• 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.  Two committees of governors usually meet twice each term:

• Committee A (Premises, Health & Safety, School Meals, Cleaning, Caretaking, Contracts, Safety, Policies, Admissions, Outcomes in teaching and learning )
• Committee B (Finance and Staffing, Capacity for sustaining improvement)

Minutes of meetings are agreed and approved by the Governors and each committee at its next meeting. Minutes are available on request once they have been approved. Please contact the school office for further details.

A number of governors also have responsibilities for specific areas within the school.  The Terms of Reference outline the specific responsibilities of the full governing body and its committees.