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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
Headteacher
Craig Burns 1st September 2019
Co-opted Governors
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
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
Adam Morrison 01 Jan 2018 1 Jan 2018 31 Dec 2022
Local Authority
Councilor Colin Foster 01 Aug 1997 13 Dec 2018 12 Dec 2023
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Priestnall Road,
Heaton Mersey,
Stockport,
SK43HP

office@priestnall.stockport.sch.uk

0161 432 7727

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