Back row left to right : Mrs M Esufali, Mr D Newland, Mr A Kelly, Mr R Willis, Mr K Pritchard, Mr M Bryan, Mrs T Megeri
Front row left to right : Mrs E Wong (Vice Chair), Mr James Jackson, Mrs M Gardiner (Chair), Mr K Hart, Mr G Hunt.
As part of the successful running of a school the Governing Body provides support, guidance and when necessary constructive criticism. The board is made up of different types of Governor ; parents, Local Education Authority appointed, community, teaching and non-teaching staff and of course the head teacher.
The full governing body meet once per term however regular sub-committee meetings happen in between and it is within these that the nitty gritty of ensuring everything runs smoothly, policies are kept up to date and opportunities to enrich our children’s school experience are examined and developed. The list of committees is long but the key ones are ; Standards, Curriculum & Inclusion, Finance, Staffing, Buildings, Health & Safety and Safeguarding. A variety of governors from the full body are designated members of these sub-committees. We also have a ‘Governors Improvement Group’ which brings together all the chairs of the sub-committees to ensure we, as governors, are keeping up to date with our roles and responsibilities - making us better equipped to support the school.
The current membership of Coed Glas Primary School’s Governing Body is as follows ;
Mrs Meredith Gardiner
Chair
Finance, Curriculum, Standards & Inclusion, Staffing, Capability, Performance Management
Mrs Eileen Wong
Vice Chair
Curriculum Standards, Finance
Mr Kevin Hart - Headteacher
Mr Kelvin Pritchard - Parent
Finance (Chair), Staffing,
Mr Mike Bryan - LA
Curriculum Standards (Chair), Staffing, Capability Chair)
Mrs Mary Esufali - Non-teaching staff
Curriculum Standards & Inclusion
Mr James Jackson - Community
Curriculum Standards & Inclusion, Performance Management, Staffing (Chair)
Mr David Newland - LA
Performance Management
Mr Garry Hunt - LA
Performance Management (Chair), Building/H&S
Mr A Kelly - Parent
Staffing, Safeguarding (Chair), Buildings/H&S
Mrs Tripti Megeri - Community
Buildings/H&S
Mrs Sophie Notley - Teacher
Curriculum Standards & Inclusion, Finance,
And finally, some of the individual governors have specific responsibilities for key areas such as ;
Child Protection - Mrs Sophie Notley
Additional Learning Needs (ALN) – Mr James Jackson
Health & Safety –
Governor Training – Mrs E Wong
Attendance – Mrs Sophie Notley
Equalities - Mrs T Megeri
Parent Governors
The role of a parent governor is essential to the school. You as parent’s experience the school first hand and can provide valuable insight that can in turn help shape policies and improvements for all. Parent Governors are elected by parents and their term lasts four years.
Our current parent governors are ;
Mr W Abraham
Mr A Kelly
Mr Kelvin Pritchard
Mrs E Wong
Mrs M Gardiner