Governors
Working together to provide strategy, oversight, challenge and support excellence and to make Westbury CE Junior a school which respects, cares and inspires.
Thank you for taking time to find out a little bit about our governing body. A governing body is made up of volunteers from all walks of life who act something like unpaid directors to make strategic decisions on behalf of the school and to review its performance. We don’t run the school – the head teacher does that. All issues about the school should be taken to her; our relationship is much like that of a board of directors to the managing director. There are further details about what we do below.
It has been my honour to be asked to chair this hard-working body and I would like to pass on my thanks to governors, past and present, who have done so much to help this wonderful school. I have a vested interest in supporting the school to be the best it can be as I once attended the school (many years ago!) and my children attended more recently. The school is on an upward trajectory and it is a privilege to be part of the journey.
If you might be interested in serving as a governor at our school, please get in contact with me, the head or the school office.
Chair of Governors
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Governors
| Governor | Name | Start Date | End Date | Position | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Lindsay Clough | Headteacher | ||||
| Co-Opted Governor | Mr Brian Osborne | 10.03.2023 | 09.03.2027 | ||
| Co-opted Governor | Mr Geoff | ||||
| Ex Officio Foundation Governor | Rev. Rebecca Harris | 10.05.2021 | 09.05.2050 | ||
| Staff Governor | Miss Sorrel McBryde | 25.07.2025 | 24.07.2029 | ||
| Co-opted Governor | Mrs Jill Hibbs | 01.09.2025 | 31.08.2029 | Chair | |
| Co-Opted Governor | Mrs Jane Vaughan | ||||
Governors register of interests
Clerk’s Register of Governors’ Interests Form 21-22
governor register of interest and attendance 22-23
governor register of interest and attendance 23-24
Governor register of interest and attendance 2024-25
The Governing Body – what is it?
Every school has to have a Governing Body made up of a number of governors to oversee the running of the school.
Our Head Teacher, Mrs Clough, with the Leadership Team, organises and manages the school on a day to day basis, within policies and guidance agreed by the Governing Body.
The governors are accountable to the Diocese, the local authority and, most importantly our community – our children, our staff, our parents and our local people as well as Ofsted.
The governing body is responsible for
- Making sure the school provides the best possible education for all its pupils.
- All major decisions about the school and its future.
- Setting the school’s vision and strategic aims,
- Maintaining the Christian ethos of the school
- Monitoring and evaluating performance to ensure the school is accountable to those it serves.
- Acting as a challenging advocate to the head teacher and staff.
- Agreeing budgets, policies and targets
- Monitoring our pupil premium funding to ensure that the money is spent efficiently in helping our disadvantaged children to achieve as well as they can
What sort of people make up the Governors?
To be a really effective set of governors it is healthy to have a good cross section of the community represented. Each school’s governing body has a specific make up depending on what type of school it is.
Our school is a Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School and the Governing Body is made up of:
- Foundation Governors who are appointed by the diocese
- Parent Governors who are elected by parents
- Staff Governors (including the Head Teacher) who represents the staff
- One Local Authority Governor who is appointed by Wiltshire Council
- Community Governors who are appointed by the governing body
How do you know what the Governing Body are doing?
The minutes of the Governing Body meetings are available upon request from the school office, so you can read up about what’s going on.
Important decisions are also communicated through our School website and you can read about what we have been doing in the Governors Annual Report below.
How you can contact us?
If you would like the Governors to consider an issue, please write to or email the Clerk to the Governors, Maggie Chapman on margaret.chapman@wiltshire.gov.uk or contact the school office.
You can also come and talk to us when you see us around the school, at events or on one of our frequent school visits.