Byerley Park Primary School

Governing Body

Governors work closely with headteachers, school staff and representatives from the local authority (LA).

Governor Committee Structure

Name

Representing

Term of Office

Committee

Responsibilities &
(
Subject Team)
Register of
Interests
Relationship to
Staff

Mrs J Mawson (Chair)

 

 

 

 

Co-opted

 

 

 

 

18/11/21 -
17/11/25






Curriculum & Standards
Finance, Premises & Staffing (Chair)
First / Pay Review
Pupil Discipline
Headteachers Perf Review
Pupil Premium
English













None







Mrs J Allison




Co-opted




23/05/22 - 22/05/26



Curriculum & Standards
Finance, Premises & Staffing
Appeals
Catch-up Premium
Geography
History
RE
Sports Premium
None




Mrs S James (Vice-Chair)





Co-opted






05/12/20 -
04/12/24





Finance, Premises & Staffing (Chair)
First Pay Review
Pupil Discipline
Head Teacher's Performance Review
Private Fund Audit
PTA Fund Audit
Behaviour




Parent of children in school
PTA Fund Audit
School Fund Audit



None






Mrs H Latta



Co-opted



14/10/20 -
13/10/24


Curriculum & Standards
Online Safety
First / Pay Review
Computing



Parent of children in school


None



Mrs K Wimbury



Co-opted



21/03/21 -
20/03/25


Curriculum & Standards
Finance, Premises & Staffing
Safeguarding
SEND
EYFS
Training



None



Mrs R Pattison





Staff
Headteacher




01/01/2021 -
ongoing




Finance, Premises and Staffing
Curriculum and Standards
First/Pay Review
Pupil Discipline
None





Mr J Everson


Staff
Deputy Head Teacher
12/04/21 -
11/04/25

Curriculum and Standards

None


Mrs R Vickers


Local
Authority

24/5/24 - 23/5/28

Curriculum and Standards

PE

PSHE and RSE
Art

Parent of children in school






Mr M Thompson


Parent



19/6/24 - 18/6/28



Attendance Parent of children in school


None


Mr A Firth

Parent

9/3/23 - 8/3/27

Finance, Premises and Staffing Maths

Parents of children in school None

Miss L Forkin

Co-opted

14/10/22 - 13/10/26

Curriculum and Standards English

  None

Mr P Foster



Parent



10/3/23 - 9/3/27

Curriculum and Standards
Finance, Premises and Staffing
Music
History


Parents of children in school


 
 

Recent Resignations:  Mr Alan Jordan (07/05/24), Miss Rachel Bennett (02/05/24), Mr. Harold Howe (03/03/22), Mr Chris Kerr, (18/03/22), Mr John Moffatt (07/09/22), Mrs Donna Wright (10/09/22)

 

How To Become A School Governor

If you require further information on the roles and responsibilities of School Governors or you are interested in becoming one, visit the Durham County Council website School Governor section.

 

Statutory Guidance for Governing Bodies

Byerley Park Primary School adhere to the statutory guidance from the Department for Education. This means that governing bodies must have regard to it when carrying out duties relating to the constitution of governing bodies in maintained schools. For further information please view or download the documents below:

Governor Attendance

Schools are required to display a record of Governor attendance at meetings for each school academic year.

KEY
✓   – Attended meeting
A/A   – Apologies sent and accepted by meeting
N   – Did not attend
n/a  – Not a member of the committee

 

Record of Attendance 2023-2024​​

Archived Attendance

You can also view previous years attendance on our website.

 

Committee Terms of Reference

Committee Terms of Reference 2021 (download)

 

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