Annual Governance Statement
St. Vincent’s Catholic Primary School
Annual Governance Statement
Autumn 2020
the board of governors
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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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Mr Stuart Nicholls |
Staff Governor |
06/10/2024 |
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Mrs Alice Kilburn |
Parent Governor |
01/09/2023 |
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Mr Carl Thorgaard |
Parent Governor |
01/09/2022 |
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Mrs Patricia Young |
LA Governor |
06/11/2022 |
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Canon Jonathan Brandon |
Foundation Governor |
31/08/2023 |
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Mr Raymond Machell QC |
Foundation Governor |
31/08/2022 |
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Mrs Sarah Butler |
Foundation Governor (Vice Chair) |
31/08/2022 |
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Mr Adrian Godding |
Foundation Governor |
31/08/2022 |
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Mrs Joanne Donnachie |
Foundation Governor (Chair) |
31/08/2022 |
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Ms Louise Dickinson |
Foundation Governor |
31/08/2022 |
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Mrs Cathy Belford |
Associate Member
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10/11/2020 |
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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 |
CLERK TO GOVERNORS
Julie Lawson, Trust GS, Green wood Street, Altrincham, Cheshire 0161 3487188 or contact Carla Castro, School Business Manager at the School.
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 |
Stuart Nicholls |
Adrian Godding (school only) |
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Carla Castro (in attendance) |
Ivana Beckett (in attendance) |
Cathy Belford (Nursery & TSC) |
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Ivana Beckett (in attendance) |
Ciara Sutton (in attendance) |
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Sharon Tiernan (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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Cathy Belford (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-Julie Downing (ECM) |
Anita Harrop |
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Ivana Beckett (in attendance) |
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Cathy Belford |
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Sarah Butler |
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Ivana Beckett (in attendance) |
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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 Provision |
A Burke |
Once/year |
Curriculum |
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Sarah Butler |
Recovery Plan, parental engagement and Combined ARE across all years. |
S Tiernan/C Sutton/ N Farrell |
Once/ term |
Curriculum |
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Anita Harrop |
Nursery/ Sunshine Club |
I Beckett |
N/A |
Board |
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Ray Machell |
Contracts |
C Castro |
N/A |
Board |
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Jo Donnachie |
Child Protection & Safeguarding |
A Harrop |
Once /term |
HR & Board |
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Alice Kilburn |
Pupil Premium/ SEND/ Looked After Children |
S Tiernan/ N Farrell |
Once/ term |
Curriculum & Board |
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Alice Kilburn |
Dyslexia Award |
E Leather |
Once/year |
Curriculum |
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Carl Thorgaard |
Health & Safety |
C 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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Sarah Butler |
Online Safety |
Online Safety Team |
Once/year |
Curriculum/ Board |
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Cathy Belford |
Geography |
E Leather & H Bullock |
Once/year |
Curriculum |
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Carl Thorgaard |
Science |
J Kerigan |
Once/term |
Curriculum |
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Patricia Young |
Music & Art |
O Wormall & E Slater |
Once/year |
Curriculum |
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Jo Donnachie |
Remote Learning |
C Sutton |
Once/year |
Board |
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Jo Donnachie |
Subject Leadership |
C Sutton |
Once/year |
Curriculum |
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Jo Donnachie |
Foundation subject assessment |
S Tiernan |
Once/year |
Curriculum |
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Louise Dickinson |
Covid Fund Grant |
A Harrop |
Once/year |
Finance/Board |
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Adrian Godding |
Governor Training |
N/A |
N/A |
Board/HR |
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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 |
C Castro |
Once/year |
Finance |
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Alice Kilburn |
Parent Partnership |
D Hobday |
Once/ term |
Curriculum |
ATTENDANCE
Academic Year 2014/2015
94% attendance at Board of Governors’ meetings
94% attendance at committee meetings
Academic Year 2015/2016
86% attendance at Board of Governors’ meetings
97.4% attendance at committee meeting
Academic Year 2016/2017
93% attendance at Board of Governors’ meetings
89% attendance at committee meeting
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
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Governor |
Attendance at Committee Meetings |
Attendance at Board Meetings (including Community Facilities’ AGM) |
