Governors

Welcome to the Governors' section of the school website. 

All the governors are volunteers in their role. They are elected by different stakeholders depending on the type of governor role (e.g. parent governors are elected by the parents of pupils currently at the school, Foundation governors are elected by the church, co-opted governors are elected by the governing body).

Our role as governors is threefold:

• to ensure the school has clarity of vision, ethos and direction; we do this through setting the aims and objectives, policies and targets for the school;
• to monitor and evaluate progress and to support and challenge the headteacher; we do this at our regular meetings and also through governor visits;
• to oversee the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

To manage this workload we have two sub-committees - Curriculum and Community (C&C) and Resources & Personnel (R&P) - each of which also meet once every half term. Broadly, C&C monitor the teaching and learning of the curriculum, inclusion and safeguarding, attendance and community links, while the R&P looks after financial matters, premises, personnel and health and safety.

We also have our own 3-year strategy that we regularly review and update; we have recently set our 2021-2024 strategy focusing on recovering, restoring and regenerating. It encompasses the following: 

• Wellbeing of children, staff and school families; this encompasses supporting our school community through enhancing the physical environment (both building & grounds)
• Teaching and learning, which includes maintaining and developing a broad and balanced curriculum which Ofsted previously praised, while adopting positive practices from the pandemic; this also includes consideration of maximising use of our grounds for provision of sports and outdoor learning for all and extra-curricular provision
• Continuing to strive for outstanding governance – an important part of our strategy which incorporates governor visits, training and succession planning

We are always keen to hear the views of parents, staff, children and members of the local community. Please get in touch via the school office or by emailing C.Governor@western.hants.sch.uk 

The governors may also be contacted via the school office. If you have concerns relating to the day to day running of the school these should, in the first instance, be referred to the Headteacher.

• 1 Western CE Governor Newsletter July 21
• 2 Western CE Governor Newsletter June 20
• 3 Western CE Governor Newsletter Dec 20
• 4 Western CE Governor Newsletter June 19
• 5 Western CE Governor Newsletter Dec 18

Membership of Governing Body

As at 3/12/20

()= start and end of tenure dates

Governors' Attendance record

Click to view the Governors attendance record

Governor Access

Click here to access the Governors' section (Password required)