Governors

A Welcome Message from the Governors…

The school’s governors would like to welcome you and your child(ren) to Cove Junior School. We are proud to be part of a school that provides the children with a safe, happy environment in which they can flourish.

The school’s governing body is responsible for overseeing how the school is managed. The Department for Education defines a governor’s role as: –

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos, and strategic direction.
Holding leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and
Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.

Using experience from our various backgrounds, we provide support to the school’s community. We are very proud of our pupils and staff and all their achievements. It is a privilege to be part of helping each child become thoughtful, responsible, caring members of our school equipped with the skills needed when they move on.

We would be delighted if you want to get involved with our school community. Whether it is joining the school PTA, supporting trips and events or joining us as a governor, you will be made most welcome. We hope your child enjoys their time at Cove Junior School.

Chair of Governors Report – June 2021

Structure of the Governing Body

The Cove Junior School Governing Body is made up of potentially 12 members. At any one time the membership allows for the membership of: The Head Teacher, a Local Authority governor, a Staff governor, three Parent governors and six Co-opted governors.

At Cove Junior School the Governing Body has moved to a flat structure. This means that we now meet 10 times a year, every month except August and December. We moved away from a sub committee structure with twice termly full governor body meetings so that we could all be more knowledgeable and more dynamic in our decision making.

Minutes of meetings are available for parents to see on request

Governor Name	Governor Category	Period of Service	Role	Percentage Attendance 2019-20
Katerine Brant	Co-opted	07.19-07.23	Vice-chair, Safeguarding, Mental Health Campion, NQT Link governor, SMSC	82
Eirian Freeman	Staff	07.20 – 07.24		100
Warren Gargan	Co-Opted	10.18 – 10.22	Deputy Headteacher	100
Tracey Hickie	Headteacher	09.16 – ongoing	Headteacher	100
Sarah Maddox	Parent	11.18 – 11.22		Agreed Leave
Caroline Pickup	Co-opted	11.18 – 11.22	Chair of Governors, SMSC	86
Nikki Roberts	Parent	10.18 – 10.22	SEND	82
Louise Wall	Co-opted	07.19 -07.23	Pupil Premium	75
Irina White	Parent	11.20 – 11.24		N/A
Stephanie Wright	Co-Opted	05.18 – 05.22	Development and Training governor, Benchmarking	92

Business Interests and governance roles in other schools

Current Governors

Governor Name	Governor Category	Period of Service	Pecuniary Interests	Governance Roles at other schools
Katerine Brant	Co-opted	07.19 – 07.23	None	None
Eirian Freeman	Staff	07.20 – 07.24	Staff	None
Warren Gargan	Co-Opted	10.18 – 10.22	Staff& Other	None
Tracey Hickie	Headteacher	09.16 – ongoing	Staff	None
Sarah Maddox	Parent	11.18-11.22	Parent	None
Caroline Pickup	Co-opted	11.18 – 11.22	None	None
Nikki Roberts	Parent	10.18 – 10.22	None	None
Louise Wall	Co-opted	07.19-07.23	None	None
Irina White	Parent	11.20-11.24	None	None
Stephanie Wright	Co-Opted	05.18 – 05.22	None	None

Link to Declaration of interest for the current governors.

Previous Governors

Governor Name	Governor Category	Period of Service	Business Interests	Governance Roles at Other Schools
Jan Hayden	Co-opted, staff	2008 – 2017	Staff	None
John Lewis	Local Authority	2011 – 2017	None	None
Mark Graves	Parent	2008 – 2016	None	None
Patrick Benjuya	Parent	2013 – 2015	None	None
Warren Gargan	Staff	2014 – 2016	Staff	None
Katy Young	Head teacher	2009 – 2015	Head teacher	None
Sanhita Dandekar	Parent	2016 – 2018	None	None
Amy Bateman	Co-opted	2017 – 2018	Staff	None
Iain Findlay	Parent	2016 – 2017	None	None
Sue Mann	Co-opted	2008 – 2018	None	None
Mark Venner	Co-opted	2010 – 2019	None	None
Brian Coxhead	Co-opted	2008-2019	None	None
Gareth Payne	Co-opted	2019	None	None
Esme Trufitt	Parent	10.16 – 10.20	None	Cove Infant School
Sarah Merry	Local Authority	05.13 – 04.21	None	None