Meet the School Governors

Beechwood Primary School Governing Board

                                 Chair Amanda Casey                                     Vice Chair  Barbara Mulroy                                   

    The constitution of the governing board is:

• Headteacher  
• 1 Local Authority (LA) governor, recommended by the LA and approved by the governing board
• 2 parent governors, formally elected through a ballot of parents unless the election is uncontested
• 4 co-opted governors, nominated and appointed by the governing board
• 1 staff governor, formally elected by staff employed at school
• 2 foundation governors, appointed by the foundation (usually for church schools or trusts)
• 1 associate members, appointed by the governing board (can not vote in committee meetings)

    The governing board operates with the following committees:

• Resources committee - responsible for staffing including the appointment and role of the SENCO, equality and diversity, finance, property management, health and safety and nutritional standards.

        Committee chair: Natalie Emsley                         

• Teaching and learning committee  - responsible for teaching and learning matters including target setting, standards and achievement, SEN (including reporting annually on the success of the SEN policy),  monitoring teaching and learning and curriculum provision and ensuring that the governing board is represented at school improvement discussions. Committee chair: Barbara Mulroy                      

• Pupil support - responsible for behaviour, safeguarding, attendance, children’s spiritual moral social and cultural development, children, parent and staff voice, extra-curricular activities, cluster and other partnerships.

  Committee chair Amanda Casey                                    

• Pay Review committee – responsible for ensuring the implementation of the school Pay Policy and Teacher Appraisal Policy.

• Pay Appeal committee – responsible for hearing pay appeals and ensuring a fair and proper process has been followed.

Current and recent (in the last 12 months) governors and business/other interests declared are provided in the table below.  Governors and associate members, if appointed, are reminded that they should declare any changes as and when they occur.

The following is an attendance record for individual governors at meetings of the full governing board and committees.

Beechwood Primary School Governing Board

Attendance List: 2024/25

Y - in attendance

N - not in attendance and no apologies received/accepted

A - apologies received and accepted

X - not in post/not a member

Governors Left in last 12 months:

• Julie Shaw left Spring 2025
• Rachel Forster left Spring 2025
• Susan Wilson Summer 2025

How to become a School Governor.