Our Governing Body
School Governing Body
The Governing Body are the strategic leaders of our school and have a vital role to play in making sure that every child gets the best possible education. The Governing Body has a strong focus on three core strategic functions:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
- Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
- Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent
In doing so, the Governing Body undertake the following key activities:
- Understand our school
- Set our school’s strategic direction
- Commission action
- Performance manage our school leaders
- Check if we are fit for purpose
The Governing Body Membership
The Governing Body consists of ten governors:
| Mrs Judy Ramsell | Headteacher |
| Mrs Andrea Cave | Co-opted Governor and Chair of Governors |
| Miss Chloe Lawrence | Parent Governor and Vice Chair of Governors |
| Mr David Bull | Co-opted Governor and Chair of Finance and Resources Committee |
| Mr Chris Skinner | Staff Governor |
| Mr Mick Studley | Co-opted Governor |
| Mrs Emma Pester | Co-opted Governor |
| Mrs Ellie Leeland | Parent Governor |
| Vacancy | Local Authority Governor |
| Mrs Julie Johnson | Clerk to the Governors |
To contact our Governing Board, please make an appointment through the school office on tel: 01530 832656 or email: office@new-swann.leics.sch.uk