Governors

The Governing Body of Wellington Area Rural Federation which oversees Sampford Arundel and Stawley Primary Schools  the following core, strategic functions:

1). Establishing the strategic direction, by:

• Setting and ensuring clarity of vision, values, and objectives for the school
• Agreeing the school improvement strategy with priorities and targets
• Meeting statutory duties

2). Ensuring accountability, by:

• Appointing the headteacher
• Monitoring the educational performance of the school and progress towards agreed targets
• Performance managing the headteacher
• Engaging with stakeholders
• Contributing to school self-evaluation

3). Overseeing financial performance, by:

• Setting the budget
• Monitoring spending against the budget
• Ensuring money is well spent and value for money is obtained
• Ensuring risks to the organisation are managed

Governors usually serve a four-year term on the Governing Board. The role of Governors is now far reaching with wide-ranging responsibilities. In 2021, the Full Governing Body (FGB) decided to oversee all Finance Reports as a collective body to further strengthen its commitment to financial oversight as shown in 3). above.

The school employs a Clerk to the Governors to keep accurate minutes of all discussions and to advise the Board of their statutory responsibilities.

A copy of all FGB meeting minutes are available from the school office.