Governing Body
Twitter: @StPaulsWaldenSchoolGB
The purpose of school governing bodies, as defined by the DfE and others, is to provide confident and strong strategic leadership which leads to robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance. Statute sets out our three core functions:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.
- Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff.
- Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.
Governing bodies can choose how to fulfil these responsibities. At St Paul’s Walden School, we hold regular full governing body meetings throughout the academic year as well as having two main committees - Standards and Resources; Standards committee deals with the academic and curricular elements of the school; Resources committee monitors finances and sets the school’s budget, in addition to overseeing the maintenance and improvement of the school’s building and grounds. Individual governors are also linked to particular elements of the school’s work and priorities.
New governors attend Induction, Safeguarding and GDPR Training as soon as possible after they join the governing body. Once in role, governors can continue to improve their skills and knowledge by taking advantage of various training courses available - the school's motto of 'Growing and Learning Together' applies equally to governors.
Our aim is to work hard to support the school and the wider community, through various different mechanisms, including attendance at various school functions throughout the academic year.
If you are interested in joining the governing body, please do not hesitate to contact any governor or the Headteacher for more information.
Our governing body has adopted the National Governance Association's Code of Conduct. Each year, governors declare any relevant business interests, conflicts of interest or governance positions at other schools, etc, and these are shown in the document below together with information about terms of office and roles/responsibilities and attendance during the previous academic year.
