Welcome to our Governors' section. Here you can find information on the role of the Governing Board, who the governors are and find minutes of previous meetings. 

The Local Governing Board consists of individuals who are committed to improving the education of all pupils at Langdale Primary School.

School governors are drawn from different parts of the community and can be parents and staff or from the Local Authority, the community and other groups. This helps ensure the governing body has sufficient diversity of skills, views and experience but does not mean governors of a particular category represent that group on the governing body. For example, parent governors do not represent the parents at the school and do not report back to them.

Governors are part of the strategic leadership of our school and have a vital role to play in making sure every child gets the best possible education. For an academy school like Langdale, we also have an additional layer of strategic challenge in our Trustees. Trustee details can be found here.

In all types of schools, governing bodies should have a strong focus on three core strategic functions:

1. Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
2. Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils;
3. Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

When a school is inspected by Ofsted, its governing body will be required to show evidence that governors conform with their three core functions.

As part of these three core functions governors have to:

• Ask the right questions
• Be aware of the importance of objective data and their sources
• Set policies, targets and priorities for achieving those objectives
• Monitor performance and progress towards those objectives
• Review achievements against the set aims and objectives
• Enable better governance through training, review and planning

Another aspect of the governors role has traditionally been referred to as being a ‘critical friend’ of the school, whereby, in addition to the duties laid out above, governors can and should also:

• Offer support
• Provide constructive advice
• Act as a sounding board - for the headteacher’s ideas
• Give a second opinion on proposals - which includes asking questions and challenging assumptions
• Help in arriving at the best solution - to further the best interests of the school

If you have any queries about the school please contact the Headteacher in the first instance, but the governors will be keen to hear from any parents who wish to provide feedback. You can contact the governors by email at chair@langdale.staffs.sch.uk

Meet the team:

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 1 VACANCY FOR OUR GOVERNORS - 1 CO-OPTED GOVERNOR. WE ARE LOOKING FOR A SKILLSET IN HEALTH AND SAFETY AND FINANCE. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR GOVERNORS, PLEASE REQUEST AN APPLICATION FORM FROM THE OFFICE BY CONTACTING US ON 01782 948000.

Associate members:

​When the Governing Board have a skills gap or require additional capacity they are able to appoint Associate Members to help fulfill their duties. Associate Members attend meetings and receive all paperwork but do not have voting rights. Our current Associate Members are: