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 | 6/10/2021 – 5/10/2025 | Chair of Governors
Safeguarding/Child Protection Pupil premium Leadership and management Headteacher’s Performance Management |
| Co-opted Governors | ||
| Kelly Chandler | 8/2/21 – 7/2/25 | Health and Safety
Leadership and management |
| Luke Hunter | 20/4/21 – 19/4/25 | Finance
Health and Safety |
| Rudo Manyemba | 20/4/21 – 19/4/25 |
Behaviour and attitudes EYFS |
| Precious Ikem | 20/4/21 – 19/4/25 | Quality of education
Sports premium |
| Marian Benford | 20/4/21 – 19/4/25 | SEN
Pay committee |
| Sarah Crook | 10/2/23 – 09/02/27 | |
| Parent Governor
Lacie Kerner |
20/10/22 – 19/10/25 | EYFS
Behaviour and attitudes |
| Charmaine Evens | 10/2/23 – 09/02/27 | |
| Staff Governor | ||
| Anne Scarborough | 12/10/18 – 11/10/22 |
SEN Other premiums |
| Local Authority Governor | ||
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 | ||
| R Manyemba | None | ||
| L Hunter | None | ||
| H Sams | None | ||
| P Ikem | None | ||
| M Benford | None | ||
Attendance
Here is the governor attendance record for the 2021-22 academic year:
| Full Governing Board | |
| L Cowey | 1/1 |
| K Hiscock | 1/1 |
| K Chandler | 1/1 |
| A Scarborough | 1/1 |
| S Beighton | 1/1 |
| R Manyemba | 0/1 |
| P Ikem | 0/1 |
| L Hunter | 1/1 |
| H Sams | 1/1 |
| M Benford | 1/1 |
A = Apologies accepted