Governors

What we do?

Whilst Mrs Adshead manages the school day to day and is the principal professional adviser to the Governing Body (GB ) it is the GB that has responsibility for the overall management of the school.

The Governing Body:-

Determine the strategic aims and objectives of the school in accordance with all relevant legislation.
Monitor the implementation of the school plan.
Review the school policies and procedures.
Act as a critical friend providing both support and challenge.

The GB meet twice each term as a full GB and in-between times, in smaller committees focusing on:

Areas for school improvement and
The schools’ resources.

The Governing Body is made up of individuals who volunteer their services to the school; bringing their own skills, judgements, and knowledge from varying backgrounds.

Each governor also is linked to a specific curriculum subject within school.

Minutes of all our meetings can be acquired from the school office as can copies of all policies reviewed.

Every Governor has completed a declaration of pecuniary and business interests which is reviewed annually. Currently there are no interests to declare for our Governing Body members. Conflicts of interest are declared at every meeting.

Who we are:

Name	Governor Type	Specific Role	Term of Office	Register of Business/ Pecurinary Intrerests	Register of Financial Interests
Nancy Adshead	Headteacher			None	None
Siobhan Morgan	Clerk	Clerk for FGB meetings		Employee of Herts for Learning	None
Steven Miller	Co-opted Governor	Chair/ Chair of Finance Committee	23/01/22-22/01/26	None	None
Fotini Tsiatoma	Co-opted Governor		7/1/23-6/1/27	None	None
Vickie Hellyer	Co-opted Governor		1/2/24-31/1/28	Works at the school as a TA	None
Sally Phillips	Staff Governor		1/9/23-31/8/27	None	None
Lawrence Davies	LA Governor		8/11/23- 7/11/27	None	None
Caz Swanson	Parent Governor	Vice Chair/ Chair of School Improvement Committee	1/9/23- 31/8/27	Works for the Herts Music Service	None
Lauren McKowen	Parent Governor		1/9/23- 31/8/27	None	None
Rushton Bradshaw	Co-opted Governor		2/9/24- 1/9/28	None	None

For governor biographies click here .

Governors’ Meetings and Attendance List (2023-2024 and 2024-2025)

The School Governors meet at least once per term as a full governing body and then, between times, smaller committees meet, focusing on the details of specific areas. Details of the members of each committee and their attendance at meetings can be found below.

Full Governing Body

Name	Month of Meeting
	September 2023	November 2023	January 2024	March 2024	May 2024	June 2024	October 2024	January 2025
Nancy Adshead	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Steven Miller	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	Y	Y	Y
Fotini Tsiatoma	-	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	-	y
Vickie Hellyer	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	-	-
Sally Phillips	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Lawrence Davies	-	-	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	Y
Caz Swanson	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Lauren McKowen	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Rushton Bradshaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y
Helen Avey	Y	Y	Y	Y	-	-	-	-
Tony Side	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	-	-
Ed Hawker	Y	-	Y	Y	Y	-	-	-

Reasorces Committee

Name	Month of Meeting
	May 2023	November 2023	May 2024	November 2024
Nancy Adshead	-	-	Y	Y
Steven Miller	Y	Y	Y	Y
Fotini Tsiatoma	Y	Y	Y	-
Lawrence Davies	-	-	Y	Y
Rushton Bradshaw	-	-	-	Y
Helen Avey	Y	Y	-	-
Tony Side	Y	Y	Y	-
Ed Hawker	-	-	Y	-

School Improvement

Name	June 2023	October 2023	February 2024	June 2024	November 2024

Nancy Adshead	-	-	-	Y	Y
Steven Miller	Y	Y	-	-	-
Vickie Hellyer	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Sally Phillips	-	Y	Y	Y	Y
Caz Swanson	-	Y	Y	Y	Y
Lauren McKowen	-	Y	Y	Y	Y
Rushton Bradshaw	-	-	-	-	-
Helen Avey	Y	Y	Y	-	-
Tony Side	Y	-	Y	Y	Y

How to contact us:

Being part of the Governing Body at Highbury Infant School is a very rewarding role. We are always eager to further our communication with our children, parents and community. Please take a look at our newsletters below.

If you would like more information about becoming a school governor, or have matters that you wish to raise with the GB, please contact us through the school office or by emailing governors@highbury.herts.sch.uk

Governing Body attendance at meetings click here

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