Governing Body

Welcome to the Severn Federation of Schools Governors' Section.

If there is anything you would like to discuss with your School Governors please contact us via the Clerk; clerk@lydney.gloucs.sch.uk, or via the school reception (01594 842426).

The School Governors.

The Governors are responsible for all matters concerning the School, including the curriculum, maintenance of the buildings and appointment of staff. The Governors meet at least once a term.

Agenda and Minutes are available in the School office upon request.

The governing body is designed to look after the overall running of the school.

They are responsible for:

Ensuring accountability.
Monitoring and evaluating the school’s progress.
Budgetary allocation and control.
Planning for the long term future of the school.
Setting the school’s aims and values.
Appointing senior members of staff including the Head Teacher.

Whilst the governors are always open to ideas and opinions they are not primarily responsible for:

Discussing the individual needs of pupils (please contact your childs teacher for this).
Complaints/concerns about staff (this should initially be addressed to the Head Teacher).
Fund raising and social events (this is run by the Friends).

Composition of the Governing Body

Governor Type	Composition	Appointments	Vacancies
Head	1	1	0
Staff	1	1	0
Local Authority	1	1	0
Parent	2	2	0
Co-opted	6	5	1
Foundation	3	2	1
Total	14	12	2

Name	Governor Type	Appointing Body	Committee	Responsibility	Register of Interests	Governor at another School	Term of Office
Miss. Louisa Davies	Co-opted	Governing Body	Performance and Standards. Resources. RE, Worship, Community and Communications. Headteacher Performance.	Chair of Governors. Humanities. EYFS. H.T.P.M. Pay Panel.	Local Leader of Governance	No	06.02.18 to 05.02.22
Mr. Maurice Bloomfield	Co-opted	Governing Body	Resources (Chair).	Finance. Science/ Maths/ Computing/ DT. H.T.P.M. Pay Panel.	Spouse to an Associate Member. Treasurer of the Bledisloe New Zealand Memorial Trust.	No	13.07.16 to 12.07.20
Mr. A. Luke	Foundation	Diocese of Gloucester	RE, Worship, C&C.		None	No	01.06.18 to 31.05.22
Rev. M. Ireland	Foundation	Diocese of Gloucester	RE, Worship, C&C		None	No	01.05.18 to 20.04.22
Mrs. Sharon Cooke	Parent	Governing Body	Resources	More Able. Health and Safety. SEND.	Child at Lydney School.	No	06.12.16 to 05.12.20
Ms. Hannah Straine-Francis	Co-opted	Governing Body	Performance and Standards (Chair).	Children in Care. Safeguarding/ Online Safety. Creative Arts P.S.H.E S.R.E	None	No	12.07.17 to 11.07.21
Mr. Mark Higginson	Parent	Governing Body	Resources	Pupil Premium. PE and Sport Premium. English and Languages.	Child at Aylburton School	No	11.02.19 to 10.02.23
Ms. Liz Jenkins	Local Authority	Local Authority			None	No	02.04.19 to 01.04.23
Ms. Nikki Knight	Co-opted	Governing Body			Child at Lydney school	No	02.04.19 to 02.04.23
Mr. Adam Ramli	Staff	Staff	RE, Worship, Community and Communications.		Staff Member	No	28.01.19 to 27.01.21
Mrs. Rachel Dare	Ex-Officio	Governing Body	RE, Worship, C&C. Performance and Standards. Resources.		Staff Member	No	NA
Mr. Guy Phillips	Co-opted	Governing Body	RE, Worship, C&C. Performance and Standards. Resources.		Staff Member	No	02.04.19 to 01.04.23
Mrs. Clare Bloomfield	Associate Member*	Governing Body	Performance and Standards.		Spouse to a governor. Governor at a different school.	Yes (Bream)	14.05.18 to 13.05.19
Mrs Andrea Westwood	Associate Member*	Governing Body	RE, Worship, C&C. Performance and Standards.	Policy Review. Eco Schools.	Staff Member	No	14.05.18 to 13.05.22
Rev. M. Ireland	Co-opted	Governing Body	RE, Worship, C&C		None	No	08.10.18 to 07.10.22 REASSIGNED

*Associate Members may have restricted voting rights; these are outlined in the committee Terms of Reference

Attendance at Governors' Meetings

Full Governing Body - 2018/2019

	08.10.18	04.12.18	11.02.19	02.04.19	04.06.19	17.07.19
L. Davies	Y	Y	Y	Y	C
R. Dare	Y	Y	Y	Y	A
M. Bloomfield	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
H. Straine-Francis	Y	Y	Y	Y	C
M. Ireland	Y	Y	Y	Apologies	E
A. Luke	Apologies	Y	Y	Apologies	L
G. Phillips	Y	Y	Y	Y	L
S. Cooke	Absent	Y	Y	Y	E
A. Ramli	Y	Y	Y	Y	D
M. Higginson	Y	Y	Y	Y
L. Jenkins	---------	---------	---------	Y
N. Knight	---------	---------	---------	Apologies
A. Westwood (Associate Member)	Y	Y	Y	Y
C. Bloomfield (Associate Member)	Y	Y	Y	Y

Full Governing Body - 2017/2018

	09.10.17	04.12.17	06.02.18	17.04.18	14.05.18	18.07.18
L. Davies	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
R. Dare	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
C. Bloomfield	Y	Y	Y	RETIRED	--------	---------
C. Summerfield	Y	Y	Y	RETIRED	----------	---------
M. Bloomfield	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
A. Ramli	Y	Y	Y	Y	Apologies	Y
G. Phillips	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Apologies
P. Pugh	Y	Y	Y	RETIRED	-----------	---------
S. Cooke	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
M. Croft	Y	Apologies	Y	RETIRED	----------	---------
S. Fenby	Apologies	Y	RESIGNED	------------	------------	---------
B. Leppier	Y	Y	RESIGNED	------------	------------	---------
H. Straine-Francis	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
M. Higginson	--------	Y	Y	Y	Absent	Y
A. Westwood (Associate Member)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
C. Bloomfield (Associate Member)	-------	-----------	-----------	-----------	Y	Y

Performance and Standards Committee - 2018/2019

	03.10.18	18.01.19	29.03.19	12.07.19
H. Straine-Francis	Apologies	Y	Y
R. Dare	Y	Y	Y
L. Davies	Y	Y	Apologies
G. Phillips	Y	Apologies	Y
L. Jenkins	------------	-----------	------------
A. Westwood (AM)	Y	Y	Y
C. Bloomfield (AM)	Apologies	Y	Y

Performance and Standards Committee - 2017/2018

	03.10.17	16.01.18	27.03.18	01.05.18	10.07.18
C. Bloomfield	Y	Y	Y	RETIRED	Y
R. Dare	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
L. Davies	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
P. Pugh	Y	Y	Y	RETIRED	RETIRED
G. Phillips	Y	Y	Y	Apologies	Y
A. Westwood	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
H. Straine- Francis	---------	Y	Y	Y	Y

RE, Worship, Community and Communications - 2018/2019

	27.09.18	20.11.18	21.03.19	17.05.19	05.07.19

L. Davies	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
R. Dare	Apologies	Y	Y	Y	Y
A. Luke	Y	Y	Y	Apologies	Y
M. Ireland	---------	Y	Y	Y	Y
G. Phillips	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
A. Ramli	Apologies	Apologies	Apologies	Apologies	Apologies
A. Westwood (AM)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

RE, Worship, Community and Communications Committee - 2017/2018

	27.09.17	02.11.17	27.03.18	13.06.18 (Postponed)
M. Croft	Absent	Y	Y	RETIRED
R. Dare	Y	Y	Y	NA
G. Phillips	Y	Y	Y	NA
S. Fenby	Apologies	Y	RESIGNED	RESIGNED
A. Ramli	Apologies	Apologies	Apologies	NA
C. Bloomfield	Y	Y	Y	RESIGNED
A. Westwood	Apologies	Y	Y	NA
B. Leppier	Apologies	Y	--------------	------------

Resources Committee - 2018/2019

	24.09.18	12.11.18	11.03.19	29.04.19	01.07.19
M. Bloomfield	Apologies	Y	Y	Y	Y
L. Davies	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
R. Dare	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
M. Higginson	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
S. Cooke	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
G. Phillips	Y	Apologies	Y	Y	Y

Resources Committee - 2017/2018

	26.09.17	13.11.17	12.03.18	30.04.18	25.06.18
C. Summerfield	Y	Absent	Y	RETIRED	-------------
G. Phillips	Y	Apologies	Y	Y	Y
R. Dare	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
L. Davies	Y	Y	Y	Y	Apologies
M. Croft	Y	Y	Absent	RETIRED	-------------
M. Bloomfield	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
S. Cooke	Y	Apologies	Apologies	Y	Apologies
M. Higginson	---------	-----------	Y	Y	Y