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 Board:

The Headteacher

7 Co-opted Governors

1 Local Authority Governor

1 Staff Governor

2 Parent Governors

The Governing Board 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.

	Term of office	Responsibilities
Headteacher	Ex-officio
Kris Hiscock	1/04/16
Linda Cowey	6/11/17 – 5/11/21	Chair of Governors Safeguarding/Child Protection Pupil premium Leadership and management Headteacher’s Performance Management
Co-opted Governors
Kelly Chandler	24/1/17 – 23/1/21	Health and Safety Leadership and management
David Cooke	21/5/2019 – 20/5/2023	HT performance management SEN Quality of education
Marriet Geldenhuys	19/05/2020- 18/05/2024	SEN Behaviour and attitudes
Sarah Beighton	20/10/17 – 19/10/21	Vice Chair of Governors Pay Committee Training and development Finance
Parent Governor Helen Sams		EYFS
Staff Governor
Anne Scarborough	22/10/14 – 21/10/18	Quality of education Other premiums
Local Authority Governor
Stephen Bonner	15/10/2019 – 14/10/2023	Finance Pay Behaviour and attitudes

The Clerk to the Governors is Nigel Marchant.

If you wish to contact the Governing Board please address correspondence to the Chair of Governors or the Clerk to Governors C/O the school.

We have vacancies on the Board. If you are interested in joining the Governing Board 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 2020:

Governor	Business	Nature of business	Interest
K Hiscock	None
K Chandler	None
L Cowey	None
A Scarborough	None
S Beighton	None
S Bonner	None
D Cooke	None
H Sams	None
M Geldenhuys	None

Attendance

Here is the governor attendance record for the 2020-21 academic year:

	Full Governing Board
L Cowey	2/2
K Hiscock	2/2
K Chandler	2/2
A Scarborough	2/2
S Beighton	2/2
D Cooke	1/2 (a)
M Geldenhuys	0/2 (a x 1)
S Bonner	2/2
H Sams	2/2

A = Apologies accepted