Governors

The Governing Body is responsible for the policies and overall development planning for the school. Working alongside the head teacher and the staff, the governors encourage and support the work of the school, ensuring that the finances are well managed and that the education and personal welfare of the children are kept under regular review. The full Governing Body meets at least once a term. At St Stephen & All Martyrs' we have two committees which feed into the work of the FGB, these meet at least once a term.

Business & Resources Committee- (Chaired by Phil Turney)
School Effectiveness & Community Committee - (Chaired by Dr Nick Browne)

The main aim of the Governing Body is to ensure the delivery of a high standard of education for all pupils in its care.

Every Governing Body is expected to have a good understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of its school. Governors acquire this knowledge in a variety of ways:

Reports from the Head Teacher and other senior staff
Local Authority (LA) and National data
Local Authority (LA) performance data sent to the Head Teacher is shared with the whole governing body
The school’s key performance indicators from RAISE online
Ofsted reports
School Development Plan and ongoing self-evaluation

First-hand knowledge is gained by governors visiting school. Regular planned visits give governors insight and understanding about school and help to strengthen the governing body’s strategic and monitoring role.

There are two kind of governor visits – formal and informal.

Governors make formal visits to the school in connection with their responsibilities as governors. Formal visits have a clear focus, linked to priorities in the School Development Plan.

Governors on informal visits attend in a more personal capacity (school performances, social events, Worship, Class Assemblies, Sports Day etc). Such visits add to individual governors’ knowledge and understanding of the school and strengthen relationships and foster trust and respect between governors, staff, parents and most importantly children.

If you would like to contact any member of the Governing Body, please send correspondence, marked “FAO Chair of Governors”, to the school office.

Meet the Governors

Sept 2019	Governor Appointment			Register of Business Interests
Name	Appointing body	Governor term of office start date	Governor term of office end date	Business & Pecuniary Interests	Other educational establishments governed	Material Relationships (Staff or Governor)
Mr Ben Barnes	PCC	23/7/19	22/07/23
Dr Nick Browne	FPC	22/05/2018	21/05/2022	The Gill Medical Centre – Partner Salford CCG – Director & Governor Salford Primary Care Together - Shareholder
Mr Marcus Chester Chair of Governors	FPC	06/09/2017	05/09/2021
Mrs Sam Fawcett Vice Chair of Governors	FPC	22/05/2018	21/05/2022
Mrs Candice Hyde	P	20/7/2019	19/7/2023
Mrs Diane Martindale	Diocesan Representative			LLG Consortium of School – Member D.Martindale – school Support
Mr Steven McHaddan	P	28/06/2016	27/06/2020
Mr Robert Moores	FPC	01/08/2017	31/07/2021
Mr Phil Turney	FDB	17/11/2015	16/11/2019
Mrs Rebecca Unsworth	SHT	01/09/2018	n.a	Wife of Director of Interior Solutions LTD	Member of the Governing Body of The Oaks Primary School
Mrs Anita Kobryn	STA	11/03/2016	Retired 30.10.19
Mr Tony Mackay Vice-Chair	FPC	22/09/2015	Term of Office Ended September 2019
Mr James O'Malley	P	20/07/2015	Term of Office Ended July 2019
Mrs Christine Balcer	LEA	29/01/2016	Retired 21.11.18
Rev Sue Edwards	Ex-Officio		Retired	Vicar of St Stephen & All Martyrs’ Church

Governor Attendance 2019-20

Name of Governor	Running count	Academic Year 2019-20
Name of Governor	Running count	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Mr Ben Barnes	1/1	Attended
Dr Nick Browne	1/1	Attended
Mr Marcus Chester Chair of Governors	1/1	Attended
Mrs Sam Fawcett Vice Chair of Governors	1/1	Attended
Mrs Candice Hyde	1/1	Attended
Mrs Diane Martindale	1/1	Attended
Mr Steven McHaddan	1/1	Attended
Mr Robert Moores	0/1	Apologies
Mr Phil Turney	1/1	Attended
Mrs Rebecca Unsworth	1/1	Attended

Governor Attendance 2018-19

Name of Governor	Running count	Academic Year 2018-2019
Name of Governor	Running count	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Mr Phil Turney	5/6	Attended	Apologies	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Dr Nick Browne	5/6	Apologies	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Mr Marcus Chester Chair of Governors	6/6	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Mr Robert Moores	3/6	Non-attendance	Attended	Attended	Non- attendance	Non-Attendance	Attended
Rev Sue Edwards	N/A	Resigned	-	-	-	-	-
Mr Tony Mackay Vice-Chair	2/6	Attended	Apologies	Apologies	Apologies	Attended	Apologies
Mrs Sam Fawcett	6/6	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Mrs Christine Balcer	NA	Apologies	Resigned	-	-	-	-
Mr James O'Malley	4/6	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Apologies	Apologies
Mr Steven McHaddan	5/6	Apologies	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Mrs Rebecca Unsworth	6/6	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Mrs Anita Kobryn	3/6	Attended	Attended	Apologies	Attended	Apologies	Apologies
Mrs Diane Martindale	5/6	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Apologies	Attended

Governor Attendance 2017-18

Name of Governor	Running count	Academic Year 2017-18
Name of Governor	Running count	Autumn 8.11.2017	Spring 1 7.2.18	Spring 2 28.3.18	Summer 1 16.5.18	Summer 2 11.7.18
Mr Phil Turney	3/5				Apologies	Apologies
Dr Nick Browne	1/1	--	--	--	--
Mr Marcus Chester	4/5				Apologies
Mr Robert Moores Vice-Chair	5/5
Rev Sue Edwards	4/5					Apologies
Mr Tony Mackay	5/5
Mrs Sam Fawcett	1/1	--	--	--	--
Mrs Christine Balcer Chair of Governors	5/5
Mr James O'Malley	5/5
Mr Steven McHaddan	5/5
Mrs Rebecca Unsworth	1/1	--	--	--	--
Mrs Anita Kobryn	5/5
Mrs Diane Martindale	3/3	--	--

ST STEPHEN AND ALL MARTYRS' CofE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Achieve · Believe · Care

ST STEPHEN AND ALL MARTYRS' CofE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Achieve · Believe · Care