Our Governing Body

Governors work closely with headteachers, school staff and representatives from the local authority (LA).

“The members of the governing body provide extremely strong leadership.” Ofsted 2017

Governor Committee Structure

Name	Representing	Term of Office	Committee	Responsibilities	Register of Interests	Relationship to Staff
Mrs Julia Millard - Chair	Co-opted	22.11.2017 - 21.11.2021	Head Teacher's Performance Review Curriculum Finance First Pay Review Personnel	Pupil Premium	Chair of Governors Langley Moor Primary and The Durham Federation	None declared
Mr Stuart Woods Vice Chair	LA	01.09.2015 - 23.10.2019	Appeals (Chair) Curriculum Finance (Chair)	Finance	None declared	None declared
Mrs Susan Simon	Headteacher	01.09.2013 -	Curriculum Finance Personnel	Employee LMNS	None declared	None declared
Mrs Ann Wallace	Staff	16.03.2016 - 15.03.2020	Finance Personnel	Employee LMNS	None declared	None declared
Mrs Jane Manning	Co-opted	20.03.2017 - 19.03.2021	Curriculum (Chair) First Pay Review Head Teacher's Performance Review Personnel	SEND LAC	None declared	None declared
Mr Alan Williamson	Co-opted	30.11.2017 - 29.11.2021	Finance		None declared	None declared
Miss Emily Moon	Co-opted	27.11.2017 - 26.11.2021	Curriculum	Employee LMNS	None declared	None declared
Mrs Emma Jackson-Reeve	Parent	13.12.2016 - 12.12.2018	Appeals Curriculum	Website Safeguarding	None declared	None declared

How To Become A School Governor

If you require further information on the roles and responsibilities of School Governors or you are interested in becoming one, visit the Durham County Council website School Governor section.

Statutory Guidance for Governing Bodies

Langley Moor Nursery School adhere to the statutory guidance from the Department for Education. This means that governing bodies must have regard to it when carrying out duties relating to the constitution of governing bodies in maintained schools. For further information please view or download the documents below.

Governor Attendance

Schools are now required to display a record of Governor attendance at meetings for each school academic year.

Archived Attendance
You can also view previous years attendance on our website.

KEY
✓ – Attended meeting
A/A – Apologies sent and accepted by meeting
N – Did not attend
n/a – Not a member of the committee

Record of attendance 2018-2019

Name	Meeting [add date]	Meeting [add date]	Meeting [add date]	Meeting [add date]	Meeting [add date]	Meeting [add date]
Mrs Julia Millard
Mr Stuart Woods
Mrs Susan Simon
Mrs Ann Wallace
Mrs Jane Manning
Mr Alan Williamson
Miss Emily Moon
Mrs Emma Jackson-Reeve
Mr Daniel Bone

Committee Terms of Reference

The Finance Committee

CHAIR: Mr S D Woods

Terms of Reference:

In conjunction with the Headteacher to draft the first formal budget plan of the financial year, for approval by the full Governing Body.
To establish and maintain an up-to-date 3 year financial plan.
To monitor income and expenditure, including virement decisions, significant anomalies from the anticipated position and report termly to the Governing Body.
To ensure the school operates within the financial regulations of the County Council and the requirements of the School Financial Value Standard.
To monitor expenditure of all voluntary funds kept on behalf of the Governing Body.
To annually review charges and remissions policies and expenses policies.
To make decisions in respect of service level agreements.
To make decisions on expenditure following recommendations from other committees.
To prepare financial statements for inclusion in any reports to parents.
To ensure as far as is practical that any Health and Safety (H&S) issues are appropriately funded in accordance with priorities.
To ensure that Pay Review Committee and Pay Appeal Committee decisions are appropriately funded.

Meetings: termly, or each half term, planned to coincide with Oracle.

Disqualifications: when there may be a conflict of interest; a fair hearing is required; or a pecuniary interest. Associate Members may not vote.

Personnel Committee

CHAIR: Mr D Bone

Terms of Reference:

To carry out an annual review of the staffing structure in consultation with the Headteacher and the Finance Committee.
To oversee the appointment procedure for all staff.
To establish and review a performance management policy for all staff.
To keep under review work/life balance, working conditions and well being, including the monitoring of absence.
To make recommendations to the Finance Committee on Personnel-related expenditure.
Parental complains.
Pupil Exclusions.

Meetings: as required.
Pecuniary interest.

Delegation to the Headteacher

School Staffing (England) Regulations 2009

Appointment: The Governing Body can delegate the power to appoint outside the leadership group to:

The Headteacher
One or more Governors with the right of the Headteacher to advise
One or more Governors and the Headteacher.

Delegate to the Headteacher as above for:

Permanent teaching staff posts
Permanent support staff posts
Temporary staff.

Dismissals: Governing Body delegates to Headteacher responsibility for the dismissal of:

All staff other than Headteacher, unless exceptional circumstances exist
Headteacher to a committee of the Governing Body.

First/Pay Review Committee

CHAIR: Mr D Bone

Terms of Reference:

To act in accordance with the Teachers’ Pay Policy adopted by the Governing Body to include matters relating to: teaching and learning responsibility payments, recruitment and retention payments, points for previous experience, bursaries.
To report to the Finance Committee on Pay Review-related expenditure.
To make any decisions under the personnel procedures adopted by the Governing Body, eg disciplinary, grievance, ill health, capability etc where the Headteacher is the subject of the action.
To make any decisions relating to a member of staff (other than the Headteacher) under the Personnel procedures adopted by the Governing Body
Reducing the staffing.

Disqualifications: School staff. Pecuniary interest.

Headteacher’s Performance Review Committee

Terms of Reference:

To arrange to meet with the External Adviser (EA) or Education Development Partner (EDP) to discuss the Headteacher’s performance targets.
To decide with support from the EA or EDP whether the targets have been met and to set new targets annually.
To monitor throughout the year the performance of the Headteacher against the targets.
To make recommendations to the appropriate committee in respect of awards for the successful meeting of set targets.

Meetings: Autumn term, plus monitoring meetings.
Disqualifications: the Headteacher and staff.

Appeals Committee

CHAIR: Mr S D Woods

Terms of Reference:

To consider any appeal against a decision to dismiss a member of staff made by the Hearing/First Committee (or Headteacher if delegated).
To consider any appeal against a decision under the personnel procedures adopted by the Governing Body (eg disciplinary, pay review etc).
To consider any appeal against selection for redundancy.

Meetings: as and when required. Must have no fewer members than the Hearing.
Disqualifications: Headteacher. Any Governor who was involved in the hearing. Spouse/partner.

Curriculum Committee

CHAIR: Mrs J Manning

Terms of Reference:

To make recommendations to the Governing Body and review the school’s curriculum statement and policies as required in the light of the LA curriculum statement and statutory obligations regarding the National Curriculum.
In collaboration with the staff to provide information about how the curriculum is taught, evaluated and resourced.
To monitor and review information about school performance and reporting to parents accordingly to statutory requirements.
To contribute to the School Development Plan.

Curriculum/performance review including target setting and monitoring mechanisms.

Virement Limits		Expenditure Limits
Limit set for Headteacher without prior verbal approval of Chair or Governing Body	£1,000	Any items of expenditure up to	£5,000
Limit set for Headteacher with approval from Chair of Governors	£5,000	• Above this limit if item was previously notified to the Governing Body. • Prior Finance Committee or Chair of Governors approval (whichever is the soonest) to be sought outside of this limit and reported at the earliest opportunity.
Prior Finance Committee or Chair of Governors approval (whichever is the soonest) to be sought outside of this limit and reported at the earliest opportunity.	£5,000

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