Meet the Governors

The governors are responsible for the overall direction and effective management of the school, and for providing the best possible education for the pupils, whilst acting within the framework set by legislation. The Governing Body is therefore involved in formulating and setting policies and determining strategies. Governors are not however expected to take detailed decisions about the day-to-day running of the school. The Headteacher is responsible for the internal management and organisation of the school and its staff.

Elsenham Church of England Primary School’s Governing Body has up to 13 members: four elected parent governors, one elected staff governor, one governor appointed by the local authority (LA), one governor appointed by the Diocese, one governor elected by the PCC and three governors co-opted from the schools community. The Headteacher and the Vicar also attend Governors' meetings.

The current Elsenham Church of England Primary School’s Governing Body:

Governor Register

Name	Category Of Governor	Term of Office Ends	Committee Membership	Business Interests (including financial interest or a governor at another school)
Mr Nick Yeadon (Joint Chair)	Local Authority	13.01.15 – 12.01.23	- Personnel - Resources	None declared
Mr Simon Bird (Joint Chair)	Co-opted	19.11.15 – 19.11.23	- Pay - Personnel - Resources (Chair) - Curriculum and School Improvement	Related to a member of staff
Mrs Stacey McCraith	Staff	20.09.17 – 19.09.21	- Curriculum and School Improvement	None declared
Mrs Raeesa Cooke	Parent	04.05.17 – 03.05.21	- Curriculum and School Improvement	None declared
Mrs Ruth Lucas (Vice-Chair)	Co-opted	01.04.19 – 31.03.23	- Curriculum and School Improvement - Pay (Chair) - Personnel (Chair)	Related to a member of the Elsenham PCC
Mr Chris Mason	Co-opted	09.03.17 – 08.03.21	- Resources	None declared
Mrs Corrina Mottram	Parent	08.06.18 – 08.06.22	- Curriculum and School Improvement (Chair) - Pay - Personnel	Related to a member of staff
Mrs Sharon Racey	Parent	20.02.17 – 19.02.21	- Resources	None declared
Mrs Linda Reid (Headteacher)	Staff	N/A	- Curriculum and School Improvement - Pay - Personnel - Resources	None declared
Rev Gary Townsend	Foundation Ex-Officio	N/A (Stepped down)	- Curriculum and School Improvement	None declared
Dr Elena Rodionova	Parent	08.06.18- 07.06.22	- Curriculum and School Improvement	None declared
Dr Charles Willbe	Foundation DBE, PCC appointed	22.10.18 - 22.10.22	- Resources	None declared
Dr Felicity Savage	Foundation DBE	22.03.19 - 22.03.23	- Curriculum and School Improvement	None declared
Mr Rocky Stevens	Foundation PCC	01.09.14 – 31.08.18 Term expired	- Resources (Vice-Chair)	None declared
Mr Ricky Lambourne	Parent	19.11.15 – 27.02.18 Term expired	- Resources	None declared

Governors attendance at meetings is available below:

Governor Attendance 2019 - 2020
Full Governing Body				Resources Committee

Name	17-Oct-19	28-Nov-19	25-Jun-20	Name	17-Oct-19	28-Nov-19	30-Jan-20	23-Apr-20

Simon Bird	Y	Y	Y	Simon Bird	Y	Y	Y	Y
Raeesa Cooke	A	Y	Y	Chris Mason	Y	A	Y	A
Ruth Lucas	Y	Y	Y	Sharon Racey	Y	Y	Y	Y
Chris Mason	Y	A	Y	Linda Reid	Y	Y	Y	Y
Stacey McCraith	Y	Y	Y	Charles Willbe	N/A	Y	A	Y
Corrina Mottram	Y	Y	Y	Nick Yeadon	Y	Y	Y	Y
Sharon Racey	Y	Y	A
Linda Reid	Y	Y	Y
Elena Rodionova	Y	Y	Y
Felicity Savage	Y	Y	Y
Gary Townsend	A	Y	N/A
Charles Willbe	Y	Y	Y
Nick Yeadon	Y	Y	Y

Curriculum and School				Personnel Committee
Improvement Committee

Name	06-Nov-19	27-Feb-20		Name	11-Oct-19	17-Jan-20

Simon Bird	Y	Y		Simon Bird	Y	Y
Raeesa Cooke	Y	Y		Ruth Lucas	Y	Y
Ruth Lucas	A	Y		Corrina Mottram	Y	Y
Stacey McCraith	Y	A		Linda Reid	Y	Y
Corrina Mottram	Y	Y		Nick Yeadon	Y	Y
Linda Reid	Y	Y
Elena Rodionova	Y	Y
Felicity Savage	N/A	A
Gary Townsend	Y	N/A

Pay Committee

Name	11-Oct-19
				Key:
Simon Bird	Y			Y = present
Ruth Lucas	Y			A = approved absence
Corrina Mottram	Y			O = non-approved absence
Linda Reid	Y			N/A = not a member of the Governing Body or Committee at that time