John Clare School Governing Body Responsibilities 2016-17

Name of governor	Governor Category, appointing body, and dates of office	Committee membership and individual responsibilities
Mrs Alison Ayres	Parent Governor	Strategic Development Committee
	Elected by parents from 01.09.16	Virtual Policy Group
	Four year term of office ends 31.08.20	Governor with link responsibility for school development plan priority leadership and management
	Staff Governor	Strategic Development Committee
Mrs Helen Bacon	Elected by staff 15.09.15
	Four year term of office ends on
	14.09.19
	Local Authority	Resources Committee
Mr Robert Bennett	Appointed by the Local Authority	Virtual Policy Group
	Current four year term of office ends on 30.01.18	Head Teacher’s Performance Review Panel
	(Originally elected as a parent governor 1996)	Appeals Panel
		Pupil Discipline Panel
		Governor with link responsibility for gifted and talented pupils
	Co-opted Governor	Strategic Development Committee (Chair)
Mr Alastair Bradley	Appointed by the Governing Body	Virtual Policy Group (Chair)
	Current four year term of office ends on 13.05.18	Head Teacher’s Performance Review Panel
	(Originally elected as a community governor March 1995)	Staff Discipline Panel
		Pupil Discipline Panel
		Governor with link responsibility for community liaison
	Parent Governor	Resources Committee
Mr John Hinch	Elected by parents 20.09.13	Governor with link responsibility for equality and diversity
	Four year term of office ends on 19.09.17	and school development plan priority achievement of pupils
Mr Nick Jones	Co-opted Governor	Vice Chair of Governors
	Appointed by the Governing Body	Resources Committee
	24.09.14	Head Teacher’s Performance Review Panel
	Current four year term of office ends on 23.09.18	Appeals Panel
	(originally elected as a parent governor 23.10.10)
Mrs Madeline Ratnett (Maddy)	Co-opted Governor	Resources Committee (Chair)
	Appointed by the Governing Body	Staff Discipline Panel
	Current four year term of office ends on 13.05.18	Governor with link responsibility for school development plan priority for behaviour and safety
	(originally appointed as community governor 25.09.13)
Mrs Rosey Shackell	Co-opted Governor	Strategic Development Committee
	Appointed by the Governing Body	Virtual Policy Group
	14.05.14	Staff Discipline Panel
	Current four year term of office ends on 13.05.18	Pupil Discipline Panel
	(originally appointed as a Local Authority governor 27.07.11)	Governor with link responsibility for special educational needs, safer recruitment and school development plan priority stakeholds
	Head Teacher	Resources Committee
Mrs Rachel Simmons		Strategic Development Committee
Mrs Claire Spooner	Parent Governor
	Elected by parents 29.01.10	Chair of Governors
	Current four year term of office ends on 09.12.17	Strategic Development Committee
		Governor with link responsibility for governor development, health and safety and school development plan priority quality of teaching
Mrs Angela Taylor	Co-opted Governor
	Appointed by the Governing Body	Strategic Development Committee
	09.10.15	Head Teacher’s Performance Review Panel
	Four year term of office ends on	Appeals Panel
	08.10.19
Mrs Alexandra Walls (Alex)	Parent Governor	Strategic Development Committee
	Elected by parents 19.11.14	Governor with link responsibility for Children in Care and Safeguarding
	Four year term of office end on
	18.11.18
	Parent Governor
Mr Matthew Jackson	Elected by parents 05.11.09
	Resigned 31.08.16