Welcome to the Governors Page
Each school in the state system has a Governing Body. The Governing Body plays a key role in helping oversee the strategic direction of the school and works in partnership with the Head teacher and Senior Leadership Team. The overriding aim of the Governing body is to ensure the delivery of a high-quality education for all pupils in its care.
The Governing Body has the following core strategic functions:
Establishing the strategic direction, by:
- Setting and ensuring clarity of vision, values, and objectives for the school
- Agreeing the school improvement strategy with priorities and targets
- Meeting statutory duties
Ensuring accountability, by:
- Appointing the headteacher (where delegated)
- Monitoring the educational performance of the school and progress towards agreed targets
- Performance managing the headteacher (where delegated)
- Engaging with stakeholders
- Contributing to school self-evaluation
Overseeing financial performance, by:
- Setting the budget
- Monitoring spending against the budget
- Ensuring money is well spent and value for money is obtained
- Ensuring risks to the organisation are managed
At Selby Abbey CE (VC) Primary School Governing Body we have the following different types of Governor on our governing body:
Parent Governor
Elected from parents at the school by parents at the school
Local Authority (LA) Governor
Appointed by the LA
Staff Governor
Elected from staff at the school by staff at the school
Co-opted Governor
Appointed by members of the Governing Body. They are intended to be representative of the local community and may add particular kinds of expertise.
Foundation Governor
Appointed by the York Diocesan Board of Education after consultation with the Parish.
We have two committees that report back to the Full Governing Body:
- Finance, Staffing and the Environment Committee
- Curriculum, Children and Extended Services (CCES) Committee
Governing Body Information
Governing Body | Status of Governor | Term of Office |
Mrs Rachel Ray | Headteacher | Ex-Officio |
Rev. John Weetman | Chair of Governors | Officiating Minister of Selby Abbey |
Mrs Nikola Idle | Vice Chair; Chair of Finance Committee; Parent Governor | Term ends 21 November 2026 |
Mr Chido Mwayera | Nominated LA Governor | Term ends 26 November 2026 |
Mrs Susan Thomson | Foundation Governor | Term Ends 22 December 2024 |
Mrs Jacqueline Horner | Co-opted | Term ends 21 November 2026 |
Mrs Sue Blair | Co-opted | Term ends 21 September 2025 |
Vacancy | Foundation Governor | |
Mrs Sally Sullivan | Staff Governor | Term ends 28 September 2024 |
Mrs Louise Dunn | Associate Governor | Term ends 21 November 2026 |
Mr Tom Shakesby | Parent Governor | Term ends 22 January 2024 |
Mr Oliver Holliday | Parent Governor | Term ends 31 October 2025 |
Governing Body Information 2023
Governing Body Information 2022-2023
Governing Body Information 2021-2022
Governing Body Information 2020-2021
Governing Body Information 2019-2020
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