Governor information
The main aim of the governing body is to maintain and improve its school's standards of education.
Its work is divided into three key areas:
- setting the school's vision and strategic aims, agreeing plans and policies, and making creative use of resources
- monitoring and evaluating performance, acting as a critical friend to the Headteacher to support and challenge them in managing the school
- ensuring that the school is accountable to the children and parents it serves, to its local community, to those who fund and maintain it, as well as to the staff it employs
At Our Lady's we pride ourselves on the strength, committment and knowledge of our governors, who come together with a wide range of skills to complement our school leadership.
“ Governors have acted as ‘critical friends’ to the school. They have challenged leaders to secure continuous improvements during a period of financial hardship caused by low pupil numbers. The expertise of governors is well matched to their roles on the governing body and they have recently assumed the responsibility for being ‘link governors’ for different subjects."OFSTED
“The governing body make a highly significant contribution to the work and the Catholic dimension of the school. They have worked tirelessly with the Headteacher, Senior Leadership Team and Religious Education staff, including the Chaplaincy Team, to ensure the Catholic mission of the school is central to the development of Our Lady’s Catholic College” Lancaster Diocese Section 48 report
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Foundation Governors |
Term of Office |
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Alice Robinson |
01/09/2019 - 30/08/2023 |
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Philip Jones (Chair of Governors) |
01/09/2019 - 30/08/2023 |
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Jane Routh |
01/03/2022 - 28/02/2026 |
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Anne Goddard (Vice Chair of Governors and Chair of A and S Committee) |
01/09/2019 - 30/08/2023 |
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Paul Bates (Chair of School Community) |
23/03/2022 - 22/03/2026 |
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Nicola Holt |
29/09/2022 - 28/09/2026 |
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Co-opted Governor |
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Chris Foster (Chair of Resources Committee) |
01/09/2019 - 30/08/2023 |
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LEA Governor |
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Stewart Pyne |
23/03/2022 - 22/03/2026 |
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Parent Governors |
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Peter Hope |
01/12/2022 - 31/11/2027 |
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Laura Gatti |
01/09/2019 - 30/08/2023 |
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Staff Governors |
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Helen Seddon |
N/A |
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Richard Teasdale |
04/11/2022 - 03/11/2026 |
Governors who have left in the last 12 months:
Wyn Lambert
Fr John Gibson
Tracy Barlow
Alison Bates
Committee Membership:
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Curriculum & Standards |
Resources |
Pupil Wellbeing |
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Anne Goddard (Chair) |
Chris Foster (Chair) |
Paul Bates |
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Chris Foster |
Phil Jones |
Phil Jones |
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Paul Bates |
Laura Gatti |
Nicola Holt |
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Alice Robinson |
Anne Goddard |
Stewart Pyne |
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Phil Jones |
Jane Routh |
Richard Teasdale |
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Peter Hope |
Attendance record 2021/22
| Type of Governor | FGB | Curriculum & Standards | Resources | Pupil Wellbeing | Register of Interests | |
| Wyn Lambert | Foundation | 2/3 | 2/3 | N/A | 3/3 | Nil |
| Alice Robinson | Foundation | 3/3 | 3/3 | N/A | N/A | Nil |
| Philip Jones | Foundation | 3/3 | N/A | 1/3 | 2/3 | Nil |
| Jane Routh | Foundation | 1/1 | N/A | 1/1 | N/A | Parent of Pupil |
| Anne Goddard | Foundation | 2/3 | 2/3 | 1/3 | N/A | Nil |
| Paul Bates | Foundation | 3/3 | 2/3 | N/A | 3/3 | Nil |
| Chris Foster | Co-opted | 3/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | N/A | Nil |
| Stewart Pyne | LEA | 0/1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Husband of staff member and parent of pupil |
| Tracy Barlow | Parent | 1/1 | N/A | N/A | 2/2 | Parent of Pupil |
| Laura Gatti | Parent | 3/3 | N/A | 3/3 | N/A | Parent of Pupil |
| Helen Seddon | Headteacher | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | Daughter teacher/Husband PSO |
| Alison Bates | Staff | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | N/A | Parent of Pupil |