Barns Green Primary School has a dedicated voluntary Governing Body that oversees the management side of the school: strategy, policy, budgeting and staffing. We’re dedicated to helping our school run as effectively as possible, working alongside senior leaders and supporting teachers to provide excellent education to children.
You can find out more about who our Governors are on our Meet the Governors page.
Instrument of Governance
Terms of reference
Governance: terms of reference
Circle of Governance
At the end of 2020, we changed from a committee structure to a ‘Circle of Governance’ – where the governing body works as a ‘whole team’ without any committees. Each governor is given special responsibility for a specific area of importance.
We reviewed and updated these roles at the Full Governing Body Meeting on 23 September 2024, for Barns Green we have the following roles and responsibilities:
- Chair of Governors – Tom Plowman
- Vice Chair of Governors – Rob MacDonald
- Clerk to Governors – Gemma Lovegrove
- Health & Safety Governor – Rob MacDonald and Tom Bouet
- Teaching and learning link Governor, including Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND), Children Looked After (CLA), Pupil Premium (PP) and School Sports Premium – Dawn Martin, Sue Whittle, Tom Bouet, Jessica Martin, Rob MacDonald and Richard Bates
- Safeguarding link Governor, including attendance – Adam Rood, Richard Bates, Simon Gale (Cyber Safety) and Dawn Martin (attendance)
- Communication, Website including link Governor – Adam Rood
- Early Careers Teacher (ECT) Governor – Rob MacDonald and Richard Bates
- Well-being Governor – Jessica Martin and Richard Bates
- Finance Panel – Alex Nicholson, Simon Gale and Rob MacDonald
- Headteachers Performance Management Panel (HTPM)– Dawn Martin, Sue Whittle and Tom Bouet
- Pay Panel – Tom Plowman, Simon Gale and Jessica Martin
2023/2024 Governance Board details and attendance record
You can find further information about each governor here. Details include:
- Governor names
- Date of appointment
- Term of office
- Who appointed them
- Governance roles in other educational institutions
- Material interests arising from relationships between governors, or relationships between governors and school staff
- Attendance record to governing body meetings for 23/24 academic year.
Governor termly newsletters
- Summer term governor newsletter 2024
- Autumn term governor newsletter 2023
- Summer term governor newsletter 2023