INFORMATION ABOUT OUR GOVERNORS - 2023
NAME	CATEGORY OF GOVERNOR	APPOINTING BODY	END OF TERM OF OFFICE	COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP	ROLE
LOUISE ARMORY	PARENT	ELECTED by Governing Body following a Parent Governor Election	21.11.2025	SIP GROUP CSCLC	Chair of SIP GROUP
OONAGH COLEBROOK	PARENT	ELECTED by Parents/Carers Unopposed	10.2.2026	SIP GROUP CSCLC	SIP
SUE HALLAM	CO-OPTED	ELECTED by Governing Body	9.1.2026	CSCLC	SIP Mental Health Pupil Premium Safeguarding Anti bullying SEND
HUGO REYNOLDS	PARENT	ELECTED by Parents/Carers		RMC SDC	Chair of FGB (   Chair of RMC H&S, HR
SARAH OWENS	HEAD TEACHER	Ex-Officio	--	CSCLC, RMC	SIP
ADRIAN PERRY	EX-OFFICIO FOUNDATION	Methodist Church	--	CSCLC	SIAMs RE Community Link
KIRSTIN SYKES	ASSOCIATE	ELECTED by Governing Body	9.1.2025	CSCLC	SIP
RICHARD WOOFENDEN	PARENT	ELECTED by Parents/Carers	2.12.2024	RMC	SIP
CATHERINE DONOVAN	STAFF	ELECTED by staff	15.6.2026	CSCLC RMC SIP group	Represent staff SIP

The school has a lively and active Governing Body. We hold meetings between four and six times a year. Our role is to act as a critical friend and govern the school for the maximum benefit of each child. We support the Headteacher in her work and are constantly looking to improve how we do things. We are always interested in your views and will let you know what happens at our meetings through a newsletter.  

Each Governor sits on either the Resource Management Committee (RMC) or Curriculum Standards and Committee Links Committee (CSCLC) Committee. Some Governors have specialist roles eg Safeguarding Children, Community Links, Class governor.

HOW TO CONTACT THE GOVERNORS:

Governors can be contacted via the school office. Correspondence may also be sent to the Chair or Clerk to Governors via the school.

It is now a statutory requirement for Governing Bodies to publish information about themselves. The following is the information for the Governing Body at Bakewell Methodist Junior School. No members of the Governing Body are partners of any staff at the school.  Mrs Fiona Swain is Clerk to Governors.

Committee Membership

School Development Committee

• Hugo Reynolds (Chair of Governors)
• Sarah Owens (Head Teacher)
•  (Chair of RMC)

Resource Management Committee

• (Chair)
• Richard Woffenden
• Sarah Owens

Curriculum, Standards and Community Links Committee

• Sarah Owens
• Revd. Adrian Perry
• Sue Hallam
• Catherine Donovan

A RECORD OF GOVERNOR ATTENDANCE IS ALWAYS MAINTAINED: THE RECORD FOR ATTENDANCE DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017 IS:

THE RECORD FOR ATTENDANCE DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2O17/18 IS:

 

Key          P              Present

AA           Apologies tendered and accepted: governors have to explain to the Full Governing Body why a meeting cannot be attended and those present at the meeting have to decide whether to accept the reason offered because a governor who, without the consent of the Full Governing Body, fails to attend their meetings for a continuous period of six months, is liable to disqualification.   Acceptable reasons include illness; hospital attendance or admission; work commitments; pre-booked holidays and family emergencies.

AD           Apologies Declined: the reason given for non-attendance is not accepted by the Full Governing Body at their meeting.

DNA         The governor did not attend and did not offer an explanation.

R              The governor had resigned.

X              Governor not yet appointed