Governors
School Governors play an increasingly significant role in the running of schools. School governing bodies are made up of volunteers who are responsible for working with the school to ensure that it delivers a good quality education. Individual governors bring a range of experience to the group, drawing on their own professional expertise and often their knowledge of the school as parents or as part of the local community. We feel it’s a huge privilege to serve the school, and play our part in ensuring the children at Ravensbury receive the education they deserve.
We work closely with the head teacher, Mrs Hughes and the senior leadership team, and focus on three core functions:
1.  Setting the school’s strategic direction and priorities, and ensure all statutory duties are met.
2.  Acting as a ‘critical friend,’ supporting the head teacher and holding her to account for the school’s day-to-day running.
3.  Overseeing the school’s financial performance and ensure the budget is well spent.
Governors don’t get involved in the everyday operation of the school; that is in hands of Mrs Hughes and her Senior Leadership Team. Our role is mainly to help shape the strategic direction and priorities of the school, and help drive those priorities forward. We meet as a whole Governing Body several times a year. In addition to this, two sub-committees meet and each has a particular focus on different areas of school life:
1.  Achievement and Inclusion committee
2.  Resources committee
Much of the work is done in these committees, and each one will meet once or twice per term. In addition to these meetings, some of us also fulfil statutory roles which oversee different aspects of school life (e.g. Safeguarding, Health and Safety, and Special Educational Needs). The work of the Board of Governors helps ensure that staff can get on with doing what they do best – educating our pupils to a high standard but at the same time creating time, space and resources for your children to do the more fun things in life.
Governors Pecuniary Interests and Attendance Register
The Pecuniary Interests Register is a statutory requirement to be completed by all governors. This is also an standard item for the agenda for every governors meeting.
The Attendance register for governors, shows which governors attended each of the meetings in the specified academic year.
The chair of governors is Miss S Crowe and can be contacted through the school office on 0161 223 0370 or admin@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Governors of Ravensbury Community School 2019/2020 attendance
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Governor category |
name |
Full Governing Body Meetings |
Resources Committee |
Achievement and Inclusion Committee |
Pay Committee |
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possible meetings |
attended apols |
possible meetings |
attended apols |
possible meetings |
attended apols |
possible meetings |
attended |
Parent Governor |
Omozokpia Atuegbe |
3 |
2/3 0/3 |
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Parent Governor |
Allan Mandindi |
3 |
3/3 - |
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Headteacher |
Maureen Hughes
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4 |
4/4 - |
3 |
3/3 - |
4 |
4/4 - |
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Staff Governor |
Kelly Gallery |
4 |
4/4 - |
3 |
2/3 1/3 |
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Local Authority Governor |
Karen Jarmany
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4 |
4/4 - |
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4 |
4/4 - |
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Co-opted Governor (Parent) |
Danielle Battick Chair of A+I Committee |
4 |
3/4 1/4 |
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4 |
3/4 1/4 |
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Co-opted Governor (Community) |
Sarah Crowe Chair |
4 |
3/4 1/4 |
3 |
3/3 |
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Co-opted Governor (Community) |
David Goddard |
4 |
4/4 - |
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3 |
1/3 2/3 |
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Co-opted Governor (Staff) |
Laura Kenwell |
4 |
2/4 2/4 |
3 |
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1 |
1/1 - |
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Co-opted Governor (Community) |
Chris Moore |
4 |
1/4 2/4 |
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4 |
3/4 1/4 |
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Co-opted Governor (Community) |
Tomi Ogunbiyi Chair of Resources Committee |
4 |
2/4 2/4 |
3 |
3/3 - |
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Co-opted Governor (Staff |
Nicola Richardson |
4 |
4/4 - |
3 |
3/3 - |
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Associate Governor |
Louise Thewlis |
4 |
4/4 - |
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4 |
4/4 - |
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Governors of Ravensbury Community School 2018/2019 attendance
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Governor category |
name |
Full Governing Body Meetings |
Resources Committee |
Achievement and Inclusion Committee |
Pay Committee |
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possible meetings |
attended apols |
possible meetings |
attended apols |
possible meetings |
attended apols |
possible meetings |
attended |
Parent Governor |
Danielle Battick Chair of A+I Committee |
4 |
3/4 1/4 |
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5 |
3/5 2/5 |
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Parent Governor |
Renée Forrest disq.8/19 |
4 |
1/4 0/3 |
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5 |
0/5 1/5 |
