Meet the Governors

The remit for the Governing Body is to:

Ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
Hold the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and it’s pupils, and the performance management of staff;
Oversee the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

Governor Name	Category	Appointing Body	Date appointed	Term of Office Expires	Committees	Responsibilities	Register of Interests	Links with Other Organisations
Catherine Ardern	Co-opted	Governing Body	29th September 2016	29th September 2024	Staff Dismissals, Complaints, Pay	Lead Governor for Curriculum	None	Headteacher at Douglas Valley Nursery School, Vice chair of Governors at Hindley Nursery School
Tracy Wade	Parent Governor	Parents	16th December 2020	15th December 2024	Pay TBC	Website ComplianceTBC	None	None
Kim Ardron	Co-opted	Governing Body	24th November 2017	23rd November 2021	None	Lead Governor for SEND and Health & Safety	None	Home Start, North Meols Library Association
Martin Sarbutts	Local Authority	Governing Body	26th November 2015	15th December 2024	Head Teachers Performance Management, Disciplinary, Staff Dismissals	Chair of Governors and Local Authority Governor. Chair of Performance and Standards Committee	Sefton MBC.
Rachel Lewis	Co-opted	Governing Body	27th June 2019	17th June 2021	Head Teachers Performance Management, Disciplinary, Staff Dismissals	Vice Chair & Lead Governor for Staff Well being	Chair of North West Federation of Nursery Headteachers (NWFHT)	Headteacher at Hindley Nursery
Jen Teasdale	Headteacher	Governing Body	1st September 2020	Ex officio		Headteacher	None
Tim Hinds	Staff	Staff	26th Nov 2015	25th Nov 2023		Staff Governor	None
Belinda Taylor	Co-opted	Governing Body	7th May 2018	9th May 2022		Lead Governor for Safeguarding	None	Headteacher at Churchtown Primary School
Sarah Howard	Parent Governor	Parents	12th August 2020	11th August 2024	Head Teachers Performance Management, Lead Governor for Data Protection	Lead Governor for GDPR	None	Teacher at Greenbank High School

* Both the Disciplinary Committee and the Disciplinary Appeals & Staff Appeals Committee are to be served by two ‘untainted’ governors, in addition to the above named.

Melanie Larkin - Clerk to the Governors

GOVERNORS’ ATTENDANCE 2021/2022
Name	Governing Body Meetings
Name	Governors Business Meeting 12/10/2021	Full Governing Board 25/11/2021	Full Governing Board Budget 03/03/2022	Governor Annual Planning Day 19/04/2022	Full Governing Board 16/06/2022
C Ardern	Apologies
K Ardron	Present
S Howard	Apologies
T Hinds	Present
M Sarbutts	Present
B Taylor	Present
J Teasdale	Present
T Wade	Present

GOVERNORS’ ATTENDANCE 2020/2021
Name	Governing Body Meetings
Name	Governors Business Meeting 14/09/2020	Full Governing Board 26/11/2020	Full Governing Board 04/03/2021	Governor & SLT Visioning Day 12/04/2021	Full Governing Board 17/06/2021
C Ardern	Present	Present	Apols	Apols	Present
K Ardron	Apols	Apols	Present	Present	Present
M Evans	Present	Present	Present	NA	Present
S Howard	Present	Apols	Apols	Present	Present
T Hinds	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
R Lewis	Apols	Present	Apols	Present	Apols
M Sarbutts	Present	Present	Present	Present	Apols
B Taylor	Apols	Present	Present	Present	Present
J Teasdale	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
T Wade	NA	NA	Present	Apols	Present

GOVERNORS’ ATTENDANCE 2019/2020
Name	Governing Body Meetings
Name	Governors Business Meeting 19/09/2019	Full Governing Board 21/11/2019	Full Governing Board 27/02/2020	Governor & SLT Visioning Day 15/05/2020 Cancelled due to Covid Crisis	Full Governing Board 11/06/2020
C Ardern	Present	Present	Present	See above	Present
K Ardron	Present	Present	Present	See above	Present
M Evans	Present	Present	Present	See above	Present
T Hinds	Present	Present	Present	See above	Present
R Lewis	Present	Apols	Present	See above	Present
S Payne	Present	Present	Present	See above	Present
J Postlethwaite	Present	Apols	Present	See above	Present
L Rimmer	Present	Present	Present	See above	Present
M Sarbutts	Present	Present	Present	See above	Present
B Taylor	Present	Present	Present	See above	Present

