Meadow High School Annual Governance Statement 2018-2019

Meadow High School Governing Body Annual Governance Statement 2018 - 2019

School Name: Meadow High School

School Address: Royal Lane, Hillingdon, Middlesex, UB8 3QU

Telephone number: 01895 443310

Contact email address: meadow@meadowhighschool.org

Category of school: Community Special Needs

DfE number: 3127004

Ofsted grading and date of last inspection: Good (May 2018)

Name of Headteacher: Jenny Rigby

Date of Statement: July 2019

The core functions of the governing body As defined by the Department for Education (DfE) in The School Governance (Roles, Procedures and Allowances) (England) Regulations 2013, the core functions of the governing body include:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils; and
Ensuring the sound, proper and effective use of the school’s financial resources.

In exercising their functions the Governing Body shall

Act with integrity, objectivity and honesty and in the best interests of the school; and

Be open about the decisions they make and the actions they take and in particular shall be prepared to explain their decisions and actions to interested parties.

Legal constitution of the governing body

Total number of governor posts on the Governing Body: Twelve

The Governing Body was formally constituted on: 13th April 2015

Chair of Governors: Richard Burton

Deputy chair of Governors: Graeme Vickery

Clerk to the Governors: Gill Duncan

Category of Governor	Name	Term of Office Ends or Ended	Governance role in another school or college	Material relationships between governors or with school staff
Parent	Ricky Mills	30/04/20	None	None
Parent	Huma Mirza	23/05/20	None	None
Parent	John Goodbody	09/10/21	None	None
Parent	Sabih Khan	09/10/21	None	None
Staff (Headteacher)	Jenny Rigby	Ex-officio	None	None
Staff	Sana Bhopal	30/09/19	None	None
Local Authority	Paul Rosen	Resigned Nov ‘18	i. Westfield Academy ii. Bowmansgreen Primary School iii. Yeading Infants School	None
Local Authority	Phil Haigh	30/06/23	i. Cherry Lane Primary School ii. Schools Forum iii. High Needs Group iv. DSG/EY Funding Group	None
Co-opted	Kiran Kalia	01/11/20	None	Mother of teachers Ms Kalia and Mrs Shukla
Co-opted	Pauline Hardy	30/04/22	None	None
Co-opted	Graeme Vickery	20/09/22	None	None
Co-opted	Phil Haigh	Resigned June ‘19	i. Cherry Lane Primary School ii. Schools Forum iii. High Needs Group iv. DSG/EY Funding Group	None
Co-opted	Richard Burton	20/09/22	None	None

How the Governing Body delegates and distributes its duties

The Governing Body agreed to form a Resources Committee and an Achievement Committee. This is reviewed annually.

Resources Committee	Achievement Committee
Committee membership details A minimum of five governors plus the deputy headteacher Ms Caddell.	Committee membership details A minimum of four governors plus the deputy headteacher Ms Caddell.
Remit of committee and key delegated duties See the Terms of Reference	Remit of committee and key delegated duties See the Terms of Reference
Number of meetings held in academic year: Six	Number of meetings held in academic year: Three

Specific panels of the Governing Body are convened as required for: School Complaints; Staff Grievance and Discipline; Staff Contract Reviews; Pupil Discipline Appeals

The Governing Body delegates some specific functions to some governors covering specific areas of school life. These governors are known as Link Governors. Our school has the following link governors.

Area of responsibility	Named Governor	Number of visits to school in this role in academic year
Child Protection & Safeguarding	John Goodbody
Child Protection & Safeguarding (Deputy)	Richard Burton
Single Central Register	Paul Rosen (Until Nov ’19) Phil Haigh (From Nov ’19)
Looked After Children & Previously Looked After Children	Paul Rosen (Until Nov ’19) Graeme Vickery (From Nov ’19)
Health & Safety	Ricky Mills
Careers	Kiran Kalia
Student Voice	Graeme Vickery & Mr Mills
Curriculum	Huma Mirza
‘Most-able’	Achievement Committee
16-25 Provision	Graeme Vickery
EAL	Kiran Kalia
GDPR	Sabih Khan
MDT including Medical and Welfare	John Goodbody

