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:
- 5 Co-opted governors (1 current vacancy)
- 1 LA governor
- 4 Parent governors (1 current vacancy)
- 1 Staff governor
- 1 Headteacher
Total number of governors: 12
In addition, we have 1 Associate governor
Name | Category / Appointing Body | Term of office | Responsibility/ Committee | Business/ Relevant Interests |
FGB meetings attendance 2021/22 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Krista Toal (Chair) |
Co-opted
Parents
|
Mar 2022-Mar 2026 |
|
|
New Mar 2022
2/2
|
Mrs Laura Dorrill |
Parent Governor
Parents |
Nov 2019-2023 |
|
5/5 | |
Mrs Caroline Lewis |
Co-opted
Parents |
Sept 2021-2025 |
|
New Sept 2021 4/5 |
|
Mrs Claire Cobain |
Co-opted
Governors |
Feb 2022-2026 |
|
Maintained Nursery Headteacher |
New Feb 2022 2/2 |
Mrs Deborah Willcox |
LA
Governors |
Jan 2022-2026 |
|
Maintained Nursery Headteacher |
New Jan 2022 3/3 |
Ms Danielle Tucker |
Co-opted
Governors |
Sept 2021-2025 |
|
The Key |
New Sept 2021 3/5 |
Mr Suraj Kamal |
Parent Governor
Parents |
Feb 2022-2026 |
|
New Feb 2022 1/2 |
|
Mrs Rebecca Smith |
Staff governor
Staff |
Sept 2019-2023 |
|
3/3 | |
Mrs Abbi Whitehead | Associate
Teacher |
Oct 2020-2024 |
|
2/2 | |
Mrs Kelly Nichol | Headteacher | April 2021-2025 |
|
5/5 | |
Ms Kayleigh Kingsland | Clerk | ||||
Previous Governors | |||||
Diana Arnold | LA |
Stepped down: January 2022 |
1/1 | ||
Andrew Green | Co-opted |
Stepped down: November 2021 |
0/1 |
||
Sharon Mullen | Parent Governor |
Stepped down: January 2022 |
2/3 |
||
Mrs Sue Dymoke |
Co-opted
Governors |
Term ended: Jan 2019-2023 |
Business Management |
3/5 |
- There are 6 full governing body meetings each year (one less in 2021-2022 due to covid)
- 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