Welcome to our Governors’ section.

Please find below the Annual Statement of Governance, which includes details of our Governors including their names, categories, responsibilities, terms of appointment and annual meeting attendance.

All Saints Infants School Governing Body meeting minutes are available on request, please contact Steph Cook (Governance Professional):- govpro@allsaints.reading.sch.uk   

Annual Statement of Governance 2023-24

The Full Governing Body (FGB) of All Saints Infants School (ASIS) met six times during the 2022-23 academic year, once per half term, plus a short meeting to approve the 2024-25 budget. Three of the six full length FGB meetings were held online on weekday evenings, and the other three meetings were held during the school day in school. This meeting pattern is to be carried forward into the 2024-25 school year.

The Governing Body is responsible for setting the strategy of the school and monitoring its implementation. At the start of the year, the Governing Body agreed to continue with the structure approved at the start of 2020-21 whereby there is limited delegation to committees and so the majority of the business of the Governing Body business was conducted via these FGB meetings.

Governors expect that the school will promote and deliver the highest possible standards of provision for pupils in terms of safeguarding, curriculum, health and safety and the school environment. Governors are responsible for the conduct of the school in all areas.  All Governors are involved in setting and monitoring the school's vision, aims and policies and may be involved in hearing appeals or grievances.

Key roles of the Governing Body:

• To ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction for the school
• To hold the school’s senior leadership to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the efficient and effective performance management of staff

• To oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure its money is well spent
• To secure, develop and maintain the Christian character of the school throughout all areas of its work.

Strategic Aims of the Governing Body

• To continue to insist on the highest possible standards of education and learning for the school and its pupils
• To consider and determine the school’s vision and strategic direction with particular consideration given to:

• The long term sustainability of the school in terms of budget, staffing, admissions and performance and the identification and mitigation of risks in these areas
• The ability of the school to achieve the goals established in the School Improvement Plan
• The ability of the school to maintain the highest standards of provision for pupils in terms of safeguarding, curriculum, health and safety and the school environment
• The preservation of the school’s status as a church school and its relationship with All Saints Church and the Oxford Diocese

• Effective management of the implications of there being one Headteacher across All Saints Infants and All Saints Junior schools
• Effective sharing of staff and resources between the All Saints schools
• Greater integration of families and pupils across the two schools.

Effectiveness of the Governing Body

We are continuously striving to maintain the highest standards within the Governing Body. We undertake an annual evaluation of our effectiveness and a skills audit. In addition, the school underwent an Ofsted inspection in March 2022. The inspection report stated that ‘Staff are proud to work at All Saints Infant School. They appreciate the attention leaders and governors give to staff’s workload. Governors are highly involved in the life of the school. They are effective in checking the school’s work and holding leaders to account. They are committed to meeting the needs of pupils and families in the community.’ The Governing Body ensures that it is represented at external monitoring visits conducted by the Local Authority’s Brighter Futures for Children School Effectiveness Service and that it monitors the implementation of actions flowing from these visits and their impact.

The Governing Body operates a link governor structure, whereby most governors have a designated area of responsibility to conduct monitoring work on behalf of the Governing Body. These link governor roles cover Safeguarding, Disadvantaged Children (including Special Educational Needs and Disabilities), Curriculum, Finance, Religious Education, Wellbeing and Health and Safety. As part of these roles, and sometimes for other reasons, governors are involved in a wide range of in-school monitoring visits and reports on these are usually made to the next FGB meeting after the visit concerned.

We are aware of the skills that each Governor brings to the school and those areas in which we are short. We seek external advice and guidance to help in these areas, including the engagement of Associate Members, and as far as possible recruit governors with appropriate skills to fill our vacancies. We ensure that governors have access to relevant training and development activities in order to maximise their effectiveness as a governor and the effectiveness of the governing body as a whole.

Ensuring effective safeguarding arrangements at the school is of the utmost importance for Governors. During 2022-23 the Governing Body ensured that all governors receiving training focused on the safeguarding role of governors, and governors had updates to that training during 2023-24. The link governor responsible for Safeguarding conducted regular school monitoring visits throughout the year, reporting to each FGB meeting on their work.

During 2023-24 one new Foundation governor joined the Governing Body, and another joined early in 2024-25, both appointed by All Saints Parochial Church Council. Unfortunately, attempts to fill the other vacancies were not successful in 2023-24, including both Parent Governor positions and a further Foundation governor position. An election to seek to fill the Parent Governor vacancies will take place as early as possible in the 2024-25 school year.

As well as this statement, on the school website, a list of current and recent past governors is provided. This list also includes details of their term of office, the category of governor, any relevant business and parochial interests, their link governor responsibilities and attendance record at meetings in the preceding year.

All Saints Infant School Governing Body, 1 October 2024.

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