School Governors
Please find below details of how our Governing Body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.
The Governing Body, together with Mrs Hay (our Head Teacher), is responsible for the overall Governance of the school, ensuring that it is run efficiently and effectively to provide the very best education for our children.
In brief their role is to:
- Set the strategic direction of the school ensuring its vision, Christian values and ethos are met.
- Develop, monitor and challenge the School Improvement Plan to ensure that standards are met and that the headteacher is held to account for the performance of the school and its pupils.
- Oversee the financial performance of the school and ensure it's money is well spent and well managed.
At Langwathby School we achieve this through half-termly meetings of the full Governing Body and it's committees, which deal in detail with the main aspects of the work.
Governors provide their time on a voluntary basis and the Governing Body is made up of representatives from the school staff, parents, the Local Authority and the local diocese.
Governing Body 2019-2020
- Mrs Andrea Thompson (Chair of Governors; Parent Governor)
- Mrs Francesca Stott (Vice Chair of Governors; Parent Governor)
- Mrs Sally Hay (Head Teacher)
- Mrs Hazel Bowes (Foundation Governor)
- Mr David Brier (Co-opted Governor)
- Mrs Hazel Feddon (Staff Governor)
- Mrs Rachel Forster (Parent Governor)
- Mrs Gudrun Ravetz (Co-opted Governor)
- Mrs Vee Reed (Co-opted Governor)
- Mrs Kathryn Potts (Parent Governor)
- Canon Stephen Pye (Foundation Governor)
- Mrs Kate Tomkinson (Local Authority Governor)
- Mr Ben Western (Parent Governor)
- Mr John Williams (Foundation Governor)
- Miss Olga Atkinson (Clerk to the Governors)
Governors left within the last 12 months:
- Mr Robert Dixon (Staff Governor) - Resigned July 2019
All the Governors can be contacted through the Clerk to the Governors at clerk@langwathby.cumbria.sch.uk
|
Governor
|
Committee
|
Responsibilities |
Date of Appointment |
End of Term of Office |
Appointed By |
Business Interests |
| Mrs Hazel Bowes |
* Learning & Community |
N/A | October 2013 | 17/10/21 | Diocese | None |
| Mr David Brier |
* Finance & Staffing * Premises & Health & Safety |
Health & Safety Link Governor |
September 2013 | 26/09/21 | Governors | None |
| Mrs Hazel Feddon | * Premises & Health & Safety | N/A | January 2012 | 12/01/20 | Governors | None |
| Mrs Rachel Forster |
* Learning & Community |
Safeguarding / SEND Link Governor |
November 2017 | 29/11/21 | Parents |
Lambkins Nursery / Eden Explorers |
|
Mrs Sally Hay |
* Learning & Community * Finance & Staffing * Premises & Health & Safety |
Whole School |
September 2017 |
N/A |
Governors |
Herdwick School |
| Mrs Kathryn Potts |
* Learning & Community * Premises & Health & Safety |
N/A | October 2016 | 30/09/20 | Parents | None |
| Canon Stephen Pye | * Learning & Community | N/A | July 2015 | N/A | Diocese | None |
| Mrs Gudrun Ravetz |
* Learning & Community |
N/A | November 2019 | 25/11/23 | Governors | Vet You |
| Mrs Vee Reed | * Premises & Health & Safety | N/A | November 2019 | 25/11/23 | Governors | None |
| Mrs Francesca Stott |
* Learning & Community * Finance & Staffing |
Vice-Chair of Governors | November 2017 | 29/11/21 | Parents |
Crescendum HR |
|
Mrs Andrea Thompson |
* Finance & Staffing |
Chair of Governors |
October 2016 |
30/09/20 |
Parents |
Burnetts Legal Services |
|
Mrs Kate Tomkinson |
* Learning & Community |
N/A |
November 2008 |
26/11/20 |
Local Authority |
None |
| Mr Ben Western | * Premises & Health & Safety | N/A | October 2016 | 30/09/20 | Parents | Western Construction |
| Mr John Williams | * Finance & Staffing |
Training Link Governor |
June 2012 | 31/05/20 | Diocese | None |
