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Background/Foreground

Annual Governance Statement

St. Vincent’s Catholic Primary School Annual Governance Statement Autumn 2023 for Academic Year 2023/24

 

Approved by the Board of Governors November 2023; review date November 2024

The Board of Governors

Current Governors

Type of Governor

First Appointed

Current term of office expires

Mrs Anita Harrop

Headteacher

01/09/2015

Statutory

Mrs Deborah Mc Duff

Staff Governor

06/04/2022

05/04/2026

Mrs Alice Kilburn

Associate Member

01/09/2019(parent governor)

01/09/2023

31/08/2024

Mr Carl Thorgaard

Foundation Governor

05/09/2018

(as parent governor)

01/09/2020

31/08/2024

Canon Jonathan Brandon

Foundation Governor

01/09/2019

31/08/2025

Mr Raymond Machell KC

Foundation Governor

01/09/2010

31/08/2024

Mrs Sarah Butler

Foundation Governor (Vice Chair)

10/2015

(as Parent Governor)

31/08/2026

Mr Adrian Godding

Foundation Governor

11/2016

(as Associate Member)

31/08/2026

Mrs Joanne Donnachie

Foundation Governor (Chair)

01/09/2010

31/08/2026

Ms Louise Dickinson

 

Foundation Governor

01/09/2010

31/08/2026

 

Mr Matthew Lee

Local Authority Governor

28/02/2023

28/02/2027

Ms Susanna Ngai

Associate Member

20/06/2023

20/06/2024

Mr Patrick Coyle

Parent Governor

01/11/2023

01/11/2027

Mr Tim Barnard

Parent Governor

01/11/2023

01/11/2027

Previous Governors

 

Type of Governor

First Appointed

Term of Office finished

Mrs Sinead Donnelly

Parent Governor

11/02/2021

Resigned 01/09/2023

Mrs Patricia Young

LA Governor

01/09/2010

Resigned 21/06/2022

Mr Stuart Nichols

Staff Governor

06/10/2016

Resigned 01/04/2022

Mrs Cathy Belford

Associate Member

11/2016

Resigned 10/11/2020

Mr George Tsiantar

Foundation Governor

01/09/2010

Deceased 07/2020

Canon John Rafferty

Foundation Governor

01/09/2010

Resigned 01/09/2019

Mrs Sorcha McNamara

Parent Governor

05/09/2018

Resigned 01/09/2019

Mrs Dinah Davis

Foundation Governor

01/09/2010

Resigned 31/08/2018

Mrs Christina Burns

Foundation Governor

01/09/2010

Resigned 31/08/2018

Mr Oliver Gilmartin

Parent Governor

01/10/2011

Resigned 31/08/2018

1      CLERK TO GOVERNORS

Julie Lawson, Trust GS, Green wood Street, Altrincham, Cheshire 0161 3487188 or contact Karen Wong, School Business Manager at the School.

2      COMMITTEES

Remits for the Committees are available on request from the School or on Governor Hub

Finance Committee

Curriculum Committee

Pay review Committee

Louise Dickinson (Chair/Clerk)

Sarah Butler (Chair/clerk)

Jo Donnachie (Chair/Clerk)

Jo Donnachie (Vice Chair)

Alice Kilburn (Vice Chair)

Anita Harrop (in attendance)

Anita Harrop

Anita Harrop

Louise Dickinson

Sarah Butler

Debbie McDuff

Adrian Godding (school only)

Karen Wong (in attendance)

Susanna Ngai

TBC (Nursery & TSC)

Ivana Beckett (in attendance)

Naomi Farrell (in attendance)

 

 

Ciara Sutton (in attendance)

 

 

Ivana Beckett (in attendance)

 

 

Buildings and Health & Safety Committee

 

Admissions Committee

 

Human Resources Committee

Matthew Lee (Chair/Clerk)

Raymond Machell (Chair/Clerk)

Adrian Godding (Chair /Clerk)

Anita Harrop

Sarah Butler

Anita Harrop

Jo Donnachie

Anita Harrop

Canon Jonathan Brandon

Carl Thorgaard

Karen Wong (in attendance)

