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 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 Laura Wilson

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. 

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 Adam Johnson

Nil

Nil

Nil

Mrs Laura Wilson

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

Mr Saleem Ditta

Nil

Nil

Nil

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