Governors

As part of the Wood Farm and Slade Federation, the Slade Nursery School and Day Nursery shares its governing body with Wood Farm Primary School.

The governing body is the strategic decision making body of the federation. There are a variety of different roles within the governing board which involve working with the head teacher, executive head teacher and senior leaders to ensure the children at the school get the best possible education, are happy and safe and enjoy their time at school. As well as supporting our dedicated leaders and staff, governors also act as 'critical friends' to challenge where necessary to ensure that we deliver our objectives.

 Governors are volunteers who bring their outside experience into the school.  The governing body meets throughout the year: the full governing body meets six times a year and there are a range of committees that look at different aspects of the work of the school and nursery. Governors are a mixture of elected and appointed individuals. It includes parent governors, a local authority governor, co-opted Governors, the Headteacher, staff representatives.

The governing body's role is to work with us to set the Federation's overall direction, ensure that we manage our finances effectively, and to hold the school and nursery to account for setting's performance.

Regular training ensures that all staff and governors are knowledgeable and confident in fulfilling their responsibilities, Ofsted 2021

 Governors get involved in the life of our federation as much as they can - whether by volunteering to help at a school event, taking part in a project, or by just visiting to keep up to date with our work and learning.

Governors

If you wish to contact the governors, you can do so by writing to the Chair of Governors, c/o the nursery school office:

Craig Holmes, Chair of governors

Anne Ferrey, Vice Chair of Governors and chair of Nursery Personnel, Premises & Finance committee

David Lewin - Executive Headteacher

Catherine Westbury Cook - Interim Nursery Headteacher

Liz Brighouse - Local Authority governor

Rebecca Haworth- Co-opted governor 

Natasha Wood - Co-opted governor, chair of Nursery Curriculum, Provision & Outcomes

Sally Kirkby - Staff governor

Catherine Routledge - Staff governor

Supporting Documents:

 Terms of reference: what different committees do

Terms of Reference - Provision & Outcomes Committee

Terms of Reference - Personnel and Finance Committee

Terms of Reference - Children, Families & Community CommitteeAttendance at Governors Meetings 2024-5