Governors

We are pleased to welcome you to the governors’ section of the site. We hope it will give you an insight into who we are and what we do.

Wolvercote Primary School is an academy managed by the River Learning Trust (RLT). Each school within the RLT is managed by its local governing body and the Senior Leadership Team of the school.

The RLT board delegates three core strategic functions to the governing body:

• Setting the vision, ethos and strategic direction of the school, within the context of the RLT
• Holding the Headteacher and senior staff to account for the educational performance of the school and its children
• Ensuring the school remains within the budget delegated by The River Learning Trust and making sure the money is well spent

What do the Governors do?

Governors get to know the school through meetings and by visiting the school during the day.

We work collaboratively with the Headteacher and senior staff to look at where the school is now, what we want the school to achieve and how are we going to achieve this. We use the published school performance data and additional outcomes from the school’s self-evaluation, to inform priorities in the School Improvement Plan. We set clear, ambitious targets for the school and develop policies and budget and staffing structures to achieve these aims. We also appoint the Headteacher.

The governing body is organised into two sub-committees, which take responsibility for holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance and financial performance of the school. The sub committees are:

• Impact Committee - This committee has an overview of the academic  performance of the school.

• Resources Committee - This committee has an overview of the effectiveness of the school's resources including staffing, equipment and the building and grounds. It also has oversight over the school's budget.

Each governor is allocated to one of the two sub-committees and some governors take on specific responsibilities, for example, Safeguarding and Health & Safety.

Minutes from the Governor meetings are available upon request from the school office.

Who are the Governors?

Chair of Governors: Magali Matsumiya (mmatsumiya@wolvercoteprimary.org)

Vice Chair: Dan Sparrow

Chair of Impact Committee: Paul Buckley

Chair of Resources Committee: Dan Sparrow

Headteacher: Mandy Hayes

Clerk to Governors: Leyla Kizilcay

Parent Governors

• Magali Matsumiya

• Mary-Jane Newton

• Rebecca Williams

Staff Governors

• Julia Ryle-Hodges ( Teaching staff)

Community Governors

• Dan Sparrow

• Paul Buckley

• Dylan Price

• Lucy Higgins

LEA Governor

Register of Pecuniary Interests

You can find out more information about The River Learning Trust and Governance here: https://riverlearningtrust.org/21/key-information