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School Governors

We would like to welcome you to the Governors section on our school website. We hope you enjoy looking through the website to find out about Longwood Primary school and see some of the wonderful pictures and work that our children are currently doing.

There are ten Governors on Longwood’s Governing Body and we work with the Head Teacher Mrs. James and her staff to ensure Longwood pupils get the best from their time in the school. Mrs James with assistance from the Senior Leadership team is responsible for day-to-day management of the school. The Governors, in co-operation with the Head Teacher, set the school’s aims, strategies, and policies and fulfil other important roles. Over the years the Governing Body has taken many important strategic decisions that have influenced the life of the school, including becoming part of the Tame Valley Cooperative Learning Trust in 2013.

Longwood Primary School Governing Body

Name	Category	Appointed Body	Term Of Office	Committee	Position	Register of Interests
Pauline James	Head	School Governing Body		All	Gov	Large Impact Creations
Rachel Matthews	Staff Rep- Co-opted	School Governing Body	2016-2020	Teaching & Learning	Gov	NONE
Brian Mulligan	Co-opted	School Governing Body	2017-2021	Teaching & Learning	Gov	A.M. Education
Jane Rowlands	Foundation	TVCLT Board	2016-2020	Teaching & Learning	CHAIR of GOV	NONE
Mel Martin	Co-opted	School Governing Body	2015-2019	Leadership & Management	H S GOV	NONE
Lucy Hateley	Parent	School Governing Body	2016-2020	Leadership & Management	Vice Chair of GOV Chair of LM	Lichfield Council
Jason Ward	Parent	School Governing Body	2016-2020	Leadership & Management	Gov	NONE
Tess Berry	Co-opted	School Governing Body	2015-2019	Teaching & Learning	Gov	NONE
Emma Caswell	Parent	School Governing Body	2015-2019	Leadership & Management	Gov	NONE
Diane Chalkey	Co-opted	School Governing Body	2018-	Leadership & Management	Gov	CMC
VACANCY	LA Gov	Local Authority			Gov
VACANCY	Foundation	School Governing Body			Gov

Governors Attendance 2018-19

P= Present

AP = Apologies

AB - Absent

NR - Not Required

	Date	Date	Date	Date	Date	Date	Date	Date	Date	Date
	19.09.18	03.10.18	29.11.18	21.01.19	30.01.19	20.03.19	09.04.19	05.06.19	12.06.19	09.07.19
Time	5pm	9.30am	1.00pm	8.30am	5pm	8.30am	4pm	9.30am	5pm	8.30am
Committee	FULL	T&L	L&M	T&L	FULL	L&M	BUDGET	T&L	FULL	L&M
Jason Ward	P	NR	P	NR	P	P	AP	NR		AP
Lucy Hatelely	P	NR	P	NR	P	P	AP	NR		AP
Emma Caswell	AB	NR	AP	NR	P	AP	AP	NR		P
Rachel Mathews	P	P	NR	P	P	NR	P	AP		NR
Pauline James	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P
Vacancy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Mulligan	P	P	NR	AP	P	NR	AP	P		NR
Tess Berry	P	P	NR	P	P	NR	P	P		NR
Mel Martin	P	NR	P	NR	AP	AP	P	NR		P
Diane Chalkey	P	NR	P	NR	AP	P	P	NR		P
Jane Rowlands	P	AP	AP	P	P	AP	P	P		AP
Vacancy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

The Governing Body are the strategic planners of the school and we:

Appoint the Head Teacher who is responsible for the day to day management of the school
Agree policies and practice which allows the Head Teacher and staff to carry out their responsibilities
Agree principles and targets for improvement 
Support and challenge the Head Teacher

Individual Governors will also be involved in some of the following:

The financial management of the school
Head Teacher performance management
School improvement plan
Staff appointments

Our Governors

All Governors, once appointed, share the collective responsibilities and work as a team. Monitoring is carried out by all governors focusing on issues highlighted in the School Improvement Plan and several governors also take on other responsibilities e.g. health and safety.

We are proud of our school and feel privileged to support Mrs James and the staff on the journey of continuous improvement in delivering a varied and stimulating education for our children.