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Rusthall St Paul’s CE Primary School

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Governing Body

The Governing Body of Rusthall St Paul's Primary School

The Governing Body oversees the work of our school.  We have a total of 14 governors made up as follows: 

  • Two parent governors, elected by the parent body, who must be the parent or carer of a child attending the school at the time of their appointment.
  • One Staff governor elected by their colleagues.
  • The Executive Headteacher is a member of the governing body by right.
  • One Local education authority governor appointed by Kent County Council. 
  • One Co-opted governor appointed by the governing body based on their skills and experience.
  • Eight Foundation Governors: Four appointed by the Rochester Diocesan Board of Education (RDBE) and four by the St. Paul's Parochial Church Council (PCC).

The Governing Body has many different responsibilities, but primarily it must promote high standards of academic achievement and help ensure that the school is a safe and happy place for its pupils.

It helps to do this in many different ways, including setting school budgets, ensuring the National Curriculum is taught to all pupils, setting targets for achievement, monitoring information about the quality of teaching in the school, comparing results with other schools and making regular monitoring visits.

The Governing Body takes a long-term, strategic view on how the school should develop, and always welcomes the opinions of and representations from, parents, staff, pupils and the local community.

The governor's work is divided between meetings of the Full Governing Body (FGB), which are attended by all governors and a number of monitoring pairs who visit the school three times a year and report back to the FGB.

The governors can be contacted in writing via the school office, or via the Clerk to Governors (contact details below). Please address your correspondence for the attention of the Chair of Governors.  

Please note however that any questions about the day-to-day operation of the school, or any complaints, should first be directed to your child's class teacher, phase leader, or the headteacher.

Interim Executive Board.

Until the end of the 2022/23 academic year, the governance of the school was the responsibility of an Interim Executive Board. The school returned to normal governance arrangements on the 1st September 2023 with the appointment of the governing body shown below. As a result, attendance figures for 2022/23 cannot be calculated. 

Governing Body Members

Name

Date Appointed

Appointing Body

Term of Office
(Years)

Attendance 2022/23

Nicola Barker

 01/09/23 Parents

4 

 N/A
Dereck Walker 01/09/23 Parents 4 N/A
Jessica Collis 01/09/23 Staff 4 N/A

Simon Griffiths
(Co-Chair of
Governors)

01/09/23

 RDBE

4

 N/A

Ruth Hinckley (Co-Chair of Governors)

01/09/23

 RDBE

4

N/A
Suzie Toombs 01/09/23 RDBE 4 N/A
Rev. Ronald Williams
(Vicar, St. Paul's Church, Rusthall)		 01/09/23 Ex Officio 4 N/A

Shaun Butcher

28/09/23

 PCC 4 N/A
Paul Harris 01/09/23 PCC 4 N/A
Richard Mackintosh 01/09/23 PCC 4 N/A

Liz Mitchell
(Executive Headteacher)

 01/09/23 Ex Officio

4

N/A

Stephen Pollard

 01/09/23

Local Authority

4

 N/A

Governing Body and IEB Members who have stepped down in the previous 12 months

Name

Date Appointed

Appointed by

End of term

 

David Hale

22/02/22

IEB Member appointed by
Local Authority

31/07/23

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To contact a member of our Governing Body, please contact our governance professional at:  Patricia.Ferrus@theeducationpeople.org