St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Stourbridge

St. Joseph's Local Governing Body

We are a group of people who share a commitment and enthusiasm to ensure that your children achieve the best possible education in an environment where our Catholic values are central to that aim; closely following our Mission Statement:

In following the Gospel values of Jesus, we are called to love, to learn and to respect one another.

The Local Governing Body make important decisions about many aspects of school life. The major
stakeholders are:

The children
The staff
The parents
Our Catholic community/society

The Role of a Local Governing Body Representative

Our aim is to support our school and to be objective, challenging and questioning decisions that are made to ensure that educational and financial progress is regularly reviewed against the our schools stated aims and objectives.

The Full Governing Body meet six times throughout the academic year. In addition smaller subcommittees continue to meet between 8 and 12 times a year collectively, this is to facilitate effective management of the Full Governing Body.

Our responsibilities include:

Maintaining the Catholic ethos of our school
Ensuring that the curriculum is balanced and broadly based
Monitoring appropriate targets for pupil achievement
Determining the admissions policy
Maintaining the school building and premises
Agreeing and monitoring of the financial budget
Overall responsibilities for staffing

Who are The School's Governing Body Representatives?

Foundation Governors
Are nominated by our school’s founding body: the Church and our primary role is to promote the interests of the Diocese of Birmingham, on behalf of the Archbishop, to ensure that Catholic schools live up to the purpose for which they were provided. It is a four yearly appointment in the first instance. Many of us have children at St Joseph’s.

Staff Governor
Elected by members of staff at St Joseph’s.

Parent Governors
Stand for nomination and are elected by parents.

Associate/Co-opted Governor
These Governors do not have any voting rights, but contribute to the Local Governing Body on issues relating to their area of expertise.

Clerk to the Local Governing Body
Plays a vital administrative role to ensure appropriate running of the Local Governing Body.

Name	Type of Representative
Mr J Coyne	Chair of Local Governing Body / Foundation Governor/ Safeguarding Lead
Mr M Lodge	Vice Chair / Foundation Governor
Mrs C Addis	Foundation Governor
Mrs S Hull	Foundation Governor

Father Philip Griffin	Foundation Governor
Mr R Reeve	Foundation Governor
Mr A Wilkes	Principal
Mrs D Faux-Conduit	Staff Governor
Mrs K Sargent	Parent Governor
Mrs H McCormack	Parent Govenor
Mrs J McCole	Vice Principal / Advisor

Declaration of Business Interests

It is the policy of St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School that Governors and staff not only act impartially, but are also seen to act impartially.

The Local Governing Body and school staff have a responsibility to avoid any conflict between their business and personal interests and affairs and those of the school. There is a legal duty on all our governors to declare an interest likely to lead to questions of bias when considering any item of business at a meeting, and for the representative concerned to withdraw, if necessary, whilst the matter is considered.

In order to put this duty into practice, our Local Governing Body has established a register of pecuniary interests indicating, for all Governors, Staff and the Principal, any business interests. This includes, if appropriate, the company by whom they are employed, directorships, significant shareholdings or other appointments of influence within a business or other organisation which may have dealings with the school.

They include their own interest and those of any member of their immediate family or other individuals known to them who may exert influence. The register page is signed by the Governor/Staff Member. The register enables the Local Governing Body to demonstrate that in spending public money, they do not benefit personally from decisions that they make.

No business declarations to declare.

All members serve for a four year period.

The Chair and Vice Chair are elected annually.

Name	Date of Appointment/*Re-appointment	Term of Office End Date	Stepped Down	Status	Pecuniary Intrest	Attendance 20-21	Attendance 21-22
Mrs Sarah Price	13/10/2014	12/10/2022	April 2022	Foundation	None	83%	66%
Mr John Coyne	26/04/2021*	26/04/2025		Foundation	None	100%	100%
Mr Mervyn Lodge	06/12/2022*	05/12/2026		Foundation	None	33%	84%
Mr Anthony Wilkes	01/01/2023			Ex-officio	None	100%	100%
Mrs Josephine McCole	01/09/2016			Advisor	None	66%	100%
Mrs Debbie Faux-Conduit	15/01/2019*	14/01/2023		Elected by Staff Vote	None	100%	100%
Father Desmond Devenney	28/10/2016	July 2020	July 2020	Foundation	None	50%	n/a
Mrs Catherine Addis	15/02/2022	14/02/2026		Foundation	None	n/a	66%
Mrs Samantha Hull	06/10/2021*	05/10/2025		Foundation	None	83%	66%
Mrs Nathalie Motaban	26/11/2018	25/11/2022	July 2021	Foundation	None	66%	n/a
Mr Richard Reeve	27/11/2022	26/11/2026		Foundation	None	66%	84%
Mrs Hayley McCormack	30/01/2019	30/01/2023		Elected by Parents	None	66%	50%
Mrs Kathryn Sargent	30/01/2019	30/01/2023		Elected by parents	None	50%	84%
Father Philip Griffin	07/10/2022	06/10/2026		Foundation	None	N/A	N/A