St Stephen's Tockholes CE Primary School

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Welcome to our Governors’ section

Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.

What do we do?

The Governing Body acts as a group. We have a range of duties and powers and a general responsibility for the conduct of the school.

Our vision for our school was formulated together with the staff, children and community:-

As a small yet unique part of God’s Big family, we will inspire and nurture all to become the very best they can be. Opening up the world, we will celebrate our Father’s (God’s) wondrous, diverse creation. We will all live, love, laugh and learn in the light of Christ

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me’ Philippians 4: 13

We decide:

The aims and policies of the school;
How the standards of education can be improved;
How the school should be run in general terms;
How to spend the school budget.

We:

Work with the Headteacher and staff to draw up the School Development Plan;
Make sure that the National Curriculum and Religious Education are being taught and report on the National Curriculum assessments and examination results;
Select the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher;
Make sure proper procedures are in place for appointing, promoting, supporting and disciplining staff;
Oversee the way the school is managed, including matters relating to buildings.

We are a Voluntary Aided School, which means we have more autonomy in some areas of policy than a board of governors of other types of schools. We differ in that we are responsible for:

The Admission Policy of the school;
The buildings and their upkeep;
Setting the Religious Education and Collective Worship Policy

and

We are the employers of the staff in the school.

We are a corporate body, so individual governors are generally protected from personal liability, provided that we act honestly, reasonably and in good faith. We have a Constitution which is written up in a legal document called the Instrument of Government. This sets out the number of members in each category of governor and confirms that the school has a Christian foundation.

On 18 March 2016 the School Governance Constitution Regulations 2012 was amended so that all serving governors in maintained schools will be required to have an enhanced criminal records certificate (ECRC). This means that, by 1 September 2016, all serving governors must have an enhanced CRC and, from April 1 2016, governing bodies must have applied for an ECRC within 21 days of the election or appointment of a new governor.

We can confirm that all governors on the Joint Federation Committee for St Stephen's CE Primary School and Blackburn the Redeemer Primary School have had this completed.

BLACKBURN THE REDEEMER CE PRIMARY SCHOOL WITH ST STEPHEN'S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL TOCKHOLES INSTRUMENT OF GOVERNMENT: FEDERATION

The name of the federation is Blackburn the Redeemer CE Primary School with St Stephen's CE Primary School Tockholes

The schools in the federation are:

Name: Blackburn the Redeemer

Church of England Primary School St Stephen's Church of England Primary School Tockholes

Category: Voluntary Aided School Voluntary Aided School

The name of the governing body is "The Governing Body of Blackburn the Redeemer Church of England Primary School with St Stephen's Church of England Primary School Tockholes"

The schools each have a trust deed.

The schools ethos statement is:

Recognising their historic foundation, the schools will preserve and develop their religious character in accordance with the principles of the Church of England and in partnership with the Church at parish and diocesan level.

The schools’ aim to serve their communities by providing an education of the highest quality within the context of Christian belief and practice. They encourage an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith, and promote Christian values through the experience they offer to all their pupils.

The governing body shall consist of:

The Vicars are Ex Officio Foundation Governors (2), by virtue of being an incumbent of the Parish.
DBE Foundation Governors (9): Elected by the Diocesan Board of Education
LA governor (1): Appointed by the Local Authority
Staff Governor (1): Elected by the staff
Headteacher Governor (1): Automatically an Ex Officio governor
Parent governors (2): Elected by the staff
Co-opted governors (1): Elected by the Board of Governors