Welcome to our Governors page.

The Board of Governors at Leedon is made up of representatives from the local authority, parents, staff and the local community. The governors are all volunteers and meet approximately five times a year. 

The governors have three core functions:

• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.
• Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils and the performance management of staff.
• Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure money is well spent.

As well as meeting regularly, governors visit the school throughout the year to talk to pupils, staff and parents. This helps them monitor and evaluate what is happening in the school, as well as understanding future development goals. 

In addition to full governors meetings, there are two sub-committees. 

The Standards committee monitors progress, assessment and achievement throughout the school, as well as ensuring that the special educational needs of children are met. 

The Finance & General Purposes committee (F&GP) considers issues relating to finance, personnel and pay, health and safety, the school premises, and resources in general.

Both committees report back regularly to the full governing body.

In addition, many of the governors are linked to an individual subject or area of school life. They focus on finding out more about these areas throughout the year, and again report back their learnings to the full governing body. 

	Name	Governor type	Term of office	Appointed by	Committee & link roles
	Nicola McIntyre	Parent	25/03/21 - 25/03/25	Board	- Board Chair - F&GP - Standards - Pupil Premium link
	Clive Cornelius	Parent	25/03/21 - 25/03/25	Board	- Board Vice Chair - F&GP - Maths link
	Sarah Arkle	Parent	19/09/19 - 19/09/23	Board	- Standards - Wellbeing link - Science link
	Cllr Amanda Dodwell	Local Authority	01/09/13 - 01/09/21	Board	- Standards - English link
	Trevor Dyson	Co-opted	04/02/21 - 04/02/25	Board	- F&GP Chair - H&S link
	Mike Fardell	Parent	19/09/19 - 19/09/23	Board	- F&GP - IT link - Website Compliance
	Vicky Garwood	Staff	03/12/20 - 03/12/21	Staff	- Standards - Board development link
	Colette Goring-Farrow	Co-opted	24/09/20 - 24/09/24	Board	- Standards Safeguarding link
	Jenny Holding	Parent	03/12/20 - 03/12/24	Board	- Standards chair - Early Years link
	James Pegg	Co-opted	19/09/19 - 19/09/23	Board	- Standards - Inclusion/ SEND link
	George Reardon	Parent	25/03/21 - 25/03/25	Board	- F&GP
	Jo Shelley	Parent	25/03/21 - 25/03/25	Board	- Standards
	Richard Benson	Head	Ongoing	Ex-officio	- Standards - F&GP

The term of office is 4 years.

Contacting us
If you would like to contact the Chair of Governors or a member of our governing body, please email: leedon@leedonlowerschool.co.uk

Please write "For the attention of the Chair of Governors " in the subject header, and this will be forwarded on. 

Alternatively you can write to the Chair of Governors at the school address.