Our school governors are valued members of the school community who give up their own time to support our school.
They are a mixed body of volunteers consisting of parents and staff governors, local community governors and local authority governors. Their role is to act as a “critical friend” to the school, ensuring accountability and helping to monitor and evaluate performance. Although they are volunteers, they have a huge role to play in the strategic improvement of the school. They have a broad wealth of experience and knowledge which they draw upon when making decisions in the best interests of the children who attend our school.
They meet as a full governing body once every half term, covering all aspects of the running of the school. As a Governing Body, they play a crucial and important role in how our school moves forward.
They care about all the children who attend our school and their families, and want them to feel happy and safe whilst reaching their full potential. The main focus of ourGoverning Body is ensuring that our students make good progress in their education and we appreciate that for this to happen the school must be well-led by a professionally competent leadership team with motivated staff who all work together within a safe, caring, supportive yet professionally challenging environment.
Our Governors feel privileged to support St Austin’s Primary School and are extremely proud of all its achievements.
As your views are extremely important to the Governing Body of the school, we hope you will feel you can ask any questions. Governors can be contacted, via the school e-mail at [email protected]
St Austin’s Governing Body is made up of twelve representatives from our staff, parents/carers, Clergy and School Community. In addition to this, we currently have two Associate members and one Clerk to the Governing Body. The number of governors in each category is set out in the Instrument of Government.
St Austin’s Governing Body consists of the following:-
- 7 Foundation Governors
- 2 Staff Governors
- 2 Parent Governors
- 1 Local Authority Governor
- 2 Associate Members
- 1 Clerk to the Governing Body