Governing Body
This page contains information on our Governing body. Below are details on individual Governors, along with tables showing the make up and attendance of each committee. If you would like to contact one of our Governors, please send either a letter or email via the school office - contact details can be found here.
Governors attendance can be found here
For more information about governors, please follow the links below -
- National governors association
- The full roles and responsibilities for Governors is covered in the Governance handbook: For academies, multi-academy trusts and maintained schools, which can be found here.
- Prevent strategy - Action plan and PREVENT Policy.
Governors can be contacted either by letter or email via the school office - click here for contact details.
Role of the Governing Body
An extract from the Governance handbook January 2017 states that:
1. The purpose of governance is to provide confident, strategic leadership and to create robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance.
2. All boards, no matter what type of schools or how many schools they govern, have three core functions:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
- Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff;
- Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.
Governor membership is for a period of 4 years
Our Governing Body consists of people from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences.
Chair of Governors - Steven Norman (Local Area)Chair of Curriculum Committee. Has voting rights. PREVENT Governor Child protection/Safeguarding Governor Looked After Children Governor SEND Governor Appointed by Staffordshire County Council I have been a governor at this very special school ever since it opened in 2001 and have been grateful to the local community for its support in that time. I have particular responsibility for child protection for Looked After Children. Governors and staff strive to give our children the best opportunity for learning and to get into mainstream education where possible. To achieve this we give them an environment where they feel safe, treat them as individuals with differing needs and help them to achieve their potential with targets and innovative ways of learning.
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Vice Chair - Mr Tim Bowen (Co-opted)Chair of Finance, HR and Buildings Committee. Has voting rights. Training and Development governor Pupil Premium Governor MFL Governor Appointed by Governing Body I became a parent governor shortly after my son joined the school. I offered myself for election to the governing body mostly because I was so impressed with the tremendous commitment of the School staff towards the children. I am delighted that that commitment has never wavered over time. I am particularly proud that the School has never excluded any of its students. So far as I concerned that record sends a message to the children that, whatever difficulties they might face, Chasetown Community School will never give up on them. My personal experience is as an accountant. I have worked on the financial side of the construction industry for many years. This background has given me valuable knowledge to contribute to the work of the Finance, HR and Buildings sub-committee which I chair. Although my son left the school some time ago he benefited greatly from his time there. I am honoured to remain as a governor to help support the staff in the professional way they go about their important work.
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Headteacher - Dr Linda JamesMember of Finance, HR, Building and Curriculum Committees. Has voting rights.
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Staff Governor - Mr Richard CogingMember of Curriculum Committee. Has voting rights Appointed by staff election
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Co-opted Governor - Mrs Anne WestobyMember of Finance, HR, Building and Curriculum Committees. Has voting rights. Appointed by Governing Body I have worked at Chasetown Community School since it opened in 2001 in a number of different support roles. I am currently the HR, Data and Network Manager, a role which gives me a good overview of the whole school. I am currently a member of the HR, Finance & Buildings Committee and the Curriculum Committee. I have two main roles on the Governing Body: Ensuring Safer Recruitment practices are followed and ensuring that both sub committees have the information they need to plan effectively to maintain and develop the use of technology across the school.
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Associate Governor - Mrs Liz MountstephensAppointed by Governing Body
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Co-Opted Governor - MS VictorIa ALTREEAppointed by Governing Body
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Co-Opted Governor - Mrs Rose WestwoodAppointed by Governing Body
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Parent Governor - Miss GiltenanAppointed by Governing Body
Co-opted Governor - Mr Simon LettAppointed by Governing Body Has voting rights Member of Finance, HR and buildings committee
Parent Governor - Mrs ThompsonAppointed by Governing Body
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Vacant places 1 Community Governor 1 Parent Governor |
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