Governors
Roles and Responsibilities
As a maintained school Ribblesdale Nursery School is required to have a Governing Body.
Effective governance is based on six key features:
Strategic leadership that sets and champions vision, ethos and strategy.
Accountability that drives up educational standards and financial performance.
People with the right skills, experience, qualities and capacity.
Structures that reinforce clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
Compliance with statutory and contractual requirements.
Evaluation to monitor and improve the quality and impact of governance.
Our Governing Body are actively involved with the school and regularly attend meetings, observe in nursery school, support on visits and join in celebrations and special events.
They are always keen to hear your views and opinions on our school, so please feel free to approach them informally when they are in nursery, by email to head@ribblesdale-nur.lancs.sch.uk or by completing Parent View via our website.
Parents Governors are parents of pupils attending nursery school at the time of their appointment. Parents express an interest when there is a vacancy and if there are more applicants than places available, the new Governor is chosen by the majority of votes made by parents. All parents of children in nursery school are eligible to be a Parent Governor.
The staff of the school elect staff Governors and Lancashire County Council elects local Authority representatives. Co-opted Governors are elected by the Governing Body based on their skills, and experience relevant to the school.
The Governors meet once term as Full Governors and each Governor also attends an additional sub-meeting.
The sub-committees are:
Standards and Effectiveness of the School
Finance, Staffing and Premises
They are always keen to hear your views and opinions on our school, so please feel free to approach them informally when they are in nursery, by email to head@ribblesdale-nur.lancs.sch.uk or by completing Parent View via our website.
If you would like any further information about our Governing Body, please speak to the Headteacher (Susan Allan) or the school office.