Governors Register of Interests and what they do

Our Aims and Accountability

1 Purpose

Our purpose is to support and challenge the school to provide the best possible education for its pupils. We have three statutory strategic functions:

to ensure the school has clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
to hold the Headteachers to account for the educational performance of the school, and for the performance management of staff;
to oversee the financial performance of the school to ensure its money is spent well.

Ofsted judges our effectiveness by reference to these functions. It uses The School Inspection Handbook to consider how well we:

carry out the three statutory duties and understand the boundaries of our roles
support the school in preparing the children for life in Britain and ensure it promotes respect for people of differing beliefs, cultures and lifestyles
ensure the school’s clarity of vision, ethos and strategic planning
contribute to the school’s self-evaluation and understand its strengths and weaknesses
understand data about the pupils, particularly the data dashboard, and ensure the school acts upon the information it shows
assure ourselves of the rigour of the assessment process
are aware of the impact teaching has on learning and progress in different subjects and year groups
challenge and hold the Headteachers and other leaders to account for improving the quality of teaching, pupils’ achievement and pupils’ behaviour and safety, and that we do not hinder school improvement by failing to tackle key concerns or by not developing our own skills
ensure the school uses the pupil premium and other resources to overcome barriers to learning
ensure solvency and probity and that the financial resources made available to the school are managed effectively
monitor performance management systems and understand how the school makes decisions about teachers’ salary progression
are accountable, including in terms of recruitment of staff, governance structures, attendance at meetings, and contact with parents and carers.

2 Accountability and Responsibility

We are accountable to:

the children
their parents and guardians
the Local Education Authority
the wider community.

Together with the Headteachers we bear overall responsibility for determining the aims and conduct of the school, deciding how it should develop, and approving policies and procedures which support that development. This strategic responsibility means that we:

seek a shared understanding of the school’s strengths and weaknesses
assist in the planning and agenda for school improvement
self-evaluate, so that we can ably plan further development
monitor school performance through school visits, meetings with subject leaders and examination of pupil data
use external reports about the school to drive improvement
endeavour to reflect the views of parents and the wider community by engaging with them
ensure we understand the school and confirm that our strategic aims are being met by spending time on site during the school day in order to build and refresh our knowledge.

To this end governors serve for a term of four years. We meet as a Full Governing Body twice a term, plus each committee, Resources and Curriculum meet twice a term, we also have Pay committees and Head Teacher Performance Review committees, plus adhoc parents committees, all committees report back to the Full Governing Body.

Governor Attendance Record 2020-2021

Governors
Name	Governor Category	Appointing Body & Date of Appointment	Term of Office Expiry Date	Position Held	Register of Interests
Alison Chamberlain	Parent	Parent Election 30.01.2018	29.01.2022	Member of the Curriculum Standards & Learning Committee. Safeguarding Governor.	Parent of Mengham Junior pupil
Odele Davies	Headteacher	Governing Body 2.09.2017	Not Applicable	Headteacher	Mengham Junior employee
Lorraine Easton	Co-Opted	Governing Body 16.01.2020	15.01.2024	Member of Resources Committee. SEND Governor. GDPR Governor.	Parent of Mengham Junior pupil. Mengham Junior employee
Alex Emery	Staff	Staff Election 21.09.2021	20.09.2025	Member of the Curriculum Standards & Learning Committee.	Mengham Junior employee
Julie Fraser	Parent	Parent Election 8.02.2018	7.02.2022	Co-Chair of the Governing Body. Member of the Curriculum Standards & Learning Committee and Pay Committee. English & SEND Governor	Parent of Mengham Junior pupil
Garath Greaves	Co-Opted	Governing Body 27.03.2019	26.03.2023	Member of the Resources Committee. Member of the Headteacher Performance Panel. Health & Safety Governor
Edward Harrison	Headteacher	Staff Election 15.09.2015 resigned 31.08.2017 Governing Body 2.09.2017	Not Applicable	Headteacher	Mengham Junior employee
Robert Inkpen	Co-Opted	Governing Body 26.09.2019	25.09.2023	Chair of the Curriculum Standards & Learning Committee. IT/Website Governor. History/Geography Governor.	Parent of Mengham Junior pupil
Liam Davis	Co-Opted	Governing Body 21.09.2021	20.09.2025	SIP Quality of Education	Governor of Glenwood School
Peter Griffiths	Co-Opted	Governing Body 21.09.2021	20.09.2025	Member of the Headteacher Performance Panel. SIP Behaviour	Trustee of Heart of Hayling Boxing Academy
Bruce Mowatt	Co-Opted	Governing Body 20.03.2017	24.03.2025	Chair of the Resources Committee. Member of the Headteacher Performance Panel. Maths Governor.
Chris Wotton	Local Authority	Governing Body 3.03.2021	2.03.2025	Co-Chair of the Governing Body. Member of the Resources Committee and Pay Committee. DTG Governor. Forum governor	Parent of Mengham Junior pupil
Governors who have resigned in the last 12 months
Nikki Farrage	Staff	Staff election 04.09.2017	03.09.2021	Member of the Curriculum Standards & Learning Committee.	Mengham Junior employee
Sue Lewis	Co-opted	Governing Body 22.07.2018	21.07.2022	School Council Governor. Chair of the Pay Panel.	Governor of Mengham Infant School (resigned) Governor of Bancroft Primary School (resigned)
Heather Limb	Co-opted	Governing Body 26.09.2019	25.09.2023	Member of the Headteacher Performance Panel.	Husband governor of Mengham Infant School (resigned)
Christine Moore	Co-opted	Governing Body 22.07.2014	21.07.2022	Chair of the Headteacher Performance Panel.

CODE OF CONDUCT – MENGHAM JUNIOR SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY