About the governors
Lavant C.E. Primary Governors
Welcome to the Governors' area of the website. Here you will find details of our governing body and any news related to their work at the school.
The Governing Board
All governors are volunteers drawn from the local community with the aim of helping to support the School in providing the best possible education for its pupils.
Governing boards have three strategic objectives in support of the School's development and progress:
- Ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
- Hold the head teacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
- Oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure its money is well spent
Governors fulfil these objectives in a number of ways, for example:
- Help form the School's aims and policies;
- Support the Headteacher and staff in carrying out those aims and policies;
- Ensure the School teaches the National Curriculum;
- Set, monitor and review the school budget;
- Appoint and promote staff;
- Promote the School ;
- Act as a link with the local community.
You are very welcome to contact the Chair or clerk about any matter relating to governance of the School - please ask at the School Office in the first instance.
The full governing body meets once each half-term. Committees meet at least once each term.
Our Governing Board (term of office in brackets):
Foundation Governors - appointed by the Diocesan Board of Education
- Incumbent of Parish Church - Rev Dr David Jarratt (ex-officio)
- Mrs Ann Shapiro (four years ending February 2022)
Staff Governors - elected by the School staff
- Mr Adrian King - Headteacher (ex-officio)
- Mrs Joanna Yelland (two years ending October 2020)
Parent Governors - elected by parents/carers of children at the School
- Mr Ben Smith (three years ending October 2019)
- Mrs Melanie Belderson (three years ending October 2019)
- Miss Rachel Ellams (three years ending September 2021)
- Miss Sally Steel ((three years ending October 2021)
Local Authority Governor - appointed by the Local Authority
- Miss Caroline Rickard (four years ending November 2019)
Co-opted Governors - appointed by the governors listed above
- Mr Chris Hawker (four years ending September 2019) (Vice Chair)
- Mrs Ann Smith (four years ending October 2019) (Chair)
- Mrs Lorraine Foster (four years ending June 2021)
Clerk to the Governors
- Mrs Carol Skeens
Adrian King
Governors' attendance record at FGB meetings during academic year 2017-18:
All six meetings: Adrian King, Ben Smith, Ann Smith, Chris Hawker, Paul Freshwater
Five meetings: Mel Belderson, Joanna Yelland, Lorraine Foster, Caroline Rickard
Four meetings: David Jarratt
Three meetings: Ann Shapiro
Two meetings: Clarie Griffiths
Where governors were unable to attend a meeting their apologies were received and accepted.
Committees:
Premises/Health & Safety
- Ben Smith (Chair)
- Adrian King
- Paul Freshwater
- Claire Griffiths
- Chris Hawker
- Carol Skeens (clerk)
Teaching & Learning
- Caroline Rickard (Chair)
- Adrian King
- Jo Yelland
- Lorraine Foster
- Ann Smith
- Chris Hawker
- Carol Skeens (clerk)
- Ben Smith (Chair)
- Adrian King
- Chris Hawker
- Melanie Belderson
- Paul Freshwater
- Carol Skeens (clerk)
Governors with a governance role in other educational institutions:
Rev Dr David Jarratt is a director of Bishop Luffa Academy Trust, Chichester.
Chris Hawker is a National Leader of Governance - he is a governor at Central CE Junior Academy, Chichester and at Rogate CE Primary School.