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Governance

The Local Governing Committee

Mrs Vicki Blundell, is the Chair of Governors designate at Garden Village Primary Academy. Mrs Blundell is a highly experienced governor, having served as a Chair of an outstanding school and as a Trustee.  

Mrs Blundell can be contacted via the main school office: office@gardenvillage.fierte.org

 

The Local Governing Committee (LGC) are the strategic leaders of our school and have a vital role to play in making sure every child gets the best possible education.

Their purpose, reflected in the law, is to ‘conduct the school with a view to promoting high standards of educational achievement at the school’. 

They have a strong focus on three core strategic functions:

  1. Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
  2. Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff; and
  3. Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

We are fortunate to have a strong Local Governing Committee who are committed and work with staff to ensure that all learners achieve and fulfil their potential.  The LGC meet on a termly basis. In addition, the Governors meet as a Curriculum & Standards Committee every term as well as fulfilling their role as a Link Governor, holding school to account.  

Governor Diversity 

Fierté Multi Academy Trust is committed to promoting and prioritising diversity and inclusion.  We encourage our academy Local Governing Committees (LGC’s) to recognise the benefits of diversity and appoint governors from a variety of backgrounds. 

Most of the governors are from a white British demographic, with an approximate 38% being female.  However, the trust understands that more needs to be done to increase representation on LGC’s, and we are working with them to grow the networks we engage with to further this aim. 

Getting people from diverse backgrounds onto our LGCs is an important step.  The Trust supports LGC’s throughout the process of recruiting new governors, with strategies they can put in place to ensure all governors feel included, which leads to improved retention.  This is an ongoing process which we will need to keep reflecting on as to how we achieve this. 

Here are some useful questions and answers about governing bodies and a link to their national online support network: www.governornet.co.uk

 

Name

Category

Date of Appointment

Term of Office

Sonia Burke

Headteacher

N/A

N/A

Vicki Blundell

Co-opted

01.09.2024

01.09.2028

Millie Matthews

Co-opted

01.09.2024

01.09.2028

Matt Newman

Parent

01.09.2024

01.09.2028

Eleftheria Louca

Co-opted

01.09.2024

01.09.2028

Shivani Hayer

Parent

01.09.2024

01.09.2028

Catherine Blewitt

Co-opted

06. 12.2024

06.12.2028

Stefani Kriebich

Co-opted

01.09.2024

01.09.2028

 

Register of Business Interests: Garden Village Primary Academy 2024-2025

 

Name

Relevant business interests (name of organisation and nature of interest)

Link to other educational establishments (name of school and nature of link)

Personal relationships (name of staff member/governor and nature of relationship)

Declaration of Pecuniary Interests

Sonia Burke

Headteacher

None

None

None

Vicki Blundell

Chair of Governors

None

None

None

Millie Matthews

Class teacher

None

None

None

Matt Newman

None

None

None

None

Eleftheria Louca

None

None

None

None

Shivani Hayer

None

None

None

None

Catherine Blewitt

None

None

None

None

Stefani Kriebich

None

None

None

None

 

Attendance 2024-2025

Name

Training

Autumn Term

LGC

AutumnTerm

Training

Spring Term

LGC

Spring Term

Training

Summer Term

LGC

Summer Term

Sonia Burke

P

  •  

 

 

 

 

Vicki Blundell

P

  •  

 

 

 

 

Millie Matthews

P

  •  

 

 

 

 

Matt Newman

P

  •  

 

 

 

 

Eleftheria Louca

P

  •  

 

 

 

 

Shivani Hayer

P

 

 

 

 

 

Catherine Blewitt

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

Stefani Kriebich

P