Meet the Governors
At Norwood we have 16 governors, who may be staff, parents or drawn from the Local Authority and community.
The governing body has three main roles: strategy, critical friend and accountability.
Governors do this by working with the Head Teacher to:
- Set the aims and objectives for the school
- Set the policies for achieving those aims and objectives
- Monitor and evaluate the progress the school is making towards achievement of its aims and objectives
- Be a source of challenge and support to the Head Teacher
The Head Teacher is responsible for the day-to-day, management and control of the school and the implementation of the strategic framework established by the governing body.
The Full Governing Body meets a minimum of 4 times over the year, but generally near the end of every term. The Chair of Governors is Lesley Lee and the Vice-Chair is Cassie Gerrie. The Clerk to the Governors is Jo Todhunter.
All governors sit on committees, which meet at least once a term. At Norwood these committees are: Standards & Curriculum and Business & Resources.
Standards & Curriculum Committee discusses areas such as Pupil Achievement and Progress, Assessment from Early Years through to KS2 SATs , how and why we teach subjects and how we report information to parents. The Chair of Curriculum Committee is Gill Roberts.
Business & Resources Committee approves and monitors the budget for the year to ensure the school spends it on the correct areas to drive school improvement and ensures that all Financial Regulations are implemented. The committee regularly inspect our grounds and buildings and makes recommendations on improving the school environment to ensure the wellbeing and safety of all our children, staff and visitors and are involved with determining the staffing structure in the school to ensure all of our children are given access to appropriate levels of care as well as monitoring and evaluating the performance and pay of all the staff.
Parent governors are recruited every four years through an election. If you are interested in joining the governing body, please contact Mrs Todhunter in the school office for further information.
If you would like to let the governors know about the things you think we do well here, or about how we could do things better, please put it in a letter and hand it in at the school office.
Address your letter for the attention of the Chair of Governors - Mrs Lesley Lee or email to norwoodgovernors@norwoodmail.co.uk
- Jo Todhunter - Clerk to the Governors
- Lesley Lee - Chair of Governors
- Cassie Gerrie - Vice chair
- Kim Taylor - Staff Governor
- Aileen McCarthy - Co-opted Governor
- Lee Dumbell - Head Teacher - Staff Governor
- Cllr Mhairi Doyle - Local Authority Governor
- Gill Roberts - Parent Governor
- Chris Stewart - Parent Governor
- Kim Miller - Parent Governor
- Cassie Gerrie - Parent Governor
- Claire King - Co-opted Governor
- Irene Silcox - Co-opted Governor
- Aileen McCarthy - Co-opted Governor
- Rebecca Greenwood - Co-opted Governor
- Mark Watts - Co-opted Governor
- Clare Stansfield - Co-opted Governor
Norwood Primary School Governing Body 2020/21
Head Teacher: Mr Lee Dumbell
Chair: Mrs Lesley Lee Vice-Chair: Mrs Cassie Gerrie
Clerk to the Governors: Mrs Jo Todhunter
Name |
Date Appointed |
Term of Office |
Any Interests declared |
Governance on other Educational Establishments |
Relationships with school staff |
Date reviewed |
Attendance at FGB meeting over previous school year.
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September 2019 December 2019 June 2020
July 2020
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Mr Lee Dumbell |
N/A |
N/A |
None |
None |
None |
05.11.2020 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Mrs Kim Taylor |
17/09/2018 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
05.11.2020 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Mrs Irene Silcox |
07/12/2018 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
05.11.2020 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Mrs Lesley Lee |
01/09/2017 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
05.11.2020 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Miss Aileen McCarthy |
28/11/2018 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
05.11.2020 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Cllr Mhairi Doyle |
19/09/2018 |
4 Years |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
14.11.2020 |
✓ |
A |
✓ |
✓ |
Mr Chris Stewart |
29/11/2017 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
05.11.2020 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Mrs Kim Miller |
29/11/2017 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
05.11.2020 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Mrs Gillian Roberts |
17/09/2018 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
11.11.2020 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Mr Mark Watts |
25/06/2020 |
4 Years |
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|
|
|
N/A |
N/A |
A |
✓ |
Mrs Clare Stansfield |
25/06/2020 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
19.11.2020 |
N/A |
N/A |
A |
✓ |
Mrs Rebecca Greenwood |
25/06/2020 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
05.11.2020 |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
✓ |
Mrs Amanda Hanlon |
18/09/2019 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
11.11.2020 |
✓ |
A |
✓ |
✓ |
Ms Ruth Start |
18/09/2019 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
05.11.2020 |
✓ |
A |
✓ |
✓ |
Mrs Cassie Gerrie |
29/11/2017 |
4 Years |
|
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
A |
A |
Mrs Tracey Cartledge |
18/09/2019 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
05.11.2020 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Committees
Standards & Curriculum |
Business & Resource |
Chair Mrs Gill Roberts |
Chair Mrs Cassie Gerrie |
Mr Lee Dumbell |
Mr Lee Dumbell |
Mrs Lesley Lee |
Mrs Irene Silcox |
Mrs Kim Taylor |
Mrs Gill Roberts |
Mr Chris Stewart |
Mr Chris Stewart |
Mrs Kim Miller |
Mrs Cassie Gerrie |
Cllr Mhairi Doyle |
Mrs Kim Miller |
Miss Aileen McCarthy |
Mrs Kim Taylor |
Mr Mark Watts |
Mrs Lesley Lee |
Mrs Tracey Cartledge |
Mrs Rebecca Greenwood |
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Ms Ruth Start |
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Mrs Amanda Hanlon |
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Mrs Tracey Cartledge |
Record of Attendance 2019/20
Name |
Scheduled Meetings |
Meetings Attended |
Apologies Accepted |
Absent |
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Mr Lee Dumbell |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
Mrs Kim Taylor |
8 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
Mrs Irene Silcox |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Mrs Lesley Lee |
8 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
Miss Aileen McCarthy |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Cllr Mhairi Doyle |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
Mr Chris Stewart |
8 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
Mrs Kim Miller |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
Mrs Gillian Roberts |
8 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
Mr Mark Watts |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Clare Stansfield |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Rebecca Greenwood |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Amanda Hanlon |
8 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
Ruth Start |
8 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
Mrs Cassie Gerrie |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
Mrs Tracey Cartledge |
8 |
7 |
1 |
0 |