Governing Body and Committee Meeting Attendance

Full Governing Body
Dates and Attendance

Governors	Autumn Term 24/09/19	Autumn Term 26/11/18	Spring Term 1/03/19	Spring Term 01/04/19	Summer Term 20/05/19	Summer Term ^{‘Governors in School Day’} 21/06/19	Summer Term 4/06/19
Ricky Mills	Attended	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Huma Mirza	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Did not attend	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Apologies given and accepted	Did not attend
John Goodbody	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Sabih Khan	Attended	Did not attend	Did not attend	Apologies given and accepted	Did not attend	Did not attend	Did not attend
Jenny Rigby (Head)	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Sana Bhopal	Attended	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Paul Rosen	Attended
Karin Kalia	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Attended
Pauline Hardy	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Graeme Vickery	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Did not attend	Attended	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Did not attend
Richard Burton	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Phil Haigh	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Did not attend	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Apologies given and accepted	Attended

Resources Committee Meetings

Dates and Attendance

Governors	Autumn Term 17/09/18	Autumn Term 29/10/18	Spring Term 14/01/19	Spring Term 11/03/19	Summer Term 13/05/19	Summer Term 10/06/19
Jenny Rigby (Head)	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Paul Rosen (Chair until 11/18)	Attended	Apologies given and accepted
John Goodbody	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Richard Burton (Acting Chair Nov – 14/01/19)	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Apologies given and accepted
Pauline Hardy	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Ricky Mills	Did not attend	Apologies given and accepted	Did not attend	Attended	Attended	Did not attend
Sabih Khan	Did not attend
Phil Haigh (Appointed Chair 14/01/19)	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Graeme Vickery			Attended
Kiran Kalia			Attended		Attended

Achievement Committee Meetings
Dates and Attendance

Governors	Autumn Term 12/11/18	Spring Term 04/02/19	Summer Term 29/04/18
Graeme Vickery (Chair)	Attended	Attended	Attended
Jenny Rigby (Head)	Attended	Attended	Attended
Sana Bhopal	Attended	Attended	Attended
Ricky Mills	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Attended
Huma Mirza	Apologies given and accepted	Apologies given and accepted	Apologies given and accepted
Karin Kalia	Apologies given and accepted	Apologies given and accepted	Apologies given and accepted
John Goodbody	Attended	Attended	Attended
Sabih Khan	Apologies given and accepted	Attended	Did not attend

Governing Body effectiveness and impact

Governors are aware of the changes to the way the school with gather and record data about holistic pupil progress.

IMPACT: Governors have identified the need for regular updates and the new systems are implemented. Governors have delegated the Achievement Committee to scrutinise this at each meeting and report back to the FGB.

Governors continue to have focus visits (Governors in school day) and to attend school events.

IMPACT: Governors are a known presence in the school community, among both staff, pupils and families. Focus visits allow Governors to dig deeper into information presented at Governing Body meetings.

Governors, after testing proposals and rationales for robustness, have supported changes and additions to the staffing structure.

IMPACT: Governors have ensured that the staffing structure has changed and adapted as the school has grown and pupil population altered in order to better meet the needs of the pupils. Staff training and development has been more focused and matched to identified individual requirements and the school development needs.

Governors have ensured that sound financial planning has allowed the school to accumulate funds to build a sports hall as part of the DfE new school development.

IMPACT: Pupils will have a bespoke space for sport and PE lessons, allowing more lessons to take place on site, reducing travel time and increasing lesson time. The ‘main’ school hall will then be more accessible for other curriculum areas, projects and training.

Governors have supported the change and development to the curriculum and pupil pathways.

IMPACT: The school has developed more bespoke provision for a wider range of pupils leading to better life outcomes.

Find out more about our school...

Link to Ofsted report
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report

Our school's Ofsted data dashboard can be found at http://dashboard.ofsted.gov.uk/
Link to school's website www.meadowhighschool.org
Link to school's pupil premium statement

www.meadowhighschool.org/key information/pupil premium

Link to Parent View which seeks parents' opinions on 12 aspects of our school, from the quality of teaching, to dealing with bullying and poor behaviour. https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/

The Governing Body can be contacted about this statement by enquiring through the school office. 01895 443310.

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