Meet the Governors

Welcome to our Governors’ section.

Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.
We have also provided a Register of Governor Interests and an Annual Statement of Issues for your information.

School Governance

A warm welcome to Warrender from the Governing Body. The current members are as follows:

Governing Body
Name	Role	Term Ends
Alana Stewart	Chair and Parent Governor	4 years/31.08.21
Matthew Kelly	Vice Chair and Co-opted Governor	4 years/09.07.22
Steven Baxter	Co-opted Governor	4 years/08.07.22
Vacancy	Co-opted Governor
Emilia Ciesla	Co-opted Governor	4 years/22.05.22
Heather Rhodes	Parent Governor	4 years/18.10.20
Josh May	Parent Governor	4 years/07.01.23
Bhiru Shelat	Parent Governor	4 years/07.01.23
Claire Jones	Staff Governor	4 years/21.05.21
Veenam Sharma-Cook	Clerk to Governors	n/a
Mike Smith	Headteacher	n/a

A full list of the current Governing Body is displayed on the noticeboard inside the main entrance of the school, along with latest published minutes of the Full Governing Body meeting.

About the Governing Body

The Education Reform Act 1988 considerably increased the responsibilities of Governing Bodies in all state controlled schools. School governors are responsible for overseeing virtually all aspects of school life, which are in turn delegated to the Head Teacher. He is responsible for the day to day running and organisation of the school.

The term of office is four years from the point of election, but occasionally a parent, co-opted or teacher governor may no longer be able to continue serving, or may become ineligible. In this case, an interim election will be held. All parents are kept informed of such developments.

The main forum of discussion is the meeting of the full Governing Body, held twice termly. Most business, however, is carried out in two sub-committees that address the following areas:

Children, Families & Learning

Curriculum incl. School Development Plan and Additional Educational Needs
Parents, Families and Communication
Community and Partnerships

Resources

Finance
Health and Safety
Personnel
Premises and other assets

Members of the Governing Body serve on one of these sub-committees, the Head Teacher and chair on both. All Governors are assigned with specific aspects of the School to monitor.

Children, Families & Learning Committee
Emilia Ciesla - Chair
Mike Smith

Heather Rhodes

Alana Stewart

Claire Jones

Resources Committee
Beenish Shaikh - Chair

Matthew Kelly - Vice Chair
Mike Smith
Alana Stewart

Steven Baxter

Please see below for the latest Annual Governance Statement information

School Name	Warrender Primary School
School Address	Old Hatch Manor, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 8QG
Telephone number	01895 462355
Contact email address	office@warrenderschool.org.uk
Website	www.warrender.hillingdon.sch.uk

The governing body must be only contacted via the school details given above, which is the legal business address for the whole governing body.

Category of school	Community
DfE number	251
Ofsted grading and date of last inspection	Good – November 2016

Name of Headteacher	Mr Mike Smith
Name of Deputy Headteacher	Mrs Amanda Tucker

Date of Annual Governance Statement

Autumn 2018

The core functions of the governing body

As defined by the Department for Education (DfE) in The School Governance (Roles, Procedures and Allowances) (England) Regulations 2013, the core functions of the governing body include:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils; and
Ensuring the sound, proper and effective use of the school’s financial resources.

In exercising their functions, the governing body shall
Act with integrity, objectivity and honesty and in the best interests of the school; and
Be open about the decisions they make and the actions they take and in particular shall be prepared to explain their decisions and actions to interested parties.

Our governing body has a code of conduct which is reviewed and agreed annually. All governors and associate members are obliged to abide by this code.

Legal constitution of the governing body

The governing body was formally constituted on

31 March 2015

Category of Governor	Appointed or elected onto the governing body?
5 x Co-opted Governors	Appointed by the governing body
4 x Parent Governors	Elected on to the governing body by parents of pupils at the school
1 x Headteacher	Governor by virtue of employment by the school
1 x Staff Governor	Elected on to the governing body by all staff employed by the school
1 x Local Authority Governor	Nominated by the Local Authority (Hillingdon Council), and appointed by the governing body
*Total number of governors = 12*

Who volunteers on the school’s governing body?

