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
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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 a Committee Model of governance. This means that governors are either members of the standards or resources committee. These committees report back to the full governing body on their activities.
These are the people in post, with their terms of office and governor responsibilities:
| Term of office | Responsibilities | |
Headteacher
| Ex-officio1/04/16 | |
| Kris Hiscock | Member of all committees | |
| Co-opted Governors | ||
| Jo-Anne Penn | 24/1/17 – 23/1/21 | Chair of Governors Standards Committee Quality of Teaching Behaviour and Welfare |
| Lesley Howes | 24/1/17 – 23/1/21 | Resources Committee Finance Pay Committee |
| Kelly Chandler | 24/1/17 – 23/1/21 | Chair of Resources Committee Health and Safety |
| Anne Robinson | 20/10/17 – 19/10/21 | Standards Committee |
| Steve Weller | 24/5/17 – 23/5/21 | Resources Committee Headteacher’s Performance Management Pay Committee |
| Parent Governors | ||
| Linda Cowey | 6/11/13 – 5/11/17 | Vice Chair of Governors Chair of Standards Committee Safeguarding/Child Protection Early Years Foundation Stage School’s Future Headteacher’s Performance Management Pupil Premium |
| Sarah Beighton | 20/10/17 – 19/10/21 | Standards Committee Pay Committee |
| Staff Governor | ||
| Anne Scarborough | 22/10/14 – 21/10/18 | Standards Committee Special Educational Needs and Disabilities |
| Local Authority Governor | ||
| Vacancy |
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 |
| K Hiscock | None | ||
| K Chandler | None | ||
| L Cowey | None | ||
| L Howes | None | ||
| A Scarborough | None | ||
| J Penn | Newstead Wood School | School | Governor, Director and Trustee |
| A Robinson | Gravesend Academy Trust | Trustee | |
S Weller S Beighton | None None |
Attendance
| Full Governing Board | Committees | |
| J Penn | 5/5 | 1/1 |
| K Hiscock | 5/5 | 1/1 |
| K Chandler | 5/5 | 1/1 |
| L Cowey | 5/5 | 1/1 |
| L Howes | 5/5 | 1/1 |
| A Scarborough | 5/5 | 1/1 |
| S Weller | 1/1 | NA |