Welcome from the Chair of Governors, Jackie Brookes

Welcome to the Governors’ page of the Hawthorn Community Primary School website.

The members of our Governing Body are listed in this section of the website, their contact details are available below. The term of office is four years.

Our primary purpose is to ensure the quality of education provision and to act as the accountable body for the school. We became part of Pathfinder Schools in April 2019 and will work closely with the Trust Board in carrying out our work, further information detailing the trust governance arrangements is available below. Please see our vision document in the files below. I am delighted to share this with you all to display our commitment to serve, support and strengthen the school.

We have a number of key roles in the running of the school. These are to:

• set the strategic direction, vision and ethos of the school;
• monitor and challenge the progress of the school in achieving its priorities;
• recruit and performance manage the headteacher;
• exercise employer responsibility;
• ensure that the schools meet their statutory responsibilities;
• ensure financial probity;
• ensure the premises are well managed;
• report to the school’s stakeholders.

During our recent external review of governance 2020, the report identified

'Hawthorn Community Primary School has a very able LGB chair with the necessary experience, skills, enthusiasm and competences to lead effective LGB governance that supports the Pathfinder Schools Trusts Scheme of Delegation SoD. Although there are a number of skilled and competent members appointed to the LGB there is slight weakness with regard to holding the school/trust to account particularly for financial accountability and Human Resource Management within the school sector'.

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Pathfinder Schools Trust governance arrangements are available by following these links:

• Pathfinder Schools - How we are Governed
• Pathfinder Schools - Our Trust Board - includes the register of interests for the accounting officer
• Pathfinder Schools - Statutory Information  includes the following information
  • Current memorandum of association
  • Articles of association
  • Annual accounts 
  • Annual report

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Hawthorn CP School Governing Body, September 2021

Governor Name	Start date	End date	Governor category	Committees
Catherine Billingham	01/04/19	31/03/23	Staff	Teaching, Learning and Standards
Carol Blackburn (Pupil Premium Governor)	01/04/19	31/03/23	Co-opted	Finance and Premises (Chair) Teaching, Learning and Standards HT Appraisal Hawthorn Extended Services LAC and Safeguarding
Jackie Brookes (Chair of Governors)	01/04/19	31/03/23	Parent	Finance and Premises Teaching, Learning and Standards HT Appraisal
Emma Jacox (Headteacher)	Ex officio	Ex officio	Ex officio	All
Janice O’Key	01/04/19	31/03/23	Staff	Teaching, Learning and Standards
Vacancy			Community
Andy Downes (H&S) link	01/04/19	31/03/23	Community	Finance and Premises
Rebecca Lewis	01/11/20	31/10/24	Community
Phillip Monk	01/11/21	31/10/25	Parent
Richard Bailey	01/11/21	31/10/25	Parent
Caroline Ewin (Syzgyleisure)	01/04/19	31/03/23	Clerk

Associate Members

Governor Name	Start date	End date	Governor category	Committees
Jo Marshall	01/04/19	31/03/23	Bursar	Finance and Premises

Governors over previous 12 months

Governor Name	Start date	End date	Governor category	Committees	Reason for leaving
Richard Campbell	01/04/19/	31/08/21	Community	Finance and Premises Hawthorn Extended services	Resigned
Roland James	01/12/20	30/11/24	Parent		Resigned
Melanie Collier	01/11/20	25/03/21	Parent		Resigned