Our Local Governing Board

Chair of Local Board – Mr Geoff Palmer

Local Board Member – Miss Sarah Gray (Headteacher)

Clerk to the Governors – Mrs Susan Benfell

Local Board Member – Mrs Sue Hasnip

Local Board Member – Mrs Lindsey Kirkham (Non-Teaching Staff Representative)

Local Board Member – Mr Stephen Lockwood, Vice Chair

Local Board Member – Mr Peter Whitehead (Teaching Staff Representative)

Local Board Member – Mrs Sarah Goudie

Local Board Member - Miss Hayley Pycock (Deputy Headteacher)

Structure and Responsibilities of Governors – Local Governing Body

The purpose of governance

The purpose of governance is to provide confident and strong strategic leadership which leads to robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance.

All governance boards, no matter what type of school or how many schools they govern, have three core functions:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and
Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.

In addition to the above, governors at Long Sutton County Primary School have secondary areas of responsibility - they ensure oversight and scrutiny of practice in all areas within the school on behalf of the full Local Governing Board.

To this end, governors will meet with relevant staff members on several occasions over the course of the academic year, make reports of their visits and meet as Boards in school to share these with the other Local Governing Body members. In turn, these reports are then presented at Trust meetings.

Local Board Responsibilities:

Special Educational Needs/Disabilities & Vulnerable Students - Sarah Goudie (Local Board Member)
Personnel & Safeguarding - Sue Hasnip (Local Board Member)
Premises and IT - Stephen Lockwood (Local Board Member)
Curriculum & Pupil Experience - Situation vacant
Achievement & Standards - Geoff Palmer (Local Board Member)
Stakeholders - Situation vacant

Local Governing Board Terms of Reference Local Governing Board Attendance Sheet

Governance Roles in other Educational Establishments

The following members have declared that they have governance roles in other educational establishments:

Mr Geoff Palmer – Trustee of Keystone MAT which has oversight of a number of other schools: Surfleet Primary, Gedney Church End Primary School, Lutton St Nicholas Primary School, Tower Road Academy, Bourne Westfield Primary Academy and Thurlby Community Primary Academy.

Mrs Lindsey Kirkham – Foundation Governor at Tydd St Mary Primary School.

Register of Pecuniary and Business Interests 2024-25

Name	Position Held	Date Appointed / reappointed	Relevant Business and Pecuniary Interests
Mr Geoff Palmer	Chair of LGB	10/07/2024	Trustee of Keystone MAT Trustee of Allens Educational Charity & Mary Boon Charity
Mr Stephen Lockwood	Deputy Chair of LGB	25/09/2024	Wife works at the school
Mrs Sue Hasnip	LA Governor	08/03/2023	None
Mrs Lindsey Kirkham	Staff Governor (non teaching)	10/07/2024	Primary Foundation Governor at Tydd St Mary CofE School
Mrs Sarah Goudie	Co-opted	08/03/2023	None
Miss Sarah Gray	Headteacher	25/06/2022	None
Miss Hayley Pycock	Deputy Headteacher	28/01/2025	None
Mr Pete Whitehead	Staff Governor (teaching)	16/11/2023	None
Mrs Susan Benfell	Clerk to LGB	12/01/2015	Trustee of Phillips & Allens Educational Charities through St Mary’s Church, Long Sutton

Former Members

Mrs Raechelle May	Parent Governor	07/07/2021	Daughter attends the school
Mr Charles Moore	Deputy Chair of LGB	22/03/2022	None
Mrs Rebecca Hales	Deputy Headteacher	25/06/2022	None