Governors

Mrs Ruth Harrison
Clerk to Governors
Lowton Church of England High School
Newton Rd
Lowton
WA3 1DU

Ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.
Hold the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff.
Oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure its money is well spent.

Name of Governor	Type of Governor	Term of Office	Date of appointment	Appointing Body
Mrs Rosemary Johnston (Chair)	Foundation Manchester	4 yrs	01.01.2020	Diocesan Board of Education Manchester
Rev Alan Saunders	Foundation Manchester	4 yrs	29.03.2021	Diocesan Board of Education Manchester
Mrs Marie Blewitt	Foundation Liverpool	4 yrs	05.01.2020	Diocesan Board of Education Liverpool
Mrs Alison Davies	Foundation Liverpool	4 yrs	17-01-2022	Diocesan Board of Education Liverpool
Mr David Gunning	Parent	4 yrs	23.05.22	Elected by Parents
Rev Trevor Hodson	Foundation Liverpool	4 yrs	06.12.2018	Diocesan Board of Education Liverpool
Mr Chris Yates	Foundation Liverpool	4 yrs	01.09.2020	Diocesan Board of Education Liverpool
Mr Kieran Larkin	Headteacher		01.09.2020	N\A
Ms Derri Burdon	Co-opted	4 yrs	02.07.2020	Elected by the Governing Body
Mr Rob Jepson	Parent	4 yrs	11.07.2022	Elected by Parents
Mrs Andrea Critchley	Staff Governor	4 yrs	02.11.2020	Elected by Staff

Name of Governor	Type of Governor	Date of resignation (if resigned in the last 12 months)	Appointing Body
Mr Rob Johnson	LA	13.03.2023	Local Authority

COMMITTEE		FAITH, CULTURE AND ETHOS
Name	Governor Type	Specific Responsibility – if applicable	Subject Link
Rev Trevor Hodson (Chair of Committee)	Foundation Liverpool	Priority 3: Behaviour and attendance	PE & Extra-curriculum
Andrea Critchley (Vice Chair of Committee)	Staff
Rosemary Johnston	Foundation Manchester	Priority 3: Safeguarding Child Protection & Safeguarding
Rev Alan Saunders	Foundation Manchester	Priority 5: Faith, Culture and Ethos	ECT, RE & PSHE

COMMITTEE		FINANCE, PREMISES & PERSONNEL
Name	Governor Type	Specific Responsibility	Subject Link
Rosemary Johnston (Chair of Committee)	Foundation Manchester	Priority 3: Safeguarding Child Protection & Safeguarding
Rob Jepson	Parent	Finance & Health & Safety
Chris Yates (Vice Chair of Committee)	Foundation Liverpool	Priority 4: Leadership at all levels	Maths & Numeracy

COMMITTEE		QUALITY OF EDUCATION
Name	Governor Type	Specific Responsibility	Subject Link
Derri Burdon (Chair of Committee)	Co-opted	Priority 1: Curriculum Strategy, development and implementation PP and SEND	Art, Drama & Music
Marie Blewitt (Vice Chair of Committee)	Foundation Liverpool	Pupil Recognition & Leadership	MFL
Mr David Gunning	Parent	SEND Governor
Rosemary Johnston	Foundation Manchester	Priority 3: Safeguarding Child Protection & Safeguarding

Terms of Reference for all committees are available on request from school

Quality of Education:	Faith, Culture and Ethos Committee	Finance, Premises, Personnel Committee	Pay Committee
Remit: To deal with all matters delegated by The Governing Body regarding educational performance and monitor the impact of teaching, and assessment. To ensure teaching and learning is effective and ensure the intent of the curriculum provided to all students is rich and varied.	Remit: To ensure the school effectively promotes, implements and maintains its distinct Christian ethos and values and upholds Christian principles in all its actions. To deal with all matters relating to student welfare, safeguarding, behaviour and Church School.	Remit: To deal with all matters delegated by the Governing Body regarding finance, personnel & premises.	Remit: To make decisions about performance related pay for teachers & the Headteacher.
Membership	Membership	Membership	Membership
Ms D Burdon (C)	Rev T Hodson (C)	Mrs R Johnston (C)	Mr C Yates (C)
Mrs M Blewitt (VC)	Mrs A Critchley (VC)	Mr C Yates (VC)	Mrs M Blewitt
Mr D Gunning	Mrs R Johnston	Mr R Jepson	Mrs R Johnston
Mrs R Johnston	Mr K Larkin	Mr K Larkin	Rev A Saunders
Mr K Larkin	Rev A Saunders

Ad hoc Committees:

Three Governors with no prior knowledge will be called to form the committee

Name	Details of Pecuniary Interest	Details of personal interest	Governor or Trustee of any other school
Mrs M Blewitt (Vice Chair)	None	None	Governor, Lowton West Primary School
Mrs D Burdon	Curious Minds – Chief Executive Blaze Arts – Co-Chair of Trustees Cultural Learning Alliance – Co-Chair	Wiggle Dance - Advisor\Volunteer
Rev A Saunders			Ex-officio Governor, Christ Church C of E Primary
Mr C Yates	Working with Schools, HR Advisor	None

Attendance Record:

Name of Governor	Dates of Full Governing Body Meetings
	15.09.2022	08.12.2022	16.03.2023	06.07.2023
Mrs R Johnston (Chair)	*	*	*
Mrs M Blewitt (Vice Chair)	*	*	*
Ms D Burdon
Mrs A Critchley	*	*	*
Mr D Gunning	*	*	*
Rev T Hodson		*	*
Mr R Jepson	*	*	*
Mr R Johnson			N/A	N/A
Mr K Larkin	*	*	*
Rev A Saunders	*	*	*
Mr C Yates	*	*	*

Name of Governor	Faith, Culture and Ethos Committee Meetings
	06.10.2022	02.02.2022	11.05.2023
Rev T Hodson (C)	*
Mrs A Critchley (VC)	*	*
Rev A Saunders		*
Mrs R Johnston	*	*
Mr K Larkin	*	*

Name of Governor	Dates of Finance, Premises and Personnel Committee Meetings
	20.10.2022	16.02.2022	15.06.2022
Mrs R Johnston (C)	*	*
Mr C Yates (VC)	*	*
Mr R Jepson		*
Mr R Johnson	*
Mr K Larkin	*	*

Name of Governor	Dates of Quality of Education Committee Meetings
	13.10.2022	09.02.2023	15.06.2023
Ms D Burdon (C)	*	*
Mrs M Blewitt (VC)	*	*
Mr D Gunning	*	*
Mrs R Johnston	*	*
Mr K Larkin	*	*

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