Report from the Governing Board
On Monday evening the Governors met for the first time this academic year. We would like to take this opportunity to welcome all new families to Rodings.
At this point we form our committees and appoint Chairs and Vice-Chairs. We were delighted that Steph Green was appointed Chair of Governors with Leeann Goddard as Vice-Chair, who was also re-appointed as a co-opted governor for another term. We still have a couple of vacancies on our board.
Each governor is linked to a class and these were confirmed together with links to other areas such as safeguarding, SEND, inclusion, training and attendance.
Mr Raraty delivered his update and it was acknowledged that attendance overall is currently good although a number of leave of absence requests for the year ahead had already been received. We then had an update on the data from last year and were pleased that these results were broadly either in line or above the national average. The last part of his update focussed on the appointment of a new Deputy Headteacher.
Further reports on safeguarding, SEND, premises and health and safety were received. We were pleased to hear that staff had completed their safeguarding training and that the induction for new employees had been completed. Governors will be undertaking their safeguarding and PREVENT training over the coming weeks to ensure we are compliant.
We had several policies to agree and have the schedule of school visits in our diaries, the first of which took place this week. We have a timetable of visits with one taking place each half term to monitor different areas of the curriculum and school life in general. As well as visits we have a programme of training each term with the first session next Monday.
We are all looking forward to the year ahead and to seeing the children engaged, happy and flourishing during their time with us.
Andrea Beard
Partnership Governor
