Members of the Governing Board

	Start of Term	Term Ends
Authority Governors
Dave Cupit	01/10/2020	01/10/2024
Co-opted Governors
Jane Cocking	01/09/2020	01/09/2023
Charlotte Broadley	01/03/2022	01/03/2025
Cara Williams	23/11/2017	23/11/2023
Jen Salter	05/12/2022	05/12/2026
Parent Governors
Sam Hay	18/11/2022	18/11/2026
Laura Chadwick Emma Holland Peter Thorn	18/11/2022 05/12/2022 05/12/2022	18/11/2026 05/12/2026 05/12/2026
Staff Governors
Carol Taylor	Headteacher
Clerk to Governors Toni Kania	01/10/2021

Total Number of Governors Post : 14
Current Number of Governors : 9
Number Required for Quorum : 7

Each year Governors are asked to declare all business and financial interests that they, or members of their family, have that might conflict with their role on the Governing Board.

If you wish to contact any of the Governing body, you can do so by contacting the school.

The Role of the Governing Board is:

• Ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
• Hold senior leaders to account for the educational performance, and the performance management of staff
• Oversee the financial performance and make sure its money is well spent

The Governing Board has a committee structure and committees have delegated powers to make decisions about the school. Committee decisions and meetings are reported to the full Governing Board.

The duties and membership of governance committees at New Mills Primary are listed below:

• Admissions & Information
• Finance
• Performance Management
• Personnel
• Premises, Health & Safety
• Pupil Disciplinary
• Safeguarding & Pastoral Needs
• School Development

The Governing Board and each committee chooses a person to perform the role of the Chair. Their purpose is to lead the work of the relevant committee and ensure it operates effectively.

Duties include:

• Chairing an effective meeting
• Helping members of the committee to work as a team
• Reporting back to the Governing Board, where applicable

Attendance