Governance
The Governing Body
The role of our Governing Body is:
“to conduct the school with a view to promoting high standards of educational achievement”.
The Governing Body has three core functions:
- Setting our school's ethos, vision and long term strategic direction.
- Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of our school and its pupils.
- Overseeing the school's finances and ensuring that money is well spent.
A key focus of the Governing Body is on school improvement. The Governing Body agrees the school improvement strategy and monitors and evaluates progress towards the targets that have been set. Once a term, the Governing Body provides a Termly Report to share with parents some of the key issues and decisions being considered by the Governing Body.
The Governing Body is not involved in the day-to-day running and management of the school. This is the job of the headteacher.
More information about the role of governors at our school is contained in our brochure, "Becoming a Governor at Wetheringsett C of E Primary School" (see below for downloadable PDF). If you might be interested in becoming a governor, please contact our chair of governors via the school.
Our governors are very happy to talk to parents or members of the community about strategic matters relating to the school and / or its role in our wider community. (Operational matters or issues should be referred directly to the Headteacher.)
The Governing Body is structured with committees that have responsibilities for different areas, these are
Personnel and Resources and the Curriculum Committee.
Our Chair of Governors Mrs Jo Pitt , may be contacted via the School Office or jo.pitt@wvcpschool.com
Meet the Governors
Mrs Jo Pitt
Chair if Governors
Specific responsibilities; Safeguarding and Wellbeing
Rev.Julia Lall
Foundation Governor
Specific responsibilities; Ethos, RE, SIAMS
Dr Nicola Mackay
Parent Governor
Specific responsibilities; SEN, Curriculum and Standards
Mrs Janine Wright
Parent Governor
Specific responsibilities; Personnel and Resources Health and Safety
Emma Morris
Foundation Governor
Specific responsibilities; Training Link Governor, SIAMS
Ms Imogen Wallis
Executive Headteacher
Mrs Samantha Sheeran
Head of School
Staff Governor
Governor | Meetings attended | Out of a possible |
Ms Imogen Wallis | 4 | 4 |
Mrs Jo Pitt | 4 | 4 |
Mrs Nicola Mackay | 4 | 4 |
Revd. Julia Lall | 2 | 4 |
Mrs Janine Wight | 4 | 4 |
Mrs Emma Morris | 3 | 4 |
Mrs Samantha Sheeran | 4 | 4 |
MAT New Governor Application Form
Wetheringsett Cof E School Constitution
MAT Details
Contact Details
St Nicholas Centre, 4 Cutler Street, Ipswich, IP1 1UQ.
Email: mat@cofesuffolk.org or Telephone: 01473 298542.
MAT Team
CEO: Pete Bloomfield
Head of School Improvement: Heather Hann
Chief Financial Officer: Ryan Lamb
Senior Business and Finance Officer: Marie Lipman
Business and Finance Officer: Liz Mant
School Hub Finance Officers: Sam Crane and Joanne Hipkins
Finance Administrator: Daniella Ollivro
Buildings Officer: Daniel Jones
MAT Administrator: Danni Himsworth
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