St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

St Teresas School Governance 

What do we do? 

The role of a School Governor is to contribute to the work of the Governing Body in ensuring high standards of achievement for all children in the school by: 

• setting the school’s vision, catholic ethos and strategic direction by developing a strategic plan along with the Headteacher ensuring that all children in the school have access to a broad and balanced curriculum and determining aims, policies and priorities for the school; and 
   
• holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils by setting statutory and non-statutory targets and monitoring and evaluating the school; and 
   
• assisting with the appointment of staff and ensuring the implementation of a range of personnel procedures; and 
   
• ensuring high levels of attendance and good standards of pupil behaviour; and 
   
• ensuring the wellbeing, health and safety of pupils and staff; and 
   
• overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure money is well spent. 

Governors meet at the main governor meeting once per term. We also spend time in school with pupils and staff. Sub-committees also meet once per term. 

Our Sub-Committees  

Teaching and Learning Committee: 
Responsible for teaching and learning matters including target setting, standards and achievement, special education needs and disability (SEND), including reporting annually on the success of the SEND policy, monitoring teaching and learning and curriculum provision and ensuring that the governing body is represented at school improvement discussions. 
 

Resources Committee: 
The Resources Committee is responsible for overseeing the school budget and anything related to the budget (e.g building, maintenance and staff recruitment). It is responsible for financial policy and planning and financial monitoring. 

Instrument of Governance

Governors' information sheet