Our Governing Body

Governors work closely with headteachers, school staff and representatives from the local authority (LA).

Governing Body Committee Structure

Here is a list of our current governors. Click on each link to find out further information about their roles and responsibilities.

Name	Position	Committee	Term of Office	Representing	Responsibilities
Mrs K Plunkett	Chair of Governing Body	Resources Standards and Curriculum Strategic Leadership Group Headteacher Performance Management Pay Review	15/11/2024	Foundation	Child Protection, Safeguarding and E-Safety Linked with school improvement priority 2
Mr M Shiels		Resources Headteacher Performance Management	31/08/2021	Foundation	Health and Safety Linked with school improvement priority 1
Mrs J Burgess	Headteacher	All Committees		Staff	Overall responsibility focus priority 1
Mrs L Gardner	Deputy Headteacher	Standards and Curriculum		Staff	Chair of Standards and Curriculum Committee Looked After Children Pupil Premium Linked with school improvement priority 4
Mrs K Hodgson		Standards and Curriculum Pay Review	13/06/2021	Foundation	Pupils with SEND Looked After Children Pupil Premium Linked with school improvement priority 4
Mrs P Dooley	Vice Chair of Governing Body	Resources	07/05/2021	Foundation	Chair of Resources Linked with school improvement priority 1
Ms S Walker		Resources	06/01/2023	Foundation	Linked with school improvement priority 3
Ms K Campbell		Standards and Curriculum Pay Review	12/11/2022	Parent Representative	Linked with school improvement priority 2
Mr T Lawrence		Standards and Curriculum Pay Review	15/11/2022	Parent Representative	Linked with school improvement priority 4
Mrs J Carr		Resources	01/01/2023	Local Authority	Linked with school improvement priority 3
Mrs C Charlton	Business Manager	Resources		Associate Governor

Statutory Guidance for Governing Bodies

St Patrick’s RCVA Primary School adhere to the statutory guidance from the Department of Education. This means that governing bodies must have regard to it when carrying out duties relating to the constitution of governing bodies in maintained schools. For further information please view or download the documents below.

How To Become A School Governor

If you require further information on the roles and responsibilities of School Governors or you are interested in becoming one, visit the Durham County Council website School Governor section.

Governor Attendance

Schools are required to display a record of Governor attendance at meetings for each school academic year.

KEY
Y = Attended
N = Apologies given
N/A = Not a member of this committee

Record of Attendance 2020-2021

NAME / MEETING	Mrs J. Burgess	Ms K. Campbell	Mrs J. Carr	Mrs C. Charlton	Mrs P. Dooley	Mrs L. Gardner	Mrs K. Hodgson	Mr T. Lawrence	Mrs K. Plunkett	Mr M. Shiels	Ms S. Walker
Pay Review Committee Meeting 13/11/22020	Y	Y	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Y	Y	N/A	N/A
Full Governors Meeting 13/11/2020	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Standards and Curriculum Committee 09/10/2020	Y	Y	N/A	N/A	N/A	Y	N	Y	Y	N/A	N/A
Resources Committee 25/09/2020	Y	N/A	N	Y	Y	Y	N/A	N/A	Y	Y	Y
Special Meeting Academy Briefing 25/09/2020	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Strategic Leadership Group Meeting 11/09/2020	Y	N/A	N/A	N/A	Y	Y	N/A	N/A	Y	N/A	N/A

Archived Attendance
You can also view previous years attendance on our website.

Committee Terms of Reference

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