Dean Valley Governing Body 

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The Governors have overall and legal responsibility for the school including the school performance and for setting its policies. The many aspects of the day-to-day management of the school are delegated to the Headteacher, although Governors involve themselves as much as possible. The Governors are the ultimate school authority and a formal complaint or grievance will be escalated to the Governors in the event that the Headteacher is unable to resolve the situation.

Under the regulations of the Education Act 2005, the Governors are required to publish an annual School Profile which documents their Governorship of the school over the previous twelve months. This document is published on line in the GovDirect web site at http://schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk/8752332/school-profile/. Anyone without access to the internet can see a copy at school.

The Governors work through the sub-committees covering Curriculum, Personnel, Finance, Premises, Health and Safety, and Marketing. The Governing Body as a whole meets at least once each term, they are currently meeting twice per term. Links to the archive of minutes of part 1 of our formal full Governing Body meetings are near the end of this page.

Governors are welcome to visit the school regularly.  At our Autumn 2008 meeting we adopted a Governors' Visits to School Agreement, see it here, which provides guidelines on Governor visits.  At the same meeting we also agreed a Governors' Charter, see it here, which outlines the relationship between the Governors and the Headteacher.

The formal Roles and Responsibilities of the Governing Body can be seen here.

Governors can be contacted via the School Office. The Chair of Governors has a dedicated email address and can be contacted via  chair@deanvalley.cheshire.sch.uk

The Dean Valley Governing body consists of 12 governors, there are 5 types of governor:

• The Headteacher
• 2 x Staff Governors - Elected by the staff
• 4 x Parent Governors - Elected by the parents
• 2 x Local Authority Governors - Appointed by the Local Authority
• 3 x Community Governors - Elected by the other governors

The normal term of office for a school governor is 4 years.

The Governors

	Mr David Picken Community Governor, Chair Period of Office ends: 31/08/2010			Mrs K Mapson Community Governor, Vice Chair Period of Office ends: 05/07/2011
	Mr T Watson Parent Governor Period of Office ends:  20/09/2011			Mr B Loveday Community Governor Period of Office ends: 19/10/2009
	Mrs M Wakefield Local Education Authority Governor Period of Office ends: 19/06/2011			Mrs J Vessey Parent Governer Period of Office ends: 20/06/2010
	Mrs H Cann Local Education Authority Governor Period of Office ends:  20/09/2009			Mrs A Gurney Parent Governor Period of Office ends: 20/09/2011
	Vacancy Parent Governor Period of Office ends:			Mrs J Thorpe Headteacher
	Miss C Bracegirdle Staff Governor Period of Office ends: 19/11/2012			Mrs D Greaves Staff Governor Period of Office ends: 19/11/2012

Governor Committees

We undertake most of our work through 5 committees, terms of reference for each committee can be seen by following the link for each committee. The terms of reference for all committees, except Curriculum, were reaffimed at the 2009 Spring Full Governing Body Meeting. The committees and members for 2008/9 are:

FINANCE   (Terms of Reference)
Jenny Thorpe
David Picken
Bernard Loveday
Heather Cann
Vacancy
Sally Garnett (non voting)

CURRICULUM    (Terms of Reference)
Jenny Thorpe
Claire Bracegirdle
Jane Vessey
Tim Watson
Myra Wakefield
David Picken
Vacancy

PERSONNEL   (Terms of Reference)
David Picken (Chair)
Aileen Gurney
Jenny Thorpe
Heather Cann
Kath Mapson 
Debbie Greaves 

HEALTH & SAFETY/BUILDINGS & LETTINGS   (Terms of Reference)
Bernard Loveday (Chair)
Jenny Thorpe 
Myra Wakefield 
Richard Kilbride (non voting)

MARKETING  (Terms of Reference)
Jane Vessey (Chair)
Jenny Thorpe
David Picken 
Debbie Greaves 
Heather Cann

Governors with nominated special responsibilities

Tim Watson - Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Kath Mapson - Child Protection and Looked after children
Claire Bracegirdle - Literacy
Jane Vessey - Numeracy
Kath Mapson - Foundation Stage
Jenny Thorpe - NQT Coordinator
David Picken & Kath Mapson - Headteacher's Performance Management
Heather Cann - Headteacher's Planning Statement Compliance check
Aileen Gurney - Governor Training Liason 
Myra Wakefield - Education Improvement Partnership (EIP) Liason 

Thinking about becoming a school governor, here at Dean Valley or elsewhere? See our Information for Prospective Governors.

Archive of Minutes for Part 1 Minutes of the formal Full Governing Body

Part 1 of formal Full Governing Body Meetings are open to the public and as such the meeting minutes are available to the public.  Signed paper copies of the minutes are held in the school office and are available for scrutiny.   The copies linked to below are the same as the signed copies except for their watermark and the lack of signature.

2006 Autumn Meeting Part 1 Minutes
2007 Spring Meeting Part 1 Minutes
2007 Summer Meeting Part 1 Minutes
2007 Autumn Meeting Part 1 Minutes
2008 Spring Meeting Part 1 Minutes
2008 Summer Meeting Part 1 Minutes
2008 Autumn Meeting Part 1 Minutes

Page updated - 21/01/09

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