Jo Donnachie

Tim Barnard

Jo Donnachie

 

Karen Wong (in attendance)

 

 

Mr Brindley (in attendance)

 

 

 

Nursery/SSC Human Resources Committee

 

Headteacher’s Performance Review

 

 

Patrick Coyle(Chair/Clerk)

Jo Donnachie (Chair)

 

Jo Donnachie

Adrian Godding

 

Anita Harrop

Sarah Butler

 

Ivana Beckett (in attendance)

Adviser-Craig Richardson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appeals Committee (any governors available from the following)

Jo Donnachie

Adrian Godding

Matthew Lee

Canon Jonathan Brandon

Louise Dickinson

Carl Thorgaard

Sarah Butler

Raymond Machell QC

Patrick Coyle

Tim Barnard

 

 

 

 

3      LINKED GOVERNORS

Remits for Linked Governors are available on request from the School or on Governor Hub

Governor

Area of Responsibility

School Link

Visit Frequency

Reporting 

Committee

Canon Jonathan Brandon

Religious Education

Developments for new inspection framework compliance

A McCann/ D Mc Duff

Once/term

Curriculum

Adrian Godding

Speech and Language

M Lawrence/ E Leather

Once/year

Curriculum

Sarah Butler

Debbie McDuff

3Is for the National Curriculum, Combined ARE across all years, Statutory Assessment Points

C Sutton/ N Farrell

Once/ term

Curriculum

Anita Harrop

Nursery/ Sunshine After School and Holiday Club

I Beckett

N/A

Board

Ray Machell

Contracts

K Wong

N/A

Board

Jo Donnachie

Child Protection & Safeguarding (including focus on child on child and domestic abuse)

A Harrop

Once /term

HR & Board

Alice Kilburn

Exceptional Offer and achievement of Pupil Premium/ SEND/ Looked After Children/ Inclusion

C Sutton/ N Farrell

Once/ term

Curriculum & Board

Alice Kilburn

Reading and Writing

A Burke/ N Sheldon

Once/year

Curriculum

Alice Kilburn

Enrichments and Pupil Groups

C O’Keefe/N Farrell

Once/year

Curriculum

Matthew

Health & Safety

K Wong

Once/ year

H&S / Board

Carl Thorgaard

Security & Parking

K Wong

Once/ year

Buildings/ H&S

Ray Machell

Humanities (Geography, History)

M Lawrence, L Campbell

Once/ year

Curriculum

Sarah Butler

Computing Curriculum and Online Safety (including Filtering and Monitoring)

L Patiniott

C Needham

Once/year

Curriculum/Board

Susanna Ngai

Diversity and Equality

 

C Luckham,E Leather

Once/year

Board

Debbie McDuff

Prayer and Worship

A McCann

Once/year

Curriculum

Carl Thorgaard

Maths/ Science

D Hobday/J Kerigan

Once/year

Curriculum

Sarah Butler

Music & Art

H Carr/ C Robinson

Once/year

Curriculum

Jo Donnachie

EYFS curriculum indoor and outdoor

N Farrell

Once/year

Board

Patrick Coyle

PE

J Morris

Once/year

Curriculum

Tim Barnard

Design and Technology

M Hollins

 

 

Jo Donnachie

British Values

C Gerrard

Once/year

Curriculum

Jo Donnachie

SMSC

LDreniw/ELeather

Once/Year

Curriculum

Louise Dickinson

Digital Plan

A Harrop/ K Wong

Once/year

Finance/Board

Adrian Godding

Sports Premium

C Sutton

Once/year

Board

Adrian Godding

Physical and Mental Health

Workload

N Sheldon

Once/year

 

Once/year

Board/

HR

Louise Dickinson

GDPR & Cyber Security

K Wong

Once/year

Finance

Sarah Butler

RSE & PHSE

L Dreniw

Once/ year

Curriculum

 

4      ATTENDANCE

Academic Year 2019/2020

96% attendance at Board of Governors’ meetings

98% attendance at committee meetings

Academic Year 2020/2021

92% attendance at Board of Governors’ meetings

97% attendance at committee meetings

Academic Year 2021/2022

78% attendance at Board of Governors’ meetings

97% attendance at committee meetings

 

