Governors

The Governing Board of Beech Grove Primary School has the following core, strategic functions:

1). Establishing the strategic direction, by:

Setting and ensuring clarity of vision, values, and objectives for the school
Agreeing the school improvement strategy with priorities and targets
Meeting statutory duties

2). Ensuring accountability, by:

Appointing the headteacher
Monitoring the educational performance of the school and progress towards agreed targets
Performance managing the headteacher
Engaging with stakeholders
Contributing to school self-evaluation

3). Overseeing financial performance, by:

Setting the budget
Monitoring spending against the budget
Ensuring money is well spent and value for money is obtained
Ensuring risks to the organisation are managed

Governors usually serve a four-year term on the Governing Board. The role of Governors is now far reaching with wide-ranging responsibilities. In 2021, the Full Governing Board (FGB) decided to form a Finance Committee to further strengthen its commitment to financial oversight as shown in 3). above.

The school employs a Clerk to the Governors to keep accurate minutes of all discussions and to advise the Board of their statutory responsibilities.

A copy of all FGB meeting minutes are available from the school office.

Please see below, the statutory information regarding the Board of Governors: