Governing Board update: September 2023
The first governing board meeting of the new academic year took place on Tuesday 12 September, in school.
The meeting, a full governing board meeting, was largely procedural in nature establishing structures for the academic year.
Committee structures and key governor roles, including safeguarding, special educational needs, early-years and Health and Safety were agreed.
Governors have decided to move to a more traditional governance arrangement with a curriculum committee and a finance and resources committee, both with delegated responsibilities, feeding into the termly full-governing board meetings.
The first scheduled curriculum committee meeting is the 10 October and the first finance and resource committee is planned for November - information on the work of the two committees will be shared as usual through newsletter updates and meeting minutes.
School term and holiday dates for the 2024-2025 academic year were agreed - Mr Whitehead will be putting these on the school website as soon as possible.
Minutes of the July 2023 full governing board meeting were approved - these can be found on the school website, along with previous meeting minutes.
Governors heard a brief update from Mr Whitehead on the first few days of the school term. Everyone is settling back into routines and attendance is good.
Governors then agreed Year 2 of the current school strategic plan focused around the school vision, Learning to Live, Living to Love, Loving to Learn, drawn up in the summer term - this will shortly be available on the school website.
My thanks to everyone involved for their ongoing contributions to the strategic plan.
Governors then approved the Child Protection Policy, reflecting best practice and the latest government advice.
Further information on the work of the governing board can be seen on the school website at www.kildwickceschool.org.uk
I am also happy to discuss school governance and can be contacted at [email protected] - organisational and educational matters should be addressed to Mr Whitehead and the staff team.
John Perry
Chair of Governors
September 2023