Full Governor  Board:  20 Governors (11 Foundation,  3 Parent,  3 Staff, 2 section 51, 1 Principal).

Chair:  John Ciereszko     Vice Chair:  Sarah Costello- Byrne

Meetings:  3 times a year

Function:  The strategic direction of the school - Preserving and developing the Christian character of the school - Monitoring school standards of performance and improvements - Pupil progress - Use of Pupil Premium Grant - Allocated finance (budget) - Quality of Leadership - Management and Governance - Effectiveness of whole school leadership – Accountability - SEF and SIP - Resources & delegations - Quality of teaching - Staffing appointments - Succession planning - Safeguarding and health and safety - Pupil behaviour and safety - Equality - Well-being- Care  and maintenance of the school assets – Buildings -Facilities and learning environments - Statutory requirements - Policies and procedures – Marketing - School web site.

Committees

Mission and Ethos

Chair:  Vacant

Meetings: 3 times a year

Function: Preserving and developing the Christian character of the school - Mission statement - Collective worship - Pastoral care - Admission Policy - Equal Opportunities - Safeguarding - Induction of new staff & students - to report to the FGB

Resources

Chair:  Sarah Costello-Byrne 

Meetings: 3 times a year

Function: Setting the budget - Monthly monitoring of the budget - Financial management  - Pupil Premium Grant / PE funding - Appointment of staff  - Personnel policies - Appraisal protocols -  - School assets - The school premises and facilities - Development projects - Rolling programmes for maintenance - Accessibility plan - Health and Safety -  Site security - to report to the FGB

Standards and Quality

Chair:  John Ciereszko

Meetings: 3 times a year

Function:  School standards - Pupil progress and their outcomes - Quality of teaching and learning - School improvement - Target setting - Attendance and behaviour -School key priorities - Curriculum policies and schemes of work - Extended Schools activities - Effectiveness of Inclusion systems and routines - Pupil Premium and use of PE funding - to report to the FGB

Panels

Admissions

Chair: 

Meetings: Formed when required.

Function: - To rank applications for admission to the school – to consider in year applications – to report to the FGB

Appeals

Chair: 

Meetings: Formed when required.

Function: To be the final arbiter for matters referred to the panel. Members selected depending on the nature of the content of the appeal to ensure no tainting.

Discipline

Chair: 

Meetings: Formed when required.

Function: To be the final arbiter for matters referred to the panel. Members selected depending on the nature of the content of the appeal to ensure no tainting.

Principal Performance Management

Chair:  John Ciereszko

Meetings: Twice yearly

Function: Setting of targets for the Principal – to report to the FGB