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Welcome to our Governors' Section

CHAIR OF GOVERNORS

Mr R Lane

Templars Academy

Cressing Road

Witham

Essex

CM8 2NJ

01376 513477

e-mail: ChairofGovs@templars-pri.essex.sch.uk

WITHAM JOINT LOCAL GOVERNING BODY

Governors' Details and Register of Pecuniary & Personal Interests - December 2017

Name Of Governor or Associate Member	Category of governor & end of term of office	Appointing Body	Governor Responsibility	Positions of responsibility within the Trust	Relevant business interests that could present a conflict of interest including whether a governor at another school	Persoanl Relationship (if any) with members of school staff e.g spouse, partner, relative
Rod LANE	Trust Governor 27/06/2021	CL MAT Board	Financial Overview Performance Data Parental Complaints Training Link	Chair of Witham Joint Local Governing Body Member CL MAT	Vice Chair of Great Bradford Infants Trustee of Witham Parochial Church Member of Witham PCC Member of Essex Schools Forum	None
Sue SINGS	Trust Governor 27/06/2021	CL MAT Board	Safeguarding	Vice Chair of Witham Joint Local Govering Body (PHA) Trustee CL MAT	None	None
Sue ROGERS	Trust Governor 27/06/2021	CL MAT Board	Performance Data	Vice Chair of Witham Joint Local Govering Body (Templars)	None	None
Margaret GALIONE	Trust Governor 27/06/2021	CL MAT Board	Safeguarding	None	None	None
Karen JAMES	Trust Governor 27/06/2021	CL MAT Board	Behaviour & Pupil Welfare Environment inc H&S		None	None
Tom PLEASANCE	Trust Governor 12/09/2021	CL MAT Board	Environment inc H&S		Witham Councillor Witham Deputy Mayor	None
Jess SMITH	Staff Governor (PHA) 1/12/2017	Elected		None	None	None
Hannah SMITH	Staff Governor (Templars) 1/12/2017	Elected		None	None	None
Jane BASS	CEO/Executive Headteacher of Templars Academy & Powers Hall Academy	Ex Officio
Rowen PRIGG	Head of School PHA	Ex Officio
Sarah STEVENSON	Head of School Templars Academy	Ex Officio

This Joint Local Governing Body, an amalgamation of governors from Templars Academy and Powers Hall Academy, was established in September 2017.

Local Governing Boards (LGBs) are a committee of the Board of Trustees and their remit and decision-making powers are determined by the MAT in its Scheme of Delegation. It is entirely at the Board’s discretion what it wishes to delegate. However, Governors still have an important role to play in monitoring key performance indicators and act as a critical friend to the headteachers/heads of school and the academies’ senior leadership teams, providing challenge where appropriate.

We are currently operating joint LGBs for our Witham and Colchester schools. This provides oversight, accountability and governance for two schools and a constructive voice for those schools within the Trust. Monitoring will be a major focus for these governors as well as understanding performance data.

School governance regulations and the Department for Education (DfE) Governance Handbook identify three core functions for Governing Boards:-

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
Holding executive leaders to account for the education performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of the staff
Overseeing the financial performance of their schools and making sure its money is well spent

From time to time we seek parents and local business people to join our Local Governing Boards. If you would be interested, please contact the Chair of Governors ChairofGovs@templars-pri.essex.sch.uk.