Governing Body
The governing body plays a key role in helping oversee the strategic direction of the school and works in partnership with the Head teacher and Senior Leadership Team. The main aim of the governing body is to ensure the delivery of a high standard of education for all pupils in its care.
Harvey Road School governing body has three main roles:
Strategic The governing body sets the general direction of the school, looking at how it should best develop and improve. This is done by reviewing and agreeing policies, setting targets and priorities and monitoring and reviewing aims and objectives. Strategic thinking is not always linked with the curriculum and it does not mean just responding to weakness.
Critical Friend The governing body works with the Headteacher and creates a clear understanding of the challenges faced in managing the school. The governing body is able to question and challenge. A good working relationship is essential as a real critical friendship is only achieved where there is trust and mutual respect.
Accountability The school is a business and its stakeholders are the learners. The governing body has a professional attitude and uses its collective skills to benefit the learners. It gathers views, ask questions and decides what is best for the school and the children. The governing body is answerable to the parents and the wider community, listening to their view points while considering the wider context of school improvement.
At Harvey Road School we have 2 committees:-
The School Improvements Committee – Looking at attainment. progress, developing action plans, reviewing its impact and striving towards better outcomes for our pupils.
Resources Committee – Included here are: school finance, personnel and premises and Governor projects. Governors have the responsibility of taking on a project that links with their personal area of expertise or particular interest. The projects are wide ranging and do change according to the particular priorities at the time. Governors work along side staff and support the projects and developments in whatever way is possible and then feedback to the rest of the Governing body.
Welcome letter from Chair of Governors
Governing Body Structure
Governors |
Focus and Governor Projects |
Committee |
Responsibilities |
Term of Office Ends |
Pecuniary Interests |
| Tom Farrar Co-opted Governor |
Chair of Full Governing Body Covid Response Governor |
Resources School Improvement |
|
10/9/19-9/9/23 | None |
| Emma Campbell Parent Governor |
Foundation Curriculum | Improvement Committee |
|
01/3/18-01/3/22 |
None |
| Ruth Precey Co-opted Governor |
School Improvement |
|
03/01/17-02/01/21 |
None | |
| Graham Dodd Co-opted Governor |
Mental Health/Wellbeing | Vice Chair of Resources Committee |
|
03/12/19-02/12/23 | None |
| Doug Hull Co-opted Governor |
Chair of Resources Committee |
|
03/12/19-02/12/23 | None | |
| Joanna Kennedy Co-opted Governor |
Chair Of School Improvement Committee
Resources |
|
13/09/18-12/09/22 | None | |
| Nick Rowlands Head Teacher |
School Improvement
Resources |
|
n/a | None | |
| Rupinder Ahluwalia LA |
School Improvement |
|
14/09/16-13/09/20 Extended to 2/12/20 |
None | |
| Jan Cameron Parent Governor |
Science Covid Response Governor |
Vice Chair of School Improvement Committee |
|
15/10/18-14/10/22 | None |
| Clair Tustin Staff Governor |
School Improvement | 01/09/17-30/08/21 | None | ||
| Vacancy Parent Governor |
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