Welcome to our Governors' section.
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.
We have also provided a Register of Governor Interests and an Annual Statement of Issues for your information.
Morley School's Governing Board is made up of 8 people.
The Governing Board meets each half term to plan and promote the strategic development of our school. Governors actively seek their own CPD in order to keep themselves up to date with guidance and developments so that they can ensure the best support and challenge for our school.
The Governing Board reviews policies and documentation; ensures the financial compliance and security of the school; holds the Headteacher and staff to account; supports and challenges the strategic management of the school; ensures compliance with government legislation.
We alternate our meetings each term so that one meeting looks mainly at finance, health and safety, and the premises, and the other considers staffing, outcomes, teaching and learning, assessment and pupil issues.
Governors are also linked to our school key improvement areas
| Governor name and Position | Category | Appointed |
End of term of office |
Experience for role | Resignations In Past 12 Months | Appointed By | Attendance |
Declaration of Interests (Business & Pecuniary) |
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Mrs June Elwell (Chair) |
Local |
24.9.16 |
23.9.20 |
Local Authority councillor, ex teacher |
None |
Local Authority |
83% |
Governor Breadsall Primary School |
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Miss Kate Marsland (Headteacher) |
Head teacher |
1/9/07 | NA | None | NA | 100% | Executive Board and ITT lead for 4Derbyshire Teaching School; DfE recruitment and retention fund; NLE work | ||||
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Mrs Heather Richards |
Teacher | 20.10.13 | 20.10.17 | Teacher, maths, PE, RE, KS1 coordinator | None | Staff |
17% Maternity Leave since April 2018 |
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Ms Tracey McKinley (Vice Chair) |
Parent | 15.3.17 | 15.3.21 | Own business, foster parent | None | Parents | 67% | ||||
| Mrs Caroline Harahan | Parent | 20.11.17 | 19.11.21 | University admissions officer | None |
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83% |
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| Vacancy | Parent |
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| Mrs Eileen Swan | Co-opted | 1.12.13 | 1.12.17 | Principal Broomfield College Campus, Derby College | None | Full Governing Body | 50% | School benefits from support from Broomfield College in borrowing premises and training students | |||
| Mr Jim Campbell | Co-opted | 20.11.17 | 19.11.21 | Forensic scientist. Director of The Retreat. | None | Full Governing Body | 67% | School uses The Retreat to house certain events eg Easter event, first aid training. | |||
| Mrs Christine Doyle | Associate | 20.11.17 | 19.11.21 | Ex teacher, church member | None | Full Governing Body | 100% | ||||
All governors can be contacted through the school office.
We currently have one vacancy for a parent governor.
All governors (except the Headteacher) serve for a period of 4 years. The Headteacher role can only be undertaken by the serving Headteacher, and therefore the term of office is for as long as the postholder remains in post.
All governors positions are ratified by the whole governing body.
There are no issues with governor attendance. Most governors work full time, so occasional absence due to work issues is understood.
Governing Board Meetings
| Teaching and Learning focus | Resource Management focus |
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Pupils Curriculum Equal Opportunities |
Finance School Capital Funding School Finance Governor Allowances Charging for School Activities Lettings Health & Safety (designated Gov – Sharon Jones) Health and Safety in Schools Premises School Security ICT infrastructure Extended schools |
| Performance Management | Responsibilities |
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June Elwell Eileen Swan Jim Campbell |
Headteacher Performance Management Performance Management monitoring of other staff |
Governor links to the School Improvement Plan Key Issues
SIP key issues |
Link governors | Linked member of staff | Monitoring visit date |
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Develop the teaching of Phonics so that all pupils maximise progress |
C Doyle | C Grundy | 29/111/18 |
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Ensure Governors are more informed on school improvement matters by developing their monitoring/link roles |
J Campbell | K Marsland | |
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Deepen the creative curriculum through the Foundation subjects (art, DT, and humanities) |
J Elwell | All staff | |
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Improve Pupil Voice so that all pupils have a say in developing our school community |
C Harahan |
K Marsland/ J Hart |
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| Ensure that provision for science is at the same high level as that of English and maths | J Campbell | T Taylor | |
| Secure high quality presentation by ensuring all children use a correct pencil grip and developing taught handwriting sessions | J Elwell | T Taylor | |
| SEN | C Doyle | T Taylor | |
| EYFS | C Doyle |
H Richards/ C Grundy |
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| H&S | T McKinley | H Rhodes | |
| Safeguarding (including Anti-bullying and Looked After Children) | T McKinley | T Taylor | |