Governors | Acacias Community Primary School

Governors

The primary purpose of a governing body is to ensure the quality of education provision and to act as the accountable body for the school. The governing body has responsibility for ensuring good conduct and high standards of educational achievement in the school.

The role of the governing body is to:

set the strategic direction, vision and ethos of the school;
monitor and challenge the progress of the school in achieving its priorities;
recruit and performance manage the headteacher;
exercise employer responsibility;
ensure the school(s) meet its statutory responsibilities
ensure financial probity;
ensure the premises are well managed; and
report to the school’s stakeholders.


Name and Governor type	Committee membership	Named business or Personal interest with school (spouse/ partner/relative)	Governor of any other educational establishment	Term of Office
Udnan Ali (Parent)	Finance			26/03/23-25/03/27
Mahbuba Begum (Co-opted)	Finance			25/11/24-24/11/28
Sian Bradley-Byrne(Staff)				02/11/20-01/11/24
Maren Cervantes Lara (Co-opted)	Health & Safety			01/09/21-31/08/25
Jenny Chick (Co-opted)		Employed at Birchfields Primary School		06/02/23-05/02/27
Kate Fitzgerald (Parent)	Pay			30/11/21-29/11/25
Lois Greenhalgh (Co-opted)	Health & Safety			01/09/23-31/08/27
David Griffiths (Head)	Finance Health & Safety			By virtue of role
Pam Higgins (LA) (Jt Chair)	Finance Headteacher Performance Management Pay Appeals	Employed at Manchester Grammar School		15/11/23-14/11/27
Jen Khan (Parent)				26/3/23-25/3/27
Kerry Scott (Co-opted)	Finance Headteacher Performance Management			12/11/23-11/11/27
Angela Stansfield (Co-opted)	Finance			01/09/23-31/08/27
Greta Valiukaite				22/05/23-21/05/27
Helen West (Co-opted)	Health & Safety			01/09/23-31/08/27
Anne Zaidi (Co-opted) (Jt Chair)	Pay Headteacher Performance Management	Employed at Heald Place Primary School Mr N Zaidi (husband) is employed by the school as pastoral support consultant		30/11/24-29/11/28