The Role of Governors

The role of Jesse Gray's Governing Body is to be a critical friend to the headteacher. It does this by providing strategic leadership to the school and ensuring there is accountability for pupil outcomes. The Governing Body has three key functions:

To ensure the school has a clear vision, ethos and strategic direction.
Hold the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils.
Oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure the money is well spent. A copy of the Annual Governors Statement is available from the school office.

Individual governors can have a number of different roles as part of the governing body. Each governor acts as a Link Governor for specific year groups and/or subjects. They work with teachers and subject leads to oversee a particular aspect of the work of the school. Its a great way for governors to develop a more in depth understanding of a particular aspect of the school and get to know staff and pupils.

Our current Link Governors are:

Subject/Aspect	Governor Link
HT Performance Management	Liz Hopkins Rashmi Patel
Complaints	Liz Hopkins [CoG]
Communication	Liz Hopkins [CoG]
Health and safety	Jane Gill
Safeguarding & Child Protection	Rina Chana
SEN	Kelly Harris-Whittle
GDPR	Kaj Ghattaora
PSHE	Kaj Ghattaora
RE	TBC
Science	Jane Gill
Literacy	Rina Chana
Policy Reviews	Governing Body
Maths	Camilla Gilmore
Data/Assessment	Rina Chana
Technologies Team	Stefan Mars
Music	Louise Carey
Art/Arts Mark	Louise Carey
Governor Training	Chris Walker
Play Services	Vanessa LLoyd
Emergency Services	Kelly Harris Whittle
School Council	Camilla Gilmore
Pay Govs	Rashmi Patel [Chair of pay govs]

Year Group	Governor Link
FS2	Jane Gill
Y1	Camilla Gilmore
Y2	Rashmi Patel
Y3	Liz Hopkins
Y4	Louise Carey & Stefan Mars
Y5	Kaj Ghattaora
Y6	Kelly Harris – Whittle & Rina Chana