Meet the Governors
At Norwood we have 15 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. 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, Resources and Finance.
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 Chris Stewart.
Resources Committee 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. The Chair of Resources Committee is Amanda Hanlon.
Finance 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 Chair of Finance Committee is Irene Silcox.
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
- Kim Taylor - Staff Governor
- Aileen McCarthy - Co-opted Governor
- Lee Dumbell - Head Teacher
- Cllr Mhairi Doyle - Local Authority Governor
- Gill Roberts - Parent Governor
- Chris Stewart - Co-opted Governor
- Tracey Cartledge - Parent Governor
- Amanda Hanlon - Parent Governor
- Ruth Start - Parent Governor
- Jenny Hollings - Parent Governor
- Artis Lismanis - Co-opted Governor
- James McAlister - Parent Governor
- Irene Silcox - Co-opted Governor
Norwood Primary School Governing Body 2020/21
Head Teacher: Mr Lee Dumbell
Chair: Mrs Lesley Lee Vice-Chair: Vacancy
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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December 2020 |
February 2021 |
May 2021 |
July 2021 |
Mr Lee Dumbell |
N/A |
N/A |
None |
None |
None |
02.12.2021 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Mrs Kim Taylor |
17/09/2018 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
02.12.2021 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Mrs Irene Silcox |
07/12/2018 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
02.12.2021 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
X |
Mrs Lesley Lee |
01/09/2017 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
02.12.2021 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Miss Aileen McCarthy |
28/11/2018 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
02.12.2021 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Cllr Mhairi Doyle |
19/09/2018 |
4 Years |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
02.12.2021 |
X |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Mr Chris Stewart |
29/11/2017 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
02.12.2021 |
✓ |
X |
✓ |
✓ |
Mrs Kim Miller |
29/11/2017 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
02.12.2021 |
✓ |
✓ |
|
✓ |
Mrs Gillian Roberts |
17/09/2018 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
02.12.2021 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Mr Mark Watts |
25/06/2020 |
4 Years |
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|
02.12.2021 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Mrs Clare Stansfield |
25/06/2020 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
02.12.2021 |
✓ |
X |
✓ |
X |
Mrs Rebecca Greenwood |
25/06/2020 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
02.12.2021 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Mrs Amanda Hanlon |
18/09/2019 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
02.12.2021 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Ms Ruth Start |
18/09/2019 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
02.12.2021 |
✓ |
X |
✓ |
✓ |
Mrs Cassie Gerrie |
29/11/2017 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
02.12.2021 |
X |
✓ |
X |
✓ |
Mrs Tracey Cartledge |
18/09/2019 |
4 Years |
None |
None |
None |
02.12.2021 |
✓ |
X |
✓ |
X |
Current Committees
Standards & Curriculum |
Resource |
Finance |
Chair Mr Chris Stewart |
Chair Mrs Amanda Hanlon |
Chair Mrs Irene Silcox |
Mr Lee Dumbell |
Mr Lee Dumbell |
Mrs Tracey Cartledge |
Mrs Lesley Lee |
Mrs Irene Silcox |
Mrs Lesley Lee |
Mrs Kim Taylor |
Mrs Gill Roberts |
Mr Lee Dumbell |
Cllr Mhairi Doyle |
Mrs Lesley Lee |
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Miss Aileen McCarthy |
Ms Ruth Start |
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Record of Attendance 2020/21
Name |
Scheduled Meetings |
Meetings Attended |
Apologies Accepted |
Absent |
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Mr Lee Dumbell |
10 |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
Mrs Kim Taylor |
10 |
8 |
2 |
N/A |
Mrs Irene Silcox |
7 |
6 |
1 |
N/A |
Mrs Lesley Lee |
10 |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
Miss Aileen McCarthy |
7 |
7 |
N/A |
N/A |
Cllr Mhairi Doyle |
7 |
6 |
1 |
N/A |
Mr Chris Stewart |
10 |
7 |
3 |
N/A |
Mrs Kim Miller |
10 |
9 |
1 |
N/A |
Mrs Gillian Roberts |
10 |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
Mr Mark Watts |
7 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
Clare Stansfield |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Rebecca Greenwood |
7 |
7 |
N/A |
N/A |
Amanda Hanlon |
7 |
7 |
N/A |
N/A |
Ruth Start |
7 |
6 |
1 |
N/A |
Mrs Cassie Gerrie |
7 |
4 |
3 |
N/A |
Mrs Tracey Cartledge |
10 |
7 |
3 |
N/A |