Governors help set the strategic direction of the school, monitor its progress, and make sure resources are used effectively. They oversee important areas such as curriculum development, safeguarding, and staff wellbeing, ensuring the school remains a safe, inclusive, and high-achieving environment.

Governors do not get involved in the day to day running of the school. The role is one of ‘critical friend’, asking questions and providing challenge and support in any areas in which we have expertise.

Together with the Head Teacher and staff, we support the fundamental ethos at Alexandra Primary to nurture and increase the potential of each child. We work with the staff to continually raise pupils’ standard of achievement

The Governing Body

• is accountable to parents, carers, children, staff and to the wider community for the performance of the school
• works with the school to plan its future direction and continual improvement
• appoints the Head Teacher and assists with the appointment of senior staff
• ensures that the school adheres to the National Curriculum
• ensures that the school provides a good quality education for all its pupils, including those with special needs, gifted and talented pupils and pupils from ethnic minorities as well as those new to the English Language
• interprets directives from the government and the local authority
• agrees and monitors the school budget and expenditure and ensures key policies are in place.

Other Roles Fulfilled by Governors

We have recently appointed Link Governors for various of the core subjects within the school curriculum . These governors  liaise the subject co-ordinators and  monitor progress in those subjects by visiting the school and observing learning alongside school leaders and subject co-ordinators and (most importantly) talking to children

AD Hoc Panels are formed for inter alia the following:

Appointment of Headteacher and involvement in appointment of senior leadership team  (Governors involved in recruiting members of staff will have attended Safer Recruitment Training )

Headteacher Performance Panel

Complaints, Grievance and Disciplinary Hearings : 2 or 3 Governors to be selected , with the proviso that they had not taken part in any previous discussions related to the issue in question