Governing Body
What do the Board of Governors do?
School governors make collective decisions as part of the governing body whose primary function is to help raise the educational standards and performance of a school by supporting the work of the head teacher and staff. Governors make important decisions on how a school will be run. The governing body is answerable to parents and the wider community.
Some of the things expected of governors include:
- Promoting high standards of achievement Setting the school's aims, values and ethos
- Budgetary allocation and control planning the school's long-term future
- Appointing staff
Our school is a community school which aims to ensure that every child gets the best possible start in life, receives an excellent education and has the support and protection they and their families need to allow them to fulfil their potential.
Every year we ask parents & carers to complete the Parental Questionnaire. The responses that you send back to us are really important because they help us to decide on the future aims, objectives and direction of the school. Thank you to those who completed the questionnaire this year. We hope that next year even more of you will complete it because your views are very important to us.
All Governors are volunteers and at our school we have four types of Governor:
1: Parent Governors- Parent Governors are elected by the parents of children at the school.
2: Staff Governors - Staff Governors are elected by the staff at the school.
3: Co-opted Governors
4: Local Authority Governors are appointed by the Governing Body.
All of our Governors have special areas of expertise or interest, and so responsibilities are allocated with this in mind.
A welcome from Mrs Symcox (chair of governors)
My name is Kim, and as Chair, I would like to extend a warm welcome on behalf of the Board of Governors. Britannia School prides itself on being a community school in which children are encouraged to believe in themselves, inspire each other and strive to succeed in all areas of life. As a parent governor, I can personally vouch for the wonderful, enriching environment our school offers to the children and the friendly, caring nature of its staff.
Our governors come from all walks of life within your community, and bring different skill sets enabling us to strategically support and challenge the leadership team. We aim to ensure all areas of school improvement are meeting every child’s needs and the children are receiving the best possible education in a safe and nurturing environment.
A recent Ofsted inspection resulted in a Good outcome, with the inspector noting “pupils feel valued and well cared for” and “leaders have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour and achievement”. As such I am extremely proud to be part of such a wonderful school and am certain my fellow Governors feel the same way.
If you see me, or any of the other governors at a school event, please do say hello. I can also be contacted at [email protected]. Being a Governor is a very fulfilling and rewarding role, so I would encourage anyone from our community to get in touch if you would like to further support our school. And keep an eye out for Parent Governor elections!