Meet the Staff/ Governors | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Come and meet the Staff and Governors at our school.

Our Staff

Headteacher - Miss Savage

Class one (Foundation Stage/Year 1/Year 2)

Teacher - Miss Crawford SLTA - Mrs Howes TA - Mrs Burns

Class two (Year 3/4)

Teacher - Miss Stafford Teacher - Mrs Pontefract

Class three (Year 5/6)

Teacher - Mrs Tinkler HLTA - Miss Dowell

Administrator/Clerk to Governor - Mrs Jackson

Cleaner in charge - Mrs Gearing

Midday supervisors - Mrs Burns & Mrs Kyles

Cook - Mrs Finley

Teacher - Miss Priddle (Maternity leave)

The Governing Body

The governing body of St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School reconstituted on 1st September 2015 in line with the School Governance (Procedures) (England) Regulations 2003.

The governing board has the following core strategic functions:

Establishing the strategic direction, by:
Setting the vision, values, and objectives for the school
Agreeing the school improvement strategy with priorities and targets
Meeting statutory duties

Ensuring accountability, by:
Appointing the Headteacher
Monitoring progress towards targets
Performance managing the Headteacher
Contributing to school self-evaluation

Ensuring financial probity, by:
Setting the budget
Monitoring spending against the budget
Ensuring value for money is obtained
Ensuring risks to the organisation are managed

Meeting dates for the academic year 2019- 2020

Meeting	Autumn term	Spring term	Summer term
Full governing body	2nd October 2019
Staffing and Finance, Committee	4^th October 2019
Curriculum	10^th October 2019
Health, Safety & Building committee	7^th October 2019

Governors

Category of Governor	Appointed by.	Name	Sub-Committee	Business & pecuniary interests	Term of Office
					From	To
Foundation Governor (Chair)	Diocese	Mr Peter Connolly	Staffing & Finance - Chair	None	23/03/19	22/03/23
Foundation Governor (Vice)	Diocese	Mr Kevin M Burns	Staffing & Finance	None	25/05/18	25/05/22
Foundation Governor	Diocese	Rev Paul Johnstone	Curriculum	None	01/09/15	01/09/19
Foundation Governor	Diocese	Mrs Sarah Cook	Curriculum	None	19/01/18	18/01/22
Foundation Governor	Diocese	Joan Taylor	Curriculum	None	17/5/2019	17/5/23
Foundation Governor	Diocese	Vacancy
Foundation Governor	Diocese	Vacancy
Parent Governor	Parents	Ryan Park	Building & H & S	None	17/5/19	17/5/23
Parent Governor	Parents	Vacancy
Headteacher		Miss Annette Savage	Staffing & Finance	None	Ex-Officio
Staff Governor	Staff	Mrs Cheryl Tinkler	Curriculum - Chair	None	01/09/16	01/09/20
LA Governor	GB	Mr. Graeme Colley	Building & H & S - Chair	None	21/02/18	21/02/22

Ex Governors 2018/2019

Category of Governor	Appointed by.	Name	Sub-Committee	Business & pecuniary interests	End date and reason
Foundation Governor (Chair)	Diocese	Mrs A Roeber	Staffing & Finance	None	01/09/2013 - 18/09/18 - Retiered
Parent Governor	Parents	Mrs Sarah Cook	Curriculum	None	19/01/18 – Moved to Foundation Governor
Parent Governor	Parents	Mrs Amy Graham	Building & H & S	none	21/02/18 - 12/06/18 – Conflict of interest
Head	Ex-officio	Mrs Julie Burn	Staffing & Finance	none	6th December 2018 - Deceased
Foundation Governor (Vice)	Diocese	Mr John Savage	Staffing & Finance	none	23/5/15 - 22/03/19 – Conflict of interest
Foundation Governor	Diocese	Mrs Alex Young	Curriculum	none	19/01/18 - 17/04/19 - Resigned
Acting Head	Ex-officio	Mrs Faye Eldon	Staffing and Finance	None	15/01/2019 – 31/08/2019 – Temporary position.

Meeting attendance 2018- 2019

Meeting	Autumn term	Spring term	Summer term
Full governing body	18^th Sept 2018 J Savage, P Connolly, Mrs C Tinkler, sarah Cook Apologies: Fr. P Johnstone – Work Mr G Colley – Work Mrs A Graham – Left Mrs A Roeber – Stepped down	12^th February 2019 J Savage, , P Connolly, S Cook, A Young, C Tinkler, G Colley, Fr. P Johnstone, M Burns, F Eldon Apologies: None	17^th July 2019 P Connolly, M Burns, S Cook, J Taylor, Fr. P Johnstone Apologies: Mr G Colley – Work Mrs C Tinkler - Illness
Staffing and Finance, Committee		29^th February 2019 J Savage, P Connolly, F Eldon Apologies:	17^th June 2019 M Burns, P Connolly, F Eldon
Curriculum		6^th February 2019 C Tinkler, F Eldon, S Cook, A Young Apologies: Fr Johnstone - Work	2^nd July 2019 No Quorum