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Anita Harrop |
100% (35/35) |
4/4 |
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Jo Donnachie |
100% (33/33) |
4/4 |
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Alice Kilburn |
100% (3/3) |
4/4 |
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Canon Jonathan Brandon |
100% (4/4) |
3/3 |
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Carl Thorgaard |
100% (3/3) |
4/4 |
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Stuart Nicholls |
100% (3/3) |
4/4 |
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Sarah Butler |
100% (24/24) |
4/4 |
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Monica Henry |
100% (2/2) |
0/1 |
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Raymond Machell |
N/A |
4/4 |
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Louise Dickinson |
96% (22/23) |
4/4 |
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Patricia Young |
100% (3/3) |
4/4 |
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Cathy Belford |
92% (12/13) |
4/4 |
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Adrian Godding |
80% (4/5) |
3/4 |
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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/page/governors-letters/6185
CALENDAR OF TRAINING 2019/20
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Board of Governors’ Training and Workshops 2019/20 |
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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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Introduction to Governor Hub |
12th November 2019 all governors |
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Cultural Capital and Enrichments |
25th February 2020 all governors |
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Online Learning during Covid -19 |
23rd June 2020 all governors |
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Annual update for Nursery and Sunshine Club |
20th May 2020 all governors |
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Diocesan Briefings |
Autumn 2019, Spring 2020 (JD, AG, SB) |
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Diocesan Annual Governors’ Conference |
16th November 2019 (JD, AG, AK) |
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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 |
18th June 2020, 15th October 2020 (JD) |
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OFSTED- New Education Framework |
6th November 2019 (JD) |
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Diocesan New Governor Induction Training |
27th November 2019 (AK) |
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Governors Briefing on SEND |
30th November 2019 (AK) |
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Safer Recruitment Training |
Online on The Key (AG), Trust GS (JD) |
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Blended Governance |
September 20 (AH) |
CALENDAR OF TRAINING 2020/21
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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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PASS (Pupil Assessment to Self and School) |
10th November 2020 |
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Training on the five levers of Recovery |
2nd March 2021 |
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Impact of Recovery Plan and 5 levers |
15th June 2021 |
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Diocesan Briefings |
October 2020, February 2021, May 2021 |
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Diocesan Annual Governors’ Conference |
TBC |
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CES Governor Training |
Online |
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Trust GS training |
See Governor Hub |
CALENDAR OF MEETINGS
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Term |
Board Meeting |
Link Governor Report |
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Autumn |
10th November 2020 |
SEND, Safeguarding (Covid) |
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Spring |
2nd March 2021 |
Wellbeing and Workload, Remote Learning, Recovery/parental engagement/ ARE |
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Summer |
15th June 2021 |
Covid Fund |
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Community Facilities’ AGM |
18th May 2021 |
Nursery &Sunshine Club |
CODE OF CONDUCT
Please see Code of Conduct at the end of this page.
Register of Interests
| Governor Name | Responsibility | Business Interest | Other establishment governed | Relationships with Staff/Governors | Date |
| Mrs Jo Donnachie | Chairperson Foundation Governor |
TKR Consulting - Company Director |
None | None | 11/2020 |
| Mrs Sarah Butler | Vice-Chairperson, Foundation Governor | None | None | None | 11/2020 |
| Ms Louise Dickinson | Foundation Governor | None | None | None | 11/2020 |
| Mr Adrian Godding | Foundation Governor | None | None | None | 11/2020 |
| Mrs Anita Harrop | Headteacher (Statutory Right) | None | None | None | 11/2020 |
| Mr Ray Machell Q.C. | Foundation Governor | Byrom Street Chambers - Head of Barrister's Chambers | None | None | 11/2020 |
| Mrs Alice Kilburn | Parent Representative |
St Vincent's Church - Parish Secretary |
None | None | 11/2020 |
| Mr Stuart Nicholls | Staff Representative | None | None | None | 11/2020 |
| Canon Jonathan Brandon | Foundation Governor | St Vincent's Church - Parish Priest | None | None | 11/2019 |
| Mr Carl Thorgaard | Parent Representative | Graham, Holland Associates (Architecture) | None | None | 11/2019 |
| Cllr. Mrs P.B. Young | LA Governor | Trafford Council - Councillor | None | None | 11/2019 |
| Mrs Cathy Belford | Associate Governor | None | None | None | 11/2019 |
