Manor Junior School’s Governing Body has a strategic responsibility for the school.  Governors are either elected by parents and staff or appointed by the Local Authority or co-opted to the Governing Body for their skills and expertise. Governors do not receive any remuneration but hold a fundamental role in ensuring the strategic direction and accountability of the school. The Headteacher has operational responsibility for the running of the school and is accountable to the Governing Body and the Local Authority.

The Governing Body has a schedule of meetings and tasks to enable it to meet its statutory responsibilities. In order to ensure all the tasks get the time and attention they deserve, the Governing Body holds full governing body meetings with a focus on either Strategy, Resources or Curriculum and Standards.  These meetings enable the governors to develop a good understanding of the school, to support its work and hold it accountable. The Governing Body has one committee: the Pay Committee, which oversees pay decisions in the school. The Chair of Governors and Chair of the Pay Committee is Kate Taylor. The Vice Chair of Governors is Peter Scrivens.

To successfully fulfil a governor’s role, governors regularly attend training courses and ensure that they stay up-to-date with current legislation.

The Term of Office for a Manor Junior School governor is 4 years (renewable).

The Aim of Manor Junior School’s Governing Body is to support and challenge the school in its effort to ensure that every child at the school becomes the best they can be by maximising their potential.

If you are interested in becoming a school governor and would like to support the school, more information can be found at:

• https://www.hants.gov.uk/educationandlearning/governors/volunteer 

Name	Category	Appointed By	Term	Term End Date	Committee Membership	Responsibilities	Voting Rights
Caroline Findlay	Head Teacher	Ex Officio	4				Full
Naomi Banda	Co-opted	Governing Body	4	5/12/2027			Full
Lyn Bevan	Co-opted	Governing Body	4	27/6/2027			Full
Michelle Blissett	Staff	Staff	4	10/10/2025			Full
Joy Cross	Co-opted	Governing Body	4	6/6/2027			Full
Nicholas Dent	Co-opted	Governing Body	4	10/3/2027			Full
Matthew Edmunds	Parent	Parents	4	5/10/2025	Head Teacher's Performance Management Panel		Full
Peter Scriven	Co-opted	Governing Body	4	11/10/2024		Vice Chair	Full
Samantha Short	Co-opted	Governing Body	4	26/11/2027	Pay committee		Full
Kate Taylor	Local Authority	Governing Body	4	10/01/2027	Pay committee	Chair	Full

REGISTER OF GOVERNOR INTERESTS as at January 2024

Name	Name of Business (Including Governor elsewhere, related /marriage to member of staff/Employed at school	Nature of Business	Date of Appointment or Acquisition	Date of Cessation of Interest	Date of Entry
Caroline Findlay	Employed at the school			Ongoing
Naomi Banda					11/12/23
Lyn Bevan					4/9/23
Michelle Blissett	Employed at the School, Daughter is employed at school.			Ongoing	13/9/23
Joy Cross					12/9/23
Nicholas Dent	Employed at School, wife supply teacher at school.				1/9/23
Corinne Martinez	Nil				11/9/23
Peter Scriven	Nil				7/9/23
Samantha Short	Teacher, Yateley School			Ongoing	7/9/23
Matthew Edmunds	Nil				13/9/23
Kate Taylor	Nil				5/9/23
Victoria Cole (Clerk)	Employed by Hampshire Governor Services & Yateley School as Clerk			Ongoing	1/9/23
Sophie Vaughan	Nil			Left the governing body 10.10.23	4/3/23
Mark Sammes	Employee at the school			Left the governing body 31.8.23	20/9/22
Janet Edwards	Related to a member of staff			Left the governing body 28/6/23	30/1/23
Debra Perry	Employee of company who refurbishes school premises			Left the governing body 7/6/23	6/9/22

Governor Meeting Attendance Academic Year 2022-2023

FGB (S)

FGB (C&S)

Pay

FGB (R

FGB (S)

FGB (S)

FGB (R

Pay

FGB (C&S)

FGB HT

FGB HT

FGB (S)

FGB (R

FGB (C&S)

FGB (S)

Pay

Governor

14 Sep 2022

28 Sep 2022

09 Nov 2022

09 Nov 2022

23 Nov 2022

11 Jan 2023

01 Feb 2023

01 Feb 2023

01 Mar 2023

19 Apr 2023

25 Apr 2023

26 Apr 2023

10 May 2023

07 Jun 2023

28 Jun 2023

28 Jun 2023

Lyn Bevan

N

Michelle Blissett

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Joy Cross

Y

Y

Nicholas Dent

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Matthew Edmunds

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Janet Edwards

Y

Y

Y

N

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Debra Perry

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

LofA

LofA

LofA

LofA

LofA

LofA

LofA

Corinne Martinez

Y

Mark Sammes

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Peter Scriven

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Samantha Short

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

N

N

Kate Taylor

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Sophie Vaughan

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Y

N

Y

LofA = Leave of Absence

FGB (S) = Full Governing Body Strategy

FGB (R) = Full Governing Body Resources

FGB (C&S) = Full Governing Body Curriculum and Standards

Pay = Pay Committee