Our Governors

The Governing Body works in close partnership with the Headteacher, staff and the local authority to ensure the school functions well and maintains the proper range of academic and social objectives.

The Governors of Kniveton Primary School

All schools in England have a Governing Body which is responsible for overseeing many of the strategic decisions of the school. A key role is to act as a ‘critical friend’: to support, to challenge, to ask questions and ultimately to represent the school community.

The Governing Body works in close partnership with the Headteacher, staff and the local authority. Whilst the Headteacher is, responsible for the day to day running of the school, the governors are involved with such things as staffing, curriculum, school buildings and finance. It ensures the school functions well and maintains the proper range of academic and social objectives.

Governing Body meetings

The Governing Body has 5 full Governors meetings a year to meet and review the progress of the school. The Governing Body meetings for 2020/21 are as follows:

Tuesday 5 October 2021
Tuesday 7 December 2021
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Tuesday 3 May 2022 – School
Tuesday 12 July 2022 – School

The Governing Body also has Committees to deal with specific details of governing the school. These committees report back to the Governing Body meetings.

Link Governors

A number of governors are also ‘Link Governors’ with responsibilities to review curriculum and other areas of the school’s role. Each link governor meets the subject leader in school who is responsible for that subject area.

Governing Body Information

In December 2014 the governing body elected to reconstitute under The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2012. The standard term of office for a governor is four years. The Chair and Vice-Chair are elected annually at the first meeting of the academic year.

The Chair of Governors is Rob Savidge who can be contacted via the school. The Vice-Chair of Governors is Doug McConnachie.

Name	Luke Redfearn
Appointed by	Governing Body
Term of office	n/a
Governor Committees served on:	All Committees
Responsibilities on governing body	Headteacher
Relevant Business/Pecuniary Interests	None declared
Governor at another school	None declared
Relationships between governors and any other staff members	None declared

Name	Mike Burrows
Appointed by	Governing Body
Term of office	17.02.2020 – 16.02.2024
Governor Committees served on
Responsibilities on governing body	PE & Sports Funding Link Governor, GDPR Link Governor
Relevant Business/Pecuniary Interests	None declared
Governor at another school	None declared
Relationships between governors and any other staff members	None declared

Name	Nicola Slack
Appointed by	Governing Body
Term of office	14.07.2020 – 13.07.2024
Governor Committees served on:	Monitoring & Evaluation Committee
Responsibilities on governing body	SEN&D & Literacy Link Governor
Relevant Business/Pecuniary Interests	Retired teacher and occasional supply teacher at Kniveton Primary School. A. S. Buildings Ltd
Governor at another school	None declared
Relationships between governors and any other staff members	None declared

Name	Rob Savidge
Appointed by	Governing Body
Term of office	08.12.2019 – 07.12.2023
Governor Committees served on:	Monitoring & Evaluation Committee & Headteacher Performance Management Committee
Responsibilities on governing body	Chair of Governors, Safeguarding & Child Protection, Maths, Health & Safety, SATs Monitoring Link Governor
Relevant Business/Pecuniary Interests	Chair of Kniveton Playing Field Committee
Governor at another school	None declared
Relationships between governors and any other staff members	None declared

Name	Doug McConnachie
Appointed by	Nominated by LA, appointed by Governing Body
Term of office	17.04.2018 – 16.04.2022
Governor Committees served on:	Headteacher Performance Management, Finance & Personnel Committee and Monitoring & Evaluation Committee
Responsibilities on governing body	Vice-Chair of Governors, Premises Management Link Governor
Relevant Business/Pecuniary Interests	None declared
Governor at another school	None declared
Relationships between governors and any other staff members	None declared

Name	Gill Gorman
Appointed by	Elected by Staff members
Term of office	20.09.2021 – 19.09.2025
Governor Committees served on:	Monitoring & Evaluation Committee
Responsibilities on governing body	Maths Link Governor
Relevant Business/Pecuniary Interests	None declared
Governor at another school	None declared
Relationships between governors and any other staff members	Teacher in school

Name	Charlotte Marsh
Appointed by	Elected by Parents
Term of office	09.12.2019 – 08.12.2023
Governor Committees served on:
Responsibilities on governing body	Safeguarding & Child Protection, Anti-Bullying, PSHE Link Governor
Relevant Business/Pecuniary Interests	None declared
Governor at another school	None declared
Relationships between governors and any other staff members	None declared

Name	Vacancy
Appointed by	Elected by parents
Term of office
Governor Committees served on:
Responsibilities on governing body
Relevant Business/Pecuniary Interests
Governor at another school
Relationships between governors and any other staff members

Name	Claire Barratt
Appointed by	Elected by Parents
Term of office	20.04.2021 – 19.04.2025
Governor Committees served on:
Responsibilities on governing body	EYFS Link Governor
Relevant Business/Pecuniary Interests	None declared
Governor at another school	St Josephs in the Park School, Hertingfordbury (until December 2021)
Relationships between governors and any other staff members	None declared

Name	Lewis Rose (OBE)
Appointed by	Kniveton PCC/Diocese
Term of office	17.04.2018 – 16.04.2022
Governor Committees served on:	Monitoring & Evaluation Committee
Responsibilities on governing body
Relevant Business/Pecuniary Interests	None declared
Governor at another school	None declared
Relationships between governors and any other staff members	None declared

Foundation Governor (Ex-officio)

Name	June Lomas
Appointed by	Kniveton PCC/Diocese
Term of office	n/a
Governor Committees served on:	Headteacher Performance Management Committee, Finance & Personnel Committee
Responsibilities on governing body	Finance, Pupil Premium and Pastoral Link Governor
Relevant Business/Pecuniary Interests	Employed by the school on a supply basis
Governor at another school	None declared
Relationships between governors and any other staff members	None declared

Governor Resignations 2020/21	Governor Category
Lucy Jones (April 2021)	Co-opted Governor

The Clerk to the Governors is Mrs Kim Meakin.