We will break up for the Christmas holiday on 19th December 2007. School re-starts on 3rd January 2008.

The Governing Body

Finanace and Staffing Committee

What OFSTED said about The Governors.

Chair: Ms Kate Hawkins.
Vice Chair: Mr Mike Butler.
Ms Lyn Dance.
Dr Marie Owen.
Mrs Eileen Fry.
Vacancy:
Mrs Anne Greaves.
Mrs Elaine Marshall. Parent Governor.
Mrs Gaynor Grove. Parent Governor.
Mr M. Peters. Parent Governor.
Mrs C Purdey. Parent Governor
Mr Michael Williams. Teacher's Representative & Link Governor.
Mrs Liz Painter. Learning Support Worker's Represenative
Mrs Linda Pollard. Non Teaching staff Representative
Mr Brian Roberts. Deputy Head
Mrs Ali Collier. Clerk to the Governors.

Responsibilities

Our Governors are responsible for ensuring the National Curriculum is taught in accordance with current legislation. They are responsible for the recruitment of staff, for the use of the building, and for prudent financial management of the school. Back to top

Annual Report

Regulations regarding the Governors Annual Report to Parents changed in 2004. Until then the Governors were required to publish and circulate an Annual Report (for the previous whole school year) and to invite parents to a meeting at which this could be discussed. This was done every year, although very few (and sometimes no) parents attended the meetings or had any queries about the reports.

After 2004 the Government changed the regulations, so that when Governors circulated the report to all parents, they notified them of the meeting date and asked them to return a reply slip indicating whether they would like to attend. If fewer than 15 responded a formal meeting did not take place, but at Milestone parents were still invited to contact Governors if they wanted to talk about any aspects of the school, or if they'd like to meet informally with any Governors at any time.

Since then we have also issued invitations to attend 'Governors Surgeries' but again with little or no response.

In September 2005 the Annual Report was abolished and Governors were required to produce the School Profile on-line. (Printed copies are also available on request).

The School Profile replaces the Annual Report and has to be completed by Governors. Initially there were many problems with the website (which is run by the Government) and schools were unable to access it or update their reports. We had also understood that previous years' reports would be available on-line but this doesn't seem to be the case.

This year the site seems to be working properly, and the Milestone School Profile for the last whole school year (06/07) is currently accessible to all parents (who have internet access). Notification of this was in the Spring Term Newsletter, Issue 3 (3rd April).

To access the profile please visit

schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk

and under the name/location type GL2 9EU (our postcode). Milestone School will appear at the top of the list. Click on the school name to select it, then click on "school profile" to print or read the document.

Parts of the document are pre-populated and can't be edited by us - for example the excerpts from the Ofsted report.

Meetings.

Governors meetings are held twice each term and a number of committees meet in between to deal with specific issues of school life.

Dates for Governor's Meetings in the 2003 - 2004 academic year are as follows:
Premisis Committee, (3.30pm) / Finance & Staffing Committee, (5.00pm) on:
14th September 2006
9th November 2006
18th January 2007
1st March 2007
26th April 2007
28th June 2007

Standards Committee 3.30pm / Full Governor's meeting 4.15pm on:
19th September 2006
14th November 2006
23rd January 2007
6th March 2007
1st May 2007
3rd July 2007 Back to top

Standards Committee

Chair: Mr Michael Williams
Ms Kate Hawkins.
Mrs Anne Greaves.
Mrs Elaine Marshal
Mrs Anne Greaves
Mrs Lyn Dance.

The Standards Committee meets during the week before a full Governing Body Meeting.
The remit for the committee covers monitoring Curriculum Development across the school and reviewing the School Improvememt Plan. Back to top

Finanace and Staffing Committee

Chair: Mr Mike Butler.
Mrs Lyn Dance.
Ms Kate Hawkins.
Mrs Eileen Fry.
Dr Marie Owen

The Finance and Staffing Committee oversees all financial aspects of the school. The also monitor staffing issues. The Committee usually meets during the week prior to the full Governing Body meetings. Back to top

Premises Committee

Chair:
Mrs Lyn Dance
Ms Kate Hawkins.
Mr Matthew Strange
Mrs Linda Pollard

The Premises Committee monitors all aspects of the school buildings and grounds - maintainance, safety issues, useage etc. They uaually meet before the full Governing Body metings. Back to top

What OFSTED said about The Governors.

"The Governors are ambitious for the school, have a good knowledge of what it does well and of those areas where develoment is necessary. They play a full part in shaping it as it develops. They fulfill their statutory duties."

"Governors carry out their duties well. They have a sound committee structure and use this arrangement to maintain oversight of the working of the school. They are well aware of what the school does well and where there is a need for development. They have put in palce a policy to monitor and improve the performance of the school and they implement this rigorously. They carry out their statutory duties and are fully involved in planning and budget making."

"The Governors . . . . . . . . . . take full account of the financial implications when agreeing the priorities for the school." Back to top

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