Governors

The Governing Board

What does the Governing Board do?

The governing board operates at a strategic level, leaving the school’s senior leadership responsible and accountable for the operational day-to-day running of the School.

The core strategic functions, as a Governing Board are:

Ensuring clarity of Catholic vision, ethos, and strategic direction.
Holding the senior leadership to account for the educational performance and Catholic character of the School and its pupils; and for the internal organisation, management and control of the School including performance management of staff; and

Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

The Governing Board at St Margaret Mary’s has twelve members all of whom bring a wide range professional and personal experience to support the work of the school. The board consists of seven foundation governors who are appointed by the Diocese of Salford, two parent governors elected by the parent body, one staff member elected by the staff, a local authority governor nominated by Manchester LA and the headteacher.

In addition to broaden the expertise of the Governing Body there are two associate governors.

The members of Governing Board for 2022/23 are shown below.

Name	Type	Appointed by	Term of Office	Role	Additional governance roles
Angela Ager	Foundation	Diocese of Salford	11/9/23- 10/9/27	Chair, Pay, HT PM, Admissions	Chair of Directors at Romero CAT. Foundation Governor at St Ambrose RC Primary
Rob Clarke	Staff	Elected by school staff	01/05/23 - 30/4/27
Margaret Dolan	Foundation	Diocese of Salford	11/9/23 - 10/9/27	Pay, HT PM, Admissions
Pauline Hamilton	Foundation	Diocese of Salford	01/9/20 - 31/8/24	Pay, HT PM, Admissions
David Holland	Parent	Elected by parent body	12/4/22 - 11/4/26	Vice Chair
Pamela Keenan Smith	Parent	Elected by parent body	20/10/22- 19/10/26
Myra Knutton	LA	Manchester LA	08/12/20 - 07/12/24
Fr Andrew Starkie	Foundation	Diocese of Salford	01/09/20 - 31/08/24
Matt Sutton	Headteacher	Ex officio	01/09/15	Admissions
Yvonne Ughulu	Foundation	Diocese of Salford	05/4/22 - 4/4/26

Donna Blackwell and Rachel Walsh. Associate Governors are appointed for one year at a time

Currently (September 2023) there two foundation governor vacancies

During 2023/24, the governing board has decided that it will meet a minimum of seven times in the year as a full board.

There are separate committees for pay, headteacher’s performance and admissions which each meet annually to deal with these matters.

Governors who left the board in the last 12 months

Emma Doyle

Attendance at Meetings 2022/23

Name	Type	15/9/2022	19/10/2022	15/12/2022	31/01/2023	30/03/2023	24/05/2023	17/07/2023
Angela Ager	Foundation	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Donna Blackwell	Associate	P	P	P	P	A	P	A
Rob Clarke	Staff						P	P
Margaret Dolan	Foundation	P	P	P	P	P	N	P
Emma Doyle	Staff	A	P	A	P
Pauline Hamilton	Foundation	P	A	P	P	P	A	P
David Holland	Parent	P	P	P	A	P	P	P
Pamela Keenan - Smith	Parent			P	A	P	A	A
Myra Knutton	LA	P	P	A	P	P	P	A
Fr Andrew Starkie	Foundation	A	A	P	N	P	A	A
Matt Sutton	Headteacher	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Rachel Walsh	Associate	P	A	A	A	A	A	P
Yvonne Ughulu	Foundation	N	N	N	A	N	A	A

P – present, A – Apologies received, N not present.

The admissions and pay committees met once in the year.

Files to Download

Parent-Election-Nomination-Letter Sept 2022.pdf Parent-Governor-Election-Qualifications converted.pdf Parent-Govenor-Election-Nomination-Form Sept 2022.pdf

Governors

Ensuring clarity of Catholic vision, ethos, and strategic direction.

Holding the senior leadership to account for the educational performance and Catholic character of the School and its pupils; and for the internal organisation, management and control of the School including performance management of staff; and

Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

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