Governors
Summercroft Primary School is a single academy trust and as such is a charitable company limited by guarantee. The company has members and it has directors who are also trustees of the charity and governors of the school. The members have a similar role to that of shareholders of a company limited by shares and in particular have power to remove governors and to direct them to take a specific action.
The work of the governors revolves around their three core functions as laid down in guidance from the Department for Education:-
1. Ensuring clarity of the vision, ethos and strategic direction of the school.
2. Holding the executive leaders of the school to account for the educational performance of the school and of its pupils and for the effective performance management of its staff.
3. Overseeing the financial performance of the school and ensuring that its money is well spent.
The full governing body meets six times a year and has two committees which each meet a minimum of once a term. The Learning and Pupil Progress committee undertakes the detailed oversight and scrutiny of the educational performance and of performance management and reports back to the full governing body. The Finance and Resources committee undertakes the detailed oversight and scrutiny of the financial performance and of ensuring money is well spent and also the functions of an audit committee which include ensuring internal scrutiny of controls and reports back to the full governing body.
The members in the present and last school years are:-
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Michael Kirby |
Appointed 6/10/2014 |
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Kevin Goodeve |
Appointed 1/9/2015 |
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Simon Watkins |
Appointed 3/10/2016 |
Stepped down 12/2/2019 |
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Gaynor Hayes |
Appointed 8/11/2017 |
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Simon Parry |
Appointed 8/11/2017 |
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Chris Adams |
Appointed 12/6/2019 |
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| Carole Hinstridge (Headteacher) | Appointed 30/4/2014 | Resigned 30/8/2020 |
The governors in the present and last school years are:-
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Name |
Appointed by |
From |
To |
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Chris Adams |
Parents |
01/9/2017 |
31/8/2021 |
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Annette Burns |
Staff Governing body |
01/9/2015 01/9/2019 |
31/8/2019 31/8/2023 |
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Lindsay Cox |
Staff |
22/9/2017 |
21/9/2021 |
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Kevin Goodeve (Chair of Finance and Resources Committee) |
Parents Parents |
31/8/2015 01/9/2019 |
30/8/2019 31/8/2023 |
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Gaynor Hayes (Chair of Learning and Pupil Progress Committee) |
Members Members |
14/10/2016 14/10/2020 |
13/10/2020 14/10/2024 |
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Carole Hinstridge (Headteacher) |
Ex officio |
30/4/2014 |
30/8/2020 |
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Tim Hyams |
Parents |
01/9/2017 |
31/8/2021 |
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Stephen Jess |
Staff |
24/9/2014 |
23/9/2018 |
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Staff |
24/9/2018 |
30/8/2020 |
| Ex officio | 1/9/2020 | ||
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Michael Kirby (Chair of Governors) |
Members Members |
06/10/2014 06/10/2018 |
05/10/2018 05/10/2022 |
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Sophie Laing |
Parents |
01/9/2019 |
01/09/2023 |
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Simon Parry (Vice Chair of Governors) |
Members Members |
16/3/2016 16/3/2020 |
15/3/2020 15/3/2024 |
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Iain Playle |
Parents |
08/11/2017 |
07/11/2021 |
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Joanna Quinlivan |
Parents |
01/9/2017 |
31/8/2021 |
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Simon Watkins |
Parents |
13/2/2015 |
12/2/2019
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Governors’ attendance record for school year 2019-20
| Name | Role | General Meetings | Finance and Audit Committee | Learning and Pupil Progress | |||
| Meetings Attended | Out of a possible | Meetings Attended | Out of a possible | Meetings Attended | Out of a possible | ||
| Chris Adams | Parent Governor | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Annette Burns | Co-opted Governor | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Lindsay Cox | Staff Governor | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Kevin Goodeve | Parent Governor | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Gaynor Hayes | Community Governor | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Carole Hinstridge | Headteacher | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Tim Hyams | Parent Governor | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Stephen Jess | Staff Governor | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Michael Kirby | Community Governor | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sophie Laing | Parent Governor | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Simon Parry | Community Governor | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Iain Playle | Parent Governor | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Joanna Quinlivan | Parent Governor | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||