Meet the Governors

A big Welcome to the Governors’ page

 Helping Morgans to deliver its vision of nurturing life-long learning.

The role of the school Governor is a very valuable and rewarding one but often one that is misunderstood. 

We do not manage the day-to-day running of the school, that is the responsibility of the headteacher and senior leadership team, instead we oversee the strategic development of the school.

Our main aim is to always ensure that a high standard of education is available to every single one of the pupils

We do this by focusing on three core responsibilities. 

We………

• ensure that our school has a clear vision, ethos and strategic direction
• hold the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of the staff
• oversee the financial performance of the school, making sure we get value for money and stay in budget.

A very valued member of the board is the parent governor who is to communicate a parent's perspective

It's a fine line to tread but a parent governor’s job is not to speak on behalf of parents but to use their perspective to help the board understand a parent's viewpoint. 

This helps us to make good decisions and maintain a link between governance and the parent community.

There are two full governing board meetings a term (three in the autumn term), either in the evening from 7.00-9.00, or in the mornings during school time, from 9.30 to 11.30.  

The structure of the board 

Here are details of how our Governing body is structured, names, roles and responsibilities of current governors.

Our constitution states that we can have 14 members at any one time

The Headteacher

1 staff governor- appointed by the school staff

4 parent governors- appointed by the parents

 7 co-opted governors-appointed from the community

1 Local Authority Governor-Appointed from the local authority

 There can also be associate governors with specific areas of expertise but without voting rights on the board who are attached to our committees

 

Currently, the board looks like this:

Kayleigh Kingsland-Clerk to the Governors

Headteacher: Helen Melidoro

One Staff Governor: Siobhan Cosh (Morgans SENDico)

Parent Governors: 

Rachel Wiles-resources Committee member and Maths link governor

Donna Ladd-Website compliance and media/marketing link governor

Katherine Crafer-outdoor Learning and Financial Sustainability link governor

Six Co-opted Governors: 

Sue Jones-Chair of governors, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) link governor 

Hilary Thomas-Vice Chair of governor’s link governor for Financial Sustainability

Jan Wood-Safeguarding and Pupil Premium link governor

Samantha Whitbread-chair of the curriculum committee and EYFS link governor

Cliff Rice-Safeguarding and Sports Premium Link governor

One Local Authority Governor: Clare Gittings-Curriculum link governor

Associate Governors: 

Nicola Vicary-Deputy of Morgans

Felicity Salam -school business manager

Mark Fellows-ex co-opted governor and HR law specialist

 

Our work is structured around two committees.

These committees meet once or twice per term and report back to the full governing board:

Standards & Curriculum Committee

Chair-Sammantha Whitbread

Members-Sue Jones; Helen Melidoro; Siobhan Cosh; Clare Gittings; Jan Wood; Samantha Whitbread; Cliff Rice

Resources & Premises Committee 

Chair-Hilary Thomas

Members-Helen Melidoro; Rachel Wiles; Donna Ladd; Katherine Crafer

   

To see a copy of the governing board minutes please contact the school office.

 

For details of any relevant business and pecuniary interests of any of the above governors please contact the school office

 

We would love to hear from you if you are interested in joining us or know someone in the community who could add to enrich the board

You can find out more by watching this 

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We look forward to hearing from you-Sue Jones-Chair of Governors suejones@morgans.herts.sch.uk

To see a copy of the governing board minutes please contact the school office.