Welcome to our Governors’ section. 

Dinglewell Junior School’s Governing Body

On behalf of the Governors, welcome to Dinglewell Junior School. Our role is to ensure that the school meets its commitment to provide the best possible education for all of its pupils within a stimulating, secure and happy environment. We bring a wide range of skills and experience from a variety of backgrounds, supporting the school but also monitoring performance and challenging the school's leadership team to keep standards high.

The Role of the Governing Body

We will contribute most effectively in supporting the school in its aim to raise the educational achievement of all its pupils, by focusing on four roles:

• to provide a strategic view of where the school is heading.
• to act as a critical friend by providing support and advice to the school.
• to hold the school to account for the educational standards it achieves and the quality of the education it provides.
• to oversee financial performance by setting the budget, monitoring expenditure against the budget, ensuring money is well spent and is value for money, ensuring risks are managed.

Governing Body Structure

Our structure is 11 Governors in total -

• 1 Headteacher
• 1 LA Governor
• 5 Co-opted Governors (1 vacancy)
• 1 Staff Governor
• 3 Parent Governors

The Full Governing Body meets 4 times a year, the Finance & Personnel Committee meets 6 times a year, and both the Curriculum and Standards Committee and the Buildings and Premises Committee meet 3 times a year. All governors must attend the FGB meetings, and are invited to attend all Curriculum and Standards meetings. Governors sit on various committees and panels.

Details are below in Meet our Governors.

Meet our Governors

Gary Ridgway: Chair of Governors

Category: Local Authority Governor

Appointed by: Governing Body

Committees & Panels: Curriculum & Standards and Finance & Personnel

Responsibilities: Assessment and Target Setting, Safeguarding, Attendance & Looked After Children, Pupil Premium and Performance Management of Headteacher and Clerk, Governor Training & Development & Induction and GDPR, and More Able, Gifted & Talented children

Subject Monitoring Role: Maths

Term of Office: 04/12/24 - 03/12/28 (Chair from 13/09/24 - 12/09/25) (08/02/21 as Co-opted)

Date of Appointment: 08/02/17

Attendance:

• Year 24/25 - 100% (B&P - 100%, C&S - 100%, F&P - 100%, FGB - 100%)
• Year 23/24 - 100% (C&S - 100%, F&P - 100%, FGB - 100%)

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: None

Governance roles in other educational institutions: None

Stephen Giles: Vice Chair and Chair of Finance & Personnel Committee

Category: Co-opted Governor

Appointed by: Governing Body

Committees & Panels: Curriculum & Standards and Finance & Personnel and Chair of Pay Panel

Responsibilities: Curriculum Lead

Subject Monitoring Role: History and Geography

Term of Office: 23/06/21 - 22/06/25

Date of Appointment: 23/06/21

Attendance:

• Year 24/25 - 80% (C&S - 0%, F&P - 100%, FGB - 100%)
• Year 23/24 - 69% (C&S - 67%, F&P - 67%, FGB - 75%)

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: None

Governance roles in other educational institutions: None

Geraldine Brogan: Headteacher

Committees & Panels: Buildings & Premises, Curriculum & Standards and Finance & Personnel

Date of Appointment: 2016

Responsibilities: Assessment and Eco Schools & Global Learning

Attendance:

• Year 24/25 - 100% (B&P - 100%, C&S - 100%, F&P - 100%, FGB - 100%)
• Year 23/24 - 100% (B&P - 100%, C&S - 100%, F&P - 100%, FGB - 100%)

Charys Bailyes

Category: Parent Governor

Appointed by: Parent Body

Committees & Panels: Buildings & Premises and Curriculum & Standards

Responsibilities: None

Subject Monitoring Role: English, French & PE

Term of Office: 13/10/23 - 12/10/27

Date of Appointment: 13/10/23

Attendance:

• Year 24/25 - 100% (B&P - 100%, C&S - 100%, FGB - 100%)
• Year 23/24 - 100% (B&P - 100%, C&S - 100% & FGB - 100%)

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: None

Governance roles in other educational institutions: None

Carly Carslake

Category: Parent Governor

Appointed by: Parent Body

Committees & Panels: Buildings & Premises and Curriculum & Standards

Responsibilities: Health and Safety

Subject Monitoring Role: Music and Science

Term of Office: 12/10/21 - 11/10/25

Date of Appointment: 12/10/21

Attendance:

• Year 24/25 - 100% (B&P - 100%, C&S - 100%, FGB - 100%)
• Year 23/24 - 90% (B&P - 100%, C&S - 100%, FGB - 75%)

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: None

Governance roles in other educational institutions: None

Susan Davis: Chair of Buildings & Premises Committee

Category: Co-opted Governor

Appointed by: Governing Body

Committees & Panels: Buildings & Premises, Curriculum & Standards, Exclusions Panel and Finance & Personnel

Responsibilities: SEND and Performance Management of Headteacher, and Safeguarding and Looked After Children, and More Able, Gifted & Talented.

