Our Governors

Welcome to our Governors’ section

Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.

What do school governors do?

The governing body of a school is responsible for ensuring that it is run to promote pupil achievement. Its duties include:

setting strategic direction, policies and objectives
approving the school budget
reviewing progress against the school's budget and objectives
appointing, challenging and supporting the headteacher

The governing body is made up of:

parent governors (elected by parents)
staff representatives (elected by school staff)
co-opted governors (members of the local community appointed by the governing body)
At Holly Grove Primary Academy the full governing body meet 7 times a year - we do not have separate committee meetings.

Name of Governor	Type of Governor	Role/Responsibilities	Start date	End of Term	Pecuniary interest	Attendance of meetings (24-25 - 7 Meetings)
Darren Lennon	Co-opted	Chair of Governors	Jun 18	Jan 26	Headteacher	1/1
Alex Harrison	Co-opted		Feb 24	Feb 27	Teacher	1/1
Daniel Holmes	Co-opted		Feb 24	Feb 27		1/1
Rachel Miller	Parent	PP/LAC Governor	Feb 24	Feb 27	Teacher	1/1
Craig Owen	Co-opted		Jul 23	Jul 27		1/1
Stuart Goodfellow	Co-opted		Oct 23	Oct 26		0/1
Lorraine Brown	Co-opted	Sen Governor	Oct 13	Oct 26		1/1
Anna Roberts	Co-opted		Jul 23	Jul 27		1/1
	Parent
Dawn O'Hare		Head Teacher			Headteacher	1/1
Sue Barnes	Staff	Assistant Head Teacher	Sep 19	Oct 26	Teacher - Husband works at school	1/1
Theresa Surplice	Staff	Assistant Head Teacher		Oct 26	Teacher	1/1
Abbie Boniface	Clerk of Governors					1/1

The Governing body is made up of the following:

The Principal/Headteacher of the Academy
2 staff governors
2 parent governors
up to 7 co-opted governors