Roles ANd Responsibilities

Overview

The Governing Board of Earlsfield Primary School has a full Governing Board and two sub committees

This means that the Governing Board has three separate meetings per term (one for each Committee and a Full Governing Board meeting). Most Governors therefore attend 2 meetings a term in addition to governor visits linked to their lead area.

These are the roles governors are appointed to:

Quality of Education
Attainment Data
Safeguarding
SEND
Pupil Premium
Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare
Finance
Health and Safety
Human Resources

Details of Roles

Link Governor for Quality of Education

The link governor in this area will, among other things, ensure the curriculum is broad and balanced, monitor the curriculum policy if there is one in place, monitor the impact of the School Sports Grant and annually agree the staff complement

Link Governor for Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare

The lead governor in this area will, among other things, ensure the school takes into consideration pupil's wellbeing, including the extent to which pupils feel safe, adopt healthy lifestyles and contribute to the school and wider community and monitor attendance patterns and trends.

Link Governor for Finance

The link governor for this area will, among other things, analyse and recommend the annual budget, monitor expenditure against the agreed budget, ensure the school takes a best value approach to procurement of resources and services, undertake financial benchmarking, annually review and approve the Charging and Remissions policy, monitor how school premiums are spent, ensure funds are available to maintain the fabric and safety of the school buildings and annually agree the staff complement

Link Governor for Safeguarding

The link governor in this area will, among other things, ensure that the school complies with all requirements in relation to safer recruitment, ensure the Single Central Record is reviewed and checked for missing information termly and complete an annual Safeguarding review

Link Governor for SEND & Inclusion

The link governor in this area will, among other things, monitor SEN provision and ensure the school fulfils its responsibilities for pupils with special education needs, pupils with disabilities and pupils who are high attainers, monitor the progress and attainment of vulnerable groups and monitor the impact of the Pupil Premium Grant

Link Governor for Health & Safety

The link governor in this area will, among other things, establish and approve a Health & Safety policy, ensure that Health & Safety regulations are followed and appropriately prioritised, receive the Health & Safety Inspection report and agree any actions and ensure regular fire drills are carried out.

Link Governor for Human Resources

The link governor in this area will, among other things, review and approve the Appraisal Policy, review staff absence data, ensure the school complies with the General Equality Duty in relation to staff, evaluate staffing policies and will annually review the impact of and implementation of the Teacher Appraisal and Performance Related Pay process.

Link Governor for Disadvantaged Children

The link governor in this area will, among other things, review the School’s annual Pupil Premium Strategy, review the pupil premium report and effectiveness of the use of the Pupil premium funding and the pupil premium strategies in supporting target groups, monitor the progress and attainment of disadvantaged pupils and review the extent to which disadvantaged pupils have the opportunity to participate fully in all aspects of school life.

Link Governor for Attainment Data

The link governor in this area will, among other things, visit the school termly to review anonymised attainment data across the school for the previous term.