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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 | Caroline Sexton | 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.
Governing Board Membership of Committees and Panels 2020/21
Governors with special responsibilities:
SEND/Pupil Premium/LAC & Safeguarding: Ruth Rudge
Early Years: Carol Gunn
Health & Safety: David Crompton
Assessment, Tracking & Data: Neil Penny
Declaration of Interests' Register
Full Governing Board minutes 2020-21
Full Governing Board minutes 2019-20
Meetings were suspended from March 2020 due to Covid-19. Governors continued to stay in touch with school remotely.
Attendance Records