Governors

Welcome to the section of the website where you can find out more about the school governors, and the work that we do. You can also read the minutes from our full governing body meetings.

Our main role is to support the headteacher and the staff - acting as a critical friend as well as celebrating the school's achievements. We help them to set and reach targets and to strive for excellence within each school year. The main documents used for this are the School Development Plan (SDP) and the Self Evaluation Form (SEF). The SDP sets out a strategic plan for the school, with targets that everyone works towards, whilst the SEF sets out how well the school is doing and where we aim to make the improvements.

Our legal duties include:

• setting strategic direction, policies and objectives
• approving the school budget
• reviewing progress against the school budget and objectives
• appointing, challenging and supporting the headteacher

The whole governing body meets at least once every term. Working commitees are set up to meet more regularly to look at particular issues. At present we have a Pupil and Personnel comittee (P&P) which is concerned with school admissions, and staff and pupil personnel. A Strategic Developement committee - concerned with the school curriculum, and a Finance and General Purpose committee that looks after the school budget. We also prepare a school prospectus for parents which can be found on the welcome page of this website.

There are several catogories of governor, appointed by different groups that have an interest in the school. These are Foundation governors appointed by the Bishop/Church. Parent governor and staff governor.All governors have equal status however they are appointed.

The Governors of Holy Trinity are committed to providing an excellent environment for all pupils to enjoy during their time at our school.

HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, NEWARK

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP 2009/2010

1. Finance and General Purposes Committee

Chair, Vice-Chair, Head Teacher, Mr J Howlett, Mr K Short, Mrs J C Fisher, Mrs L Coombes, Father O'Donoghue, Mr Davies

2. Pupils, Personnel and Admissions Committee

Chair, Vice-Chair, Head Teacher, Miss J Moore, Mrs S M Hayes, Mrs P McMenemy, Mr J Howlett, Mrs H Jowett, Father O'Donoghue

3. Strategic Development Committee

Chair, Vice-Chair; Head Teacher, Mrs J C Fisher, Mrs P McMenemy, Mrs S Hayes, Mr Davies

4. Chairs Committee

Chair, Vice-Chair, Mrs J C Fisher, Mr J A Howlett, Father O'Donoghue

5. Discipline Committee

Mr D Logue, Mrs J C Fisher, Mr Beall

6. Staff Appeals Committee

Chair; Vice-Chair, Miss J Moore,
Members to be chosen in alphabetical order until 3 impartial Governors have been chosen.

7. Review of Staff Pay

Chair of Finance and General Purposes Committee, Mr J Howlett, and Head Teacher

The quorum for all committees is 3 governors

Link Governors 2009/2010

 

Subject	Name
RE	Father O'Donoghue
Geography	Miss J Moore
History	Mrs J Fisher
Literacy	Mrs J Fisher
Early Years	Mrs J Higgins
Science	Mr D Davies
ICT	Mr D Logue
Health & Safety	Mr R Beall
Numeracy	Mrs H Jowett
Art	Mr J Howlett
Racial and Equal Opportunities	Mr J Howlett
Child protection and PSHE	Mrs S Hayes
SEN	Mrs H Jowett
Complaints	Mr J Howlett
Safeguarding	Mrs S Hayes
Safer Recruitment	Father O'Donoghue
Training Coordinator	Mrs H Jowett
Performance Management	Mr J Howlett, Mr R beall, Mr D Logue and Father O'Donoghue

 

Policies

behavior_policy.pdf 175.99 KB

Safeguarding Policy.pdf 284.61 KB

PSHE Policy2009.pdf 280.01 KB

CHILD PROTECTION POLICY b.pdf 56.42 KB

What did OFSTED say about our School in 2007

The full report can be viewed by clicking on the link below. However, these are some of the comments made by OFSTED inspectors who visited us in February 2007

1.This is a popular school. It is highly regarded by the community and places are in great demand

2. The inspection judges that it provides an outstanding quality of education and gives exceptional value for money

3. Pupils throughout the school achieve exceptionally well

4. Pupil's spiritual, moral social and cultural development is exemplary. This is attributable in no small part to the school's commitment to its Catholic ethos, outstanding development in the arts curriculum and the ways in which pupils contribute very positively to their community

5. Leadership and management are also outstanding. The headteacher and the governing body undertake their duties exceptional well

OFSTED report 2007 89.39 KB