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	Chris Walker Karen Davies Rashmi Patel
Complaints	Chris Walker [CoG]
Communication	Chris Walker [CoG]
Health and safety	TBC
Safeguarding & Child Protection	Karen Davies
SEN	Louise Carey
GDPR	Kaj Ghattaora Rashmi Patel
PSHE	Kaj Ghattaora Karen Davies
RE	Karen Davies
Science	Rashmi Patel
Literacy	Vanessa Lloyd
Policy Reviews	Daniel Harvey [Govs Services]
Maths	TBC
Data/Assessment	TBC
Technologies Team	TBC Stefan Mars
Music	Stefan Mars
Art/Arts Mark	TBC
Governor Training	TBC
Play Services	Chris Belton
Emergency Services	Kelly Harris Whittle
School Council	TBC
Pay Govs	Rashmi Patel [Chair of pay govs] TBC

Year Group	Governor Link
FS2	Karen Davies
Y1	Chris Walker
Y2	Rashmi Patel
Y3	TBC
Y4	Stefan Mars
Y5	Louise Carey, Kaj Ghattaora
Y6	Kelly Harris – Whittle