Our Local Governing Board

Chair of Local Board – Mr Geoff Palmer

Vice Chair of Local Board - Mr Charles Moore

Local Board Member – Miss S Gray

Clerk to the Governors – Mrs Benfell

Local Board Member – Mrs Hasnip

Local Board Member – Mrs Raechelle May

Local Board Member – Mrs Kirkham

Local Board Member – Mr Paul Singleton

Local Board Member – Miss Emma Nichols

Local Board Member – Mrs Sarah Goudie

Local Board Member - Mrs Rebecca Hales (Staff representative)

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 - Scott Bird (Local Board Member)
Personnel & Safeguarding - Sue Hasnip (Local Board Member)
Premises and IT - Charles Moore (Local Board Member)
Curriculum & Pupil Experience - Paul Singleton (Local Board Member)
Achievement & Standards - Geoff Palmer (Local Board Member)
Stakeholders - Raechelle May (Local Board Member)

Attendance Sheet Local Board of Governors

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 3 other schools: Tower Road Academy, Bourne Westfield Primary Academy and Thurlby Community Primary Academy.

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

Declaration of Pecuniary interests 2019-20

Governor	Business Interest	Other
Mr Chris Wesley	None	Wife works at the school
Mrs Sue Hasnip	None	Daughter works at the school
Mr Geoff Palmer	None	None
Mr Gary Salter	Managing Director of GDS Travel	Daughters attend the school
Miss Lorna O’Dwyer	None	None
Mrs Lindsey Kirkham	None	None
Mrs Raechelle May	None	Daughters attend the school
Mrs Sally Warrick	None	Daughter attends the school
Mrs Jo King	None	Daughter attends the school
Mr Bill Lord	None	Trustee of Inspire +
Mr Paul Singleton	None	None
Mrs Susan Benfell	None	Sister works at the school