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Headteacher |
Maureen Hughes
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4 |
4/4 - |
6 |
6/6 - |
5 |
5/5 - |
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Staff Governor |
Janette Hammerton |
4 |
4/4 - |
6 |
5/6 1/6 |
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Local Authority Governor |
Karen Jarmany
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4 |
2/4 2/4 |
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5 |
5/5 - |
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Co-opted Governor (Parent) |
Adam Holmes |
4 |
2/4 2/4 |
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5 |
1/5 3/5 |
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Co-opted Governor (Staff) |
Jo Wendt resigned 7/19
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4 |
2/4 2/4 |
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5 |
4/5 1/5 |
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Co-opted Governor (Staff) |
Nicola Richardson |
4 |
4/4 - |
6 |
6/6 - |
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Co-opted Governor (Community) |
Sarah Crowe from 5/19 |
2 |
1/2 1/2 |
3 |
3/3 - |
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Co-opted Governor (Community) |
Josie Elson resigned 7/19 Chair |
4 |
4/4 - |
6 |
3/6 3/6 |
2 |
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Co-opted Governor (Community) |
Emma Jayne-Green Chair of Resources resigned 7/19 |
4 |
3/4 1/4 |
6 |
2/6 3/6 |
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Co-opted Governor (Community) |
Chris Moore |
4 |
2/4 1/4 |
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5 |
3/5 1/5 |
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Co-opted Governor (Community) |
Joanne Owens resigned 12/18 |
1 |
1/1 - |
3 |
0/3 2/3 |
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Co-opted Governor (Community) |
Tom Williams term ends 8/19 |
4 |
1/4 - |
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5 |
0/5 0/5 |
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Associate Governor |
Louise Thewlis |
4 |
3/4 1/4 |
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5 |
5/5 - |
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Attendance Register for Governing Body Meetings 2017 - 2018
Governors List 2017-2018 including Term and Pecuniary Interests
Attendance Register for Governing Body Meetings 2016 – 2017
Governors Calendar 2020-2021
Term |
Full Governing Body Meetings |
Committee meetings |
Governor participation |
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Achievement and Inclusion Meetings |
Resource Meetings |
Sub Committee Meetings |
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Autumn 1 |
Week 5 - Tuesday 29th September 2020 at 5.00pm Focus: School Improvement Plan (SIP) Governor’s action plan |
Week 3- Tuesday 15th September 2020 at 5.00pm Inclusion Focus: Safeguarding
Complete Safeguarding Audit |
Week 3 - Monday 14th September 2020 4pm Focus: General budget update / policy review
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Week 6- 22nd October 2021 HT performance management meeting
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Teaching, Learning reviews TBC
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Autumn 2 |
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Week 2 – Tuesday 10th November 2020 at 5.00pm Achievement Focus: Target Setting and FFT
SEF (Self-evaluation form) review contextual information. |
Week 3 - Monday 16th November 2020 4pm Focus: Period 6 monitoring |
Week 2 – Pay Committee meeting Tuesday 10th November 2021 at 3.30pm
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Governor participation: Parents Evenings 1st, 2nd and 3rd December
Governor’s Newsletter
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Spring 1 |
Week 5 – Tuesday 2nd February 2021 at 5.00pm Focus:
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Week 2 – Tuesday 12th January 2021 at 5.00pm Achievement Focus: Autumn Data
Update quality of education section of the SEF |
Week 5 - Monday 1ST February 2021 - 4pm Focus: Period 9 monitoring and Benchmarking |
Week 6- 8th February 2021 Pupil Premium Committee Meeting Focus: Pupil Premium Strategy and review of progress.
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Governor participation: Teaching, Learning reviews TBC
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Spring 2 |
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Week 1 – Tuesday 23rd February 2021 at 5.00pm Inclusion Focus: Behaviour Review Update behaviour and attitudes section of the SEF Review of SIP |
Week 4 - Monday 15th March 2021 - 4pm Focus: Predicted Year Figures, SLA’s and SFVS |
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Governor participation: Parents Evenings 23rd, 24th and 25Th March
Governor’s Newsletter
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Summer 1 |
Week 1 –8th June Focus: Governor Competency Framework |
Week 3 – Tuesday 4th May 2021 at 5.00pm Achievement Focus: Spring data and update internal data section in the SEF |
Week 5 - Monday 17th May 2021 Resource meeting 4pm Focus: End of Year Budget / Opening Budget |
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Teaching, Learning reviews TBC |
Summer 2 |
Week 6 - 19th July 2021 at 5.00pm Focus: Key Performance Headline Data
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Week 5-Tuesday 6th July 2021 at 5.00pm Achievement & Inclusion focus: Year End summaries. Review of SIP |
Week 3 - Monday 21st June 2021 - 4pm Focus: Opening Budget |
Week 6 - Pupil Premium Committee Meeting 15th July 2021. Case studies. |
Governor participation: SIP review 3oth June Teaching, Learning reviews TBC Summer production 7th July 2021
Governor’s Newsletter
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