tracey Boanas

4/4

11/11

15/15

Sarah Brown

4/4

12/12

9/9

Mark Craig

4/4

8/8

6/11 5xA

Paul Geradine

3/4 1xA

11/12 1xA

18/18

Stephen Reilly

3/4 1xA

6/7 1xA

10/11 1xA

Adam Walker

2/2

4/5 1xA

8/8

Alexia Perversi

2/2

7/7

11/12 1xA

Rebecca Bindon

1/1

5/7 1xA

11/11

Jennifer D'Souza

N/A

2/2

9/9

Jana Petkova

N/A

2/2

10/12 2xA

Jemma White

4/4

7/7

8/9 1xA

Kerry Hopkins

N/A

N/A

6/6

 Leavers in previous academic year

 

 

 

Rowland Constantine

3/4 1xA

6/7 1xA

 

Chris Gush

1/4 3xA

3/4 1xA

 

Nicole Pomies

2/4 2xA

7/7

 

 

A = Apologies for absence accepted

FGB = Full Governing Board

Comms = Committees