GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS
The Governing Board meets every term for a formal pre-arranged meeting but the Governors will be in school much more often. Our Governors are hard working and committed to making Grovelands the best school for your children and the community.
At our full Governing Board meetings, we receive and discuss reports from the Headteacher and other members of the senior leadership team. We monitor the results of internal and external assessments of the children's progress and measure the impact of policies which we have adopted to help the school's work.
We oversee and set the school’s financial budget and make sure that we spend wisely. We check to make sure we are receiving good value for the money we spend. We also make sure that the school’s provision complies with current equalities and safeguarding legislation and also that the children and staff have a safe and healthy place to work in. We work as strategic partners with the Grovelands staff to plan the school’s development whilst maintaining its core vision and ethos.
GOVERNING BODY INFORMATION
At Grovelands School, all governor business is managed through Full Governing Body meetings
| NAME | Governor Category | Appointed By | Term of Office | Link Governor Responsibilities | Relevant Business Interests | Other Governing Positions Held | Relevant Relationships within the school |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gillian Sephton |
Co-opted | Governing Board | 04/2017 - 04/2021 |
Pupil Premium; SEND; |
NIL | NIL | NIL |
Dara Wakeling |
Co-opted | Governing Board | 10/2018 - |
Health & Well Being; |
Teacher at Uckfield Community College; Husband is Assistant Principal at Uckfield Community College |
NIL | Child at the school |
Paul Young |
Co-opted | Governing Board | 09/2015 - 08/2019 |
Chair of Governors; |
Wife employed by the school; Director of ‘Animazing C.I.C.’ offering services to schools |
NIL | Children at the school |
Vacancy |
Co-opted | Governing Board | |||||
Vacancy |
Foundation |
Trust | |||||
Vacancy |
Foundation |
Trust | |||||
Vacancy |
Local Authority |
Governing Board |
|||||
Lucy Elder |
Parent |
Parents | 09/2018 - |
Early Years; |
NIL | NIL | Children at the school |
Rachael Marshman |
Parent |
Parents | 10/2016 - 10/2020 |
Safeguarding & Child Protection | Product Manager ‘Capita SIMS’ Husband created and manages the school website |
NIL | Children at the school |
Michelle McKay |
Staff |
Staff | 10/2016 - 10/2020 |
NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
Jon Goulding |
Headteacher Ex-officio |
Governing Board | 01/2018 - | NIL | NIL | Chair of Governors at Lady Margaret Primary School, Southall, London; Vice Chair of Governors at Fletching CE Primary School, East Sussex |
NIL |
| Angela Duley | Clerk to Governors |
Governing Board | Ongoing | NIL | Employed by Union Corner Preschool | NIL | NIL |
Resigned Governors who have served in the last 12 months
| NAME | Governor Category | Appointed By | Term of Office | Link Governor Responsibilities | Relevant Business Interests | Other Governing Positions Held | Relevant Relationships within the school |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kathleen Swaine |
Co-opted | Governing Board | 09/2015 - 06/2018 |
- |
Employed at the school | NIL | NIL |
Christopher Jackson |
Co-opted | Governing Board | 09/2017 - |
- |
Teacher at Hailsham Community College |
NIL | NIL |
Mark Beaver |
Local Authority | Governing Board (Nominated by E.S.C.C.) | 02/2018 - 12/2018 |
Data; Finance |
NIL |
NIL | Children at the school |
Malcolm Simms |
Local Authority |
Governing Board (Nominated by E.S.C.C.) | 10/2016 - |
Maths |
NIL | NIL | NIL |
Mike Powell |
Parent |
Parents | 11/2013 - 08/2018 |
- | NIL |
NIL | Children at the school |
Julie Claxton |
Headteacher (Ex-officio) |
Staff | 09/2010 - 12/2018 |
- | NIL | NIL | NIL |
GOVERNING BODY MEETING ATTENDANCE - FGB Meetings 2017/18
(All business is conducted through FGB meetings, there are no sub-committees)
| NAME | 07/09/2017 | 19/10/2017 | 07/12/20173 | 01/02/2018 | 20/03/2018 | 26/04/2018 | 12/07/2018 | Number Attended | % Attended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Beaver |
N/A | N/A | N/A | ✔ |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 4/4 | 100% |
Julie Claxton |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3/3 | 100% |
Jon Goulding |
N/A | N/A | N/A | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 4/4 | 100% |
Christopher Jackson |
N/A | ✔ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1/1 | 100% |
Rachael Marshman |
✖ | ✔ | ✔ | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 5/7 | 71% |
Michelle Mckay |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 7/7 | 100% |
Michael Powell |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 7/7 | 100% |
Gillian Sephton |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ | 6/7 | 86% |
Malcolm Simms |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3/3 | 100% |
Kathleen Swaine |
✖ (Secondment) |
✖ (Secondment) |
✖ (Secondment) |
✖ (Secondment) |
✖ (Secondment) |
✖ (Secondment) |
N/A | 0/6 | 0% |
Paul Young |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 7/7 | 100% |
| Angela Duley Clerk |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 7/7 | 100% |
