Our Governors
Our Chair of Governors is Mrs Susan Penman who can be contacted via the school office.
Our school governors make collective decisions as part of the governing board whose primary function is to help raise the educational standards and performance of a school by supporting the work of the Headteacher and staff. The governors make important decisions on how the school is run. Our governing board is answerable to our parents and the wider community.
Some of the things expected of governors include:
- Promoting high standards of achievement
- Planning the school's long-term future
- Overseeing the school's aims, values and ethos
- Setting performance measurement indicators & targets
- Monitoring the performance of the school against those standards
- Acting as a critical friend to the Headteacher
- Budgetary allocation and control
- Appointing senior staff
Spring Hill governors, like all others, govern rather than manage. They are there to give direction and focus by performing a vital strategic role. The management of a school is the responsibility of the Headteacher.
The governing board consists of the headteacher, staff governors, parent governors and co-opted governors. The governing board does not have any associate members on it.
Name |
Designation |
Term of office |
Relevant business/ finance interests |
Links |
|
Mrs Susan Penman |
Chair of Governors LA Governor |
15/6/18 -15/6/26 |
None |
SIP 6 - Leadership and Management Year 4 Child Protection and Safeguarding, Attendance, Training Link Governor |
|
Mr Carl Ellwood |
Vice Chair of Governors Co-opted Governor |
15/6/22-15/6/26 |
None |
Year 2 Health and Safety |
|
Mr Adam Johnson |
Vice Chair of Governors Co-opted Governor |
7/10/20- 710/24 |
None |
SIP 5 - Leadership and Management Year R Pupil Premium, Website, Online Safety |
|
Mrs Helen Kershaw |
Headteacher |
N/A |
None |
N/A |
|
Mrs Janet Ashworth |
Co-opted Governor |
15/3/20- 15/3/24 |
None |
SIP 7 & 8 Quality of Early Years Education Year 5 EYFS, Prevent, Children Looked After |
|
Mrs Sameena Zaman |
Co-opted Governor |
9/6/21- 9/6/25 |
None |
Educational Visits EAL |
|
Mrs Emma Gardiner |
Co-opted Governor |
15/6/22-15/6/26 |
None |
SIP 1 & 2 - Quality of Education Curriculum, Assessment, SMSC |
|
Mrs Helen Tyson |
Co-opted Governor |
30/11/23 - 30/11/27 |
None |
Year 1 SIP 4 - Personal Development Pe and Sports Premium, Inclusion (inc SEND), Wellbeing. |
|
Mrs Bayan Nakechbandi |
Parent Governor |
15/6/22-15/6/26 |
None |
SIP 3 - Behaviour and Attitudes Year 3 Behaviour |
|
Miss Sarah Gibson |
Staff Governor |
|
None |
British Values |
|
Mr Saleem Ditta |
Co-opted Governor |
30/11/23 - 30/11/27 |
None |
Year 6 |
Governors Declaration of Interest
Spring Hill Primary School Governor Declarations of Interest November 2023 Our Governors have made the following declarations in relation to their business interests. Governors are also asked to declare any potential conflicts of interest arising from any matter or agenda item discussed by the Governing Board and this is formally recorded.
The following declarations have been made by individual Governors:
Name |
Declaration of business interests |
Governor of another establishment |
Relationship with staff members |
|
Mrs Susan Penman |
Nil |
Coopted Governor- Griffin Park School, Blackburn |
Nil |
|
Mr Carl Ellwood |
Director - Accrington Stanley Community Trust |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Mr Adam Johnson |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Mrs Helen Kershaw |
Headteacher |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Mrs Janet Ashworth |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Mrs Sameena Zaman |
Learning Mentor |
Nil |
Yes |
|
Mrs Emma Gardiner |
Nil |
Headteacher Chatburn C of E Primary School |
Nil |
|
Mrs Helen Tyson |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Mrs Bayan Nakechbandi |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Miss Sarah Gibson |
Class Teacher |
Nil |
Yes |
|
Mr Saleem Ditta |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |