St Wilfrid's R.C.V.A. Primary School

Murphy Crescent, Bishop Auckland, Co Durham

 St Wilfrid's R.C.V.A. Primary School
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Home / About Us / Our Governing Body

Our Governing Body

Governors work closely with headteachers, school staff and representatives from the local authority (LA). We are very lucky to have a dedicated team of Governors, who work closely with us to support the school.

Please find below a message from our chair of Governors, Ann Wake:

 

Dear Parents/Carers

As a Catholic school, our faith is at the heart of our mission and vision for St Wilfrid’s community. Staff and Governors are committed to our Christian values which teach us that we are all equal in the sight of God. We see all our pupils as unique with different talents and needs and in partnership with parents and the community we work to enable them to reach their potential and be the best they can be.

It is important to us that our school is safe, inclusive and welcoming, so all know they are valued and respected members of our community. They are encouraged to grow in confidence and self-esteem and appreciate the importance of valuing and respecting others.

Our dedicated staff work tirelessly, to produce stimulating and engaging lessons and seek out appropriate initiatives to help our pupils be motivated and achieve academically.

It is however also important to us that our pupils’ health and wellbeing is catered for and they are given opportunities to play, have fun, take part in enrichment activities and develop their creative skills and talents.

As Chair of Governors I feel privileged to be a member of St Wilfrid’s School community and I am very proud of the dedicated staff who give so much in their various roles to help our children grow and develop into fine young people, fully prepared and ready for the next stage in their education.

Kind Regards

Ann Wake

Chair of Governors

 

Our Governing Body

From September 2018, our Governing body and their terms of office will be as follows:

NameRepresentingTerm
of
Office Ends
CommitteeResponsibilitiesRegister
of
Interests
Relationship
to
Staff
Joanne Sands Head TeacherAdmissions
Curriculum
Personnel & discipline
Premises, H&S and Finance
Safeguarding
None
Rachel Shaw Staff 10 02 20Admissions
Curriculum
Personnel & Discipline
NoneNone
Julia CregganParent 08 06 22Health and Safety
NoneNone
Carol BlenkinsoppFoundation20 03 23NoneNone
Fr Dennis Tindall - Parish PriestFoundation 03 05 20 Admissions
First / Pay Review
Safeguarding
NoneNone
Tanya TuckerLA 15 06 22Appeals
First / Pay Review
HT Performance
Personnel & Discipline
Premise, H&S and Finance
Safeguarding
NoneNone
Gerard HarrisonFoundation 06 12 22NoneNone
Vacancy Parent
Anne Wake Foundation 17 09 23Admissions
Curriculum
First / Pay review
RE
Safeguarding
NoneNone
Victoria Tippey Foundation 29 09 23Curriculum
HT Performance
LiteracyNoneNone
Brigit Kinsey Observer
Deputy Head
NANone
Jeanette ShaughnessyFoundation11 05 21Personnel & Discipline
First pay & review
Premises, H&S & Finance
SENDNoneNone

Statutory Guidance for Governing Bodies

St Wilfrid’s RCVA Primary School adhere to the statutory guidance from the Department of Education. This means that governing bodies must have regard to it when carrying out duties relating to the constitution of governing bodies in maintained schools.

The Constitution of Governing Bodies of Maintained Schools (2017)

How To Become A School Governor

If you require further information on the roles and responsibilities of School Governors or you are interested in becoming one, visit the Durham County Council website School Governor section.


Governor Attendance

Schools are now required to display a record of Governor attendance at meetings for each school academic year.

Archived Attendance
You can also view previous years attendance on our website.

KEY
✓   – Attended meeting
A/A   – Apologies sent and accepted by meeting
N   – Did not attend
X  – Not a member of the committee

Record of Attendance 2019-2020

NameAutumn Full Governors
Thursday 3rd October 2019
Spring Full Governors
Thursday 26th March 2020
Summer Full Governors
Thursday 21st May 2020
Meeting
[add date]
Meeting
[add date]
Joanne Sands ✓✓✓
Rachel Shaw ✓✓✓
Parent Gov Vacancy
Fr Dennis Tindall✓✓✓
Gerard Harrison✓✓✓
Carol Blenkinsopp✓✓✓
Brigit KinseyAA✓✓
Anne Wake - Chair✓✓✓
Victoria Tippey ✓✓✓
Jeanette Shaughnessy✓✓✓
Clr Tanya TuckerAA✓✓

Committee Terms of Reference

We will be adding this information soon.

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Murphy Crescent

Bishop Auckland

County Durham

DL14 6QH

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