Annual Governance Statement
St. Vincent’s Catholic Primary School
1 Annual Governance Statement Autumn 2021
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Governor |
Type of Governor |
Current term of office expires |
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Mrs Anita Harrop |
Headteacher |
Statutory |
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Mrs Deborah McDuff |
Staff Governor |
09/11/2026 |
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Mrs Alice Kilburn |
Parent Governor |
09/11/2023 |
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Mr Carl Thorgaard |
Foundation Governor |
09/11/2025 |
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Mrs Patricia Young |
LA Governor |
09/11/2022 |
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Canon Jonathan Brandon |
Foundation Governor |
09/11/2023 |
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Mr Raymond Machell QC |
Foundation Governor |
09/11/2022 |
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Mrs Sarah Butler |
Foundation Governor (Vice Chair) |
09/11/2022 |
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Mr Adrian Godding |
Foundation Governor |
09/11/2022 |
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Mrs Joanne Donnachie |
Foundation Governor (Chair) |
09/11/2022 |
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Ms Louise Dickinson |
Foundation Governor |
09/11/2022 |
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Mrs Sinead Donnelly |
Parent Governor |
09/11/2025 |
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Mrs Cathy Belford |
Associate Member |
Resigned 10/11/2020 |
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Mr George Tsiantar |
Foundation Governor |
Deceased 07/2020 |
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Canon John Rafferty |
Foundation Governor |
Resigned 01/09/2019 |
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Mrs Sorcha McNamara |
Parent Governor |
Resigned 01/09/2019 |
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Mrs Dinah Davis |
Foundation Governor |
Resigned 31/08/2018 |
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Mrs Christina Burns |
Foundation Governor |
Resigned 31/08/2018 |
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Mr Oliver Gilmartin |
Parent Governor |
Resigned 31/08/2018 |
2 CLERK TO GOVERNORS
Julie Lawson, Trust GS, Green wood Street, Altrincham, Cheshire 0161 3487188 or contact Carla Castro, School Business Manager at the School.
3 COMMITTEES
Remits for the Committees are available on request from the School or on Governor Hub
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Finance Committee |
Curriculum Committee |
Pay review Committee |
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Louise Dickinson (Chair/Clerk) |
Sarah Butler (Chair/clerk) |
Jo Donnachie (Chair/Clerk) |
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Jo Donnachie (Vice Chair) |
Alice Kilburn (Vice Chair) |
Anita Harrop (in attendance) |
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Anita Harrop |
Anita Harrop |
Louise Dickinson |
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Sarah Butler |
Deborah McDuff |
Adrian Godding (school only) |
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Carla Castro (in attendance) |
Ivana Beckett (in attendance) |
Sinead Donnelly (Nursery & TSC) |
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Ivana Beckett (in attendance) |
Naomi Farrell (in attendance) |
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Ciara Sutton (in attendance) |
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Buildings and Health & Safety Committee |
Admissions Committee |
Human Resources Committee |
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Carl Thorgaard (Chair/Clerk) |
Raymond Machell (Chair/Clerk) |
Adrian Godding (Chair /Clerk) |
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Patricia Young |
Sarah Butler |
Anita Harrop |
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Jo Donnachie |
Anita Harrop |
Canon Jonathan Brandon |
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Anita Harrop |
Jo Donnachie |
Jo Donnachie |
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Carla Castro (In attendance) |
Carla Castro (in attendance) |
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Lawrence Brindley (in attendance) |
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Nursery/SSC Human Resources Committee |
Head’s Performance Review
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Covid -19 Committee
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Sinead Donnelly (Chair/Clerk) |
Jo Donnachie (Chair) |
Jo Donnachie (Chair/Clerk) |
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Jo Donnachie |
Adrian Godding |
Louise Dickinson |
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Anita Harrop |
Adviser-Craig Richardson |
Anita Harrop |
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Ivana Beckett (in attendance) |
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Sarah Butler |
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Ivana Beckett (in attendance) |
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4 LINKED GOVERNORS
Remits for Linked Governors are available on request from the School or on Governor Hub
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Governor |
Area of Responsibility |
School Link |
Visit Frequency |
Reporting Committee |
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Canon Jonathan Brandon |
