Our Governing Body

Governors work closely with headteachers, school staff and representatives from the local authority (LA).

The governing body are committed to ensuring the school achieves the best outcomes for its staff and children.

The role of a governor is to ensure that the strategic direction of the school is guaranteed, under all circumstances. We do this through careful monitoring of outcomes and provision, to ensure every child is continuing to progress, and by supporting and challenging senior leaders.

A level of confidentiality is expected of all governors, and we ask our school community to respect this obligation. There are procedures in place to ensure that any matters which may arise are dealt with in accordance with the correct protocol. If any member of our school community has concerns or questions, please feel free to contact the Chair or Governors directly to discuss the matter.

Chair of Governors – Mrs Julie Lumley- j.lumley@redroseprimaryschool.com

Governor Information

Name	Representing	Term of Office (Start Date)	Term of Office (End Date)	Link Governor Role	Register of Interests	Relationship to Staff
Mr Matthew McCarrick (Vice- Chair)	Co-opt	30/01/2019	29/01/2023	Health and Safety Premises Repairs and Maintenance Furniture and Equipment SFVS Parental complaints	None	None
Mrs Angela Brinton	Headteacher	27/06/2018	26/06/2022	N/a	Headteacher	None
Mrs Lisa Ward	Parent	24/05/2018	23/05/2022	PE and Sports provision Science / STEM RSE Culture	None	None
Mrs Julie Lumley (Chair of Governors)	Co-opt	12/02/2021	11/02/2025	Behaviour Attendance & Exclusions Primary to Secondary Transition KS1 & 2 Data Safeguarding Pastoral PSHE	None	None
Mrs Helen Goulty-Brown	Co-opt	28/09/21	27/09/25	EYFS English GDPR Computing Online Safety Website Remote Learning	None	None
Miss Amy Sweet	Staff Governor	07/03/2019	06/03/2023	Governor Training School Council / Pupil Voice	None	None
Mr Alan Reiss	Parent Governor	09/12/2019	08/12/2023	History Geography Pupil Premium	None	None
Mrs Suzanne Rehan	Parent Governor	09/12/2019	08/12/2023	SEN Maths Finance	None	None
Mr Neil Dosdale	Parent Governor	23/11/21	22/11/25	Curriculum and Standards Finance and Premises	None	None
Cllr Beaty Bainbridge	LA Governor	07/10/21	06/10/25	Appeals Staffing and Pupil Discipline	County Councillor	None
Ms Vanessa Sixbery	Parent Governor	24/11/21	23/11/25	First Pay Review Curriculum and Standards	None	None

Committee Structure

Committee	Governors	Terms of Reference	Link Governor
Appeals	Councillor B Bainbridge	Disciplinary, Pay, Dismissals, Redundancies	All
	Mrs L Ward
Curriculum and Standards	Mrs A Brinton	Curriculum Offer	All
	Mrs H Goulty-Brown (Chair)	SIP	All
	Mr A Reiss	SEF	All
	Mrs J Lumley	SEND	Mrs Rehan
	Mrs L Ward	Equality and Objectives	All
	Mrs A Sweet-Yangin	Effectiveness of Leadership & Management	All
	Mrs S Rehan	Quality of Teaching and Learning	All
	Mr N Dosdale	Art	Mrs Goulty-Brown
	Miss V Sixbery	English	Cllr Bainbridge
		Geography	Mrs Lumley
		History	Mr Reiss
		Maths	Mrs Rehan
		MFL	Mrs Lumley
		PE	Mrs Ward
		Science	Mrs Ward
		Safeguarding and Child Protection	Mrs Lumley
		Looked After Children	Mrs Lumley
		EYFS Data	Mrs Goulty-Brown
		KS1 & KS2 Data	vacancy
		Pupil Premium	Mr Reiss
		Sports Premium	Mrs Ward
		Staff Training /CPD	All
		Pupil Reports	All
		Pupils with Medical Conditions	All
		Pupil Attendance	Mrs Lumley
		Pupil Exclusion Information	Mrs Lumley
		Pastoral Provision/PSHE	Mrs Lumley
		RE / RSE	Mrs Ward
		Cultural Education	Mrs Ward
		Nutritional Standards	Vacancy
		School Council /Pupil Voice	Mrs Sweet-Yangin
		Computing, Online Safety, Website	Mrs Goulty-Brown
		GDPR	Mrs Goulty-Brown
		Educational Visits	All
		Primary to Secondary Transition	Mrs Lumley
		Pupil Surveys	All
		Parental Engagement	All
		Parental Complaints	Mrs Lumley
		Publicity/Community Engagement	All
Finance and Premises	Mrs A Brinton	Budget Plan	All
	Mr M McCarrick (Chair)	Financial Benchmarking Data	All
		Audit Reviews
	Mr A Reiss	Pupil Premium	Mr Reiss
	Mrs S Rehan	Sports Premium	Mrs Ward
	Mr N Dosdale	SEND Funding	Mrs Rehan
		School Funds	All
		Asset Register	All
		Voluntary Funds Expenditure	All
		Virements and Expenditure Over Limit	All
		Service Level Agreements	All
		Insurance	All
		Tenders	All
		Performance Related Pay Expenditure	All
		Income Generation	All
		SFVS	Mr McCarrick
		Health and Safety, Premises, Repairs and Maitenance	Mr McCarrick
		Lettings, Charging and Remissions	All
First Pay / Review	Mrs A Brinton (Not in quorum)	Staffing Reductions	All
	Mrs H Goulty-Brown (Chair)	Pay & Recruitment	All
		Pay Review	All
	Mr M McCarrick	Performance Management	Mrs H Goulty-Brown
	Miss V Sixbery	Personal Issues	Mrs H Goulty-Brown
		TLRs	Mrs H Goulty-Brown
		SEN Allowances	Mrs H Goulty-Brown
		HT and Staff Disciplinary, grievance or Ill-Health	Mrs H Goulty-Brown
Headteacher's Performance	Mrs J Lumley(Chair)	HT Performance and Objectives	All
	Mr M McCarrick
Staffing and Pupil Discipline	Mrs A Brinton	Pupils
		Permanent and Fixed-term Exclusions	All
	Mrs J Lumley (Chair)
	Mrs L Ward
	Councillor B Bainbridge	Staff
		Single Central Record	Mrs Jowett
		Staff Recruitment and selection	All
		Staff-related expenditure	All
		Staffing Structure	All
		Staff Wellbeing	All
		Staff Absence	All
		Staff Surveys	All
Steering	Mrs A Brinton	OFSTED	HT and Chair
	Mrs J Lumley	Governing Body and SLT Objectives
		Setting Programme of Work
		Monitoring Committees
		Succession Planning

