The Role of a Governor

School governors are people from the school/local community who want to make a positive contribution to children’s education. They must be aged 18 or over at the time of their appointment. They are elected to serve on the governing board for a set period of time.

Governors come from all different backgrounds and all have various knowledge and experience needed to help the Head Teacher make the right decisions for the school. Together they are known as the governing board.

Governors have an important part to play in raising school standards through their three key roles of setting strategic direction, ensuring accountability and monitoring and evaluating school performance.

Brinsworth Manor Infant School Governing Board

 Brinsworth Manor Infant School has a full governing board that consists of: 

2 Parent Governors

1 Local Authority Governors

The Headteacher

1 Staff Governor

 4 Co-opted Governors 

Clerk to governors - Sue Barber

This is called the constitution of the governing board.

Please find below details of our governing board including how it is structured; as well as the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each governor. 

Minutes of governing board meetings are available upon request.

Current Vacancies

We have occasional vacancies on our Governing Board at the moment.  For further information on future vacancies, please get in touch with our Chair of Governors, David Parkin, on the email below. 

office@brinsworthmanorinfants.co.uk

 Brinsworth Manor Infants Governing Board

David Parkin

Chair of Governing Board

Mental Health and Well-Being, Safeguarding including GDPR

Term of office: 1.9.23 - 1.9.27

Appointing Body: Local Authority, New to role

No pecuniary interests

Governor Attendance for Academic Year 2023-2024: 

Lynne Pepper

Vice-Chair of Governing Board

Curriculum (Teaching and Learning)

Term of office: 1.9.23 - 1.9.27

Appointing Body: co-opted, New to role

Local Authority School Improvement Officer, Governor at another Rotherham school

Governor Attendance for Academic Year 2023-2024: 

Pam Gregory

 British Values, Relationships Education, Community

Term of office: 01.05.15 - 01.05.27

Appointing Body: Co-opted

No pecuniary interests

Governor Attendance for Academic Year 2022-2023: 100% attendance

                     Year 2023-2024: 

Samantha Corker

EYFS, Phonics and Reading, 

Term of office: 1.09.23 - 1.09.27

Appointing Body: Parent, New to role

No pecuniary interests

Governor Attendance for Academic Year 2023-2024:  

Andrew Farmer

KS 1, Foundation subjects

Term of office: 1.09.23 - 1.09.27

Appointing Body: Parent, New to role 

No pecuniary interests

Governor Attendance for Academic Year 2023-2024: 

Jan Ridgway

SEND, Pupil Premium and Looked After Children 

Term of office: 14.3.23 - 13.3.27

Appointing Body: co-opted

No pecuniary interests

Governor Attendance for Academic Year 2022-2023: 3/4 meetings

                         Year 2023-2024: 

Colin Allen

Finance

Term of office: 1.09.23 - 1.09.27

Appointing Body: Co-opted, New to role

No pecuniary interests

Governor Attendance for Academic Year 2023-2024

Rebecca Platts

Staff Governor

SEND, Pupil Premium, Attendance

No pecuniary interests

Term of office: 18.10.17 - 18.10.25

Appointing Body: Staff

Governor Attendance for Academic Year 2022-2023: 100% attendance

                      Year 2023-2024: 

Marie Tomlinson

Head Teacher, H & S, safeguarding

No pecuniary interests

Governor Attendance for Academic Year 2022-2023: 100% attendance

                      Year 2023-2024: