Governance
The Board of Governors has a membership of fourteen committed professional volunteers (including those with a background in education, human resources and finance, church representation and parents).
The Governing Body has corporate powers. Individual governors have no powers on their own. The Governing Body is appointed in accordance of the Instrument of Governance and must uphold the Trust Deed of the Foundation that underpins this Church School.
The governors have a Governors Handbook that explains in detail the processes and procedures governors follow (available from the Documents section of this website.
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Board Pen Portaits
Mrs Ann Elphick: Chair of Governors, Chair of Chairs Committee. Ann is a senior lecturer in education, supervising masters studies at Chester University. With many years in education at secondary and university level, Ann brings a strategic guide to the work of the board. Ann attends and contributes to our pupils' School Parliament half termly.
Mr David Littlewood: Vice Chair of Governors, Chair of Staffing Committee. David is an ex-headteacher of a successful Warrington primary church school. With significant experience in being a governor and trustee of a non-church multi-academy trust. David is our SEND Governor and Governor for our STEM Curriculum Committee.
Mrs Elizabeth Shone: Safeguarding Governor, Chair of Admissions Committee. Beth is a magistrate on the North bench. She previously worked in the Safeguarding Conference Unit for Child Protection in Warrington. She is our Safeguarding Governor.
Mr Rob Gibson: Chair of Curriculum. Rob is a co-opted governor and deputy headteacher at a Warrington academy. He brings significant experience in curriculum development
Rev Philippa Shaw: Philippa is a foundation governor and also ex-officio as the vicar of St Margaret's and All Hallows. Philippa has a background in education and was a previous teacher. She also is the incumbent over St Andrew's Church. Phillippa leads a Eucharist service in school usually fortnightly.
Mr Chris Babington: Chris is a Parent Governor with experience in business management. He brings financial management skills as well as scrutiny in contracts and best value. Chris has two children at the school.
Mrs Sarah Ellis: Sarah has exprience of governance in more than one school, bringing a combination of education and business backgrounds to the board.
Mrs Gloria Warburton : Gloria has been a long standing member of our Governing Board. She brings experience of nursery education as well as knowledge of the parish community. Gloria is our Governor on the Collective Worship and Humanities Curriculum Team.
Mrs Joanne Hewson: Jo is a headteacher of a large primary academy. Jo brings considerable experience in school strategic management. Jo is our Governor on the Sports, Arts and Wellbeing Curriculum Team.
Miss Chloe Allen: Chloe is a Year 5 Teacher and also is our Computing Subject Leader.
Dr Carsten Kressell: Carsten is an associate governor and a National Leader of Governance. He is a clerk to many governiong bodies and a company secretary to a multi-academy trust. Carsten brings experience and knowledge in school governance.
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Board Organisation
They meet as a full Board at least 3 times a year. To be efficient, groups of governors meet as committees under Terms of Reference. Four committees regularly meet termly.
To ensure that the full board is strategically and efficiently organised the chairs of each committee meet as a Chairs' Committee at least termly before the termly full board and the cycle of termly committee meetings.
The most frequent committees that meet are:
Chairs' Committee, Ethos and Curriculum Committee, Resources Committees (Staffing Committee, Environment Committee, and Finance Committee)
If you wish to contact the Chair of Governors or a chair of a committee, all enquiries should be made through Mrs McGuinness, the Clerk to Committees c/o the school (
The Clerk to Governors is Mrs Alyson Wells of Warrington Borough Council's Governance & Advisory Team. She can be contacted on
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Pecuniary Business Interests
A pecuniary interest is where an individual may benefit from an association or transaction undertaken by the school.
A list of pecuniary interests for governors is available here: Governor's Pecuniary Business Interests
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Board Committee Structure & Membership
Schools should publish the membership of committees. Here is the membership chart of our committees.
Governor Committees Membership Chart
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Board Attendance
Schools should publish the attendance record of each governor at full governing body and committee meetings over the last academic year. Here is the attendance for our governing board for the last academic year.
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Board Website Requirements
The school must publish up to date:
- details of the structure and responsibilities of the governing body and its committees
- information about each governor, including their:
- full name, date of appointment, term of office, date they stepped down (where applicable) and who appointed them (in accordance with the governing body’s instrument of government)
- business and financial interests
- governance roles in other educational institutions
- any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff (including spouses, partners and close relatives)
- attendance record at governing body and committee meetings over the last academic year
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Board Business is facilitated through our Governor Hub
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