How To Become A School Governor

If you require further information on the roles and responsibilities of School Governors or you are interested in becoming one, visit the Durham County Council website School Governor section.

Statutory Guidance for Governing Bodies

Red Rose Primary School adhere to the statutory guidance from the Department for Education. This means that governing bodies must have regard to it when carrying out duties relating to the constitution of governing bodies in maintained schools.

For further information about our Governors please view or download the documents below.

The Constitution of Governing Bodies of Maintained Schools (DfE)
Red Rose Primary School – Information Pack for Governors
Instrument of Governance – Red Rose
Red Rose Primary School- Code Of Conduct 2021

The Governors fill in a register of interest every year. For details of this, please contact the school office.

Governor Attendance

Schools are now required to display a record of Governor attendance at meetings for each school academic year.

Archived Attendance
You can also view previous years’ attendance on our website.

KEY
P – Attended meeting
AA – Apologies sent and accepted by the meeting
N – Did not attend
– – Not a member of the committee

Full Governing Body Meetings 2020-present

Name	Full Meeting 29th September 2020	Full Meeting 28th January 2021	Full Meeting 11th May 2021	Full Governing Body 28th September 2021	Full Governing Body 28th January 2022	Full Governing Body 10th May 2022
Mrs Brinton	P	P	P	P	P	P
Mrs Lumley	P	P	P	P	P	P
Mrs Rehan	P	N	P	P	P	P
Mr Reiss	P	P	N	P	P	P
Mr McCarrick	P	P	AA	P	P	P
Miss Sweet	P	P	AA	P	P	P
Mrs Goulty-Brown	P	P	AA	P	P	P
Mrs Lisa Ward	P	P	AA	P	P	P
Cllr A Bainbridge	P	P	AA	N/A	P	P
Mr N Dosdale						AA
Ms V Sixberry						AA

Committee Meeting Attendance 2021-Present

Name	Curriculum 23rd November 2021	Finance 29th November 2021	Finance 14th March 2022	Curriculum 19th May 2022
Miss Sweet	AA	-
Mrs Lumley	-	P	P	P
Mrs Goulty-Brown	Chair	-		Chair
Mrs Ward	AA	-		AA
Mr Reiss	-	P
Mrs Brinton	P	P	P	P
Mrs Rehan	P	Chair	Chair	P
Mr McCarrick	-	AA	AA
Mr N Dosdale				P
Miss V Sixbery				AA