Academic Year 2022/2023

Governor

Attendance at Committee Meetings

Attendance at Board Meetings

(including Community Facilities’ AGM)

Anita Harrop

100% (33/33)

4/4

Jo Donnachie

100% (33/33)

4/4

Alice Kilburn

100% (4/4)

4/4

Canon Jonathan Brandon

100% (6/6)

4/4

Carl Thorgaard

75% (3/4)

3/4

Matthew Lee

100% (2/2)

3/3

Sarah Butler

76% (13/17)

4/4

Raymond Machell

N/A

4/4

Louise Dickinson

100% (16/16)

4/4

Susanna Ngai

50% (1/2)

2/2

Sinead Donnelly

100% (5/5)

3/4

Adrian Godding

86% (6/7)

3/4

Debbie McDuff

100% (4/4)

4/4

 

5      CHAIR’S  STATEMENT / STATEMENT FROM THE BOARD

Please see annual letter from the Chair of Governors here.

 

6      CALENDAR OF TRAINING    2021/22 and 2022/23

Board of Governors’ Training and Workshops 2021/22

 

Safeguarding and Child Protection Training

Online training on The Key for all governors

Prevent Duty Training

Online training on The Key for all governors

Child on Child abuse training

Online training on The Key for all governors

Phonics and Language Development

9th November 2021 for all governors

Early Years

1st March 2022 for all governors

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

21st June 2022 for all governors

Vision and Strategy Day

5th July 2022 for all governors and SLT

Curriculum Deep Dive in Maths

14th December 2021 (JD, AHH, AK, SB, SN)

Diocesan Annual Governors’ Conference

6th November 2021 (JD, SB and AG)

Understanding Academies and Academy Governance

17th May 2022 (AH)

Ofsted HMI- EIF training

3rd November 2021 (AK, JD)

Diocese of Shrewsbury Induction for new governors

20th September 2022 (DM)

Roles and Responsibilities (Governor Induction)

5th May 2022 (DM)

Chairs Networking Meeting

24th February 2022 (JD)

Safeguarding for Governors Ofsted report on Review of Sexual Abuse in Schools

10th March 2022 (JD)

Diocesan Briefing

Autumn, Spring and Summer (JD)

Advanced Safeguarding for Safeguarding Leads

28th January 2022 (JD)

Governors’ role on appeal panels

2nd February 2022 (AG)

Safer Recruitment for Educational Settings 2022/23

2nd October 2022 (JD)

Board of Governors’ Training and Workshops 2022/23

 

Safeguarding and Child Protection Training for Governors

Online on National College for all governors

Prevent Duty Training for Governors

Online on National College for all governors

 Understanding Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence for School Governors

Online on National College for all governors

Vision and Strategy from July event

Preparing for Ofsted

8th November 2022 for all governors

Speech and Language Development

28th February 2023 for all governors

Religious Education New Inspection Framework,

School RE developments

20th June 2023 for all governors

Diocesan Briefings

October 2022, February 2023, May 2023 (JD & AK)

Diocesan Annual Governors’ Conference

12th  November 2022 (AG)

Asbestos Training

17th October 2022 (CT, AH)

Curriculum Deep Dives and Learning Walk (x3)

Autumn, Spring Summer (SB, AK, JD, SN)

Chairs Network (Trust GS)

6/10/2022, 20/3/2023 (JD)

Preparing Governors for Ofsted Inspection

13/03/23 (JD, ML)

Safeguarding Responsibilities of Governors

9/03/23 (JD)

Safeguarding for Governors with Trafford LADO

28/11/2022 (JD)

Preparing to meet an Ofsted Inspector (NC)

17/01/23 (JD)

Safer Recruitment for Educational Settings 22/23

2/10/22 (JD)

Certificate in EYFS

31/01/2023 (JD)

Annual Certificate in understanding the SCR 22/23

31/01/2023(JD)

Roles and Responsibilities (Governor Induction)

18/01/23 (ML)

Governors role on appeal panels

12/06/23 (ML)

Taking the Chair

3/7/23 (ML)

 

7  CALENDAR OF TRAINING    2023/24

Annual Certificate in Safeguarding and Child Protection Training for Governors

Online on National College for all governors.

