Our Governors
Every school must have a governing body in order to operate. The Governing Body helps to ensure that the following key areas in the school are carried out to the highest standards:
- Educational achievement of all pupils
- School’s finances
- Balanced curriculum
- Appointing staff and reviewing staff performance
- Safeguarding and behaviour of pupils
Governors are appointed for a four year term. The appointment of parent governors is carried out by an election when a current parent governor comes to the end of their term of office. Parents of the school decide who they want to be the next parent governor. Other governors are nominated, for example staff governors are nominated by the school. There are some instances where the governors will appoint certain governors themselves where they see that a certain skill is needed which cannot be met by existing governors, such as legal or financial skills.
Our Governors
Governor Name |
Governor Type |
Governor Position / Responsibililties |
Committee |
Initial Start Date |
Date From (current term) |
End Date |
Declarations of Interest |
Mrs S Bottomley |
Community |
Chair of Governors |
SIMC |
21.11.2011 |
05.03.2016 |
05.03.2020 |
None |
Mrs J Wakefield |
Community |
Vice Chair Chair of SIMC |
SIMC |
25.03.2012 |
05.03.2016 |
05.03.2020 |
None |
Mr A Hurst |
Community |
|
Finance & Buildings |
18.11.2013 |
18.11.2013 |
18.11.2017 |
Partner at Schofield Sweeney, school’s legal advisors |
Mr S Walker |
Parent |
Chair of Finance |
Finance & Buildings SIMC |
16.04.2015 |
16.04.2015 |
27.03.2019 |
None |
Mrs S Dunwell |
Parent |
|
SIMC |
04.03.2016 |
04.03.2016 |
04.03.2020 |
None |
Mrs K Hutchinson |
Headteacher |
|
Finance & Buildings SIMC |
01.09.2013 |
01.09.2013 |
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None |
Mrs L Ruddock |
Staff |
|
SIMC |
07.05.2013 |
29.06.2015 |
29.06.2019 |
None |
Mrs N Frear |
Staff |
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Finance & Buildings SIMC |
29.06.2015 |
29.06.2015 |
29.06.2019 |
None |
Mrs J Simpson |
Community |
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Finance & Buildings |
23.01.2017 |
23.01.2017 |
23.01.2021 |
None |
Mr J Wright |
Co-Opted |
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Finance & Buildings |
01.02.2017 |
01.02.2017 |
01.02.2021 |
None |
Mrs B Carney |
Clerk to Governors |
Clerk |
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None |
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Governors whose term ended in the academic year 2016/17 |
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Mrs K Campbell |
Community |
Chair of Executive |
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07.07.2014 |
07.07.2014 |
05.09.2016 |
None |
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Governor Attendance at Meetings
To view a full list of Governor attendances at Full Governing Body, Executive Committee and Teaching & Learning Committee meetings please click on the links below:
2016/17 Academic Year
2015/16 Academic Year
2014/15 Academic Year
Financial Accounts
For a copy of Harden Primary School’s Financial Accounts please click on the links below:
Up to 31st August 2015
Up to 31st August 2016
Up to 31st August 2017
Academy Legal Documentation
Please click on the links below to view copies of documentation.
Academy Funding Agreement – click here
Memorandum of Association – click here
Articles of Association – click here