Committee Meeting Attendance 2020-2021

Name	Curriculum Committee November 2020	Finance Committee 17th December 2020	Finance Committee 9th March 2021	Curriculum Committee 18th March 2021	Staffing & Pupil Discipline 15th June 2021	Curriculum & Standards 9th July 2021	Finance Committee 13th July 2021
Miss Sweet	N	-	-	P	-	AA	-
Mrs Lumley	P	-	P	P	P	P	P
Mrs Goulty-Brown	Chair	-	-	Chair	-	Chair	-
Mrs Ward	N	-	-	P	P	P	-
Mr Reiss	N	N	N	AA	_	N	N
Mrs Brinton	P	P	P	P	P	P	Chair
Mrs Rehan	P	P	P	P	-	P	P
Mr McCarrick	-	Chair	Chair		-	-	AA

Governor Training and Minutes of Meetings

Governors have access to a range of training opportunities that can address the needs of the individual governor and the governing body as a whole. Records of training that governors have received are available from the school office.

Minutes of meetings are available via a request to the Chair of Governors.

Committee Terms Of Reference

Finance Committee

CHAIR: Mrs Julie Lumley
Terms of Reference:

Finance

In conjunction with the Headteacher, to draft the first formal budget plan of the financial year, for approval by the full Governing Body.
To establish and maintain an up-to-date 3-year financial plan.
To monitor income and expenditure, including virement decisions, significant anomalies from the anticipated position, and report termly to the Governing Body.
To ensure that the school operates within the financial regulations of the County Council and the requirements of the DfE Schools Financial Value Standards.
To monitor expenditure of all voluntary funds kept on behalf of the Governing Body.
To annually review the School Fund statements.
To annually review charges and remissions policies and expenses policies.
To make decisions in respect of service level agreements.
To make decisions on expenditure, following recommendations from other committees, including whether sufficient funds are available for performance-related pay increments.
To ensure that priorities in the School Improvement Plan are appropriately financed.
Consider and promote income generation.
To review policies as assigned by the governing body, and to report back to full governing body.
To oversee tendering procedures.

Resources

To advise the governing body on priorities for the maintenance, repair and development of the school buildings and grounds.
To ensure, as far as is practical, that all Health & Safety issues are appropriately prioritised, any recommended actions undertaken, alongside completion of an annual risk assessment.
To regularly review the Health and Safety policy.
To oversee arrangements for repairs and maintenance.
In consultation with the Headteacher, to oversee premises-related funding bids.
To oversee arrangements, including Health and Safety, for the use of the school premises by outside users, subject to governing body policy.
To establish and keep under review an Accessibility Plan.
To consider the purchase and disposal of furniture and equipment.

Meetings: termly, or each half term, planned to coincide with Oracle.
Disqualifications: when there may be a conflict of interest; a fair hearing is required; or a pecuniary interest.

Staffing & Pupil Discipline Committee

CHAIR: Mrs Julie Lumley
Terms of Reference:

Staff

To carry out an annual review of the staffing structure in consultation with the Headteacher and any budgetary implications highlighted by the Finance Committee.
To oversee the appointment procedure for all staff, with appropriate delegation to the Headteacher (as outlined below). Headteacher/Deputy Headteacher appointments will be subject to consideration by the full Governing Body and if the appointment is delegated to the Committee it will need to be endorsed by the full Governing Body.
To establish and review a performance management policy for all staff (except the Headteacher which will be performed by the Headteacher’s Performance Committee).
To liaise with the Headteacher with regard to the impact of Performance Management and the needs of staff for training and development, making recommendations to the governing body where appropriate.
To keep under review staff work/life balance, working conditions and wellbeing, including monitoring of absence.
Consider staff Leave of Absence (only if necessary after delegation to Headteacher).
Review temporary contracts on an annual basis.
To make recommendations to the Finance Committee on personnel-related expenditure.
To monitor and review feedback from staff surveys.
To review policies as assigned by the governing body, and to report back to the full governing body.

Pupils

Delegation to the Headteacher

Appointments: Under the 2009 School Staffing (England) Regulations the Governing Body delegates to the Headteacher the power to appoint:

Temporary

Temporary Staff (teaching and non-teaching).

Permanent

Permanent non-teaching staff.
Permanent teaching staff appointments, below leadership level, to be made by the Headteacher with 1 Senior Leader and 1 Governor.

Dismissals: The governing body delegates to the Headteacher responsibility for the dismissal of:

All staff, other than Headteacher, unless exceptional circumstances exist.
Dismissal of the Headteacher will be delegated to a committee of the Governing Body.

Meetings: At least once yearly
Pecuniary interest.

