Governors

Governing Body Membership 2018-19

Finance Pay and Premises Committee	Curriculum, Pupils and Admissions Committee
Mrs Sheila Entwistle (Chair of committee)	Mr Eugene Connolly(Chair of committee)
Mrs Annemarie Bell ( HT)	Mrs Annemarie Bell (HT)
Mr Vincent Ogbechie	Miss Claire Euston (Associate)
Mrs Rosie Talbot
Mrs Christine Palmer ( Associate)	Mrs Rachel Marsden
	Miss Moya Shannon
	Mrs Victoria Wilmot
	Cllr Michele Barnes

Name	Governor Type	Term from	Term to	Roles	Pecuniary Interest
A.Bell	Headteacher	NA		Headteacher	No
Cllr M. Barnes	LEA	25^th May 2016	27^th May 2019		No
Fr M Collins	Foundation	NA		Parish Priest	No
S. Entwistle	Foundation	25^th July 2015	23^rd July 2019	Vice Chair of Governing Body	No
C.Euston	Associate Member	NA		Deputy Headteacher	No
	Parent				No
E. Conolly	Foundation	13^th October 2017	12 th October 2021	Chair of the Governing Body	No
C.Palmer	Associate Member	NA		School Business Manager	No
M. Shannon	Foundation	2^nd June 2015	31^st May 2019		No
V. Wilmot	Parent	2^nd February 2016	31^st January 2020		No
R. Marsden	Foundation	13^th October 2017	12^th October 2021		No
R. Talbot	Staff	31^st Jan 2018	30^th Jan 2022	Member of SLT Class Teacher	No
V. Ogbechie	Foundation	13^th October 2017	12^th October 2021		No

Governors Attendance

Holy Cross and All Saints RC Primary School

Attendance

Y = Attended, N = Apologies Accepted, NA = Apologies not Accepted, NS = No Apologies sent, X = Not on this committee

		Finance Committee meeting	Curriculum, Pupil and Admission, incl Safeguarding.	Governing Board Meeting	Finance, Pay, Premise and Health & Safety Committee	Curriculum, Pupil and Admissions, including Safeguarding	Governing Board meeting	Finance, Pay, Premises and Health & Safety	Curriculum, Pupil and Admission, incl Safeguarding.	Full Governing Board Meeting
Governor	Governor Type	26 Sep 2017	10 Oct 2017	30 Nov 2017	06 Feb 2018	13 Feb 2018	08 Mar 2018	15 May 2018	12 Jun 2018	05 Jul 2018
Cllr Michele Barnes	Authority	X	Y	Y	X	NS	Y	X	Y	NS
Mrs Annemarie Bell	Headteacher	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Fr Martin Collins	Foundation	X	Y	Y	X	Y	Y	X	N	Y
Mr Eugene Connolly	Foundation	X	**	Y	X	Y	N	X	Y	Y
Mrs Sheila Entwistle	Foundation	Y	Y	Y	Y	X	N	Y	X	Y
Miss Claire Euston	Associate Member	X	NS	Y	X	Y	Y	X	Y	Y
Miss Emma Gough	Parent	NS	Y	Y	NS	Y	Y	NS	X	Y
Mrs Mary Ingram	Foundation	Y	N	Y	Y	X	Y	Y	X	N
Mrs Rachel Marsden	Foundation	X	NS	Y	X	Y	Y	X	NS	NS
Mr Vincent Ogbechie	Foundation	NS	X	Y	N	X	Y	Y	X	Y
Mrs Christine Palmer	Associate Member	Y	X	Y	Y	X	Y	Y	X	Y
Miss Moya Shannon	Foundation	X	Y	Y	X	N	Y	X	NS	N
Mrs Rosalie Talbot	Staff	*	X	*	NS	X	Y	Y	X	N
Mrs Victoria Wilmot	Parent	X	Y	N	X	Y	Y	X	Y	Y

* Not elected until 2/2/18

** Not appointed until 13/10/17

Finance Pay and Premises Committee 26th September 2017 5pm	Attendance
Mrs Sheila Entwistle (Chair of committee)	Attended
Mrs Annemarie Bell ( HT)	Attended
Mrs Mary Ingam	Attended
Mrs Christine Palmer	Attended

Curriculum, Pupils, Admissions and Safeguarding Committee 10th October 2017 5pm	Attendance
Fr Martin Collins (Chair of committee)	Attended
Mrs Annemarie Bell (HT)	Attended
Miss Claire Euston (Associate)	Attended
Miss Emma Gough	Attended
Miss Moya Shannon	Attended
Mrs Victoria Wilmot	Attended
Cllr Michele Barnes	Attended
Mrs Mary Ingam	Apologies

Full Governing Body Meeting 30th November 2017 6pm	Attendance
Fr Martin Collins (Chair of GB)	Attended
Mrs Sheila Entwistle (Vice Chair of GB)	Attended
Mrs Annemarie Bell (HT)	Attended
Miss Claire Euston (Associate)	Attended
Mr Eugene Connolly	Attended
Miss Emma Gough	Attended
Miss Moya Shannon	Attended
Mrs Victoria Wilmot	Apologies Accepted
Cllr Michele Barnes	Attended
Mrs Rachel Marsden	Attended
Mr Vincent Ogbechie	Attended
Mrs Sheila Entwistle	Attended
Mrs Christine Palmer	Attended

