Meet the Governors

Meet our School Governors.

All maintained schools in England have a Governing Body which is responsible for overseeing many of the strategic decisions of the school. A key role is to act as a ‘critical friend’: to support, to challenge, and to ask questions.

As a Federation of Schools Marlpool Infant and Marlpool Junior School share one Governing Body.

The Governing Body works in close partnership with the Head teacher, staff and the Local Authority. Whilst the Headteacher is, of course, responsible for the day to day running of the school, the governors are involved with such things as staffing, curriculum, school buildings and finance. It ensures the school functions well and maintains the proper range of academic and social objectives.

Membership of the Governing Body includes parents, school staff, representatives from the local community and the Local Authority.

The Governing Body has a range of powers and duties laid down by various Education Acts. In the main, these responsibilities relate to:

Setting targets and promoting high standards of educational achievement
Setting the strategic framework within which the school operates
Management of the school’s budget
Ensuring that the curriculum for the school is broad and balanced

Governors adopt, review and monitor a range of policies that govern the operation of the school including Health and Safety, Behaviour, Curriculum and Performance Management.

Governors discharge the above responsibilities, together with many others, through a Governing Body meeting each term. These formal meetings are supplemented by a series of committee-meetings dealing with more specific issues.

We have two sub-committees of Governors:

Teaching and Learning Committee (focusing on Curriculum, Assessment and Data)
Resource Management Committee (focusing on Staffing, Premises and Budgets)

The Governing Body also operates a Pupil Premium Working Group and a Policy Committee.

Our Chair of Governors is Mrs Deborah Wright.

Our Vice Chair of Governors is Mrs Anne Hooley.

The Governors can be contacted via the school address or through the school office.

Governor Name	Governor Type	Date of appointment	Term of office	Date stepped down	Appointed by	Business interest	Committees Served
Mrs Louise Thorpe	Headteacher	01/09/12	23/09/25		Local Authority	None	All
Mrs Deborah Wright	Co-opted	01/09/15	23/09/25		Governing Body	None	Chair All
Mrs Anne Hooley	Co-opted	19/03/19	19/03/23		Governing Body	None	Vice-Chair All
Mrs Helen Bishop	Staff	09/03/17	13/07/25		Staff	None	All
Mrs Katriona Bailey	Parent	13/12/18	13/12/22		Parents	None	All
Mrs Evanne Wigmore	Parent	13/12/18	13/12/22		Parents	None	All
Alison Sullivan	Staff (Non-teaching)	13/07/22	13/07/23		Staff	None	All
Previous members of the governing body:
Ms Sarah Searle	Co-opted	01/09/15	31/08/19	01/08/19	Governing Body	None	Vice Chair TLC
Mrs Amanda Dexter	Co-opted	01/09/15	31/08/20	18/10/18	Governing Body	None	TLC
Mrs Heather Banks	Parent	01/09/15	31/08/19	20/07/18	Parents	GPMS Ltd	RM
Mr Mark George	Co-opted	01/09/15	31/08/19	01/08/19	Governing Body	Cullum Detuners Ltd	RM
Ms Wendy Mould	Co-opted	01/09/15	31/08/19	16/10/17	Governing Body		TLC
Ms Julie Stocks	Co-opted	01/09/15	31/08/19	15/01/18	Governing Body		TLC
Mrs Louise Bignall	Staff	20/03/14	19/03/19	19/04/20	Staff	Maddison Bignall Trust	RM
Mrs Beryl Murdy	Local Auhority	10/07/16	10/07/20	18/10/18	Derbyshire Education Authority		All
Mrs Alisha Hart	Staff (non-teaching)	04/05/17	04/05/21	16/10/18	Staff		RM

Attendance at Governing Board Meetings for 2021/22 including Full Governors and committee meetings.

	Number of Meetings	Number attended	Number of apologies	Number of absences	Attendance %
Mrs Louise Thorpe	6	6	0	0	100
Mrs Deborah Wright	6	6	0	0	100
Mrs Anne Hooley	6	6	0	0	100
Mrs Helen Bishop	6	5	1	0	83
Mrs Katriona Bailey	6	1	1	4	17
Mrs Evanne Wigmore	6	2	3	1	33
Mrs Alison Sullivan	2	2	0	0	100