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Who are the School governors and what do they do?
Each school has its own governing body, which plays an important role in the strategic management of the school. The governing body is made up of a cross-section of the local community and includes teachers, parents, the local Vicar and members of the community. Our School which is a Church of England Voluntary Aided School has a majority of Foundation Governors appointed by the Exeter Diocese Board of Education and the Parochial Church Council.


Governor Types
At Bampton VA Primary School, we currently have a total of 12 governors, supported by a Clerk.   There are different routes by which the varying types of governors are appointed and there are rules around the composition of the governing body. However, once appointed, all governors have equal status, regardless of the category they have been appointed under.  The main categories of governors are:

• Foundation governors: 7 in total, 3 to be eligible as parent governor.  These are appointed by the school’s founding body, which in the case of our school is the Diocese of Exeter, part of the Church of England.
• LA governors: 1 in total.  These are appointed by the Local Authority.
• Staff governors: 2 in total.  Both teaching and non teaching staff are entitled to stand for election for staff governorship
• Parent governors: 1 in total.  Parents or carers of children at the school are eligible to stand for election to be governors by other parents and carers.  Parent governors are 'representative parents' rather than 'representatives of the parents', and, in common with other governors, are concerned with the welfare of the school as a whole.
•The Headteacher is also a full member of the school’s Governing Body. 

Governors typically serve a term of three or four years, depending on their category of membership.   When a parent governor vacancy arises this will be communicated to parents and an election will take place for which any parent with a child at the school will be eligible.
There is training available to governors, through the Local Authority and Diocese, to ensure they have the right knowledge and skills to be able to carry out their duties.

The members of our Governing Body are currently:

Chair, Foundation, parent, PCC Governor - Steve Parker

Vice-Chair, Local Authority Governor - Mike Clark

Ex Officio - Rev Lynne Burgon 

Head Teacher -  Gaye Williams

Teacher Governor - Matthew Bealey

Staff Governor - Mark Woodcock

Parent Governor - Philip Moore 

Foundation, parent, DBE Governor -  Ben Barrett

Foundation PCC Governor - Judith Coney 

Foundation PCC Governor - Isabelle Kenny 

Foundation DBE -  Vacancy

Foundation DBE and Parent - Vacancy

Clerk to the Governing Body - Suzanne Cottrell

DBE - Diocesan Board of Education, PCC - Parochial Church Council

All Governors can be contacted via the Clerk at the school office.

Use the links below to find out more about Governing Bodies & Foundation Governors.