Athelstan Community Primary School
To Be The Best That We Can Be
Composition
Composition of the Governing Body 2023/2024
TOTAL OF 10 GOVERNORS: 4 Co-opted Governors, 3 Parent Governors;
1 Authority Governor; 1 Staff Governor, 1 Headteacher.
Category of Governor | Name | Committees | Appointment Details | Term end date |
Co-opted | Andrew Parmenter
| Chair of Governors Finance & staffing Head Teacher Performance Management Pupil Discipline Staff Discipline and Dismissal | 17 September 2020
3 years By the GB | 16 September 2023 |
Co-opted | Adrian Wainwright | Finance & staffing Head Teachers Performance Management Specific Responsibility: Health and Safety | 14 September 2022 3 years By the GB | 14 September 2025 |
| Local Authority | Adam Palmer | Vice Chair of Governors Chair of Standards E Safety | 25 March 2021 4 years By the LA | 24 March 2025 |
Parent
| Anna Kirkham | Standards | 7 October 2021 3 years Elected | 6 October 2024 |
Parent | Tim Smith | 9 November 2022 | 9 November 2025 | |
| Co-opted | William Martin | Chair of Finance and staffing | 08/02/2024 | 08/02/2027 |
Parent | Vacant |
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| Co-opted | John Claydon | Standards | 26 May 2022 3 years by the GB | 26 May 2025 |
Head Teacher | Karen O’Donnell | Finance & staffing Standards | 06/01/2003 Ex-officio | Ex-officio |
| Staff | Caroline Butterwick | Finance & staffing Standards Governor Induction | 29 September 2022 3 years Elected | 29 September 2025 |
| Clerk to the Governors | vacant |
Athelstan Community Primary School
Committees, membership and individual responsibilities 2022-2023
Committee | Members | Number of meetings per year | Terms of reference last reviewed | Delegated authority | |
Finance, Staffing and Resources
| Will Martin (Chair) Andrew Parmenter, Karen O’Donnell, Adrian Wainwright In attendance: Tracey Scrafton Clerk: Paul Gregory | 3 | October 2022 | Yes | |
Standards | Adam Palmer, (Chair + Clerk) Caroline Butterwick, Anna Kirkham John Claydon Karen O'Donnell | 4 |
| No | |
Headteacher Performance Management | Andrew Parmenter, Adrian Wainwright.
| 2 |
| Yes | |
Pupil discipline | Andrew Parmenter, Flexible membership one additional GB member as available. | As required |
| Yes | |
Staff discipline/dismissal | Andrew Parmenter, Flexible membership one additional GB member as available. | As required |
| yes | |
Staff discipline/dismissal appeals | Flexible approach. Any three governors excluding those who sat on the initial hearing and the Headteacher or staff governor | As required |
| Yes | |
Complaints appeals | Any three governors excluding Chair of Governors the Headteacher or staff governor | As required |
| Yes | |
Individual governors with specific responsibilities | |||||
Role | Individual | ||||
Designated and safeguarding officer (DSO) | Roger Osbourne | ||||
Deputy DSO | Karen O'Donnell Caroline Hutton Kathy Barton (Inclusion officer) | ||||
Health and Safety | Adrian Wainwright. | ||||
Safeguarding |
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E-Safety | Adam Palmer | ||||
SEND |
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New governor induction | Andrew Parmenter | ||||
Athelstan Community Primary School
Committees, membership and individual responsibilities 2021/2022
Committee | Members | Number of meetings per year | Terms of reference last reviewed | Delegated authority | |
Finance, Staffing and Resources
| Chair TBC Andrew Parmenter, Karen O’Donnell, Caroline Hutton, Will Martin, Adrian Wainwright. In attendance: Sue Thompson Clerk: Paul Gregory | 5 | October 2021 | yes | |
Standards | Chair Steph Stewart Karen O’Donnell, Adam Palmer, Caroline Hutton, Clerk Steph Stewart | 3 |
| no | |
Headteacher Performance Management | Andrew Parmenter, Adrian Wainwright. Jill Stubbs GB independent adviser (currently contracted to NYCC) | 2 |
| yes | |
Pupil discipline | Andrew Parmenter, Steph Stewart, Flexible membership one additional GB member as available. | As required |
| yes | |
Staff discipline/dismissal | Andrew Parmenter, Steph Stewart, Flexible membership one additional GB member as available. | As required |
| yes | |
Staff discipline/dismissal appeals | Any three governors excluding those who sat on the initial hearing and the Headteacher or staff governor | As required |
| yes | |
Complaints appeals | Any three governors excluding Chair of Governors the Headteacher or staff governor | As required |
| yes | |
Individual governors with specific responsibilities | |||||
Role | Individual | ||||
Designated and safeguarding officer (DSO) | Karen O’Donnell | ||||
Deputy DSO | Caroline Hutton Kathy Barton (Inclusion officer) | ||||
Health and Safety | Adrian Wainwright. | ||||
Safeguarding | Anna Clarke | ||||
E-Safety | Adam Palmer | ||||
SEND | Anna Clarke | ||||
New governor induction | Caroline Hutton Andrew Parmenter | ||||