Governors

Welcome to the Governors’ page on the Warren Park Primary School website.

The role of the school Governor is often misunderstood. We do not manage the day to day running of the school that is the responsibility of the Headteacher and senior management We also oversee the development of the school, with the main aim being to always provide a high standard of education for all pupils, of all abilities.

The role of the Governing Body must focus on three core responsibilities. We should:

• ensure that our school has a clear vision, ethos and strategic direction
• hold the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of the staff
• oversee the financial performance of the school, making sure we get value for money and stay in budget.

In addition, we act as a ‘critical friend’ to the school, we recruit and performance manage the Headteacher, we develop, maintain and review school policies and we ensure the school meets its statutory responsibilities.

We meet at least twice a term as a whole Governing Body with areas of responsibilities.

The Warren Park Governing Body has been constituted with 12 members, in six categories;

1 Headteacher – Mrs Elizabeth Cooper
1 Staff member – Miss Jo Tester
1 Local authority – Vacancy
3 Parent – Mr Chris Purnell, Mrs Nicola Scullard and Mrs Lauren Bravington
2 Partnership – Mrs Beryl Francis and Mrs Helen Fisk
4 Co-opted – Mrs Lynne Lofting, Mrs Angela Armstrong, Mrs Gemma Jones and 2 vacancies

We feel this is the right makeup and number to serve this school effectively. Each member brings their own unique qualities and view points, and each has their own individual responsibilities to uphold, which often involves extra visits into school. Each member contributes to discussions and has one vote. All decisions made by this process are the joint responsibility of the Governing Body.

Your Governing Body is made up of local people who freely volunteer their time to support this school in the excellent job it is doing for our children. We believe every child matters and are happy to be part of this school and this community, to promote the ‘Warren Park’ way for the betterment of all.

 

Name	Governor Type	Term From	Term To	Additional Information	Roles
Mrs Elizabeth Cooper	Headteacher				Head Teacher
Mrs Helen Fisk	Partnership governor	06 Jan 2019	5 Jan 2023		Chairperson Forum Rep Safeguarding Pupil Premium Audit/SFVS Behaviour & Attendance English & Maths Leadership Team
Mrs Beryl Francis	Partnership governor	29 Jan 2022	29 Jan 2026		Maths Student & staff wellbeing
Mrs Lynne Lofting	Co-opted governor	06 Jan 2019	05 Jan 2023
Miss Samantha Luxon	Clerk				Clerk
Mr Chris Purnell	Parent governor	17 Dec 2021	17 Dec 2025		Vice Chair Finance Year 6 Progress inc. SATs
Mrs Nicola Scullard	Parent governor	27 Sep 2021	26 Sep 2025
Mrs Angela Armstrong	Co-opted governor	14 Nov 2022	13 Nov 2026
Miss Jo Tester	Staff governor	20 Mar 2023
Mrs Lauren Bravington	Parent governor	20 Mar 2023
Mrs Gemma Jones	Co-opted governor	24 Apr 2023
Mr Terry Nolan	Co-opted governor	30 Jan 2018	16 Jan 2023	Resigned	Health and Safety Premises & Grounds
Mrs Anna Hele	Staff governor	31 Dec 2020	27 Feb 2023	Resigned	Development & Training Governor Policies
Mrs Jo Anne Rankin	Parent governor	07 May 2019	27 Feb 2023	Resigned	EYFS SEN Behaviour & Attendance
Miss Chelsea Easton	Co-opted governor	27 Jan 2020	27 Feb 2023	Resigned	KS1 wider curriculum COSMIC & RSE
Mr Anthony Denton	Local Authority	17 Jan 2022	27 Feb 2023	Resigned

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Register of Governor’s Interests

 

Name	Name of Business Including: governor elsewhere (please include school name) related / married to member of staff (please include staff name) employed at school	Nature of Business	Nature of Interest	Date of Appointment or Acquisition	Date of Cessation of Interest	Date of Entry
Mrs Helen Fisk	Nil					19/10/2022
Mrs Elizabeth Cooper	Employed at school Park Families	Headteacher Board of Governors		01/09/16		26/09/2022
Mrs Lynne Lofting	Employed at school   St.Clare’s Pre School	Deputy Headteacher Committee Member		01/09/1990   01/09/2022		26/09/2022
Mrs Beryl Francis	Councillor. Trustee Park Families, Park Futures					21/11/2022
Mr Chris Purnell	Milton Cross Academy Married to staff member.	Wife is an SEMH LSA		04/01/2015 01/09/2020	16/09/2022	17/10/2022
Mrs Nicola Scullard	Nil					13/11/2022
Mrs Angela Armstrong	Nil			14/11/2022		08/11/2022
Miss Jo Tester	Employed at school	Teacher				20/03/2023
Mrs Lauren Bravington
Mr Terry Nolan	Nil					15/11/2022
Mrs Anna Hele	Employed at school	Bursar		01/09/90		02/11/2022
Mrs Joanne Rankin	Nil					15/12/2021
Miss Chelsea Easton	Employed at school	Lunchtime Supervisory		26/02/2019		13/10/2022
Mr Anthony Denton	Havant Borough Council	Ward Councillor		05/05/2021		31/01/2022

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Governor Attendance Record For the Academic Year 2022/2023

Name	Number of meetings the governor should have attended	Number of meetings attended	Attendance rate (%)		Name	Number of meetings the governor should have attended	Number of meetings attended	Attendance rate (%)
Mrs Elizabeth Cooper	8	8	100%		Mrs Beryl Francis	8	6	75%
Mrs Helen Fisk	8	6	75%		Mr Chris Purnell	8	4	50%
Miss Jo Tester	3	3	100%		Mrs Angela Armstrong	6	6	100%
Mrs Lynne Lofting	8	8	100%		Mrs Lauren Bravington	3	2	67%
Mrs Nicola Scullard	8	6	75%		Mrs Gemma Jones	2	2	100%
Mrs Anna Hele	5	5	100%		Mrs Joanne Rankin	4	1	25%
Mr Anthony Denton	3	0	0%		Ms Chelsea Easton	4	1	25%
Mr Terry Nolan	4	2	50%

 

Governor Attendance Record For the Academic Year 2021/2022

Name	Number of meetings the governor should have attended	Number of meetings attended	Attendance rate (%)		Name	Number of meetings the governor should have attended	Number of meetings attended	Attendance rate (%)
Mrs Elizabeth Cooper	10	9	90%		Mr Terry Nolan	10	6	60%
Mrs Helen Fisk	10	10	100%		Mrs Beryl Francis	10	10	100%
Mrs Anna Hele	10	9	90%		Mr Chris Purnell	10	2	20%
Mrs Lynne Lofting	10	10	100%		Mrs Joanne Rankin	10	3	30%
Mrs Nicola Scullard	9	8	89%		Ms Chelsea Easton	10	3	30%
Mr Anthony Denton	5	2	40%