St Mary and St Pancras CE Primary School is governed by people representing our local community and its links with the wider world.
Some governors are parents or staff, others are foundation (Church of England) governors, from the local authority or the churches of St Mary ‘s Church, Eversholt St and St Pancras New Church. All our governors have equal status and make decisions collectively. In a typical governing body meeting, we might look at the impact of our school’s distinctive Christian Vision, pupils outcomes, finance, develop policies, assess the impact of recent legislation. Safeguarding, Health & Safety and the impact of our Vision are all standing agenda items. Our school Vision and Values underpin every decision that we make.
Our legal duties include
- setting strategic direction, policies and objectives
- approving the school budget
- reviewing progress against the School Development Plan objectives
- appointing and supporting the Headteacher by being a critical friend
Individual governors have regular meetings with staff in one capacity or another. We all meet together as a body nine times a year. If you think there is something the governors need to know and to discuss there, please contact the Chair, William Hall, through the school office.
How do I become a Governor?
Our governing body is currently complete, but if you think you have what it takes to be a school governor there are a number of ways of finding schools that have vacancies: 1) You can contact your local school to ask if they need a new governor 2) You can contact the School Governors’ One Stop Shop‘, which recruits Governors nationally 3) You can contact your local council 4) Contact the LDBS.
St Mary & St Pancras governance arrangements are as follows:
- The Full Governing Body meets each month for nine months of the year. The FGB is clerked by a clerk from the LDBS.
- The Finance Committee is convened to look at staffing, salaries and the budget and reports to the FGB.
- A designated Admissions Committee meets on behalf of the FGB with delegated authority to decide on admissions to Nursery and Reception every Spring spring term.
- Panels of governors will be convened as and when required to consider parental complaints or disciplinary issues should they arise.
As part of our ongoing transparency we publish our minutes on this website, although that is not a statutory requirement. However, it is a statutory requirement for all governors to publish any conflicts of interest they may have or could be conceived as a possible conflict of interest. These are shown in the following tables. Please click on the tables to view.
Also, we are required to publish the attendance of governors over the previous 12 month rolling period including their term of office and who appoints them. This is shown in the following table:
Governing Body Minutes
2022-23
Full Governing Body Minutes 21st September 2022
Full Governing Body Minutes 12th October 2022
Full Governing Body Minutes 23rd November 2022
Full Governing Body Minutes 25th January 2023
2021-22
Full Governing Body Minutes 20th October 2021
Full Governing Body Minutes 13th December 2021
Full Governing Body Minutes 12th January 2022
Full Governing Body Minutes 3rd February 2022
Full Governing Body Minutes 9th March 2022
Full Governing Body Minutes 27th April 2022
Full Governing Body Minutes 25th May 2022
Full Governing Body Minutes 22nd June 2022
Full Governing Body Minutes 13th July 2022
2020-21
Full Governing Body Minutes 29th September 2020
Full Governing Body Minutes 20th October 2020
Full Governing Body Minutes 15th December 2020
Full Governing Body Minutes 26th January 2021
Full Governing Body Minutes 25th February 2021
Full Governing Body Minutes 23rd March 2021
Full Governing Body Minutes 5th May 2021
Full Governing Body Minutes 13th July 2021
2019-20
Full Governing Body Minutes 17th September 2019
Full Governing Body Minutes 19th November 2019
Full Governing Body Minutes 17th December 2019
Full Governing Body Minutes 21st January 2020
Full Governing Body Minutes 25th February 2020
Full Governing Body Minutes 5th May 2020
Full Governing Body Minutes 16th June 2020
Full Governing Body Minutes 14th July 2020
2018-19
Full Governing Body Minutes 16th July 2019
Full Governing Body Minutes 18th June 2019
Full Governing Body Minutes 7th May 2019
Full Governing Body Minutes 19th March 2019
Full Governing Body Minutes 12th February 2019
Full Governing Body Minutes 15th January 2019
Full Governing Body Minutes 11th December 2018
Full Governing Body Minutes 6th November 2018
No meeting in October