Governors

Whipton Barton Federation Annual Governance Statement 

The Department for Education Governance Handbook (March 2019) states that: 

All boards, whether in the maintained or academy sector and no matter how many schools they are responsible for, have three core functions:  

.  Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction; 

Governors are responsible for setting the school’s strategic framework, identifying priorities for school improvement and monitoring progress towards these goals. Governors are also responsible for setting a school ethos of high expectations of behaviour, progress and attainment of all pupils and of conduct of staff and governors. 

2.        Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils; 

Governors must provide challenge to the school and hold the Headteacher and senior leaders to account for improving the quality of teaching and learning and school performance. Governors do this through questioning and through regular monitoring and analysis of data on children’s performance and progress. Governors hold the Headteacher to account for the performance management of teachers. The performance management of the Headteacher is conducted by governors together with an external advisor. 

3.        Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure it’s money is well spent. 

Governors look at financial statements and ask questions to ensure that the school makes efficient use of its budget and provides best value for money.  

Governance Arrangements 

The table below outlines the Governor names and their roles. 

Over the last year, we have had governors attend various training including: 

• Introduction to Governance 

• Safeguarding 

• Prevent training 

• Keeping Children Safe in Education 

• Achieving Good in OFSTED 

Attendance record of Governors 

All Governors are aware of the importance of attending meetings. We have never had to cancel a meeting due to not being quorate. All details of Governor attendance can be found in the Full Governing Body meeting minutes on the Federation website at: www.whiptonbartonfederation.co.uk/minutes 

The Full Governing Body meets twice a term. The Teaching and Learning committee and Resources committee also meet twice a term. We have yearly Pay and performance and Headteacher Appraisal meetings. We have other committees to handle complaints, staff matters and pupil discipline as these arise. 

The work that we have done 

Future of Governors  

School Improvement Planning 

Governors have high aspirations for the school and believe it will achieve great things in the future. The key aims and priorities as set out in our improvement plan for 2019-2020 are: 

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Contacting the Governing Body 

We welcome any questions or comments and can be contacted at: chairs@whiptonbarton.org 

If you would like to write to the governors you can use the following address

Chair of Governors

c/o Whipton Barton Federation

Hill Lane

Exeter

EX1 3JP 

Governing Board  Minutes

Below are the meeting minutes of the Full Governing Board. If you would like to review the minutes of the Teaching & Learning Committee or the Resources Committee please contact the school or the Clerk to Governors.