Governing Body Information

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 along with their contact details. 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.

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 last inspection in March 2017, OFSTED identified that:

”Governors are ambitious for the school. They acknowledge that the ways they have held all leaders to account have not been as sharply focused as they could have been. They are determined to continue to act on the advice from the recent review of governance to ensure that they are a highly effective governing body.”

Hawthorn CP School Governing Body, September 2020

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
Jackie Brookes (Chair of Governors)	01/04/19	31/03/23	Parent	Finance and Premises Teaching, Learning and Standards HT Appraisal
Julie Clubley (Headteacher)	Ex officio	Ex officio	Ex officio	All
Janice O’Key	01/04/19	31/03/23	Staff	Teaching, Learning and Standards
Richard Campbell	01/04/19	31/03/23	Community	Finance and Premises Hawthorn Extended services
Andy Downes (H&S) link	01/04/19	31/03/23	Community	Finance and Premises
Rebecca Lewis	01/11/20	31/10/24	Community
Roland James	01/12/20	30/11/24	Parent
Vacancy			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

Melanie Collier

01/11/20

25/03/20

Parent

Resigned

Gavin Stanger

01/04/19

31/10/20

Parent

Teaching, Learning and Standards (Chair)

HT Appraisal

Resigned