Our Governors

Hello and welcome from the governors of Winnall Primary School.

What is our role in the school?

Working together with the Headteacher, we are responsible for the high-level and long-term decisions about the school to ensure that:

• the school's ethos and ambitions reflect the community's needs;
• high educational standards are set and are achieved;
• the finances of the school are in good order and are focused to benefit the children; and
• everyone is safe.

We also appoint the Headteacher and consider any complaints that haven't been resolved by the Headteacher.

All the day-to-day decisions for the running of the school are undertaken by the Headteacher and staff and all routine enquiries should therefore be referred to them.  However, we are always pleased to hear your views about the school.  You can contact us via the Headteacher or the school office.

How do we conduct our business?

We oversee the school's business, mainly through a number of formal meetings.

• The Full Governing Body meets each half-term to consider the main business of governors.
• Two committees - Curriculum and Finance & Resources - meet each half-term to look at particular matters in detail.
• The Headteacher's performance and staff pay matters are considered by special committee meetings twice a year.

We also regularly come into school to meet with staff and pupils and have a timetable of monitoring visits.  Our link governors meet on a termly basis with the staff member responsible for their area and then report back to the full governing body.  These contacts help us consider the school's progress and its future needs.  We meet regularly with the Junior Governors (an elected group of pupils) where we discuss the curriculum and wellbeing of the pupils in the school.

We issue a brief report on our recent activities and give our assessment of the school's performance in December and July each year (see below or the Newsletters page).

Each governor tries to attend as many meetings as their other commitments allow and we always seek to ensure our governing body and committee meetings have well over the 50% attendance necessary under our constitution.

We frequently attend training sessions on routine and developing issues including those related to our individual interests and responsibilities, e.g. safeguarding, behaviour management, SEN and finance.  These are provided by Hampshire Governor Services.  The Full Governing Body also commissions an annual joint training session of wider interest.

A copy of the minutes and other relevant papers from governors' meetings are available on request.  In this instance please contact the school office or Clerk to Governors.

Our current strategic priorities

Although we secured a 'Good' rating in our latest Ofsted inspection we are keen that the school develops further and so we have identified a number of actions for ongoing improvement.

• teaching and learning;
• pupil outcomes;
• curriculum development;
• early years and foundation stage;
• behaviour and welfare; and
• safeguarding.

Our Constitution

We have up to 12 official governor positions.  These are:

• The Headteacher 
• A staff governor who is nominated/elected by the staff
• A local authority governor who is appointed by Hampshire County Council
• Two parent governors selected from the school's pupils' parents.  These may be subject to competitive election when there are more applicants than vacancies.
• Seven co-opted governors who are elected by the whole governing body to widen our skills and contacts. 

Meet the Governors  

Governor Attendance Records

Governor Attendance Record 2023 - 2024
Governor Attendance Record_2024-2025

Governors Who Resigned in the Last 12 Months

Lady Rosemary Walker

Associate Member

Appointed: 12 July 2022

End Date: 3 October 2024

Register of Governor Interests

The governing body is required to publish a listing of any business interests of the governors relating to the school, details of any other educational establishments they govern and any relationships with members of the school staff including spouses, partners and relatives.