Welcome to the section of the website where you can find out more about the school’s governors, and the work that we do.
The Governing Body has an extremely important part to play in life of any school. Our Voluntary Governing body includes representatives from the Parish of St John's, Deepcar, in the Diocese of Sheffield, the Local Authority, parents of pupils and teaching staff at the school.
Governors are appointed to help:-
- Decide and monitor what is taught
Set standards of behaviour - Interview and select staff
- Decide and monitor how the school budget is set and spent
- Be involved in and monitor other areas such as Health and Safety, Premises, School Inspection and Planning, Child Protection, Special Needs and reporting to parents.
- Oversee the performance management of all staff.
Meetings of the Full Governing Body take place at least once every term but can be called as and when necessary. Governors regularly attend training sessions to help keep them up to date with changes in schools and education and to help them do their job effectively.
Governors are at the heart of how a school operates. How they do their job affects the interests of the whole school, staff morale and how the school is viewed by the wider community.
School Governors are responsible for how the school is performing and go into school to meet with the Headteacher, other members of staff and pupils to help them find out how the school is progressing towards its targets. They support and challenge the Executive Head Teacher by gathering views, asking questions and spending time in school, observing lessons. It is also important that Governors follow up on inspection reports - identifying problems and talking them in advance.
Governors carry the financial responsibilities for the upkeep
of the school building.
The work of the governing body is managed through a series of committees..Governors attend committee meetings across the year which consider aspects of Finance, Personnel and Premises, Standards Teaching and Learning, Well-Being and Safeguarding. There are also named governors with responsibility for Safeguarding, Headteacher Appraisal and Health and Safety. Many governors have a link role looking at specific areas of the school or curriculum and report to the full governing body. Full details of the roles and responsibility of the governors of St John's can be found at the bottom of this page.
All of our governors sign and adhere to the Governors Code of Conduct.
Copies of minutes of meetings can be obtained via our school office. If you feel that you need to contact one of our Governors, please do so via our school office or email chair@deepcar-st-johns.sheffield.sch.uk
If you are interested in joining the Governing Body, please visit the Sheffield School Governor Section's website here or contact Miss Jones via the school office. Thank you.
Members of the Governing Board 2018/2019
Chair:
Dr Cheryl Shaw (Foundation Governor) Email address - chair@deepcar-st-johns.sheffield.sch.uk.
Vice Chair:
Mrs Tricia Bullock (Foundation Governor)
Mrs Tricia Bullock (Foundation Governor)
Staff and LA Governors:
Louise Jones (Head Teacher)
Nicola Pearce (Staff)
Jane Lees (LA governor)
Associate and Foundation Governors:
Dr Cheryl Shaw (Foundation)
Tricia Bullock (Foundation)
Rev Hilda Isaacson (Foundation)
Trevor Bird (Foundation)
Tina Winterburn (Foundation)
Lisa Crossland (Co-opted)
Liz Pendlebury (Foundation)
Parent Governors:
Stephanie Ballantyne
Katie Bullock
John Whittaker
(In accordance with the DfE's statutory guidance, 'The constitution of governing bodies of maintained schools', August 2015.)
For details of governors' date of appointment, term of office, date they stepped down (where applicable) and who appointed them, visit the DfE Get Information on Schools webpage.
| Name | Role and Responsibility | Date Appointed | End of term Date | Business & Financial Interests | Any Pecuniary or material Interests | Governance roles in other Educational Institutions |
| Dr Cheryl Shaw | Chair of Governors Chair of Standards, Teaching & Learning Chair of Finance, Personal and Premises Head Teacher Appraisal | 20.03.2013 | 19.03.2020 | None | None | None |
| Tricia Bullock | Vice Chair of Governors Standards, Teaching and Learning Finance, Personal and Premises Link Governor - English Head Teacher Appraisal | 13.06.2012 | 07.02.2020 | None | None | None |
| Louise Jones | Headteacher | 04.09.2018 | Ex-officio by virtue of office as Headteacher | None | None | None |
| Trevor Bird | Foundation Governor | 13.06.2012 | 12.06.2020 | None | None | None |
| Reverend Hilda Isaacson | Foundation Governor Link Governor - RE & Safeguarding Standards, Teaching and Learning | 25.06.2013 | Ex-officio by virtue of office as Reverend | None | None | None |
| Tina Winterburn | Foundation Governor Finance, Personal and Premises Head Teacher Appraisal | 17.06.2015 | 18.06.2019 | None | None | None |
| Nicola Pearce | Staff Governor Link Governor - SEND | 05.03.2015 | 13.10.2023 | None | None | None |
| Lisa Crossland | Co-opt Governor Premises Link Governor - Maths | 08.11.2013 | 07.02.2022 | None | None | None |
| Jane Lees | Local Authority Governor Link Governor - PE | 14.07.2015 | 13.07.2019 | None | None | None |
| Stephanie Ballantyne | Parent Governor Link Governor - Science Standards, Teaching and Learning. | 08.06.2016 | 07.06.2020 | None | None | None |
| Katie Bullock | Parent Governor | 07.02.2019 | 06.02.2023 | None | None | None |
| John Whittaker | Parent Governor | 07.02.2019 | 06.02.2023 | None | None | None |
| Liz Pendlebury | Foundation Governor | 07.02.2019 | 06.02.2023 | None | None | None |
Meeting attendance Figures 2018/2019
| Name | Full Governor Meetings | Standards, Teaching and Learning | Finance, Personal and Premises | Date of retirement |
| Number of meetings so far this academic year | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Louise Jones | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Cheryl Shaw | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Tricia Bullock | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Trevor Bird | 0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Hilda Isaacson | 2 | 4 | N/A | |
| Tina Winterburn | 2 | N/A | 4 | |
| Nicola Pearce | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
| Lisa Crossland | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
| Jane Lees | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
| Stephanie Ballentyne | 1 | 4 | N/A | |
| Liz Pendlebury | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
| Katie Bullock | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
| John Whittaker | 0 | N/A | N/A |
Meeting Attendance Figures 2017/2018
| Name | Full Governor Meetings | Standards, Teaching and Learning | Finance, Personal and Premises | Date of retirement |
| Cheryl Shaw | 100% | 100% | 85% | |
| Tricia Bullock | 75% | 100% | 100% | |
| Trevor Bird | 0% | N/A | N/A | |
| Hilda Isaacson | 25% | 75% | N/A | |
| Tina Winterburn | 75% | N/A | 100% | |
| Nicola Pearce | 100% | N/A | N/A | |
| Lisa Crossland | 75% | N/A | N/A | |
| Jane Lees | 75% | N/A | N/A | |
| Stephanie Ballentyne | 100% | 100% | N/A | |
| Pamela Helliwell | 75% | N/A | 100% | July 2018 |
| Beverley Cordle | 75% | 100% | 100% | July 2018 |