The Governing Body of Elm School is a group of 17 individuals who collectively have overall responsibility for running the school. They represent different groups from within our community. The groups represented are the Local Authority, the Church, Parents, and Staff from the school. The Governors also have the power to co-opt 2 individuals as community governors. Each governor has equal status.

The governors work predominantly through 3 committees, the School Development Plan committee, the Curriculum committee and the Resources committee which meet around 4 times each per year. These committees report to the full governing body which meets twice a term.  As a group the governors have overall responsibility for all aspects of the school, including appointments, all staff matters, the budget, taking an overview of the curriculum and everything else related to the successful education of our children. They are helped in this task by the professional advice of the local authority, Mrs Jobson, who acts as Clerk to the Governors, and the staff of the school. If you would like more information about becoming a parent governor, please contact Mrs. Jobson or Mrs. McCallum.


ELECTION OF PARENT GOVERNORS

Six members of our Governing Body are parents of children at our school. They are elected by parents and serve a four year term of office. Notice of elections is given at the appropriate time and all parents are invited to stand and take part in the election.

The governing body consists of people who contribute their time and expertise on a voluntary basis. To enable potential new governors to appreciate the level of commitment expected, the governing body has listed below the generally expected minimum commitments.

Governors should within reason be prepared to:

• Attend each of the full governing body meetings.
  
• Read all documentation distributed prior to a meeting.
  
• Become a member and attend at least one committee.
  
• Attend one training session per year.
  
• Attend the new governor induction training within their first full year.