Hertford Primary School Governing Board
The Full Governing Board (FGB) meets once or twice a term. At these meetings the governing body carries out its three core functions, as identified by the Department for Education to ensure:
- that the vision, ethos and strategic direction of the school are clearly defined;
- that the headteacher performs their responsibilities for the educational performance of the school;
- the sound, proper and effective use of the school's financial resources.
The governing board regularly reviews its way of working. Some of its work is delegated to committees but other than the headteacher, no delegation of work to individual governors has been made. From 3.10.22 there are now three main committees: the Quality of Education Committee (remit) Chair Tom Freeman; the Finance, Premises. Health and Safety and Personnel Committee (FPHSP) (remit) Chair Joanne Barton and the Safeguarding and Inclusion Committee (remit) Chair Jenny Pearson. Under the terms of the teachers' pay policy, a Pay Committee may also sit.
Jenny Perrin is the Chair of Governors and the Vice Chair of Governors is Beatrice Orchard. Their contact details are: jennyperrin@hertford.brighton-hove.sch.uk and beatriceorchard@hertford.brighton-hove.sch.uk
Minutes of the Hertford Primary School Governing Board and FPHSP Committee, providing they are not confidential, will be shown here once they have been approved by the Board at the following meeting. Minutes from the Hertford Federation Governing Board within the last three years will also be shown here. Just click on the date of the meeting. The minutes include the names of governors present at the meeting. Other minutes and some agenda papers may also be available if they are not confidential. Please address such requests to the clerk to governors at office@hertford.brighton-hove.sch.uk .
Meetings scheduled for 2024/25:
FGB: 7th October 2024; 13th March 2025; 13th May 2025 and 14th July 2025
FPHSP Committee: 16th September 2024, 6th February 2025 (inquorate) and 6th May 2025
QE Committee: 26th September 2024 attended by A Pearce, M Murphy, Beatrice Orchard and T Freeman; 12th February 2025 attended by M Murphy, T Freeman, B Orchard and A Pearce; 30th April 2025
SGI committee: 21st March 2025 attended by J Perrin, J Pearson and J Harvey.
Meetings 2023/24
Full governing board: 11th September 2023; 4th October 2023 (Confidential meeting attended by: RA RD TF JHtay MM BO JPI JPS ; 4th December 2023; 30th January 2024; 21st March 2024 Cancelled; 13th May 2024; 8th July 2024
FPHSP committee: 16th October 2023; 13th March 2024 attended by JB RD JF JPI; 9th May 2024
Quality of Education Committee: 27th September 2023 (inquorate) attended by AP TF and MM ; 10th January 2024 (inquorate) attended by AP MM and TF; 17th April 2024 attended by AP MM TF BEO
Safeguarding and Inclusion committee: 16th October 2023 attended by RA JPS (inquorate); 11th March 2024 attended by RA JPS JH; 17th June 2024
Meetings 2022/23
Full governing board: 12th September 2022 , 3rd October 2022, 16th January 2023, 21st March 2023, 15th May 2023 and 10th July 2023.
FPP Committee: 5th October 2022 27th February 2023 , 9th May 2023 (inquorate meeting attended by JPI and ZM), and 22nd May 2023 attended by ZM JF BO JPI.
Quality of Education Committee: 19th October 2022, attended by TF MM BO RD; 4th January 2023 attended by RD TF MM BO GK; 26th April 2023 attended by RD TF MM and BO
Safeguarding and Inclusion Committee: 17th November 2022, attended by RA J Htay, JPI and JPS, 27th February 2023 attended by RA J Htay, JPS and SH; 4th July 2023 attended by RA JHtay JPS and SH
Meetings 2021/22 :
Full governing board: 16th September 2021, 2nd December 2021, 28th March 2022, 17th May 2022 and 11th July 2022 Also 17th March 2022, attended by JF ZM BO RA JP TF TB JH
Finance Premises and Personnel Committee: 18th October 2021, 19th January 2022, 14th March 2022 and 9th May 2022
Quality of Education Committee: 2nd February 2022, 16th March 2022 4th May 2022 and 22nd June 2022