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-today 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 2021/22 are shown below.
Name |
Type |
Appointed by |
Term of office |
Role |
Additional governance roles |
Angela Ager |
Foundation |
Diocese of Salford |
01/09/19 -31/8/23 |
Chair Pay, HT PM Admissions |
Chair of Directors at Romero CAT |
Margaret Dolan |
Foundation |
Diocese of Salford |
01/09/19 -31/8/23 |
Vice Chair, Pay, HT PM Admissions |
|
Emma Doyle |
Staff |
Staff |
09/11/18-08/11/22 |
|
|
Mary Gilmartin |
Foundation |
Diocese of Salford |
01/09/20-31/08/24 |
|
|
Pauline Hamilton |
Foundation |
Diocese of Salford |
01/09/19 -31/8/23 |
Pay, HT PM Admissions |
|
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 |
|
|
David Holland | Parent | Elected by parent body | 12/4/22- 11/4/26 | ||
Yvonne Ughulu | Foundation | Diocese of Salford | 5/4/22-4/4/26 |
Donna Blackwell and Rachel Walsh. Associate Governors are appointed for one year at a time.
Currently (April 2022), there is a parent governor vacancy and a foundation governor vacancy.
During 2021/22, 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 2021/22
Lindsey Doherty
Debbie Prince
Attendance at Meetings 2020/21
At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, meetings moved to a virtual setting and the governors met as a full group from then until the end of the year. They continued with this for 2021/22.
Full Governing Board |
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Name |
Type |
09/09/2020 |
14/10/2020 |
08/12/2020 |
04/02/2021 |
17/03/2021 |
13/05/2021 |
29/06/2021 |
15/07/2021 |
Angela Ager |
Foundation |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Donna Blackwell |
Parent |
P |
P |
A |
A |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Gerard Broughton |
Associate |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Lyndsay Docherty |
Foundation |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Margaret Dolan |
Foundation |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Emma Doyle |
Staff |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Mary Gilmartin |
Foundation |
P |
P |
P |
P |
A |
P |
P |
P |
Pauline Hamilton |
Foundation |
P |
P |
P |
A |
A |
A |
P |
P |
Myra Knutton |
LA |
P |
N |
P |
P |
A |
P |
P |
P |
Debbie Prince |
Parent |
P |
P |
A |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Fr Andrew Starkie |
Foundation |
P |
P |
P |
P |
A |
P |
P |
A |
Matt Sutton |
Headteacher |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
Rachel Walsh |
Foundation |
P |
A |
A |
A |
N |
P |
P |
P |
Legend
P – present, A – Apologies received, N not present.
Governors who left the board in 2020/21
Gerard Broughton