Welcome from the Chair of Governors at Barnburgh Primary Academy

My name is Paul Brown and I am the Academy Chair of Governors. I am delighted to have this opportunity to give you an overview of governance at Barnburgh Primary Academy.

Our Academy joined Leger Education Trust on 1 August 2023. Formerly, we were Barnburgh Primary School where I joined the Board of Governors in 2022, becoming Chair of Governors in September 2024 after a year as co-Chair.  The Governing Body currently consists of 6 Governors appointed by the Trust, 2 Parent Governors and the Headteacher.

Our governing body is a group of professional people, from a variety of employment areas which allows their skills to be transferable to monitoring, supporting, challenging and working in partnership with senior leaders to ensure the delivery of a high standard of education for all the pupils in our care and to ensure Barnburgh Primary Academy is the very best it can be.

What do we do?

Our Governors have 3 key roles:

• to ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
• to hold the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the Academy and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
• to oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure its money is well spent. 

How is this achieved?

Meetings. Governors meet twice each term to an agreed Trust schedule in order that the information can be made available to the Trust executives at their half termly meetings. Sub committees, such as the Pay Committee, meet at appropriate times during the year to meet our statutory duties.

Visits. Every Governor has specific areas of responsibility which are monitored, challenged and reported at Governing Body meetings. These are actioned through regular and timely, pre-arranged visits with school leaders including the Headteacher, SENCO, School Business Manager, Curriculum staff leads and the School Council.

Training. Every governor attends formal introductory training to ensure they have an understanding of the role. Training can be accessed on-line or by formal face to face training courses run by the Trust. These courses are free of charge to members of the Board of Governors. We have high expectations of governors accessing training to ensure they gain the knowledge carry out their responsibility roles.

Please click on the links below to find out more about our meeting schedule/attendance, our structure, our register of interest and our roles and responsibilities, along with policies specific to governance.

Signed 

P Brown

 

Our Current Governors are: 

Name	Appointed By
Paul Brown - Chair of Governors	Trust
Neil Merriman - Vice Chair of Governors	Parent
Linsey Chambers	Trust
Damien Cresswell	Trust
Hannah Dunn	Trust
Adam Gilliver	Trust
Ben Kirk	Trust
Janine Reid	Trust
Nicola Watson	Staff

For the Governors Register of Interests and further details, please see the attached document at the bottom of this page.