The Governing Body is a key part of any school; its constitution and responsibilities are set out in various Acts of Parliament.
The Governing Body has three key roles:
When setting the school strategy the Governing Body works very closely with the School’s Senior Leadership Team. The Leadership Team are responsible for the implementation of the strategy and the day-to-day management of the school.
Membership of the Governing Body
The Governing Body consists of individuals from the various stakeholders in the School.
We also have Associate members who are appointed for their specific skills or experience. They attend full governing board meetings, contribute to discussions but do not have voting rights.
Governors
All governors have safeguarding training and safeguarding of pupils is a persistent agenda item in full governing board meetings (FGB).
Each governor also has a defined “Link Governor” responsibility. Link Governor roles include: SEND, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, Finance, Premises etc. Governors conduct monitoring visits in school, with leaders, staff and pupils, to ensure that relevant policies are in place and are being followed, and to progress our agenda of developing the school. Each Link Governor role reports to the Full Governing Body.
Governors also visit and support the school on an ad-hoc basis throughout the year attending assemblies, parents evenings, sitting on interview panels, handling complaints, assisting with school trips and in school projects.
Structure of the Governing Body
All Templewood governors are members of our Full Governing Board or (FGB), which meets 6 times per year, once every half term.
Within FGB we cover areas such as, this list is to provide examples and not exhaustive;