You can find out everything you need to know about the Governing Board at Chatsworth below. Minutes of Governing Board meetings are available to read, please call in to the school office if you wish to do so. For any other queries please also contact the school office.

What do governors do?

Governors are essential to the work of the school and are legally responsible for it. They are not however, involved in the day to day running of the school which is managed by Miss Willis and the Senior Leadership Team. This leaves governors free to focus on their core functions of:

• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
• Holding the Head Teacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils and the performance management of staff; and
• Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

Governors act as a sounding board for issues being reviewed within the school and work with senior leaders to raise standards of attainment, challenging them to ensure the school continues to improve and provide every pupil with a wonderful learning experience. They approve the school budget and appoint the Head Teacher. They work as a team and make collective decisions, abiding by an agreed code of conduct (see below). As you would expect they need to gain an understanding of the school and its overall performance in order to explain its decision and actions. This is done by attending regular meetings and carrying out school visits. They also attend training in order to keep up to date with the requirements of the role.

The Governing Board adopted the National Governors Association model code of conduct in January 2020, updated in 2021. 

The Governing Board at Chatsworth Primary School

Constitution

The full governing board is made up of:

• 1 Chair of Governors
• 1 Vice Chair of Governors
• 1 Staff Governor
• 2 Co-opted Governors
• 4 Parent Governors
• Our Headteacher

The structure of the Governing Board

The Governing Board acts and makes strategic decisions as one body without any sub-committees. All areas of governance are reviewed at each Full Governing Board meeting each half term. Named governors also have specific areas of responsibility.

Our Governors

Named Governors