Governors

This page gives you information about the Governing Board at Park House Primary School.

The role of the school Governing Board is a strategic one, and its key functions are to:

Set the vision, ethos and strategic direction for Park House Primary School.
Hold the school leaders to account for the performance of pupils and the performance of staff.
Ensure finances are well spent and represent value for money.

The Governing Board is made up of governors from a range of backgrounds who volunteer their time to support the school. Staff governors, including the headteacher and teaching and non-teaching staff, make up the remainder of the governing board. They each bring valuable knowledge and expertise to the role and often take on specific responsibilities within the governing body. Governors attend Full Governing Board meetings at least six times a year.

The Chair of the Full Governing Board is Martin Dore and the Vice-Chair is Phil Nicholson.

Governors visit the school regularly on both formal and informal occasions seeing at first hand all aspects of school life. Governors are committed to holding the school to account and maintain a programme of termly monitoring visits and subsequent reports to ensure this. This includes meeting with subject leads, learning walks and class visits.

All governors are very approachable and are happy to speak to parents and members of the local community. If you need to contact a Governor please email the clerk on admin@parkhouse.derbyshire.sch.uk or pop into the School Office to leave a message and a Governor will respond within two working days.

We have a Co-opted Governor vacancy, if you are interested please see the attached information and have a chat with the school office.

Name	Position on Governing Board	Category	Key responsibility	Term of office	Start date	Term Expiry	FGB Attendance 2018/19	FGB Attendance 19/20	Appointed by	Declaration of pecuniary, business, personal and educational interests.	Related to staff member
Steph Kavanagh	Headteacher	Staff	All	Ongoing	1/1/2019	Ongoing	4/4	4/4	Governing Board	Headteacher of the school	X
Martin Dore	Chair of Governors	Co-opted	Maths, PE, Exclusion, HT Performance Management	4 years - renewed	1/9/2019	31/08/2023	5/6	4/4	Governing Board	X	X
Phil Nicholson	Vice Chair of Governors	LA	English, ICT, Pupil Premium, Reception Class HT Performance Management	4 years	14/1/2018	14/01/2021	6/6	4/4	Governing Board	Child at the school	X
Alison Harris	Deputy Head	Staff	SEND, Year 6	4 Years - renewed	16/01/2019	16/01/2023	6/6	4/4	Staff Election	Teacher of the school	X
Zoe Thorpe	Governor	Co-opted	Music, RE, Year 2	4 Years - renewed	1/9/2019	31/08/2023	6/6	4/4	Governing Board	X	X
Claire Chambers	Governor	Co-opted	English, Year 4	4 Years - renewed	9/10/2017	9/10/2021	3/6	2/4	Governing Board	X	X
Ruth Allen	Governor	Co-opted	Year 5	4 Years	1/07/2017	1/07/2021	6/6	3/4	Governing Board	Child at the school	X
Ruth Coulson	Governor	Parent	Science, Year 1	4 Years	10/5/2018	10/5/2022	6/6	3/4	Parent Election	Child at the school	X
Craig Whelpton	Governor	Co-opted	Art, D&T, Year 3	4 Years	13/7/2017	13/7/2021	4/6	3/4	Governing Board	Child at the school	X
Vacancy	Governor	Co-opted	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	Governing Board		X
Rachel Shepherd	Governor	Parent	SEND	4 Years	22/3/2018	22/3/2022	6/6	3/4	Parent Election	Child at the school	X
Fiona Boot	Governor	Parent	PSHE, Child Protection, Exclusion	4 Years	1/10/2018	2/10/22	2/6	2/4	Parent Election	Child minder and Wrap around childcare. Child at the school	X
Dan Faulkner	Governor	Parent		4 Years	16/01/2020	16/1/ 2024	-	2/2	Parent Election	Child at the school	X
Mark Stanhope	Governor	Parent		4 Years	16/01/2020	16/1/2024	-	2/2	Parent Election	Child at the school	X

Previous Governors

Name	Position on Governing Board	Category	Key responsibility	Term of office	Start date	Term Expiry	FGB Attendance 2018/19		Elected by	Business interest	Related to staff member
Steve Coates	Governor	Co-opted	Geography, History, Year 6	4 Years - renewed	1/9/2015	31/8/2019	4/6		Governing Board	X	X
Dr Jessica Carter	Governor	Parent	Science	4 Years - renewed	1/9/2015	16/6/2019 Stepped down	3/6		Parent Election	X	X
Ged Philbin	Previous Headteacher	Staff	All	Ongoing		31/10/2018 Stepped down			Governing Board	X	X
Mark Watts	Governor	Co-opted	PE, H&S	4 Years	1/10/2018	6/2/2020 Stepped down	3/6	1/3	Governing Board	Child at the school	x

Governor Vacancy Information - we have a vacancy for a co-opted governor.

Previous Governor Information