GOVERNORS’ ATTENDANCE 2018 / 2019
Name	Governing Body Meetings
Name	Governors Business Meeting 5/09/2018	Full Governing Board 4/10/2018	Full Governing Board 15/11/2018	Full Governing Board 31/01/2019	Full Governing Board 14/03/2019	Governor & SLT Visioning Day 3/05/2019	Full Governing Board 09/05/2019	Full Governing Board 27/06/2019
C Ardern	Present	Apols	Present	Apols	Apols	Apols	Apols	Present
K Ardron	Apols	Present	Present	Apols	Present	Present	Apols	Present
M Evans	Apols	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
T Hinds	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
R Lewis	Present	Apols	Present	Present	Present	Apols	Present	Present
S Payne	Present	Present	Present	Apols	Present	Present	Present	Present
J Postlethwaite	Present	Present	Present	Present	Apols	Present	Present	Present
L Rimmer	Present	Present	Apols	Present	Apols	Apols	Present	Present
M Sarbutts	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Apols	Present	Apols
B Taylor	Present	Present	Apols	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present

GOVERNORS’ ATTENDANCE 2017 / 2018
Name	Governing Body Meetings					Performance & Standards
Name	Governors Business Meeting 7/09/2017	23/11/2017	15/03/2018	Governor & SLT Visioning Day 20/04/2018	28/06/2018	12/10/2017	8/02/2018	10/05/2018
C Ardern	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Apols	Present
K Ardron	Present	Present	Present	Apols	Apols	Present	Present	Apols
J Postlethwaite	Apols	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Apols	Present
M Evans	Present	Present	Apols	Present	Apols	Present	Apols	Present
T Hinds	Present	Present	Present	Present	Apols	Present	Present	Present
R Lewis	Present	Present	Present	Present	Apols	Present	Apols	Apols
S Payne	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
M Sarbutts	Apols	Apols	Apols	Present	Apols	Present	Apols	Apols
C Coss	Apols	Apols	Resigned 12/03/2018		Apols	Apols	Apols	Apols
L Rimmer	Present	Present	Present	Present	Apols	Apols	Present	Present

GOVERNORS’ ATTENDANCE 2016 / 2017
Name	Governing Body Meetings					Performance & Standards
Name	Governors Business Meeting 22/9/2016	24/11/2016	16/03/2017	Governor & SLT Visioning Day 18/04/2017	22/06/2017	20/10/2016	9/02/2017	11/05/2017
C Ardern	Apols	Present	Present	Apols	Present	Present	Present	Present
K Ardron	Apols	Apols	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Apols
V Birtwistle	DNA	Resigned
J Postlethwaite	Not yet appointed	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not yet appointed	Present	Present
M Evans	Present	Present	Present	Present	Apols	Present	Present	Present
T Hinds	Present	Present	Present	Present	Apols	Present	Present	Present
R Lewis	Present	Apols	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Apols
S Payne	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
S Rogers	Apols	Apols	Present	Present	Apols	Apols	Apols	Resigned
M Sarbutts	Present	Apols	Apols	Present	Present	Apols	Present	Apols
C Coss	Not yet appointed			Present	Apols	Not yet appointed		Present
L Rimmer					Present

During the academic year 2019/20 the following issues the Governing Board identified and successfully addressed the following issues:

Strengthened the schools position as a system leader, facilitating the delivery of training and school to school support within and beyond Sefton.
Improve the progress of key vulnerable groups, leading to an increase in the proportion of pupils with SLCN, EAL and those eligible for the EYPP who achieve the age related expectation in the Prime Areas of learning and in Literacy and Maths
Continue to give Safeguarding the highest priority and sustain systems to promote children’s personal development, behaviour, health and wellbeing.
Promote the Characteristics of Effective Learning (COEL)
Increased the proportion of children with high levels of wellbeing resilience and COEL, particularly amongst the vulnerable groups.

Crossens Nursery School

Opening times

Contact Us

Meet the Governors

Opening times

Contact Us

Cookies

Cookies

Website CMS

Matomo

reCaptcha

Cookie notice