Governors

The school's governors hold an important public office. We are lucky at Catforth to have committed and supportive governors, who all take an active role in the work of the governing body. We have 10 governors in all, appointed by different bodies to carry out three key roles;

To provide strategic leadership for the school
To challenge and hold the school to account in providing the best possible standard of education for our children.
To provide support for the school, as a critical friend.

A meeting of the full governing body is held once a term and there are a number of committees, some of which meet once a term and others as and when required.

Our Chair of Governors is Mrs Elisabeth Cooke, who can be contacted via the school office.

Current Governors

Name	Date of App'tment	Term of Office	Appointed by	Relevant Business Interests	Other Governor role	Family rel'ships to staff	Attendance record (2022/23)	Subject/ Aspect Link
Elisabeth Cooke (Chair of governors)	Oct 2013 (re-elected Oct 2017) Nov 2020 Co-opted as Community governor March 2020	March 2024	Community	None	None	None	86%	Safeguarding Online Safety PREVENT Music
Anita Davies (Vice-chair)	More than 10 years ago	Sept 2023	Community	None	None	None	86%	English Geography History
Julie Bainbridge (Headteacher)	April 2014	Duration of headship	Head teacher	None	None	None	All FGB and committees
Hannah Woodward	Nov 2021	Nov 2025	Staff	None	None	None	100%	LINK governor
Ben Hebblethwaite	January 2019 Re-elected Nov 2022	Nov 2026	Parent		None	None	100%	SEND More Able
Barry Probin	More than 10 years ago	Sept 2024	LEA	None	Larches Short Stay School Acorns School	None	71%	Science PE DT
Laura Faulkner	Nov 2020	Nov 2024	Parent	None	None	None	66.6%	EYFS RE Art
Megan Brown	Nov 2020	Nov 2024	Parent	None	None	None	100%	PSHE Foreign Lang
Sheetal Sobhun	March 2021	March 2025	Community	None	None	None	71%	Maths Computing
Hannah Tappenden	March 2023	March 2027	Parent	None	None	None	100%

Current Governors

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