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Welcome to Millway Primary School
Being a school governor
Is very rewarding. It’s a way of helping to make sure that all our children have the very best opportunities available. This is an opportunity to put something back into your community, to make a difference.
The role of the school governor is demanding but very rewarding and is a good way to give back to your local community. School governing bodies are responsible for working with the school to ensure that it delivers a good quality education. Together with the headteacher, who is responsible for day-to-day management, they set the school's aims and policies.
What do governors do?
The governing body works with the headteacher and the staff at the school to make sure the school provides good quality education for all its pupils, and constantly strives to improve. Governors don’t need specialist skills, just an ability to listen, think through new ideas, and decide what’s best for the school as part of a team. They need to set high expectations and ask challenging questions, but are not expected to make day to day decisions about how the school is run. That’s the job of the headteacher and senior staff.
The 3 key roles of a governing body are to:
provide strategic direction for the school;
support the headteacher, but constantly look to raise standards;
ensure accountability.
This means that as a governor, you may get involved in:
deciding how the budget should be spent and ensuring good value for money; (MPS use benchmarking when deciding budgets please see link https://financial-benchmarking-and-insights-tool.education.gov.uk/school/122086
making sure the curriculum provides for and stretches all pupils;
making sure the school buildings are welcoming, safe and well used;
setting and monitoring the school’s values, aims and policies;
appointing staff and making sure the right development and reward arrangements are in place.
If you are interested in becoming a school governor please apply using the below link:
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