Welcome to our Governors' section. Here you can find information on the role of the Governing Board, who the governors are and find minutes of previous meetings. You will also find a summary of key actions the governing board have taken each term and their planned activities for the next term.
The Governing Board consists of 11 individuals who are committed to improving the education of all pupils at Langdale Primary School.
School governors are drawn from different parts of the community and can be parents and staff or from the Local Authority, the community and other groups. This helps ensure the governing body has sufficient diversity of skills, views and experience but does not mean governors of a particular category represent that group on the governing body. For example, parent governors do not represent the parents at the school and do not report back to them.
Governors are the strategic leaders of our schools and have a vital role to play in making sure every child gets the best possible education. For maintained schools such as ours this is reflected in the law, which states that the purpose of maintained school governing bodies is to ‘conduct the school with a view to promoting high standards of educational achievement at the school’.
In all types of schools, governing bodies should have a strong focus on three core strategic functions:
When a school is inspected by Ofsted, its governing body will be required to show evidence that governors conform with their three core functions.
As part of these three core functions governors have to:
Another aspect of the governors role has traditionally been referred to as being a ‘critical friend’ of the school, whereby, in addition to the duties laid out above, governors can and should also:
If you have any queries about the school please contact the Headteacher in the first instance, but the governors will be keen to hear from any parents who wish to provide feedback. You can contact the governors by email at chair@langdale.staffs.sch.uk
Meet the team:
Jenny Herbert: (Chair) Foundation Governor - serving until 2018
Jenny sits on the Staffing Committee and is link governor for the Curriculum, and governor training and development.
Business or pecuniary interests: Employee of Staffordshire County Council
Membership of other school governing boards: None
Richard Kirk: (Vice Chair) Co-opted Governor - serving until 2020
Richard is a co-opted member of the Governing Board and is currently the vice chair. Richard is the link governor for Finance and a member of the Pay Committee.
Business or pecuniary interests: None
Membership of other school governing boards: None
Vicki Keeling: Co-opted Governor - serving until 2020
Business or pecuniary interests: n/a
Membership of other school governing boards: None
Michael Shenton: (Vice Chair) Local Authority Governor - serving until 2019
Michael is a Local Authority Governor, the link governor for safeguarding, and member of the Pay Committee.
Business or pecuniary interests: None
Membership of other school governing boards: None
Lucielle Cartwright:Foundation Governor - serving until 2020
Business or pecuniary interests: None
Membership of other school governing boards: None
Mrs Cartwright: Acting Headteacher
Mrs Cartwright automatically became a member of the Governing Board when she became Acting Headteacher in February 2019, and will remain a member throughout her employment in this role. She is also a member of the Staffing Committee
Business or pecuniary interests: Employee of Langdale Primary School
Business or pecuniary interests: None
Membership of other school governing boards: None
Associate Governors:
When the Governing Board have a skills gap or require additional capacity they are able to appoint Associate Governors to help fulfil their duties. Associate Governors attend meetings and receive all paperwork but do not have voting rights. Our current Associate Governors are:
Mrs Nadin: Deputy Headteacher
Vacancy: Parent Governor