Religious Education |
A McCann/ D Mc Duff |
Once/term |
Curriculum |
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Adrian Godding |
Phonic and Early Years reading scheme. |
A Burke/ M Lawrence |
Once/year |
Curriculum |
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Sarah Butler Deborah McDuff |
Curriculum Steering Group & Combined ARE across all years. |
S Tiernan/ N Farrell |
Once/ term |
Curriculum |
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Anita Harrop |
Nursery/ Sunshine Club |
Ivana Beckett |
N/A |
Board |
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Raymond Machell |
Contracts |
Carla Castro |
N/A |
Board |
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Jo Donnachie |
Child Protection & Safeguarding (including focus on peer on peer abuse) |
Anita Harrop |
Once /term |
HR & Board |
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Alice Kilburn |
Pupil Premium/ SEND/ Looked After Children/ Inclusion |
S Tiernan/ N Farrell |
Once/ term |
Curriculum & Board |
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Alice Kilburn |
Reading throughout the school and e-library |
A Burke/ N Sheldon/ H Bullock |
Once/year |
Curriculum |
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Carl Thorgaard |
Health & Safety |
Carla Castro |
Once/ year |
H&S / Board |
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Sarah Butler |
Year 4 Times table assessment |
N Sheldon |
Once/ year |
Curriculum |
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Carl Thorgaard |
Security & Parking |
Carla Castro |
Once/ year |
Buildings/ H&S |
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Ray Machell |
Humanities (Geography, History) English |
H Bullock, E Leather |
Once/ year |
Curriculum |
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Sarah Butler |
Online Safety |
Online Safety Team |
Once/year |
Curriculum/Board |
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Sinead Donnelly |
Diversity and Equality |
C Luckham, S Tiernan |
Once/year |
Board |
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Carl Thorgaard |
Maths/ Science |
D Hobday/J Kerigan |
Once/year |
Curriculum |
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Patricia Young |
Music & Art |
O Wormall & E Slater |
Once/year |
Curriculum |
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Jo Donnachie |
EYFS framework |
S Tiernan |
Once/year |
Board |
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Jo Donnachie |
Subject Leadership and Foundation subject assessment. |
S Tiernan |
Once/year |
Curriculum |
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Sinead Donnelly |
Diversity & Equality |
A Harrop |
Once/year |
Board |
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Louise Dickinson |
Covid Fund Grant |
A Harrop |
Once/year |
Finance/Board |
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Adrian Godding |
Sports Premium |
N Farrell |
Once/year |
Board |
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Adrian Godding |
Wellbeing and Workload |
S Tiernan/ E Slater |
Once/year Termly |
Board/ HR |
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Louise Dickinson |
GDPR & Cyber Security |
Carla Castro |
Once/year |
Finance |
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Sarah Butler |
RSE & PHSE |
Anita Harrop |
Once/ year |
Curriculum |
5 ATTENDANCE
Academic Year 2017/2018
91% attendance at Board of Governors’ meetings
96% attendance at committee meetings
Academic Year 2018/2019
87% attendance at Board of Governors’ meetings
93% attendance at committee meetings
Academic Year 2019/2020
96% attendance at Board of Governors’ meetings
98% attendance at committee meetings
Academic Year 2020/2021
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Governor |
Attendance at Committee Meetings |
Attendance at Board Meetings (including Community Facilities’ AGM) |
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Anita Harrop |
100% (41/41) |
5/5 |
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Jo Donnachie |
98% (39/40) |
5/5 |
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Alice Kilburn |
100% (5/5) |
4/5 |
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Canon Jonathan Brandon |
60% (3/5) |
3/5 |
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Carl Thorgaard |
100% (6/6) |
4/5 |
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Stuart Nicholls |
100% (5/5) |
5/5 |
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Sarah Butler |
100% (26/26) |
5/5 |
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Raymond Machell |
100% (1/1) |
5/5 |
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Louise Dickinson |
91% (21/23) |
5/5 |
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Patricia Young |
100% (6/6) |
5/5 |
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Sinead Donnelly |
100% (2/2) |
2/3 |
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Adrian Godding |
100% (7/7) |
5/5 |
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Cathy Belford |
83% (5/6) |
2/2 |
6 CHAIR’S STATEMENT / STATEMENT FROM THE BOARD
Please see annual letter from the Chair of Governors on the school website. http://stvincents.trafford.sch.uk/uploads/120/files/GN_End_of_year_letter_2020-2021.pdf
7 CALENDAR OF TRAINING 2020/21
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Board of Governors’ Training and Workshops 2020/21 |
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Safeguarding and Child Protection training |
Online training on the Key all governors |
