The Role of School Governors

Norfolk Community Primary School Governors provide strategic leadership and accountability in school. Governors appoint the headteacher and deputy headteacher and it is the governors who hold the main responsibility for finance in schools. Governors work closely with the headteacher to make the tough decisions about balancing resources and ensuring that all children at the school have the best opportunities to contribute to their individual learning.

Each governor is a member of a Governing body, which is established in law as a corporate body. Individual Governors may not act independently of the rest of the Governing body so all decisions are the joint responsibility of the Governing body.

The role of the Governing body is a strategic one; its key functions are to:

• set the aims and objectives for the school
• set the policies for achieving those aims and objectives
• set the targets for achieving those aims and objectives
• monitor and evaluate the progress the school is making towards achievement of its aims and objectives
• be a source of challenge and support to the head teacher and other senior leaders in school (a critical friend)

The headteacher is responsible for the internal organisation, management and control of the school and the implementation of the strategic framework established by the Governing body.

Governance Structure at Norfolk Community Primary School 

Full Governors – Meet once a term and oversees amongst others strategic direction, standards/progress quality of teaching, finance, staffing, inclusion and pupil premium

Finance/Resources Committee – Meet once a term and have responsibility for staffing, finance, buildings and use of pupil premium

Standards/Teaching & Learning– Meet once a term and have responsibility for teaching, curriculum, standards/progress, attendance, inclusion and effectiveness of pupil premium

Our Chair of Governors is Sylvia Ashton. If you wish to get in contact with Sylvia, please do so via the main school office on 0114 2502760. Written correspondence can be sent to:

FAO: Chair of Governors

Norfolk Community Primary School

Guildford Avenue

S2 2PJ