Governor Information
School Governors
The purpose of governance is to provide confident, strategic leadership and to create robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance
Here is a list of our School Governors their appointing body and their positions.
Brian Souter Chair of Governors
Father Edmund Straszak Incumbent/Chair of Resources Committee
Jeanette Seddon Foundation
Christine Ireland Foundation
Kath Hayes Foundation
Shirley Starkey Foundation
Gwen Barnes Staff
Heather Horne Parent
Vacancy Parent
Liz Fletcher Associate/Chair of Curriculum Committee
Charlotte Ward Local Authority
Andy Pearson Foundation
Sarah Partington Headteacher
The different categories of governors on our governing body are:
- parent governors who have a child in school at the time of their election, and are elected by the parents with children at the school;
- staff governors who are members of staff at the school and are elected by their colleagues;
- foundation governors are appointed on to the governing body by Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education via nomination by All Saints' CE Church PCC;
- local authority (LA) governors who are nominated by the local councillor and appointed by the governing body;
- the Headteacher (HT) is also a member of the governing body by right of the position they hold in the school;
- associate members are not actually governors but can be appointed to serve on committees and attend meetings of the full governing body. They do not have the right to vote at meetings of the full governing body but may been given voting rights on the committees that they are a member of, but these rights can only be given by the governing body.
The different committees our governing body has are:
- There are also separate disciplinary and appeals committees which are convened if they are required.
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Resources Committee: Father Straszak (Chair) Mr B Souter Mrs J Seddon Mrs C Ireland Mrs K Hayes Mrs S Starkey Mrs G Barnes Mrs H Horne Mrs L Fletcher Mr A Pearson Mrs S Partington
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Curriculum Committee: Mrs L Fletcher (Chair) Mrs B Souter Mrs K Hayes Mrs G Barnes Mrs S Starkey Mrs H Horne Mr A Pearson Mrs C Ward Mrs S Partington
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School also has some nominated governors who take on specialist roles on behalf of the Governing Body
Details of the role of the Governors can be found using this link https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/582868/Governance_Handbook_-_January_2017.pdf
Register of personal, pecuniary or business interests
All the governors listed have signed the Register of personal, pecuniary or business interests. This is a declaration of any personal or business interest they or any relative or person closely connected with them, have with businesses or other organisations that may have dealings with the school.
Attendance at meetings of the Governing Body for the last twelve months are also detailed.
Attendance at Committee Meetings
Attendance at Full Governors