Pannal Primary School

The Governing Body firmly believes that a good relationship between school and home is vital to achieving a happy and productive journey through school.  We are fortunate to have the co-operation, support, and involvement of parents and the community in daily life here, and hope that that relationship doesn't end at the school gates.

With the talented, dedicated school staff, we constantly work hard to ensure that the educational standards, pastoral care and curriculum enhancing opportunities that are offered at Pannal Primary School combine to create a challenging and stimulating environment in which every child will thrive.

The Pannal Local Governing Body oversee the work of Pannal School. This role is devolved to them by the Board of Trustees of the Multi-academy trust, The Yorkshire Causeway Schools Trust. To visit the YCST website, please click on the logo below.

The Scheme of Delegation, which explains which roles have been delegated to the Pannal Governing body by the Board of Trustees, can be found in the policies section of the website.

Documentation relating to the work of Pannal's local governing body, including minutes of meetings, can be provided on request to the school office.

The Role of the Governors

Some of the things we do are:-

• Make sure we keep our children safe. 
• Work with the school staff to ensure equality and inclusion for children, staff and parents. 
• Work with staff, parents and children to plan for the future - making sure we anticipate future demands and opportunities to further improve our school. 
• Work with the staff to understand how well our children are achieving and if there is more we could be doing to make sure all our children have the best possible chance to succeed. 
• Look at how we are spending pupil premium monies.
• Have meetings with curriculum leaders to understand how well we are supporting both curricular and extra-curricular activities.
• Monitor and measure the Strategic School Development Plan, agreeing on clear objectives and measures to track how we are doing. 
• Get involved in recruitment and make sure we offer quality continuing professional development to ensure our staff have the best possible skills and support to educate our children. 
• Work with school staff to best prepare our children to live in modern Britain by ensuring children understand British values of democracy, rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs and those without faith. 
• Work with staff to ensure robust financial management and that we make the best use of funds to support our children. 
• Talk to parents and professionals to understand their views, listen to complaints and develop ideas for how we can further improve our school. 

Governors are expected to declare any interests at each governing body meeting. The interests currently recorded are as follows:

Mrs Jane Turner is a charity Trustee of Time Together, Mr Mike Barker works for Red Kite Learning Trust, Mrs Helen Workman is a governor at Admiral Long,

Miss Sarah Mulrooney who also works in school as the business manager, Rev John Smith works for Diocese of Leeds, Mr David Rowley's daughter works in school.

Attendance at meetings is recorded by the Clerk at each meeting and details are available below.

The following are at present members of the governing body and, with the exception of Mrs Turner who is an ex-officio governor, will hold office until the dates indicated.