Meet the Governors

Prestbury St Mary’s Federation Governing Board

The Governing Board, made up of unpaid volunteers, is dedicated to developing the Federation of St Mary’s Infant and Prestbury St Mary’s Junior C of E Schools to provide the best possible education for all the pupils.

The members of the Governing Board are from a variety of backgrounds and actively oversee and contribute to the leadership of the Federation through the processes of strategic planning; challenging and supporting the Executive Headteacher and ensuring financial probity, whilst always representing the interests of the two schools and those within them.

Under the School’s Instrument of Governance (2016) the Governing Board is currently made up as follows:

8 Foundation Governors appointed by the Diocese of Gloucester
1 Governor nominated by the Local Authority
2 elected Parent Governors (vacant)
1 elected Staff Governor and 1 co-opted Staff Governor (vacant)
2 Associate Members
The Executive Head Teacher (ex-officio)

All Governors serve a four year term of office (with the exception of the EHT, who remains a Governor ex officio for as long as he is in post).

Membership

GOVERNOR MEMBERSHIP DETAILS 2020/21
Governor type	Name	Appointed by	Term of Office start	Term of Office end
Foundation 1	Michael Brick	Diocese of Gloucester	01/09/2016	31/08/2024
Foundation 2	David Crompton	Diocese of Gloucester	01/09/2018	31/08/2022
Foundation 3	Carol Gunn	Diocese of Gloucester	01/09/2016	31/08/2024
Foundation 4	Emma Hammond	Diocese of Gloucester	01/09/2016	31/08/2024
Foundation 5	Julia Martin-Jones	Diocese of Gloucester	01/09/2018	31/08/2022
Foundation 6 & ex-officio	Neil Penny (Chair)	Diocese of Gloucester	01/09/2016	31/08/2024
Foundation 7	Ruth Rudge	Diocese of Gloucester	01/09/2018	31/08/2022
Foundation 8 & ex-officio	Fr Nicholas Bromfield	Diocese of Gloucester	N/A	N/A
Parent 1	Vacant
Parent 2	Vacant
LA	John Payne	Governing Board	01/09/2018	31/08/2022
Staff 1	Joanna Dufficy	Staff	01/02/2021	31/01/2025
Staff co-opted	Vacant
EHT	Matthew Fletcher	Ex-officio	N/A	N/A
Associate	Alison Hopton	Governing Board	15/11/2016	14/11/2024
Associate	Fiona Hall	Governing Board	15/11/2016	14/11/2024

Clerk		Governing Board	N/A	N/A

Committees and Working Parties

The Board meets six times a year and, in order to help it in its work, has set up five committees, as follows:

Curriculum Committee
Vision and Ethos Committee
Pay and Personnel Committee
Finance and Premises Committee
Admissions Committee

The committees meet regularly through the year and report back to the Governing Board on their findings and decisions.

G overning Board Membership of Committees and Panels 2020/21

Governors with special responsibilities:

SEND/Pupil Premium/LAC & Safeguarding: Ruth Rudge

Early Years: Carol Gunn

Assessment, Tracking & Data: Neil Penny

Declaration of Interests' Register

Governor	Relevant Business Interest	Links to other educational establishments	Relationships	Date of Declaration
Michael Brick	Pecuniary	Associate Member of the Governing Body of Ashleworth C of E Primary School	Mrs Hilary Brick (wife) employed by school as a TA.	18.01.2021
Fr Nicholas Bromfield	None	None	None	15.01.2021
David Crompton	None	None	None	17.01.2021
Joanna Dufficy	None	None	None	26.01.2021
Matthew Fletcher	None	None	None	22.01.2021
Carol Gunn	None	None	None	31.01.2021
Fiona Hall	Elder at URC responsible for advising minister on SIF form for school admissions(non-pecuniary)	None	None	15.01.2021
Emma Hammond	None	None	None	22.01.2021
Alison Hopton	None	None	None	18.01.2021
Julia Martin-Jones	None	None	None	12.03.2021
John Payne	None	None	None	23.01.2021
Neil Penny	None	None	None	17.01.2021
Ruth Rudge	Employed at school on a supply basis (pecuniary)	None	None	25.02.2021

Meetings were suspended from March 2020 due to Covid-19. Governors continued to stay in touch with school remotely.

Attendance Records

Attendance Records for 2020-2021

Attendance Records for 2019 - 2020