Meet the Governors

Welcome to our Governors’ section

Welcome to Southcott Lower School.

Our role as governors is to support the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team to ensure that the children receive the best possible education and care. We do this by working together strategically, by understanding the aspirations and plans which will move the school forward, and also by identifying any challenges or barriers to achieving this.

The Governors all meet together as a governing board to monitor the school budget, and to ensure that children are safe and able to enjoy a rich and varied curriculum. We look at the priority areas for development of our provision and are proactive in supporting the school leaders to achieve these aims. In addition, each governor is allocated an individual monitoring responsibility, for example Finance or Special Educational Needs. This enables key areas to be examined in greater depth, and governor expertise to be developed.

The Chair of Governors is Jared Levens who can be contacted via the school office or at

chairofgovernors@southcottlower.cbeds.co.uk

The Clerk to the Governors is Penny Parkin, she can be contacted via the school office.

Southcott Governors 2019-2020

STAFF GOVERNORS

Sarah Laundy is the Headteacher. She has no declared business/financial interests.

Sally Ann Nicholas is a Deputy Head (Thursday-Friday). She has no declared business/financial interests.

PARENT GOVERNORS

Hannah Cameron is the governor responsible for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). She has no declared business/financial interests.

Jo Latham shares responsibility for Safeguarding. She has no declared business/financial interests.

Hannah Sides has no declared business/financial interests.

CO-OPTED GOVERNORS

Claire Blount is the Vice-Chair of the Governing Body and shares responsibility for Safeguarding. She has no declared business/financial interests.

Hazel Gorman is the governor responsible for Training and Development. She has declared a financial and business interest in that she is the Coordinator for Learning Community 2 and works with other schools in the local area.

Mr Jared Levens is the Chair of the Governing Body. He has no declared business/financial interests.

No governors sit on the governing body of another school. There are no relationships between governors and staff.