Governing Board
The Governing Board has the following core strategic functions:
Establishing the strategic vision; by:
- Setting the vision, values and objectives for the school
- Agreeing the school improvement strategy with priorities and targets
- Meeting statutory duties
- Ensuring accountability, by:
- Appointing the headteacher
- Monitoring progress towards targets
- Performance managing the headteacher
- Engaging with stakeholders
- Contributing to school self evaluation
Ensuring financial probity, by
- Setting the budget
- Monitoring spending against the budget
- Ensuring value for money is obtained
- Ensuring risks to the organisation are managed.
The Governing Board at Priestnall meets 3 times a year. It is supported by 3 sub-committees:
Curriculum and Standards Committee, Resources Committee and Pay Review Committee.
The Membership of the Governing Board is:
The Headteacher
9 co-opted governors (appointed by the Board)
3 parent governors (elected by parents)
1 staff governor (elected by staff)
1 local authority governor (nominated by the local authority)
The 2 deputy heads are associate governors and the school business manager attends meetings by invitation.
First Appointed |
Term Start |
Term End |
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Headteacher |
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Craig Burns | 1st September 2019 | ||
Co-opted Governors |
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Keith Thompson | 01 Aug 1997 | 6 Jul 2019 | 05 Jul 2023 |
Daniel Cochlin | 01 Sept 2019 | 1 Sept 2019 | 31 Aug 2023 |
Ms Lucy Crompton | 02 Oct 2015 | 1 Sept 2019 | 31 Aug 2023 |
Sue Mansfield | 01 Aug 1998 | 6 July 2019 5 | 05 July 2023 |
Mrs Katie McKnight | 01 Jan 2022 | 01 Jan 2022 | 31 Dec 2025 |
Hazel Fern | 01 Apr 2009 | 6 July 2019 | 5 July 2023 |
Joel Pullan | 1 Sept 2019 | 1 Sept 2019 | 31 Aug 2023 |
Kate Dixon | 1 Sept 2019 | 1 Sept 2019 | 31 Aug 2023 |
Vacancy | |||
Parent Governors |
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Dr Mark Farrar | 21 Oct 2011 | 18 Oct 2019 | 17th Oct 2022 |
Dr Victoria Halliwell | 18 Oct 2019 | 18 Oct 2019 | 17th Oct 2022 |
Mrs Helena McCourt | 18 Oct 2019 | 18 Oct 2019 | 17th Oct 2022 |
Staff Governor |
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Adam Morrison | 01 Jan 2018 | 1 Jan 2018 | 31 Dec 2022 |
Local Authority |
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Councilor Colin Foster | 01 Aug 1997 | 13 Dec 2018 | 12 Dec 2023 |