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St Matthew's CE Primary School

Faith • Respect • Achievement • Friendship

Our Governors

Our governors are very supportive of our school and all that the children do. They care deeply about the school's vision and school improvement. They help us to make improvements so we can be the best children, staff and parents possible. They carry out regular monitoring of the school through learning walks, pupil conferencing, book trawls and interviews with staff. They also attend meetings of the Full Governing Body, Business Committee, Teaching and Learning Committee and the Christian Distinctiveness Group. Hardly a day goes by without at least one governor in the school.

When new staff arrive, governors are part of the induction process and are involved in the pastoral care of the teaching team.

Every monitoring activity is recorded with points for further development so the governors and the school can ensure that our school improvement objectives are being met.

Our Chair of Governors is Mrs Michelle Jenkins and our Governor who monitors Safeguarding within the school is Mrs Jo Knights. They can be contacted through the school office if you wish to speak with them.

Minutes from our governors' Meetings are available by request to the Chair of Governors who can be contacted through the school office.

 

If you are interested in becoming a governor please contact the school.

These are details of our governors in the last academic year and the roles they played in school.

 

 

 

 

 

St Matthew’s CE Primary School Governors’ Details for 2022/2023 and 2023/24

Name

Category

Appointed by

Term of Office

(no. of years & end date)

Committee membership

Responsibilities

Voting Rights

(if Associate Member)

Chloe BERESFORD

Co-opted

GB

4

15/09/2026

Teaching & Learning

Forum Rep

 

Sylvia BODDINGTON

Foundation

Diocese

4

31/08/2025

Business Committee

HTPM Committee

 

 

Samantha DAY

Foundation

Diocese

4

14/09/2026

Business Committee

Pay Committee

 

 

Donna HORLOCK

Parent

Elected

4

11/10/2023

Teaching and Learning Committee

Pay Committee

DTG

 

Michelle JENKINS

 

Parent

Elected

4

10/10/2023

 

Teaching& Learning Committee

Business Committee

COG  

 

Janet JOHNSTONE

 

Foundation

Diocese

4

14/03/2025

Teaching& Learning Committee

HTPM Panel

Chair of T&L

 

Joanna KNIGHT

Foundation

Diocese

4

01/02/2026

Teaching & Learning

HTPM Panel

 

 

Catherine LEE

Foundation

Diocese

4

 

 

15/11/2026

Business Committee

 

 

 

 

Christopher MANNING

Local Authority

GB

4

10/07/2027

Business Committee

 

 

Sian MANNING

Foundation

Diocese

4

09/02/2024

Business Committee

Pay Committee

V/COG 2022-23

V/C Business Comm

 

 

Kevin MCELHATTON

(term ended 13/5/23)

Local Authority

GB

4

 

 

 

 

Kay PENNICOTTE-HENRIE

Head Teacher

 

 

 

Business Committee

Teaching & Learning Committee

 

 

Matthew PETTS

Staff

(resigned 28/03/2023)

 

Elected

4

 

 

 

 

Mary WALKER

Foundation

Diocese

4

26/09/2025

Teaching & Learning Committee

 

V/CTeaching & Learning

 

Julie WEST

Staff

Elected

4

28/03/2027

Teaching & Learning Committee

 

 

Register of Governors’ Interests 2022/23

Name

Name of Business

Including:

  • governor elsewhere (please include school name)
  • related / married to member of staff (please include staff name)
  • employed at school

Nature of Business

Nature of Interest

Date of Appointment or Acquisition

Date of Cessation of Interest

Date of Entry

Chloe BERESFORD

None

 

 

 

 

 

Sylvia BODDINGTON

None

 

 

 

 

 

Samantha DAY

None

 

 

 

 

 

Donna HORLOCK

None

 

 

 

 

 

Michelle JENKINS

None

 

 

 

 

 

Janet JOHNSTONE

None

 

 

 

 

 

Joanna KNIGHT

None

 

 

 

 

 

Catherine LEE

Works at School

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher MANNING

None

 

 

 

 

 

Sian MANNING

None

 

 

 

 

 

Kevin McELHATTON

None

 

 

 

 

 

Kay PENNICOTTE-HENRIE

Works at School

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew PETTS

Worked at School

 

 

 

 

 

Mary WALKER

None

 

 

 

 

 

Julie WEST

Works at school

 

 

 

 

 

Governor Attendance Record For the Academic Year 2022-23

 

FULL GOVERNING BODY

TEACHING & LEARNING COMMITTEE

BUSINESS COMMITTEE

PAY COMMITTEE

Name

Number of meetings the governor should have attended

Number  attended

           (%)

Number of meetings the governor should have attended

Number

attended

              (%)

Number of meetings the governor should have attended

Number  attended

           (%)

Number of meetings the governor should have attended

Number  attended

 

(%)

Chloe BERESFORD

 

6

5

83%

5

3

60%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sylvia BODDINGTON

 6

83% 

   

 

100% 

 

 

 

Samantha DAY

6

3

50%

5

3

60%

 

 

 

2

2

100%

Donna HORLOCK

6

4

67%

5

3

60%

 

 

 

2

2

100%

Michelle JENKINS

6

100% 

80% 

4

80% 

 

 

 

Janet JOHNSTONE

 4

67% 

5

60%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joanna KNIGHT

6

5

83%

5

3

60%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Catherine LEE

6

 6

100% 

 

 

 

100% 

 

 

 

Christopher MANNING

4

4

100%

 

 

 

3

3

100%

 

 

 

Sian MANNING

6

4

67%

 

 

 

5

4

80%

2

2

100%

Kevin McELHATTON

4

1

25%

 

 

 

4

2

50%

2

2

100%

Kay PENNICOTTE-HENRIE

6

6

100%

5

5

100%

5

5

100%

 

 

 

Matthew PETTS

1

0

0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Mary WALKER

 

 6

 6

 100%

 5

100% 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Julie WEST

3

3

100%

2

2

100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please visit this website to see the financial benchmarking for St. Matthew's and compare our school to similar schools. 

We have no staff who receive a salary of £100,000 or more.