Governors

Please find below details on our school governing body and information about our experienced group of governors.

Governing Body:

The governors of Turton & Edgworth C.E./Methodist Primary School take pride in supporting the staff and children under the leadership of Mr Wheatley and the senior leadership team.

The Governing Body is comprised of the Headteacher and governors who are appointed to represent The Dioceses of Manchester, The Methodist Church and the Local Authority. We have one Staff and five Parent Governors who are appointed for 4 year terms and all parents are given the opportunity to participle in nominating and voting in parental elections.

The Governing Body holds the right to appoint Associate Governors based on their desirable skill set at the time. They serve a period of 1 year and have delegated voting rights for the committee they are on.

The Governing Body meets at least once every term and has established a number of sub-committees which meet regularly to address issues delegated to them. We are fortunate to have a wide variety of expertise within our governor team. We draw on the expertise of each member to ensure that our team is as strong as it can be.

On 18 March 2016 the School Governance Constitution Regulations 2012 was amended so that all serving governors in maintained schools will be required to have an enhanced criminal records certificate (ECRC). This means that, by 1 September 2016, all serving governors must have an enhanced CRC and, from April 1 2016, governing bodies must have applied for an ECRC within 21 days of the election or appointment of a new governor. We can confirm that all governors at Turton & Edgworth CE/Methodist Primary School have had this completed.

Our main committees are Finance & Personnel, Curriculum & Learning and Staff Pay.

Our Chair of Governors is Jeff Newman. Acting Chair of Governors is Daniella Thompson

Our Vice-Chair of Governors is Scott Crookes

Our Safeguarding Governor is Stacey Painter

all of whom can be contacted via the main school office on 01204 852932 or by email at [email protected]

Our governors examine all aspects of school life with due diligence and are always pleased to hear from parents with views, questions and issues. Please feel free to contact them via school. Attendance figures reported below are for the year 2023 - 2024. Attendance data will be updated at the start of every academic year.

Our Governing Body

Category	Appointed by	Name	Term of Office	FGB Attendance for 2023-24	Committee	Committee Attendance for 2023-24	Business & Financial Interest	Subject Link Governor
Foundation Governor	Church of England	Vacancy
Foundation Governor	Church of England	Lindsay Farnworth	Start 21.02.24 - 21.02.28	2/3	Curriculum	0/1		Phonics
Foundation Governor	Methodist Church	Glen Atkinson	Start 14.09.23 - 14.09.27	2/3	Finance	1/1	Methodist Church	R.E.
Foundation Governor	Methodist Church	Rev Chris Pritchard		1/3				History
Local Authority Governor	Local Authority/Governing Body	Paul Wilde (Chair of Finance Committee)	Start 09.12.19 - 09.12.23 & 09.12.23 - 09.12.27	3/3	Finance - Chair	3/3	None	P.E. D.T
Headteacher	Ex Officio	Craig Wheatley	Start 01.01.18	3/3	Curriculum Finance	3/3 3/3	None
Staff Governor	Staff	Angela Brierley	Start 21.06.22 to 21.06.26	2/3	Curriculum	3/3	None
Parent Governor	Parents	Stacey Painter	Start 09.12.19 to 09.12.23 & 09.12.23 - 09.12.27	3/3	Curriculum Safeguarding Gov SEND Gov CIOC & PP Gov	1/3	Stacey Painter Wellbeing - Holistic Therapist Social Work England	Safeguarding PSHE SEND Wellbeing Governor for families
Parent Governor	Parents	Chris Miller	Start 22.11.21 to 22.11.25	3/3	Finance	3/3	None	Computing
Parent Governor	Parents	Aimee Robinson	Start 26.09.22 to 26.09.26	3/3	Curriculum	2/3	None	Attendance Art Governor Training
Parent Governor	Parents	Elinor Whitlock	Start 04.12.23 to 04.12.27	1/3	Curriculum	2/3	None	Spanish EYFS
Parent Governor	Parents	Scott Crookes (Vice-Chair)	Start 22.11.21 to 22.11.25	3/3	Finance	3/3	None	Maths
Co-Opted Governor	Governing Body	Jeff Newman Chair of Governors (Chair of Curriculum & Learning Committee)	Start 03.10.11 to 03.10.15 & 03.10.15 - 03.10.19 & 03.10.19 to 03.10.23 & 03.10.23 to 03.10.27	1/3		2/3	None	Music Staff wellbeing Governor
Co-Opted Governor	Governing Body	Daniella Thompson	Start 10.12.18 - 10.12.22 & 10.12.22 - 10.12.26	3/3	Finance	2/3	None	English
Co-Opted Governor	Governing Body	Jane Morris (Chair of Staff Pay Committee)	Start 17.12.12 - 07.10.16 & 07.10.16 - 07.10.20 & 07.10.20 - 07.10.24 & 07.10.24 to 07.10.28	3/3	Finance	3/3	None	Geography
Co-Opted Governor	Governing Body	Julian Clissold	Start 12.07.12 - 12.07.16 & after reconstitution 01.06.15 - 01.06.19 & 01.06.19 - 01.06.23 & 01.06.27	3/3	Curriculum	3/3	Runs the school chess club	Science
Associate Governor	Governing Body	Sarah Murphy	Original Start 13.11.18 - 31.08.25	2/3	Voting rights on Finance	3/3	None
Associate Governor	Governing Body	Vicky Carr	Original Start 01.01.19 - 31.08.25	3/3	Voting rights on Curriculum	2/3	None

Governors who have stepped down in the last 12 months:

Category	Appointed By	Name	Term of Office	FGB Attendance for 2023-24	Committee	Committee Attendance for 2023-24	Business & Financial Interest
Parent Governor	Parents	Joanne Wolfendale	Start 09.12.19 to 09.12.23	1/3	Finance	1/3	None
Foundation Governor	Church of England	Barbara Kenny	Start 23.11.17 -16.01.24	1/3	Chair of Governors Curriculum		Trustee of St. Anne's PCC
Foundation Governor	Church of England	Revd. Canon Peter Reiss	Ex Officio start 03.09.19 to 22.02.24	0/3	Finance	0/3	Trustee of St. Anne's PCC
Foundation Governor	Methodist Church	Alison McGarel	Start 16.04.20 - 16.04.24	2/3	Curriculum	2/3	Trustee of Learn Uncle Charity Bolton Choral Union

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