Annual Certificate in the Prevent Duty

Online on National College for all governors.

Understanding Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence for School Governors

Online on National College for all governors.

Annual Certificate in Online Safety for Governors

Online on National College for all governors.

Annual Certificate in Data Protection and GDPR

Online on National College for all governors.

EYFS

7th November 2023 for all governors.

Attendance, including Emotionally Based non school attendance.

27th February 2024 for all governors.

RSE and PSHE Curriculum

18th June 2024 for all governors.

Diocesan Briefings

October 2023, February 2024, May 2024

Diocesan Annual Governors’ Conference

4th  November 2023

CES Governor Training

Online

Trust GS training

See Governor Hub

National College Training

Online

 

8 CALENDAR OF MEETINGS

Term

Board Meeting

Link Governor Report

Autumn

7th November 2023

Exceptional Offer for SEND, LAC & PP

Physical & Mental Health and Workload

Spring

27th February 2024

Safeguarding, Reading and Writing.

Summer

18th June 2024

Sports Premium, Pupil Premium

History and D/T

Contracts

Community Facilities’ AGM

14th May 2024

Nursery & Sunshine Club

 

9 CODE OF CONDUCT

Please see Code of Conduct here.

 

10   GOVERNING BOARD EVALUATION

Governor Hub Governing Board Health Check completed Autumn 2021.

Internal Review of Governance carried out by the Board in June 2022, scheduled Spring 2024.

Governor Skills Audit completed in June 2022, scheduled Autumn 2023.

360-degree feedback of the Chair completed Autumn 2022, scheduled Spring 2024.

 

Governor Declarations

Governor Name

Responsibility

Business Interest

Other establishment governed

Relationships with staff/governors

Date

Mrs Jo Donnachie

Foundation Governor

(Chair)

Altrincham Football Club

None

None

Nov 2023

Mrs Sarah Butler

Foundation Governor

(Vice-chair)

None

None

None

Nov 2023

Ms Louise Dickinson

Foundation Governor

None

None

None

Nov 2023

Mr Adrian Godding

Foundation Governor

None

None

None

Nov 2023

Mrs Anita Harrop

Headteacher (Statutory Right)

None

None

None

Nov 2023

Mr Raymond Machell KC

Foundation Governor

None

None

None

Nov 2023

Mrs Alice Kilburn

Associate Member

St Vincent’s Church Parish Secretary

None

None

Nov 2023

Mrs Deborah McDuff

Staff Governor

None

None

None

Nov 2023

Canon Jonathon Brandon

Foundation Governor

St Vincent’s Church Parish Priest

St Ambrose Catholic College Governor

None

Nov 2023

Mr Carl Thorgaard

Foundation Governor

Graham Holland Associates

None

None

Nov 2023

Mr Matthew Lee

Local Autority Governor

None

None

None

Nov 2023

Ms Suzanne Ngai

Associate Member

None

None

None

Nov 2023

Mr Patrick Coyle

Parent Governor

None

Board Member and Trustee of League Football Education

Sibling is a Member of Teaching Staff at St Vincent’s

Nov 2023

Mr Tim Barnard

Parent

Governor

None

None

None

Nov 2023

 

 

Contact the School

St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

Orchard Road,
Altrincham,
Cheshire,
WA15 8EY

Main Contact: Headteacher Mrs Harrop

SEND Contact: Mrs Farrell and Mrs Sutton

Tel: 0161 911 8040

admin@stvincents.trafford.sch.uk

Testimonials

We couldn't be happier with St Vincent's, our children are really happy there. - Parent Survey
It is a wonderful environment, our children are flourishing - Parent Survey
The school ethos gives the children excellent opportunities to develop their spirituality and knowledge of their faith. - Parent Survey
It is a really friendly school, I have been made to feel very welcome. - Parent Survey
We love St Vincent's, keep doing what you are doing! - Parent Survey
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