Subject Monitoring Role: None

Term of Office: 17/09/23 - 16/09/27

Date of Appointment: 17/09/1999

Attendance:

• Year 24/25 - 100% (B&P - 100%, C&S - 100%, F&P - 100%, FGB - 100%)
• Year 23/24 - 100% (B&P - 100%, C&S - 100%, F&P - 100%, FGB - 100%)

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: None

Governance roles in other educational institutions: None

Jennifer Hayward

Category: Co-opted Governor

Appointed by: Governing Body

Committees & Panels: Buildings & Premises and Curriculum & Standards

Responsibilities: None

Subject Monitoring Role: Art and DT

Term of Office: 07/12/23 - 06/12/27

Date of Appointment: 07/12/23

Attendance:

• Year 24/25 - 100% (B&P - 100%, C&S - 100%, FGB - 100%)
• Year 23/24 - 86% (B&P - 100%, C&S - 100% & FGB - 67%)

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: Staff

Governance roles in other educational institutions: None

Katherine Holland

Category: Parent Governor

Appointed by: Parent Body

Committees & Panels: Curriculum & Standards

Responsibilities: None

Subject Monitoring Role: None

Term of Office: 11/12/24 - 10/12/28

Date of Appointment: 11/12/24

Attendance:

• Year 24/25 - 0% (C&S - 0%, FGB - 0%)

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: None

Governance roles in other educational institutions: None

Laura Lyons

Category: Staff Governor

Appointed by: Staff

Committees & Panels: Curriculum & Standards

Responsibilities: None

Subject Monitoring Role: None

Term of Office: 23/09/24 - 22/09/28

Date of Appointment: 23/09/24

Attendance:

• Year 24/25 - 50% (C&S - 0%, FGB - 100%)

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: Staff

Governance roles in other educational institutions: None

Liam Moynihan: Chair of the Curriculum & Standards Committee

Category: Co-opted Governor

Appointed by: Governing Body

Committees & Panels: Curriculum & Standards and Finance & Personnel

Responsibilities: None

Subject Monitoring Role: Computing

Term of Office: 07/12/23 - 06/12/27

Date of Appointment: 07/12/23

Attendance:

• Year 24/25 - 80% (C&S - 100%, F&P - 50%, FGB - 100%)
• Year 23/24 - 56% (C&S - 0%, F&P - 50% and FGB - 100%)

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: None

Governance roles in other educational institutions: None

Miss Taryn Doolin, Clerk to the Governors was appointed 01/03/18.

Tanya Naylor, Deputy Headteacher and Sarah Ball, School Business Manager attend most meetings.

Andy Barnet, Site Manager attends Buildings & Premises Committee meetings (as required) and is the school's Health & Safety Representative.

Kate Hazell, the School's Curriculum Lead, attends the Curriculum & Standards meetings (as required).

Panels

There are a number of panels, which are outlined below:

Pay Panel

The Chair of Finance & Personnel Committee must sit on this panel, plus 2 other governors (TBA). Chair of Governors, staff governors and the Headteacher do not sit on this panel.

Exclusions Panel

Three governors (TBA) sit on this panel. Staff governors do not sit on this panel.

Appeals Panel

Three governors (TBA) sit on this panel. Chair of Governors, staff governors and the Headteacher do not sit on this panel.

Performance Management of Headteacher

Chair or Vice Chair of Governors, plus 1 experienced governor (TBA). Staff governors do not sit on this panel.

Performance Management of Clerk

This is conducted by the Chair of Governors.

Former Governors (last 12 months)

Natalie Coates

Category: Parent Governor

Appointed by: Parent Body

Date of Appointment: 22/10/20

Term ended: 21/10/24

Joanne Kingsbury-Elia

Category: LA Appointed Governor

Appointed by: Local Authority

Date of Appointment: 04/10/19 (as a Parent Governor)

Resigned: 11/07/24

Victoria Halford

Category: Staff Governor

Appointed by: Staff

Date of Appointment: 09/09/19

Resigned: 11/07/24

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Committee Meeting dates 24/25

Full Governing Board Meetings:

11/09/24

04/12/24

02/04/25

25/06/25

Building and Premises Committee Meetings:

02/10/24

21/01/25

04/06/25

Curriculum and Standards Committee Meetings:

13/11/24

12/03/25

10/07/25

Finance and Personnel Committee Meetings:

20/11/24 (moved from 06/10/24)

04/12/24 (Interim)

05/02/25

02/04/25 (Interim)

21/05/25

25/06/25 (Interim)