Governance
Information about the Governing Body
School governors are people who want to make a positive contribution to children’s education. They have a wide range of responsibilities, with their priority being the strategic direction of the school and, being accountable for the performance of the school.
Together with the Executive Headteacher, governors:
- Decide the aims and objectives for the school
- Review pupils’ achievement and set targets for improvement
- Approve the school budget
- Make decisions about staffing
- Ensure the national curriculum and religious education are taught
- Approve school policies
- Make sure children with special needs have access to the curriculum
- Act as a link between the school and the community it serves
- Keep parents/carers informed
- Consider complaints from parents/carers
- Ensure the school is well maintained
- Ensure health & safety requirements are met.
Click for Standing Orders and Code of Conduct for Governors.
Please find the link here for the governments financial benchmarking information.
Our Structure
On March 28th 2023 FST Primary Schools Federation was formed when Foston CE, Stillington and Terrington CE Primary schools federated. This means that one governing body is now responsible for the three schools of the FST Primary Schools Federation.
Our Instrument of Government can be found here.
FST Primary Schools Federation Governing Board is comprised of 14 governors as follows:
- Two parent governors
- Eight Foundation governors
- One Local Authority governor
- One staff governor
- Headteacher
- One co-opted governor
Sub-committees:
FST Primary Schools Federation Governing Board has two sub-committees:
The Finance and Resources Committee. Terms of Reference
The Pupil Progress and Attainment Committee. Terms of Reference
Associate governors have no voting rights.
The three main functions of the Governing Body are to:
- Ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.
- Hold the Headteacher 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.
We recognise the following as the fourth core function of governance:
- Ensuring the voices of stakeholders are heard
FST Primary Schools Federation Governors 2023/24:
| Name | Type of Governor | Appointed by | Term of office | Area of responsibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sarah Moore |
Executive Headteacher |
Ex-officio |
Finance & Resources Committee SIAMS/Church School Distinctiveness Group |
|
|
Corinne Cross (Chair) |
Local Authority |
LA/Governing Board |
4 year term 28/3/2023-27/3/2027 |
Finance & resources Committee Safeguarding SDP link - Curriculum Development SIAMS/Church School Distinctiveness Group |
|
Nic Clarke (Vice-chair) |
Co-opted |
Governing Board |
4 year term 28/32023-27/3/2027 |
Governor Mentor/Induction SDP link - Writing Pupil progress & Attainment Committee (Chair) |
|
Helen Ashdown |
Foundation (Ex-officio) |
Foundation/Trust |
4 year term 28/3/2023-27/3/2027 |
Pupil Progress & Attainment Committee SEND & Equalities SIAMS/Church School Distinctiveness gGoup |
| James Fenwick | Foundation | Foundation/Trust | 4 year term 28/3/2023-27/3/2027 | Finance & resources Committee (Chair) |
|
Vanessa Jones |
Foundation |
Foundation/trust |
4 year term 28/3/2023-27/3/2027 |
Staff wellbeing Attendance SDP link - Personal development |
|
Tim Munro |
Parent |
Elected by parents |
4-year term 23/10/2023-22/10/2027 |
|
|
Annabel Leakey |
Foundation |
Foundation/Trust |
4 year term 28/11/2023 -27/11/2027 |
|
|
Patricia Head |
Foundation |
Foundation/Trust |
4 year term 19/2/2024-18/2/2028 |
|
|
Ruth Wanless |
Associate Member |
Governing Board |
1 year term 5/2/2024-4/2/2025 |
|
|
Howard Widdell |
Associate Member |
Governing Board |
1 year term 5/2/2024-4/2/2025 |
|
|
Katie Stringer |
Associate Member |
Governing Board |
1 year term 5/2/2024-4/2/2025 |
|
|
Linda Bowman |
Associate Member |
Governing Board |
1 year term 5/22024-4/2/2025 |
|
|
Victoria Allon |
Staff |
Elected by Staff |
4 year term 06/03/2024-05/03/2028 |
The Clerk to the Governing Board is Ms Lydia Waites (NYES Clerking) contact: lydia.waites@northyorks.gov.uk
The Chair of Governors, Mrs Corinne Cross, can be contacted: via the school office or: cofg@foston.n-yorks.sch.uk
Register of Business / Personal Interests 2023/24:
- Sarah Moore’s husband is a caretaker at Foston School and ICT technician for FST Primary Schools Federation.
- Nic Clarke is employed by NYCC at Slingsby School.
- Corinne Cross is a member of NYCC Schools Forum and sits on the Interim Executive Board (IEB) for Wolds and Vale Federation.
- Vanessa Jones is the Vice-chair of Foston & Thornton le Clay Village Hall Committee.
- Howard Widdall is the Chair of Governors for Langton Primary School.
Members of FST Primary Schools Federation Governing Board who have stepped down in the past 12 months:
|
Sarah Hutton |
Foundation Governor |
28 March 2023 to 19 February 2024 |
|
Mark Mirfin |
Parent Governor |
28 March 2023 to 9 January 2024 |
|
Katie Stringer |
Staff Governor |
28 March 2023 to 31 December 2023 |
|
Tom Clarke |
Foundation Governor |
March 2023 to November 2023 |
|
Amadeus Stevenson |
Parent Governor |
March 2023 to August 2023 |
|
Kofi Mensah |
Foundation Governor |
March 2023 to September 2023 |
|
Helen Shields |
Foundation Governor |
March 2023 to October 2023 |
Governor Attendance 2022/23:
Governor attendance at FST Primary Schools Federation Governing Board meetings - 2022/23 Click here
Governing Board Policy and Procedure Documents:
For the Governor policy and procedure, please see the links below.