Curriculum Committee

CHAIR: Mrs Helen Goulty-Brown
Terms of Reference:

Set targets for achievement for EYFS, KS1 and KS2 and monitor the school’s performance against these targets.
Monitor the quality of teaching and learning taking place, and the progress of pupils.
Ensure each child is able to reach their potential through effective differentiation of curriculum.
Monitor the achievement of disadvantaged groups and the impact of Pupil Premium and Sports premium funding.
Contribute to the development and monitoring of the School Improvement Plan and the SEF.
Ensure that every child receives the full statutory curriculum that the school must provide.
Monitor provision of ICT and related website safety information.
Ensure that a high-quality report on each pupil’s educational achievement is forwarded to their parents/guardians annually.
Ensure the school has a curriculum policy that meets pupils’ needs and act as a critical friend for curriculum development.
To oversee arrangements for individual governors to take a leading role in specific areas of provision through assigning a Link Governor for each curriculum area.
To receive regular monitoring reports from Link Governors and report back on findings to the full governing body.
In collaboration with the staff, monitor how the curriculum is taught, evaluated and resourced.
To oversee arrangements for educational visits.
To review policies assigned by the governing body, and report back to the full governing body.

Meetings: At least termly.
Disqualifications: None.

Steering Committee

CHAIR: Mrs Julie Lumley
Terms of Reference:

To agree during Autumn Term the objectives of the governing body and Senior Leadership Team for the upcoming school year, and present a plan to the full governing body.
To monitor throughout the year whether the SLT and governing body are effectively meeting their objectives in setting the vision and strategic direction for the school.
To agree during Autumn Term the programme of work and calendar of meetings for the governing body and its committees for the school year, based on known cycles of School Improvement and SEF planning, financial management, staffing issues, performance management, and present to the full governing body for approval.
To monitor the progress of work being undertaken by committees and individuals.
To review arrangements for governors’ monitoring visits to school.
To review arrangements for Ofsted and ensure that all statutory requirements are met.
To oversee any exceptional arrangements that may arise that are not covered by current committees.
To be available and respond to matters of particularly difficulty, sensitivity or emergency and offer advice and support.
To undertake any other tasks delegated to them by the full governing body.

Headteacher’s Performance Review Committee

CHAIR: To be elected at the beginning of each meeting
Terms of Reference:

To arrange to meet with the Education Development Partner (EDP) annually to discuss the Headteacher’s performance targets.
To decide, with support from the EDP, whether the targets have been met and to set new targets annually.
To monitor termly throughout the year the overall performance of the Headteacher and performance set against the targets.
To make recommendations to the appropriate committee in respect of awards for the successful meeting of set targets.

Meetings: Autumn term, plus termly monitoring meetings
Disqualifications:the Headteacher and staff

First/Pay Review Committee

CHAIR: To be elected at the beginning of each meeting
Terms of Reference:

To act in accordance with the Teachers Pay Policy adopted by the Governing Body to include matters relating to: teaching and learning responsibility payments, SEN (Special Educational Needs) allowances, recruitment and retention payments, points for previous experience, bursaries, re-gradings.
To review the pay policy for all categories of staff and to be responsible for its administration and review, including approving threshold payments and UPS movement.
To report to the Finance Committee on Pay Review-related expenditure.
To make any decisions under the personnel procedures adopted by the Governing Body, e.g. disciplinary, grievance, ill health etc., where the Headteacher is the subject of the action.
To make any decisions relating to a member of staff (other than the Headteacher) under the Personnel procedures adopted by the Governing Body (after delegation to the Headteacher).
To oversee the process leading to staff reductions.

Meetings: as and when necessary.
Disqualifications: The Headteacher; the Chair of Governors (if he/she has prior knowledge or involvement) Spouse/partner.

Appeals Committee

CHAIR: To be elected at the beginning of each meeting
Terms of Reference:

To consider any appeal against a decision to dismiss a member of staff made by the First/Pay Review Committee (or Headteacher if delegated).
To consider any appeal against a decision under the personnel procedures adopted by the Governing Body (e.g. disciplinary, pay review, etc.).
To consider any appeal against selection for redundancy.

Meetings: as and when required. Must have no fewer members than the Hearing.
Disqualifications: Headteacher. Any governor who was involved in the hearing. Spouse/partner.

Finance Committee

Virement Limits		Expenditure Limits
Limit set for Headteacher without prior written approval of Chair or Governing Body	£5,000	Any items of expenditure up to	£5,000
Limit set for Headteacher with approval from Chair of Governors	£5,000- £15,000	Above this limit if item was previously notified to the Governing Body. Prior Finance Committee or Chair of Governors approval (whichever is the soonest) to be sought outside of this limit and reported at the earliest opportunity.
Prior Finance Committee or Chair of Governors approval (whichever is the soonest) to be sought outside of this limit and reported at the earliest opportunity.

NB: Any goods/services purchased and works to be carried out are subject to Durham County Council Contract Procedure Rules (January 2014) for quotations.

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