Our School Governing Board

Welcome to the Regents Park Community School Governing Board

The Governors are representatives of the local council, the parents, the staff and the local community. They take a keen and active interest in the running of the school and, in conjunction with the staff, aim to foster a good relationship between the school and the wider community.

The Governors meet at least once a term at full Governing Board meetings and are elected for four years from the time of their election. Governors also carry out business within committees which also meet at least once a term - these are the Finance, Pay & Premises committee and the Standards & Performance committee.

All parents are eligible for election to the Governing Board as Parent Governors. This occurs either at the end of a term of office or when an existing member leaves.

Please note that, if you wish to contact a member of the Governing Board, please do so by either writing a letter and sending it via the school office or by sending an email to enquiry@rgntpark.bham.sch.uk. In both instances, please make sure it is clear which member of the Governing Board your message is intended for.

If you wish to contact a Governor regarding a complaint, please make sure that you have first followed the process set out in the school Complaints Procedure. A copy of this procedure can be found on the school website here: Complaints Procedure

Chair of Governors

Mr P Hynan

Vice Chair of Governors

Mrs N Chowdhury

Current Members of the Governing Board:

Key:

LA – Local Authority appointed Governor

PG – Elected Parent Governor

STF – Elected Staff Governor

CG – Co-opted Governor, appointed by the Governing Board

AS – Associate member - invited by the Govenring Board to attend meetings. May not vote unless invited to do so within committees

HT - Head Teacher

Previous Members of the Governing Board:

ANNUAL GOVERNANCE STATEMENT

for the Governing Board of Regents Park Community Primary School

Academic Year 2024-25

School governing bodies ‘are the strategic leaders of our schools and have a vital role to play in making sure every child gets the best possible education’. (The 2015 Governors’ Handbook, published by the Department for Education).   For maintained schools this is reflected in the law, which states that the purpose of maintained school governing bodies is to ‘conduct the school with a view to promoting high standards of educational achievement at the school’.

In accordance with the Government's requirement for all governing boards, the three core strategic functions of the Regents Park Community Primary School Governing Board are:

1. Ensuring the clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
2. Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils;
3. Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

Governance Arrangements

The Governing Body  consists of

• 5 co-opted governors
• 1 governor appointed by the Local Authority
• 2 elected parent governors
• 1 head teacher governor
• 1 elected staff governor
• 2 associate governors

This constitution is laid down in the Instrument of Government for Regents Park Community Primary School which came into effect on 22nd September  2014 when the Governing Body was re-constituted under the School Governance (Constitution) (England) regulations 2012.

The full Governing Board meets once each term with additional committee meetings being held once each term to cover:

• Finance, Pay and Premises
• Standards and Performance

In addition, governor panels may also meet to cover the following areas:

• Appeals Panel
• Complaints Panel
• Disciplinary Panel
• Exclusions Panel
• Pay Review Panel
• Head Teacher Appraisal Panel

Each member of the Governing Board also takes on the role of Link Governor for a particular aspect of school life and reports back to the full Governing Board. Link Governor roles include:

• SEN
• Safeguarding
• Governor Training & Development
• PSHE & RSE
• Pupil Premium
• English
• Maths
• EYFS
• Behaviour & Attendance

Committees

The Governing Body delegates some of its work to committees through terms of reference which are reviewed and agreed annually by the Full Governing Body.  The membership of these committees is also agreed annually by the Full Governing Body.  The key committees are:-

• Finance, Pay & Premises Committee (which is principally concerned with function 3)
• Standards and Performance Committee (which is principally concerned with function 2)

Terms of reference and membership of these committees are available via the school office.

Meetings

During 2023/24 the following meetings have been held:-

The majority of the meetings have been held in person although someof the Finance meetings have been held on Teams

In addition, formal meetings have been held of the statutory committees (Head teacher’s performance appraisal and Pay) to enable governors to carry out their statutory duties in these areas.

Governor Attendance 2023-24

The work we have done on our committees and on the Governing Board in 2023-24

The work we are going to do during 2024-25