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Governing Body
• Miss Jackie Elliott – Chair of Governors
• Laura Jones – Headteacher
• Mr Robbie McMillan – Vice Chair
• Miss Lucy Filmore – Parent Governor
• Mrs Emma Leatherbarrow – Parent Governor
• Mrs Nikah Mahmood – Co-opted Governor
• Miss Rachel Doherty – Staff Governor
Organisation
The full governing board (FGB) meetings cover the following.
• Local Authority Issues
• National Initiatives
• Finance, including budget and use of Pupil and Sports Premiums
• School Effectiveness and Performance
• Safeguarding
• Health and Safety
• Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
Outline
Governors discuss and adopt relevant policies on a regular basis. Policies are reviewed in line with the LA programme.
The governors meet twice a term.
The first governing board meeting starts each term at 3.30 with attendance at a staff meeting to hear a presentation on 1 or 2 curriculum subjects. The FGB formally starts at 4.45 and covers the following
• Headteacher report covering, school performance, attendance, exclusions and key achievements and emerging priorities
• School Improvement Plan
• Budget
The second governing board meeting begins at 4.00 and covers LA/National Directives and school policies are discussed and implemented. This meeting covers
• SEND and Safeguarding Updates
• Health and Safety including Ground and Premises
• Policies for Review
• LA Information, including National Issues
Governing Board Committees
The following committees meet as and when required:
Pupil Discipline
3 governors, excludes the Head Teacher and any governor with prior knowledge of the pupil or incident.
Head teacher Performance
3 governors including Chair, Vice Chair plus one other governor.
Register of personal, pecuniary or business interests
All the governors and associate members of Clifton Primary listed below have signed the register. This is a declaration of any personal business interest they or any relative or person closely connected with them, have with businesses or other organisations that may have dealings with the school. This could for example include owing or having a relative work for a business that had dealings with the school, having relatives working in or for the school or being a governor of another school. All governors are subject to a 4 years term of office, with the exception of the head teacher who is in place for the entirety of their role. LA and Co-opted governors can extend their term every 4 years without seeking re-election. Staff and parent governor posts are subject to re-election every 4 years.
| Name of governor/associate member | Governor type | Term from | Date stepped down / Term to | Details of specific roles held on the GB | Committee membership | Has signed the register | Details of any conflicting interest |
| Mrs Jackie Elliott | Co-opted | March 2018 | December 2025 | Chair of Governors - Monitor School Improvement Plan | · Complaints · HT · Performance · Data Security | Yes | None |
| Mr R McMillan | LA | August 2021 | August 2025 | Vice Chair of Governors - Monitor School Improvement Plan - SEN | . HT .Performance .KS2 | Yes | None |
| Mrs Jones | Headteacher | January 2020 | Health and Safety | Yes | None | ||
| Miss R Doherty | Staff | October 2021 | October 2025 | Health and Safety | .Health and Safety | Yes | None |
| Mrs L Filmore | Parent | March 2020 | March 2024 | Pupil Premium | .Pupil Premium .SEND .KS1 | Yes | None |
| Mrs E Leatherbarrow | Parent | May 2022 | May 2026 | Finance | .Finance .HT .Performance | Yes | None |
| Mrs N Mahmood | Co-opted | May 2022 | May 2026 | Safeguarding SMSC | Yes | None | |
| Mr J Rawlinson | Staff | October 2017 | October 2021 | Yes | None | ||
| Mr T Tawanda | Co-opted | October 2018 | June 2022 | Yes | None | ||
| Mrs A Bowyer | LA | April 2017 | August 2021 | Yes | SIP advisor date of interest 2017 |
| Mrs J Odell | Staff | School Business Manager | None |
| Mrs J Lucas | Staff | Admin Assistant | None |
If any interest a governor has declared is seen as a conflict of interest in a particular decision about to be made, they would be asked to withdraw from the discussion and decision to be taken. This is to ensure that the governors are always seen to be putting the interests of the school first.
More information about the requirements to complete and sign the register can be found on Salford City Council’s Governor Service web pages at http://www.salford.gov.uk/schoolgovernors.htm where you will also find the links to all the other local authority’s governing bodies personal, pecuniary or business interests registers.
The different categories of governors on our governing body are:
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- • Parent Governors who have a child in school at the time of their election, and are elected by the parents with children in the school
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- • Staff Governors who are members of staff at the school and are elected by their colleagues
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- • Co-opted Governors are appointed by other members of the FGB because they are from a specialist group such as the local community or they possess a particular skill which can contribute to the effective governance and success of the school
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- • Local authority Governors are nominated by the LA and appointed by the FGB
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- • The Head teacher is also a member of the FGB by right of the position they hold in the school
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- • Associate Members are not governors but can be appointed to serve on committees and attend the FGB meetings.
All members of the governing body are on the executive committee which meets three times per term.
- Additional committees are called as needed and include
- Appeals and Complaints
- Finance/pay
- Performance management (Appraisal)
- Premises
- Pupil appeals and Pupil discipline
- Welfare and parents
- School effectiveness
- Staffing
There are also separate disciplinary and appeals committees which are convened if they are required.