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Prevent Training |
Online training on the Key all governors |
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PASS survey |
10th November 2020 all governors |
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Recovery from Covid |
2nd March 2021 all governors |
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Covid recovery, Impact of actions |
15th June 2021 all governors |
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Annual update for Nursery and Sunshine Club |
18th May 2021 all governors |
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Diocesan Briefings |
Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Summer 2021(JD) |
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Diocesan Admissions Training |
Summer 2021(RM) |
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Recovery, school development plan and wellbeing training on staff inset day |
2nd September 2020 (AK, JD, SB) |
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Trust GS Chairs’ networking meetings |
15th October 2020, 14th July 2021 (JD) |
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Governors role on appeal panel |
5th February 2021 (JD) |
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Diocesan New Governor Induction Training |
27th November 2019 (AK) |
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Holding School Leaders to Account |
29th June 2021(AK), 17th June 2021 (AH) |
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Safer Recruitment and Safeguarding Training |
10th November 2020 (JD,AK), 25th June 2021(AG) |
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Blended Governance |
18th September 2020 (AH) |
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Taking the Chair |
10th February 2021 (SB), 11th December 2020 (AG) |
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Roles and Responsibilities (Governor Induction) |
10th May 2021 (SD) |
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Safer Recruitment in Education |
28th February 2021(SD) |
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OFSTED HMI-EIF and expectations of governors |
2nd March 2021 (AG) |
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Admissions Training by Browne Jacobson |
July 2021 (RM) |
8 CALENDAR OF TRAINING 2021/22
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Safeguarding and Child Protection Training for Governors |
Online on The Key |
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Prevent Training for Governors |
Online on The Key |
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Peer on Peer Abuse for Governors |
Online on The Key |
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Phonics and Language Development |
9th November 2021 |
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Early Years |
1st March 2022 |
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Diversity, Equality and Inclusion |
21st June 2022 |
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Diocesan Briefings |
October 2021, February 2022, May 2022 |
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Diocesan Annual Governors’ Conference |
6th November 2021 |
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CES Governor Training |
Online |
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Trust GS training |
See Governor Hub |
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Vision and Strategy Event |
15th June 2022 |
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Curriculum Overview |
14th December 2021 |
9 CALENDAR OF MEETINGS
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Term |
Board Meeting |
Link Governor Report |
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Autumn |
9th November 2021 |
SEND, LAC & PP, H&S |
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Spring |
1st March 2022 |
Safeguarding, Reading & E library |
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Summer |
21st June 2022 |
Sports Premium, Workload and Wellbeing, Curriculum Steering Committee |
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Community Facilities’ AGM |
17th May 2022 |
Nursery &Sunshine Club |
10 CODE OF CONDUCT
Please see Code of Conduct at the bottom of tthis page.
Register of Interests
| Governor Name | Responsibility | Business Interest | Other establishment governed | Relationships with Staff/Governors | Date |
| Mrs Jo Donnachie | Chairperson Foundation Governor |
None |
None | None | 11/2021 |
| Mrs Sarah Butler | Vice-Chairperson, Foundation Governor | None | None | None | 11/2021 |
| Ms Louise Dickinson | Foundation Governor | None | None | None | 11/2021 |
| Mr Adrian Godding | Foundation Governor | None | None | None | 11/2021 |
| Mrs Anita Harrop | Headteacher (Statutory Right) | None | None | None | 11/2021 |
| Mr Ray Machell Q.C. | Foundation Governor | None | None | None | 11/2021 |
| Mrs Alice Kilburn | Parent Representative |
St Vincent's Church - Parish Secretary |
None | None | 11/2021 |
| Mr Stuart Nicholls | Staff Representative | None | None | None | 11/2021 |
| Canon Jonathan Brandon | Foundation Governor | St Vincent's Church - Parish Priest | None | None | 11/2021 |
| Mr Carl Thorgaard | Parent Representative | Graham, Holland Associates (Architecture) | None | None | 11/2021 |
| Cllr. Mrs P.B. Young | LA Governor | Trafford Council - Councillor | None | None | 11/2021 |
| Mrs Sinead Donnelly | Parent Representative | None | None | None | 11/2021 |
