Welcome to the Governors’ section of the website! We are lucky to have a Governing body who are involved and regularly visit the school.

This is the page to come to for news about the governing body and it will be updated regularly. 

Our school Governors are made up of a range of different people. Some people are members of the general community and some others are parent governors. 

Governors come into school regularly or speak with the school when visits are not possible due to current restrictions. We also hold our committee and Full Governing Body meetings online via the virtual meeting technology to ensure we can still support Sarah and the team and keep up to date with school planning and strategy.

Mr John Bucci or Trudi Archer regularly meet with our caretaker Mr Roy Witcomb and carry out Health and Safety inspections of our classrooms and site.

Our priorities have been to work with Mrs. Willes in her role as Head Teacher and her team to support decisions and actions taken to ensure your children get the best education during their time in Calmore Infant School.

I’d like to share with you a brief description of the role of the governing body and what we do:

• We help the school to set high standards by planning for the school’s future and setting targets for school improvement
• We keep the pressure up on school improvement
• We are a critical friend to the school, offering support and advice
• We help the school respond to the needs of parents and the community
• We make the school accountable to the public for what it does
• We work with the school on planning, developing policies and keeping the school under review
• We exercise our responsibilities and powers in partnership with the headteacher and staff
• We regularly visit the school when we are able and talk to pupils to find out about their learning and teachers to discuss subject areas and development plans.

But:

• We don’t intervene in the day-to-day management of the school (unless there are weaknesses in the school, when the GB has a duty to take action.)

We also form part of the school’s senior management team focusing on monitoring and raising standards of achievement, establishing high expectations and promoting effective teaching and learning, so that all pupils achieve their best.

Regards

Trudi Archer (Chair of Governors)

Our Governors
 

Type	Name	Position and responsibility
Co-opted	Mrs Trudi Archer	Chair of Governors,DTG, SEND, P.E., Nurture, Health & Safety, Forum Rep
Co-opted	Mr Mark Gurd	D&T, Science, Well-being, Pupil Voice
Co-opted	Mrs Alice Curtis	Health & Safety, P.E., Safeguarding
Co-opted	Mr Kevin Curtis	Maths, Geography
Co-opted	Mrs Melissa Filby	Safeguarding Deputy, Art, Music
Local Authority	Dr Chris Prior	SEND, PSHE, R.E., Nurture, Pupil Premium, LAC
Co-opted	Mr John Bucci	R.E., PSHE, Health & Safety
Co-opted	Mrs Victoria Nichols	English, History
Co-opted	Mrs Carina Rehnberg	Vice Chair, EYFS, Wrap-around-care, OPAL
Parent	Vacancy
Parent	Vacancy
Staff	Mrs Sarah Willes	Head teacher & Sports Funding
Staff	Mrs Adele Weaver	Deputy Head teacher & SENCO

Meeting Attendance Full Governing Body

Y = Attended, N = Apologies Accepted

		Calmore Infants FGB Autumn 2	Calmore Infants FGB Spring 1	Calmore Infants FGB Spring 2	Calmore Infants FGB Summer 1	Calmore Infants FGB Summer 2
Governor	Governor Type	21 Nov 2023	30 Jan 2024	12 Mar 2024	13 May 2024	08 Jul 2024
Mrs Trudi Archer	Co-opted governor	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Mr John Bucci	Co-opted governor	N	Y	Y	N	Y
Mrs Harriet Byrne	Parent governor	Y	Y	Y
Mrs Alice Curtis	Co-opted governor					Y
Mr Kevin Curtis	Co-opted governor	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Mrs Melissa Filby	Co-opted governor	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
Mr Mark Gurd	Co-opted governor	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
Mrs Victoria Nichols	Co-opted governor	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Doctor Christopher Prior	Local Authority Governor	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Mrs Carina Rehnberg	Co-opted governor	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Mrs Adele Weaver	Staff governor	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Mrs Sarah Willes	Headteacher	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y