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The current governors of Swaffham Prior School are as follows:
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| Chairman |
Roz Chalmers Tel:01638 742004 |
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| Vice-Chairman |
Mike Blanks (Parent Governor) |
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| LEA Governor |
Lawrie Clarke |
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| Foundation Governors |
Rev. David Lewis
Phil Kingsmill
Pamela White |
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| Parent Governors |
Mike Blanks
Julian Luttrell
Paul Abbott
Nancy Pollini
Claire Snaith
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| Teacher Governor |
Eloise Cheales |
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| Staff Governor |
Ruth Dalton |
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| Community Governors |
Charlotte Cane
Anita Lang |
The Role of the School Governors
Our governing body is made up of individuals with a wide range of backgrounds who pool their
professional and personal experiences to support the school.
They act collectively as a 'critical friend' by monitoring the school's performance, assessing
its progress and working with the Headteacher and her team to ensure the best possible
education for all pupils in its care.
Governors take a strategic overview, playing a key role in the school's development, and are
not involved in the day-to-day management. That important task rests with the Headteacher
and her staff.
Governors give their time freely to meet a range of statutory responsibilities, which include
finance, the curriculum, personnel, premises and health and safety of pupils and staff. Each
governor assumes at least one particular area of responsibility during their four-year term
of office and undertakes any relevant training.
The full governing body meets each term and the individual committees, which deal with specific
areas, meet once or twice a term.
Governors monitor and assess the school in a variety of ways: through reports from the
Headteacher, by liaising with staff, visiting the school, talking with pupils and
reporting back to the governing body.
They also feed back to parents through the annual school profile. The annual meeting with FoSPS is an informal gathering which gives parents the opportunity to meet with and question governors about any aspects of school.
Parents are also welcome to raise issues and suggest items for discussion at governor
meetings and can approach any representative on the governing body at any time throughout
the year. Parent governors are usually in school either at the start or end of each day and
are always willing to listen to parents' views. Governors send out an annual questionnaire to gain feedback from parents.
Minutes of the governors' meetings are
posted on the FoSPS noticeboard.
As is reflected in our ethos, it's only by communicating and working in partnership that the school can achieve the best for its children.
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