Category of Governor	Full Name	Term of Office / End Date
Co-opted	Mr Steven Baxter	4 years / 08.07.22
Co-opted	Mr Andrew Bugge	4 years / 21.01.18
Co-opted	Ms Emilia Ciesla	4 years / 22.05.22
Co-opted	Mrs Janet Keal	4 years / 28.02.19
Co-opted	Mrs Jo Norbury	4 years / 28.02.19
Co-opted	Mrs Beenish Shaikh	4 years / 28.02.19
Headteacher	Mr Mike Smith	Ex-officio
Local Authority	Mr Andrew Bain	4 years / 25.10.18
Parent	Mrs Tracy Beckwith	4 years / 30.08.18
Parent	Mr Matthew Kelly	4 years / 09.07.18
Parent	Ms Heather Rhodes	4 years / 18.10.20
Parent	Mrs Alana Stewart	4 years / 31.08.21
Staff	Ms Claire Jones	4 years / 21.05.21

The Clerk to Governors is	Mrs Elizabeth Doran
The Chair of Governors is	Mrs Jo Norbury
The Vice Chair of Governors is	Mrs Alana Stewart

This governing body also can have Associate Members. Associate Members are not governors but they are public volunteers. They are appointed by the governing body to support the ongoing work and duties of the governing body. The number of Associate Members is determined by the governing body.

How the governing body delegates and distributes its duties

The governing body agreed to form the following committees on 7 October 2009. This is reviewed annually.

Committee 1 Children, Families & Learning (CFL)	Committee 2 Resources
Committee membership: Janet Keal – Chair Andrew Bain – Vice Chair Jo Norbury Mike Smith Heather Rhodes Claire Jones Alana Stewart	Committee membership: Beenish Shaikh – Chair Matthew Kelly – Vice Chair Andrew Bain Tracy Beckwith Jo Norbury Janet Keal Mike Smith Andrew Bugge Alana Stewart
Remit of committee: Curriculum School Development Plan SEND Pupil Premium & Sports Premium Parents, families & communication Community & partnerships	Remit of committee: Finance School Development Plan Health & Safety Personnel Premises Assets
Key delegates duties Approve School Targets SEND/Inclusion Parent Survey Review appropriate policies	Key delegates duties Approve budget Approve staffing structure Monitor Health & Safety Review appropriate policies
Six meetings held in academic year, (one per half-term)	Six meetings held in academic year, (one per half-term)
Key decisions made and impact Monitor Children’s Progress Monitor Pupil Premium provision Monitor Sports Premium provision Monitor SEND/Inclusion provision	Key decisions made and impact: Monitoring budget and making key decisions about spend Approve SFVS to ensure financial probity Monitoring Health & Safety to ensure a safe environment for pupils and staff Recommend to FGB Premises Plan spend

Specific panels of the governing body are convened as required for

School Complaints
Staff Grievance and Discipline
Pupil Discipline
Pay Review Panel
HT Performance Review Panel

The governing body delegates some specific functions to some governors covering specific areas of school life. These governors are known as Link Governors. Our school has the following link governors:

Area of responsibility	Named Governor	Number of visits to school in this role in academic year
Community Links	Janet Keal
Computing & School Website	Matthew Kelly	1
Early Years	Janet Keal & Andrew Bain	2
English	Heather Rhodes	3
Extended Schools	Andrew Bain	2
Finance	Beenish Shaikh	Monthly
Friends of Warrender	Beenish Shaikh	2
Gifted & Talented	Heather Rhodes	3
Health & Safety	Matthew Kelly	1
Humanities	Alana Stewart	1
KS1	Alana Stewart	1
KS2	Jo Norbury	1
Maths	Tracy Beckwith	0
Music	Jo Norbury	1
PE & Sports Premium	Andy Bugge	1
Procurement	Matthew Kelly	2
Pupil Premium	Beenish Shaikh	Monthly
Safeguarding	Jo Norbury & Andrew Bain	Half Termly
School Council	Claire Jones	Termly
School Data	Jo Norbury & Alana Stewart
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND), Inclusion & EAL	Janet Keal & Heather Rhodes	Termly
Staff links	Claire Jones	Half Termly

Governing body and committee meeting attendance

Governor	Governing Body Meeting Dates and Attendance
Governor	Autumn Term 18/10/17	Autumn Term 06/12/17	Spring Term 07/02/18	Summer Term 23/05/18	Summer Term 13/06/18	Summer Term 09/07/18
Andrew Bain	Attended	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Attended	Attended
Steven Baxter						Attended
Tracy Beckwith	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Attended
Andrew Bugge	Attended	Attended
Emilia Ciesla				Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Attended
Claire Jones	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Janet Keal	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Matthew Kelly	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Jo Norbury	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Heather Rhodes	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Beenish Shaikh	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Attended	Attended
Mike Smith	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Alana Stewart	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended

Member	CFL Committee Meeting Dates and Attendance
Member	Autumn Term 04/10/17	Autumn Term 22/11/17	Spring Term 17/01/18	Spring Term 14/03/18	Summer Term 25/04/18	Summer Term 27/06/18
Andrew Bain	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Attended	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Attended
Steven Baxter						Observer
Emilia Ciesla					Observer	Attended
Claire Jones	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Janet Keal	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Attended	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Apologies given and accepted
Jo Norbury	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Heather Rhodes	Attended	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Attended	Attended
Mike Smith	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Alana Stewart	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended

Member	Resources Committee Meeting Dates and Attendance
Member	Autumn Term 20/09/17	Autumn Term 22/11/17	Spring Term 17/01/18	Spring Term 14/03/18	Summer Term 09/05/18	Summer Term 27/06/18
Andrew Bain	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Steven Baxter						Observer
Tracy Beckwith	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Andrew Bugge	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Attended
Emilia Ciesla					Observer	Apologies given and accepted
Janet Keal	Attended	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Apologies given and accepted
Matthew Kelly	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Jo Norbury	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Beenish Shaikh	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Mike Smith	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Alana Stewart	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended

Governing body effectiveness and impact

What were the significant challenges for the governing body in 2017/18?

School expansion building works
Raising the profile of the school to ensure enough families are attracted to fill two Reception classes from September 2018
Bringing the school’s wrap around provision in-house

How were the challenges met?
Rigorous challenge and oversight of the works, ensuring that the safeguarding and H&S of the children and staff are at the forefront of the work
Publicity drive via leafleting, open morning in school and local community groups and websites
The establishment of a core team of staff who worked tirelessly to offer a new provision at short notice

What were the achievements of the governing body for 2017/18?
Good attendance from governors across all committees and meetings.
Succession planning and recruitment put in place for the future.
Good financial management/oversight.
The review of more meaningful progress data and staff updates on their lead areas.
The assessment of the risks and opportunities in relation to the current Nursery provision and also the 30-hour nursery provision option.
The creation of an opportunity for greater strategic focus within the governing body.

How have these achievements improved areas of school life (impact)?
The whole Governing Body has a better understanding of the needs of the school.
Lead roles were planned for in preparation for governors stepping down. Recruitment was driven by skills requirements on the board.
The school is still running well within the constraints of an ever decreasing budget.
Greater depth of knowledge about the school and more ability to identify areas for development.
Governors ensured that the Nursery provision was financially viable and discussed how to ensure it continues to be so.
Specific strategy session held to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for the Governing Body and the school in the coming years.

Find out more about our school ...

Link to Ofsted report http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report
Our school's performance data can be found at https://www.gov.uk/school-performance-tables/
Link to school's website https://www.warrender.hillingdon.sch.uk/
Link to school's pupil premium statement on the school’s website https://www.warrender.hillingdon.sch.uk/pupil-premium/
Link to school's PE and sport premium information on the school’s website https://www.warrender.hillingdon.sch.uk/sports-premium/

Link to Parent View Portal, which seeks parents' opinions on aspects of our school, from the quality of teaching, to dealing with bullying and poor behaviour. https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/

Governing Body Register of Interests 2017/18

This register must

state the name and category of each governor
set out any relevant business interests
set out details of any other educational establishments that they govern
set out any relationship details between governors and members of staff, including spouses, partners and relatives.

Full Name	Category of Governor	Declarations of Members’ Interests: Business, Educational and Personal
Steven Baxter	Co-opted Governor	Partner at Hymans Robertson LLP - HR LLP provide advice to LB Hillingdon on its pension scheme Spouse is a member of FOW Parent at the school
Andrew Bugge	Co-opted Governor	Spouse is a Headteacher at a school in Camden Work carried out for another school in Hillingdon
Emilia Ciesla	Co-opted Governor	Employed at the Natural History Museum
Janet Keal	Co-opted Governor	Governor at Haydon School
Jo Norbury	Co-opted Governor	Parent at the school
Beenish Shaikh	Co-opted Governor	Parent at the school Sister-in-Law is Headteacher at Grange Park Junior School
Mike Smith	Headteacher	Employed at Warrender School
Andrew Bain	LA Governor	Nothing to declare
Tracy Beckwith	Parent Governor	Nothing to declare
Matthew Kelly	Parent Governor	Spouse is a member of FOW Spouse works for Eden Academy
Heather Rhodes	Parent Governor	Employed at Harrow School Employed at Harrow School Enterprises Knows a member of staff socially
Alana Stewart	Parent Governor	Nothing to declare
Claire Jones	Staff Governor	Employed at Warrender School

Each governor has declared their interests as given above in writing to the governing body.

Chair of Governor's signature
Date

Planned review date

Autumn Term 2019

Let us have your feedback
The Governors at Warrender always welcome feedback from parents and carers about the school. If there are things that the school is doing well or if you feel there are aspects of school life that could be improved, please let us know so we can continue to improve our school. If you wish to feedback direct to the governing body about an aspect of the school, or would like to attend any of the Full Governing Body meetings, please contact Alana Stewart (Chair) via the School Office. Alternatively, you may submit general feedback about Warrender to Ofsted via their Parent View portal.

Welcome to our Governors’ section.

School Governance

Governing Body - Governance Statement

Formal Notices