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.
The Full Governing Board meets once a term. Its core responsibilities are:
We have three sub-committees that each focus on delivering against one of the core responsibilities. These committees each meet once a term:
Additionally, there is a separate Pay Sub-committee to ensure we meet our statutory responsibility to consider and approve the Pay Policy annually.
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 Juniper Hill PTA.
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.
CURRENT GOVERNING BODY | ||
Type | Name | Date of Appointment |
Co-opted | Mr Timothy Waterworth Chair of Governors | 1st December 2022 |
Head | Mrs Claire Garnett |
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Co-opted | Mrs Ros Hazeldine | 15th September 2020 |
Co-opted | Mrs Judith Timewell | 26th November 2019 |
Staff | Mrs Cara Duhan | 1st September 2018 |
Parent | Mrs Keira McMahon Vice Chair | 26th February 2020 |
Co-opted | Mrs Vicky Everitt | 3rd April 2020 |
Co-opted | Mrs Denise Clark | 13th May 2021 |
Co-opted | Mrs Emma Moss | 30th March 2022 |
Co-opted | Mr Chris Smith | 5th July 2022 |
Co-opted | Mrs Helen Poet | 8th November 2022 |
Parent | Mr Troy Emery | 7th February 2023 |
Governor | Category | Term of Office | F&R | TL&C | S&P | Pay | Specific Role |
Mrs Claire Garnett | Headteacher | Ongoing | X | X | X |
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Mrs Cara Duhan | Staff | Sept 2018-Aug 2026 | X | X |
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Mrs Judith Timewell | Co-opted | Nov 2019- Nov 2023 | X | X | Pupil Premium Diversity and Equality Forest School | ||
Mrs Keira McMahon | Parent | Feb 2020 - Feb 2024 |
| X | X | Communication / Development Link Governor - Juniper PTA Reading and Maths, Swimming | |
Mrs Vicky Everitt | Co-opted | Apr 2020 - Apr 2024 | X | X | Equality and Diversity | ||
Mrs Ros Hazeldine | Co-opted | Sept 2020 - Sept 2024 | X (Chair) | X | X | Attainment Data Whistleblowing | |
Mrs Denise Clark | Co-opted | May 2021 - May 2025 | X | X | Safeguarding | ||
Mr Timothy Waterworth | Co-opted | June 2021 -June 2025 | X | X | X | Whistleblowing, Performance Management | |
Mrs Emma Moss | Co-opted | Mar 2022 - Mar 2026 | X | X | Middle Leader Development | ||
Mr Chris Smith | Co-opted | July 2022 -July 2026 | X | X | SEN, Travel Plan, Health and Safety | ||
Mrs Helen Poet | Co-opted | Nov 2022 - Nov 2026 | X | X | X | Geography, Performance Management | |
Mr Troy Emery | Parent | Feb 2023 - Feb 2027 | X |
Juniper Hill Governing Body – Additional 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
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.
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