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:

1. Ensuring clarity of Catholic vision, ethos and strategic direction.
2. 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

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

The Governing Board at St Margaret Mary’s has eleven 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. The board has appointed an additional associate governor.

The members of Governing Board for 2020/21 are shown below.

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.

Attendance at Meetings 2019/20

The governing board had two standing committees in 2019/20, resources and standards. 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.

Legend

P – present, A – Apologies received, N not present, grey colour – not scheduled to attend.