Meet the Governors

Balderstone St Leonard's Church of England Primary School
Governing Body 2022/23

Full name	Date of appointment	Term of office	Date stepped down	Appointed by...
Emma James (chair)	11th October 2020	4 years		LCC
Louise Dixon	13th October 2019	4 years		Foundation Governor - PCC
Yasmin Riaz	2nd March 2021	4 years		Parent Governor
Jonathan Greenwood	10th March 2020	4 years		Foundation Governor Blackburn Diocese
Ryan Dixon	24th August 2021	4 years		Foundation Governor - PCC
Sara Seedall (vice chair)	22nd February 2021	4 years		Foundation Governor - PCC
Rosemary Cummings	5th July 2021	4 years		EX officio
John Evans	5th July 2021	4 years		Foundation Governor - PCC
Janet Smith	October 2022	4 years		Parent Governor
Scott Foster	22nd December 2018 Form for re election completed	4 years		Foundation Governor - PCC
Janet Lever	22nd May 2019	4 years		Foundation Governor Blackburn Diocese
Dawn Burton	10th March 2020	4 years		Staff Governor
Victoria Gow	1st September 2023	4 years		Head teacher
Angela Johnstone	Invited adviser			School Business Manager
Nicola Draycott	1st September 2022	4 years		Co-opted Deputy Head teacher

Diversity data at Balderstone

Having a diverse and representative governing body is an important part of our mission at Balderstone. Our governing body aims to represent all members of our school family.

Gender
Male 4	Female 10
Age Group
26-35 years old. 0	36-45 years old. 4
46 - 55 years old. 5	56-65 years old. 3
66 years + 2
Disability status
Registered disabled. 0	Not registered disabled 14
Ethnicity
White British. 13	British Pakistani. 1
Nationality	United Kingdom 14

Committees Of The Governing Body

Committee Title

Remit

Membership

Quality of Education

Review school data.

Review the profile of teaching in school.

Pupil Premium strategy.

Challenge and support the Head teacher in

setting challenging targets and maintaining high standards.

Ms. James

Mrs. Seedall

Mr. Foster

Mrs. Dixon

Mrs. Gow

Finance and Staffing

Strategic overview of school budget and budget setting.

Review school balances and spending.

Recruitment and retention.

School's financial value statement.

Ms. James

Mrs. Seedall

Mrs. Riaz

Mrs. Johnstone (SBM)

Mrs Gow

Building, Health and Safety

School buildings and building projects.

Health and safety policy and monitoring.

Accident monitoring.

Mrs. Burton

Mr. Dixon

Mr, Evans

Mr. Foster

Mrs Gow

Curriculum, Church and Community

Pupils, well being and attendance.

Behaviour.

Curriculum policies.

Church and community links

Mr. Greenwood.

Mrs. Dixon.

Mrs. Cummins

Mrs. Leaver

Mrs. Riaz

Mrs. Gow

Nominated Governors

MS. James	Safeguarding English Curriculum
Mr. Foster	Training Link Governor MFL
Mrs. Dixon	PE
Mrs. Burton	Early Years.
Mr. Greenwood	Computing and online safety. Able, Gifted and Talented. PREVENT
Mrs. Cummings	Well being, pupils and staff. PSHE. Sex and relationship education RE and worship.
Mrs. Seedall	Science. Music

Year Group Governors

At Balderstone, we also have governors assigned to Year Groups.

The Year Group Governor will take a special interest in their Year Group and follow them through school.

They may be invited to special events and school visits with their Year Group.