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The Governing Body.
School Governors are drawn from the school, the wider community and the church.


Why are parents on the Governing Body?

Parent Governors bring the view of parents to the Governing body. However, they speak and act as individuals rather than being delegates of other parents. They have equal status in the work of the Governing Body, with equal voting rights.

What is the role of the Governors? They:
1. Oversee what is taught
2. Set standards of behaviour
3. Interview and select staff
4. Decide how the school budget is spent
5. Have overall responsibility for the correct running of the school
6. Monitor the performance of the Headteacher

School Governors have legal duties, powers and responsibilities. They can only act together, they cannot act individually. The majority of our Governors represent a body of very experienced and enthusiastic people, from a wide range of backgrounds.

List of Governors and their roles and responsibilities.

Mr Colin Allsop - Chair of Governors

Miss Mary King - Chair of Personnel
Revd Russell Chamberlain - Ex officio

Mr John Gentry - Chair of Curriculum and Standards

Mrs Stella Smout

Mrs Susan Allsop

Mrs Ailsa Robbins - Chair of Premises and Health and Safety
Mrs Susan Rowe-Jones - Headteacher
Mrs Jeanine Browse
Mrs Elinor Brooker
Mrs Julie Palmer - Vice Chair, Chair of Finance

Miss Carolyn Brend
Mrs Christine Batten -  Clerk

Starting school.
Our Admissions Policy is in line with that of Devon County Council. Each Devon school serves a particular area, but parents may apply for a place at any school. Parental choice of school is agreed whenever possible.
Where demand exceeds available places preference is given to:
*looked after children
*children with brothers or sisters attending the school
*children with special or medical needs
*children whose parents/carers wish them to have a Christian education.
Further details are available on request.
There will be no discrimination against any child on the grounds of disability or special education needs. Problems regarding admissions are dealt with by an Admissions Appeals Committee (South Devon Divisional Office Redworth House Totnes 01803 386823). Pupils are admitted in September following their fourth birthday. Initially the intake involves part-time attendance in the first two weeks. This enables us to settle your child in carefully and also to start the Foundation Stage Profiles which help us to plan their work programme.

A full programme of induction prior to your child's start at school involves visits by our staff to pre-school groups, and visits to school by your child. A Pre-School Information booklet is provided for new parents at this time. We also hold an informal meeting half a term before the school starts for parents of new children to provide information and to resolve any potential worries. By these means we hope to lay the foundations for a successful start at school. The Headteacher always makes herself available to talk to new parents informally. The smooth transition between home and school is of vital importance. Prospective parents are always welcome to ring for an appointment to visit the school.


As a school we appreciate knowing as early as possible if you need a place for your child. We recommend about the same time as when you apply for Nursery places. We have a limited number of places and need to plan ahead.

To view our recent Ofsted report please follow this link to the Ofsted website: http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.1c8478149b4a6342502b011069f034a0/?currentPage=1&event=searchByDateAndRegion&previous=providerCategoryName@Nursery%20and%20primary%20education|event@searchByDateAndRegion|currentPage@3|numberOfResults@40|regionID@6|month@11|year@2007|providerCategoryID@4096|sortOrder@1|maxResultPerPage@10&currentAZFilter=A&

 

To view the latest SIAS report please follow this link: http://www.natsoc.org.uk/siasinspectionandreports/

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