Federation of St Mary's and St Joseph's Joint LGB
Chair Person:
Fiona Haniak-Cockerham
Vice Chair Person:
Rachel McElhone
Ex-Officio:
Fr Damien Louden (St Josephs)
Fr Geoffrey Marlor (St Mary’s)
Foundation Governors:
Mary Bartlett
Gerard Duffy
Gemma McCabe
Rachel McElhone
Lucy McGuinness
Executive Headteacher:
Clare Baron
Head of School:
Mary Bowden (St Mary’s)
Staff Governor:
Robyn Hamilton (St Joseph’s)
Nisha Frizzel (St Mary’s)
Parent Governors:
Fiona Haniak-Cockerham
Plus 1 x Vacant
Associate Governor:
Miss S Maloney
What does the school's Governing Body do?
The Governing Body is responsible for determining, monitoring and keeping under review the broad policies, plans and procedures within which the school operates. In doing this it recognises that the Headteacher, in consultation with the staff, is responsible for the implementation of policy, the day-to-day management of the school and the organisation and delivery of the curriculum.
The governing body should:
- Ensure that the vision, ethos and strategic direction of the school are clearly defined.
- Ensure that the head teacher performs his/her responsibilities for the educational performance of the school.
- Ensure the sound, proper and effective use of the school’s financial and other resources
- Act with integrity, objectivity and honesty in the best interests of the school and not for specific children or groups
- Be open about the decisions they make and the actions they take and in particular shall be prepared to explain their decisions and actions to interested parties
Meeting Attendance
All schools have a governing body comprising of different types of governors, for example: parent-governors, teacher governors etc.
In addition to these categories, governing bodies in Catholic schools also include Foundation Governors, these Foundation Governors will always form a majority.
The main role of a governing body is to operate at a strategic level, ensuring that the Catholic vision and character of the school is upheld, holding the Head teacher and leadership team to account and overseeing the financial performance of the school.
Governors also set the budget, manage the school’s admissions criteria and are involved in the recruitment of senior leadership.
One of the ways of accounting for the work done by governors is through showing their involvement in the strategic planning of the school at various meetings throughout the year and hence the meeting attendance document in the downloads section below.