Governors 2016-2017	Finance, Pay and Premises Committee 27.09.16 5pm	Curriculum, Pupils and Admissions Committee 11.10.16 5pm	Autumn Full GB 03.11.16 6pm	Finance, Pay and Premises Committee 24.01.17 5pm	Curriculum, Pupils and Admissions Committee 31.01.17 5pm	Spring Full GB 30.03.17 6pm	Finance, Pay and Premises Committee 16.05.17 5pm	Curriculum, Pupils and Admissions Committee 13.06.17 5pm	Summer Full GB 06.06.18 6pm
Mr Kevin Morrissey (Chair of Governors)	Attended	Apologies Accepted	Attended	Attended	Apologies Accepted	Attended	Attended	Apologies Accepted	Attended
Fr Martin Collins ( Vice Chair of Governors)			Attended		Attended	Attended		Attended	Attended
Mrs Sheila Entwistle		Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Apologies Accepted	Attended	Attended
Mrs Annemarie Bell (Headteacher)	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Miss Claire Euston (Associate)		Attended	Attended		Attended	Attended		Attended	Attended
Mr John McDonald	Apologies Accepted		Attended	Left the GB Dec 2016
Miss Emma Gough		Attended	Attended		Apologies Accepted	Attended		Attended	Attended
Miss Moya Shannon		Attended	Attended		Attended	Attended		Attended	Attended
Mrs Victoria Wilmot			Attended		Apologies Accepted	Attended		Attended	Attended
Cllr Michele Barnes		No Apologies	Attended		Apologies Accepted	Attended		No Apologies	Attended
Mrs Mary Ingram		Attended	Attended	Attended	Apologies Accepted	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Mrs Christine Palmer	Attended		Attended	Attended		Apologies Accepted	Attended		Attended

The Governing Body has a responsibility to ensure that the school, as a Roman Catholic Primary School, is effectively led and managed to meet the needs of the pupils, the expectations of our Catholic parents and the interests of the wider community and parish. They have particular responsibilities in relation to leading school improvement, the development of the curriculum, monitoring of standards in all areas of school life, the appointment of staff and admissions to school.

The governers meet at least once a term to discuss a report from the headteacher as well as monitoring, evaluating and discussing other apsects of school business. The minutes of these meetings are available in school for parent’s and are available upon request. The subcommittees also meet usually once a term to discuss specific areas of school life.

The Chair of the Governing Body is Mr Eugene Connolly and he can be contacted C/o the school address.

Governor Profiles

Christine Palmer

I am an ex pupil of the school and live in the parish of Holy Cross, St Gilberts and St Matthew. I have worked at Holy Cross and All Saints since 1992 and am employed as the School Business Manager.

I took up my position as Non-Teaching Staff Governor in 2010. I attend full governing body meetings three times a year, and I also sit on the Finance, Pay and Premises Committee. Being a governor at the school is a serious role which I enjoy and I will always have the best interest of the school at heart.

Sheila Entwistle

I am a member of the Parish and was appointed a Foundation Governor in July 2015. My four grown up children have benefited from a Catholic education. I have worked in Further Education, for the past 23 years, assessing and teaching students with learning difficulties and disabilities, specialising in dyslexia.

I want to use my personal and professional experience of education, in my role as a governor, to act in the best interest of all the pupils. I hope to assist and support the Head Teacher and staff in giving all our children the best education with a productive, challenging and happy environment that allows them to nourish and develop their talents and achieve their full potential.

Moya Shannon

After previously serving as a governor from 1997-2007 I was very pleased to re-join the governing body as a Foundation Governor in May 2015. As a qualified Librarian and Teacher my particular expertise is in developing literacy skills. I was born and brought up in the parish of Holy Cross and I am an active member of the parish community. It is a privilege to be able to use my experience, skills and abilities to help further the education of our children.

Governance Information

All the governors and associate members of Holy Cross and All Saints RC Primary School have signed the Register of personal, pecuniary or business interests

This is a declaration of any personal or business interest they or any relative or person closely connected with them, have with businesses or other organisations that may have dealings with the school. This could for example include owning or having a relative work for a business that had dealings with school; having a relative working in or for school or being a governor of another school.

If any interest a governor has could be seen to cause a conflict of interest they would be asked to withdraw from any decision making concerned. This is to ensure that our governors can always be seen to be putting the interest of the school first.

If there is a potential conflict it is shown in the table. This table also shows the category of governor each person is, any specific role on the governing body and the committees they are members of.

More information about the requirements to complete and sign the Register of personal, pecuniary or business interests can be found on Salford City Council’s Governor Services web pages at http://www.salford.gov.uk/schoolgovernors.htm where you will also find the links to all the other local authority’s (LA) governing bodies’ personal, pecuniary or business interests registers.

The different categories of governors on our governing body are:

parent governors who have a child in school at the time of their election, and are elected by the parents with children at the school;
staff governors who are members of staff at the school and are elected by their colleagues;
foundation governors are appointed by Bishop John Arnold from the Diocese of Salford and may be removed by the Bishop of Salford (or any other person exercising Ordinary jurisdiction on his behalf).
local authority(LA) governors who are nominated by the local councillor and appointed by the governing body;
the Headteacher (HT) is also a member of the governing body by right of the position they hold in the school;
associate members are not actually governors but can be appointed to serve on committees and attend meetings of the full governing body. They do not have the right to vote at meetings of the full governing body but may been given voting rights on the committees that they are a member of, but these rights can only be given by the governing body.
The different committees our governing body has are:
Finance and Premises Committee
Curriculum, Pupils and Admissions Committee
There are also separate disciplinary and appeals committees which are convened if they are required.