Warden Park Primary Academy
Governance at Warden Park Primary Academy
For details of the local governing body, including declarations of interests and attendance, please click the following links:
A message from Laren Doe, Acting Chair of the Governing Body
What does the Governing Body at Warden Park Primary Academy do?
The Governing Body has three main roles:
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To be strategic
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To act as critical friend in the development of the academy
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To be accountable to the whole academy’s community
How we work
The full Governing Body meets at least six times a year, roughly once per half term. Between these times our Link Governors visit the academy to review areas of:
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Curriculum, Teaching and Learning
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Premises and Health & Safety
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Finance
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Pupil Outcomes and Effective Assessment
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Personal Development, Welfare, Behaviour and Safeguarding
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Leadership
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Pupil Premium.
As Governors, we also share a common objective of supporting and developing the wider school community. We work in partnership with you as parents and carers and the WPPA staff to ensure that every child leaves our academy having developed at WPPA as an enterprising and creative contributor, an ethically-informed citizen, a healthy confident individual and an ambitious capable learner.
To achieve this, and to carry out our role as Governors effectively, we need to know what issues are important to you (so we remain responsive) and ensure that you know what issues Governors are discussing (so that we remain accountable).That is why as Governors we work closely with Mrs Brodie and WPPA Staff to ensure that we continue to deliver a high standard of education to our children at Warden Park Primary Academy.
I think that the most important thing to note is that Governors are a team, not a collection of individuals or groups with separate agenda. However much we may differ in our views and experiences, we are united by our commitment to the academy and the responsibility we share for WPPA’s long term success.
All relevant governance information is included on the Warden Park Primary Academy’s website. Please remember that the website is a good way of keeping up to date with all aspects of academy life.
If you have a concern or a point of view to share, please let us know. We can be contacted via the Clerk to the Governors at WPPAclerk@sussexlearningtrust.co.uk.
I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and to assure you that I am committed to and very proud of our academy and I will continue to work with Mrs Brodie and the WPPA Staff Team, the other Governors, Parents and Pupils as together we all continue strive to make Warden Park Primary Academy Outstanding.
Yours sincerely
Laren Doe
Acting Chair of Governors – WPPA LGB
Meet the academy's governors:
Acting Chair - Laren Doe
I became a Trustee appointed Governor at the end of 2018 and am responsible for the area of Health and Safety. I was assigned this area due to my background in Risk management having worked in the Insurance Industry for over 10 years, the last six of which specialising in the Education Sector.
I live locally to the school and was looking for an opportunity to become more involved within my community. I have attended numerous events at the Academy over the years due to family involvement and am always overwhelmed by the atmosphere of fun, supportive learning which I am excited to be a small part of.
Safeguarding Governor - Rachel Jowett (Parent nominated Governor)
Jenny Allik (LGB nominated Governor)
Diane Ayres (Staff nominated Governor)
Ben Swithenbank (Parent-nominated Governor)
Amie Whittle (Staff nominated Governor)
Michael Field (LGB nominated Governor)
Adrian Rutherford (LGB nominated Governor)
Elizabeth Brodie (Head teacher - ex officio role on the Governing Body)
BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Copies of Minutes of Governing Body meetings are available on request from the Clerk at wppaclerk@sussexlearningtrust.
Governors can be contacted via The Clerk to Governors Mrs Andrea Barrett at WPPAclerk@sussexlearningtrust.co.uk
Warden Park Primary Academy is part of Sussex Learning Trust. Click here for more information.
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