Tel: 015394 36354 Email: admin@hawkshead.cumbria.sch.uk
Hawkshead Primary School, Main St, Hawkshead, Cumbria LA22 0NT
Tel: 015394 36354 Email: admin@hawkshead.cumbria.sch.uk
Hawkshead Primary School, Main St, Hawkshead, Cumbria LA22 0NT
Hawkshead Primary School
Main St, Hawkshead,
Cumbria LA22 0NT
The main role of the governors is one of monitoring and evaluation to support the head and her staff.
We help them to set and reach targets and to strive for excellence across the whole spectrum of school life.
We have a legal responsibility to:
Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School Instrument of Government states we require
1 Head Teacher
1 Staff Governor
1 Local Authority Governor
2 Parent Governors
5 Co-opted Governors
The Governing Body has the power to delegate certain of its duties to appointed committees. The structure and membership of these committees is agreed by the Governing Body.
The committees are responsible for doing the majority of the leg work of the Governing Body. Each committee is run by a Chair and The Head Teacher sits on each of the committees.
Meetings are minuted so that their business and any decisions reached can be fed back in detail to the following meeting of the full Governing Body. Committee meetings are quorate when 3 Governors (which can include the Head Teacher) are in attendance. Minutes of Governing Body meetings are available to view in the School office.
Currently our Governing Body meets in full once a term.
These committees are as follows:-
Staffing and Finance | Mike Derry
Carol Sharp Elizabeth Luscombe Carol Lewis Vacancy |
Premises, Health and Safety | Mike Derry
Carol Sharp Chris Brammall Claire McKeever Vacancy |
Mr M Derry – LA Governor – Chair – Staffing and Finance – appointed by the Governing Body
Mrs E Luscombe – Parent – Staffing and Finance – elected by parents
Mrs Carol Lewis – Co -Opted Governor – Staffing and Finance – appointed by the Governing Body
Vacancy – Co-opted – appointed by the Governing Body
Mr C Brammall – Co-opted – Premises, Health and Safety – appointed by the Governing Body
Mrs C McKeever – Parent – Premises, Health and Safety – elected by parents
Vacancy – Co-opted – appointed by the Governing Body
Mrs C Sharp – Head Teacher – ex-officio
Mrs P Bowen – Staff Governor – elected by staff
LA Vacancy – appointed by the Governing Body
Mrs S Taylor – Clerk to Governors
Click here to view a downloadable PDF of the Composition of the Governing Body.
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Tel: 015394 36354 | Email: head@hawkshead.cumbria.sch.uk or admin@hawkshead.cumbria.sch.uk
Hawkshead Primary School, Main St, Hawkshead, Cumbria LA22 0NT