Governing Body | St Joseph's Catholic Junior School

The Governing Body of The Federated Schools of St Joseph’s Catholic Infants and St Joseph’s Catholic Juniors 2022

The Role of the Governing Body

A school’s governing body is a corporate body. This means it has a legal duties, powers and responsibilities. Governors can only act together, they cannot act individually. The governing body is responsible for the conduct of its school, and must promote high standards of educational achievement at the school. It is the school’s accountable body and as such:

helps the school to set high standards by planning for the school’s future and setting targets for school improvement
is involved in the school improvement
is a critical friend to the school, offering support and advice
helps the school respond to the needs of parents and the community
makes the school accountable to the public for what it does
works with the school on planning, developing policies and keeping the school under review
exercises its responsibilities and powers in partnership with the Head teacher and staff

Governor	Category	Appointed by	Term of Office
Mrs Nicola Brunton(Chair )	Foundation	Diocese	01/01/21 – 31/12/24
Father Gerry Ezekwere (Parish Priest)	Foundation	Diocese	01/01/21- 31/12/24
Ms Anna Maga	Foundation	Diocese	21/02/2022-21/02/26

Ms Vernessa Dornelly	Foundation	Diocese	09/03/2022-08/03/26
Mr Christian Ocloo (Co-Vice Chair )	LA	LA	14/01/21 – 13/01/25
Ms Linda Forbes	Parent	elected by parents	01/01/21 – 31/12/24
Ms Ewa Dolega	Parent	elected by parents	21/02/2022-20/02/26

Ms Maria Carmody	Staff	elected by staff	07/01/21 – 06/01/25
Mrs Merryl D’Souza	Head teacher	Automatically serves	For term as head teacher

There are currently 4 vacancies on the Governing Body:

1 parent governor

1 cop opted governor

2 foundation governors.

As well as serving on the full Governing Body, all governors serve on the 2 committees for Children and Learning and Finance and Resources. These committees meet each term and make recommendations to the full Governing Body. All governors have full voting rights on these committees. Other committees to deal with areas such as pay, disciplinary, grievances or parental complaints are formed from at least 3 governors when required. The head teacher would not normally be part of any such committees but can be asked to advise on matters if required.

All governors have to declare relevant business interest, details of other educational establishments that they govern or any relationships between themselves and members of the school.