The School Governors play a very active role in our school. The governing body consists of twelve governors, including parents, staff, Local Authority (LA) and community representatives. Self-evaluation is a vital part of our culture here at Juniper Hill. We have a formal process of constantly reviewing all aspects of the school and we listen to everyone involved for their ideas. We have a “School Plan” of priority actions that each sub-committee of the governing body decides are necessary to address areas where we want to develop further, focusing mainly in curriculum areas and the development of the school premises. In the last ten years we have built new classrooms and a new library, refurbished all the toilets and the kitchen, and created the splendid adventure playground. Funding for these projects has been raised using our annual capital grants and extensive support from the “Friends of Juniper Hill”.
We have three sub-committees:
Minutes of the meetings of the Governing Body are available in school. Key policies can be found on the 'Policies' page on the 'Parents' tab. If you would like to know any more about the school governors or are interested in getting involved, please contact any of the following governors or ask in the school office.
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CURRENT GOVERNING BODY |
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Name |
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Co-opted |
Ms Anna Robinson Chair of Governors |
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Co-opted |
Mr Andrew McClean |
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Head |
Mrs Claire Garnett |
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Co-opted |
Mrs Annette Wilkes |
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Co-opted |
Mr Sasha Lakovic (Vice Chair) |
| Co-opted | Mrs Judith Timewell |
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Parent |
Ms Maddy Sykes |
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Staff |
Mrs Cara Duhan |
| Co-opted | Mr Alex Cumberworth |
| Co-opted | Ms Lyn Leuzinger |
| Governor | Category | Term of Office | Finance and Resources | Teaching, Learning and Community | Strategy and Planning | Pay | Specific Role |
| Ms Anna Robinson | Co-opted | Sept 2017-Sept 2021 | X | X | X | X | Health & Safety / Performance Management / Pay/ Communication |
| Mr Andrew McClean | Co-opted | Nov 2016- Nov 2020 | X | X (Chair) | X |
Safeguarding / Performance Management / Pay |
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| Mrs Claire Garnett | Headteacher | Ongoing | X | X | X | ||
| Mrs Cara Duhan | Staff | Sept 2018-Aug 2022 | X | X | |||
| Ms Maddy Sykes | Parent | June 2017-June 2021 | X | X |
Curriculum / Development/ Wellbeing
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| Mrs Annette Wilkes | Co-opted | March 2018-March 2022 | X (Chair) | X | X | X |
Attainment / Data / PTA link / Wellbeing |
| Mr Sasha Lakovic | Co-opted | March 2018-March 2020 | X (Chair) | X | SEN & Inclusion | ||
| Mrs Judith Timewell | Co-opted | Nov 2019- Nov 2023 | X | X | Pupil Premium / Diversity & Equality | ||
| Mr Alex Cumberworth | Co-opted | Nov 2019- Nov 2023 | X | X | Data / Attainment | ||
| Ms Lyn Leuzinger | Co-opted | Nov 2019- Nov 2023 | X | X | X | EYFS |
Juniper Hill Governing Body – Roles and Responsibilities
A group of Governors may be required to form the Complaints Panel, Staff Dismissal, Staff Dismissal Appeals, Employee Grievance, Pay Review Appeals or Pupil Discipline Committees. The Chairman of Governors has the authority to form such committees from the Governor’s pool, should they be required to meet, and a Chairman of such a committee would be elected at such a meeting. No Governor can sit on a committee if they have prior knowledge of a staff dismissal incident, an employee grievance, an exclusion issue or staff (with regard to pay related issues). Any Governor who sits on the Staff Dismissal committee cannot sit on the Staff Dismissal Appeals committee. Governors are reminded of the need to attend Committee meetings at the agreed time – if governors are unable to attend, please could they inform the relevant Committee Chairmen/school of their absence
Governing Body Documents
Many of our Policies are available online as pdf documents – please click on the 'Policies' page under the 'Parents' section of the web site.
Other documents are available on request from the school office. There is a file readily available in the school reception area of the Minutes of the termly Full Governing Body Meetings, and other committee minutes and documents are filed by the office. Single copies of most items are free. If your request means that we have to do a lot of photocopying or printing, or pay a large postage charge, or is for a priced item such as some printed publications or videos we will let you know the cost before fulfilling your request.
Business and Pecuniary Interests
There are no declarations of business or pecuniary interests to declare. These are checked annually in November.