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The Board of Governors

We are very fortunate to have a really good mix of governors at Holy Trinity with a wide experience base.  The governing body comprises of representatives from all interested parties; The Church, parents, staff/children, local education authority and the local community.  The term of office is 3 years except for the foundation governors which is 4 years.  Various sub-committees allow in-depth exploration of the many aspects of school life.  Currently we have sub-committees for Staffing & Curriculum, Ethos, Finance and Building/Health and Safety.  All governors are equal and the governing body acts as a collective for decision making and shared responsibility.

Meetings are held each term when all the governors attend to monitor a rolling programme of issues such as school management polices and procedures.  The school is also monitored by governors' visits with each governor delegated an area of particular interest in the curriculum.  A formal written report is made on each visit and fed back to the full meetings where the findings are discussed.

As Chair of the Governors I also attend termly briefings held by County to hear the latest developments in government strategy and policy.  These are then fed back to the governors via our regular meetings.  I am also involved in the process of tracking pupil progress and meet with the Head Teacher and School Improvement Partner for target setting for the SATs test.  The school's performance is closely monitored and discussed in full at these meetings.

Holy Trinity pupils do very well both in terms of academic achievement and their personal development.  This was confirmed by the excellent report of the Dec 03 Ofsted Inspection.  The governing body and teaching staff are very proud of the huge impact the children made on the inspectors.  What better reference could a school have than from the children themselves?

All the governors and staff believe in working together.  Please help us by using our open door policy to discuss any issues.  This is your children's school.  We want you to be, and feel, a part of it, and we can then work together of the benefit of the children.

Patrick  Collins

Chair of Governors     

January 2007

Click here to see the list of Holy Trinity School Governors.