The Craylands Governing Body
As the governing body of The Craylands School, we will:
Use challenge to hold school leaders to account
Provide clarity of vision and strategic view
Ensure financial probity
Click here to find out more on how we will do this!
This is the constitution of our Governing Body:
The Headteacher
5 Co-opted Governors
1 Local Authority Governor
1 Staff Governor
2 Parent Governors
The Governing Body operates on the Circle Model of governance. This means that rather than having committees governors work as individuals or small groups to monitor the work of the school. They report back to the full governing body on their activities.
These are the people in post, with their terms of office and governor responsibilities:
Chair of Governors Effectiveness of Leadership and Management Early Years Foundation Stage Headteacher’s Performance Management Finance
| Term of office | Responsibilities | |
Headteacher
| Ex-officio1/04/16 | |
| Kris Hiscock | ||
| Co-opted Governors | ||
| Jo-Anne Penn | 10/11/15 – 9/11/19 | Chair of Governors Early Years Foundation Stage |
| Lesley Howes | 21/05/15 – 20/05/19 | Outcomes for pupils Finance |
| Kelly Chandler | 25/09/14 – 24/09/18 | Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare Health and Safety ChildProtection / Safeguarding |
| Margaret Nye | ||
| Parent Governors | ||
| Linda Cowey | 6/11/13 – 30/04/19 | Outcomes for pupils Management for Governor Training Headteacher Performance Management |
| Vikki Rawlins | 01/05/15 – 30/04/19 | Outcomes for pupils Management of Governor Training Headteacher Performance Management |
| Staff Governor | ||
| Anne Scarborough | 22/10/14 – 21/10/18 | Persoanl Development, Behaviour and Welfare Child Protection / Safeguarding Special Educational Needs and Disability |
The Clerk to the Governors is Karen Fitzpatrick.
If you wish to contact the Governing Body please address correspondence to the Chair of Governors or the Clerk to Governors C/O the school.
We have vacancies for a Local Authority Governor and a Co-opted Governor. If you are interested in joining the Governing Body this could be an opportunity for you. Contact the Headteacher in the first instance for more information.
Business Interests
The governors declare their business interests annually and update them during the year if required. This is the summary from September 2015:
| Governor | Business | Nature of business | Interest |
| V Rawlins | None | ||
| K Hiscock | None | ||
| R Lees | Dartford Borough Council Swanscombe and Greenhithe Cygnets Preschool Ebbsfleet Academy | Preschool School | Councillor for Swanscombe Town Councillor Trustee Governor |
| K Chandler | None | ||
| L Cowey | None | ||
| S Feasey | None | ||
| L Howes | None | ||
| A Scarborough | None | ||
| J Penn | Newstead Wood School | School | Governor, Director and Trustee |
Attendance
| 24/9 | 10/11 | 8/12 | 22/1 | 26/3 | 21/5 | 16/7 | |
| V Rawlins | y | y | y | √ | A | ||
| A Pattenden | y | y | y | √ | √ | ||
| R Lees | y | y | y | √ | √ | ||
| K Chandler | y | y | y | √ | √ | ||
| L Cowey | y | y | y | √ | √ | ||
| S Feasey | y | y | y | A | – | ||
| L Howes | A | y | A | A | √ | ||
| A Scarborough | A | y | y | √ | √ | ||
| J Penn | N/A | y | y | √ | √ |
A = Apologies accepted
√ = Present
X = Absent