Our Governors

Our Governing body are a a group of people who volunteer their time to support the strategic running of the nursery. They have three core functions as part of their role:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its children, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff
Overseeing financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent

They also consider the well-being of our children and staff.

Please feel free to speak to our governors who will be happy to chat to you and they will also signpost you in the right direction if you have any concerns.

Instrument of Governors

The instrument of our governing body is as follows:

4 Co-opted governors
1 LA governor
3 Parent governors
1 Staff governor
1 Headteacher

Total number of governors: 10

Name	Category / Appointing Body	Term of office	Responsibility/ Committee	Business/ Relevant Interests	FGB meetings attendance 2022/23
Mrs Jade Howes (Chair)	Co-opted Governors	July 2023-July 2027	Chair person School Improvement Priority 1		2 as an observer
Mrs Laura Dorrill	Parent Governor Parents	Nov 2019-2023	Co-Vice Chair Inclusion Performance Management		4/6
Mrs Caroline Lewis	Parent Parents	Sept 2021-2025	Co-Vice Chair Website		6/6
Mrs Claire Cobain	Co-opted Governors	Feb 2022-2026	Safer recruitment Performance Management School Improvement Priority 2	Maintained Nursery Headteacher	4/6
Mrs Deborah Willcox	LA Governors	Jan 2022-2026	Safeguarding Child Protection Exclusions	Maintained Nursery Headteacher	6/6
Ms Danielle Tucker	Co-opted Governors	Sept 2021-2025	Business Management	The Key	1/3
Mr Suraj Kamal	Parent Governor Parents	Feb 2022-2026	Extended Care		2/6
Mrs Abbi Whitehead	Staff governor Staff	May 2023-2027	Teaching and Learning DSL Mental Health		6/6
Mrs Amina Philips	Co-opted Governors	March 2023 - 2027	School Improvement Priority 3		3/3
Mrs Kelly Nichol	Headteacher	April 2021-2025			6/6
Ms Kayleigh Kingsland Mrs Rebecca Clark (cover)	Clerk				2/2 4/4
Previous Governors
Mrs Sue Dymoke	Co-opted Governors	Term ended: Jan 2019-2023	Business Management		3/3
Mrs Rebecca Smith	Staff governor Staff	Stepped down: May 2023	Planning Enrichment Specific Areas of Learning		Mat leave
Mrs Krista Toal (Chair)	Co-opted Parents	Stepped down: July 2023	Chair person School Improvement Priority 1		6/6

There are 6 full governing body meetings each year
Governors review policies on a rolling programme
There is at least one full governor training session a year
Governors visit the nursery once a term as a whole board and then arrange visits dependent on their linked responsibility
Governor meeting minutes are available upon request from the nursery office: admin@westonway.herts.sch.uk