Welcome to our Local Governing Body (LGB)

School governors are drawn from different parts of the community and can be parents and staff or from the LA, the community and other groups. This helps ensure the governing body has sufficient diversity of skills, views and experience; but does not mean governors of a particular category represent that group on the governing body.

Governors are strategic leaders in our schools and have a vital role to play in making sure every child gets the best possible education. We very much appreciate the time which they offer in order to support our school. 

In the work that they do, a governors’ essential focus is on:

• Supporting the setting vision, ethos and strategic direction
• Gathering pupil voice on the experience of the education they receive at Stanhope
• Holding the headteacher and school management to account
• Asking the right questions
• Being aware of the importance of objective data and their sources
• Overseeing financial performance
• Setting policies, targets and priorities for achieving those objectives
• Monitoring performance and progress towards those objectives
• Reviewing achievements against the set aims and objectives
• Enabling better governance through training, review and planning

Another aspect of the governors role has traditionally been referred to as being a ‘critical friend’ of the school whereby in addition to the duties laid out above governors can and should also:

• Offer support
• Provide constructive advice
• Act as a sounding board - for the headteacher’s ideas
• Give a second opinion on proposals - which includes asking questions and challenging assumptions
• Help in arriving at the best solution - to further the best interests of the school

Our school’s governing body consists of:

Parent governors

Who are elected by the parents and carers of school pupils.

Co-opted governors

Who are appointed by the governing body. Co-opted governors are people who in the opinion of the governing body have the skills required to contribute to the effective governance and success of the school.

Staff Governors

Who are is elected by fellow members of staff.

The Head Teacher

Mrs Nicky Bridges is by her position automatically elected to a position on the governing body.