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 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.
GOVERNOR DIVERSITY
As a maintained school we have a duty to recognise that diverse thoughts, voices and perspectives is essential to good governance and the effective running of any organisation.
The Craylands School believes it is important that Local Governing Committees reflect the diversity of the school communities they serve. Diverse boards promote inclusive school environments and provide diverse role models for staff and children.
Collectively, we are gathering data on the diversity of our governors, including data on age, gender and ethnicity. We will use that data to inform recruitment and training needs and ensure there is always a diverse range of perspectives around the table to support robust decision making.
We do not publish any diversity information that may disclose personal information about individual governors. This is due to our legal obligation to protect their personal data.
Governors roles and responsibilities
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 | CO-VICE CHAIR
Finance Health and Safety |
| Marian Benford | 20/4/21 – 19/4/25 | SEND
Pay committee |
| Sarah Crook | 10/2/23 – 09/02/27 | Quality of education
Pay committee |
| Deborah Busette | 22/03/2023 – 21/03/2027 | Finance
EYFS |
| Parent Governor
Lacie Kerner |
20/10/22 – 19/10/25 | CO-VICE CHAIR
Safeguarding/Child protection Training governor |
| Charmaine Evens | 10/2/23 – 09/02/27 | Quality of education
SEND |
| Staff Governor | ||
| Anne Scarborough | 12/10/18 – 11/10/22 |
EYFS 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 | ||
| L Hunter | None | ||
| M Benford | None | ||
| D Busette | |||
| S Crook | |||
| L Kerner | |||
| C Evens |
Attendance
Here is the governor attendance record for the 2023-24 academic year:
| Full Governing Board | |
| L Cowey | 1/1 |
| K Hiscock | 1/1 |
| K Chandler | 1/1 |
| A Scarborough | 1/1 |
| L Hunter | 1/1 |
| M Benford | 1/1 |
| S Crook | A |
| D Busette | 1/1 |
| C Evens | A |
| L Kerner | 1/1 |
A = Apologies accepted