Our Governing Body

Our Governoring Body

Butterknowle School Governors work closely with our Head Teacher – Mrs Clare Carr, all school staff, children, parents and representatives from the local authority (LA). The purpose of the Governing Body is to conduct the school with a view to promoting high standards of educational achievement. Its three core strategic functions are:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff; and
Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

How to contact your school governors

If you want to contact school governors please contact the school office on 01388 718369 or email butterknowle@durhamlearning.net

How to become a school governor

If you require further information on the roles and responsibilities of School Governors or you are interested in becoming one, visit the Durham County Council website School Governor section.

Statutory Guidance for Governing Bodies

Butterknowle Primary School adhere to the statutory guidance from the Department of Education. This means that governing bodies must have regard to it when carrying out duties relating to the constitution of governing bodies in maintained schools. For further information please view or download the documents below.

Meet our Governing Body

The Chair of the Governing Body is Mr Paul Tennick who can be contacted via the school. School & Governor Support Service, Education Department, County Hall, Durham DH1 5UJ provide our clerking services.

Governor Committee Structure

For further information about our roles and responsibilities, please click on each individual name.

Name	Representing	Committee	Term of Office	Responsibilities
Mrs Clare Carr	Head Teacher	Curriculum & Standards, Finance, Premises & Staffing	01/01/2019-	Head Teacher
Mr Paul Tennick	Chair of Governors	Finance, Premises & Staffing, First/Pay Review	10/11/2020-13/10/2023	Chair of Governors SIP 1: Leadership and Management
Ms Kimberley Batey	Parent Governor	Appeals, Pupil Discipline, Curriculum & Standards	24/11/2020-23/11/2024	Early Years Foundation Stage SIP2: Teaching, Learning, Assessment and Outcomes SIP 4: EYFS
Mrs S Jeanette Newell - Vice Chair	Co-opted Governor	Curriculum & Standards, Finance, Premises & Staffing, First/Pay Review, Pupil Discipline	29/09/2017-28/09/2021	Chair of Personnel & Discipline Committee Link Governor SIP 3: Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare
Cllr Heather Smith	LA Governor	Curriculum & Standards, First/Pay Review	12/11/2020-11/11/2024	Chair of Appeals Committee SIP 3: Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare
Mrs Rachel Harmer	Staff Governor	Curriculum & Standards, Finance, Premises & Staffing	02/03/2020-01/03/2024	Deputy Head teacher
Lloyd Evans	Co-opted Governor	Curriculum & Standards, Appeals	19/03/2019- 18/03/23
Mrs Hayley Robinson	Co-opted Governor		24/10/2019-23/10/2023
Miss Lindsay Alderson	Parent Governor		06/05/2021-05/05/2025

Governors Attendance

Schools are required to display a record of Governor attendance at meetings for each school academic year.

KEY
✓ – Attended meeting
A/A – Apologies sent and accepted by meeting
N – Did not attend
X – Not a member of the committee
NA – Not appointed or term of office has ended

Record of Governor Attendance 2021-2022

Name	Curriculum Meeting 18/10/21	Finance & Premises Meeting 18/10/21	Pay Review Meeting 19/11/21
Mrs C Carr	✓	✓	✓
Mr Paul Tennick	X	✓	✓
Ms K Batey	N	X	X
Mrs S J Newell	✓	✓	✓
Cllr H Smith	✓	X	✓
Rev. L Evans	X	✓	X
Mrs R. Harmer	✓	✓	X
Mrs H Robinson	X	X	X
Miss Lindsay Alderson	X	AA	X

Archived Attendance
You can also view previous years attendance on our website.

Committee Terms of Reference

We will be updating this section as soon as possible.

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