Collingwood Primary School

Family feedback: *All staff go out of their way to make sure my child is safe and happy. Excellent care. *I feel the school goes above and beyond to support my child. Thank you. *This school is very caring to the children, and always has a lovely atmosphere. Thank you! *Both of my children are very happy at this school and I am very happy with their progress. The school has good/effective communication with parents. *My child’s older siblings went to this school when they were younger and also loved it. The teachers are fantastic. *Always been a lovely school. All of family members, including myself, went here. *Have always been happy with Collingwood staff and their teaching with all of my children. *Brilliant school – I even returned my child back here after leaving. *The teaching staff are very accommodating and cheerful. Our kids are happy and they always look forward to going to school. *

Governors

Welcome to our Governors’ section.

Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.

The governors, with the headteacher and school senior leadership team, set the strategy and manage budgets and appointments to school, alongside monitoring policies and setting targets. Governors come from all walks of life: parents, staff, local authority appointments and co-opted community governors.

Instrument of Governance

Full governors’ meetings take place once a term, and sub-committees in Curriculum & Premises and Resources take place termly or ,if needed, more often than that. Guests are invited to contribute to meetings on occasion.

Governors are linked to a curriculum area and are invited to meet with allocated subject leaders to share ideas about the curriculum. Governors undertake visits to school and are allocated tasks relating to their areas of responsibility. They provide support and challenge for the school and are responsible for headteacher's performance management and for dealing with any formal complaints through the complaints procedure which is available on this website.

Collingwood Governors commission North Tyneside Governors Services to clerk all meetings and to provide advice whilst monitoring the legal framework for all proceedings.

A Chair and Deputy Chair of governors are elected without prejudice, following North Tyneside recommended procedures.

When there are parent or teacher vacancies on the Board of Governors, these are advertised and positions are filled without prejudice, following North Tyneside recommended procedures. Other governors may be co-opted through the Local Authority or by recommendation from an existing governor. Decisions are reached following North Tyneside recommended procedures and all posts are held for 4 year periods.

The governing body of Collingwood Primary School

Positions

Headteacher	Mrs Harriet Bland
Chair	Miss Hilary Cooper
Vice Chair	Mrs Rachel Weddle
Clerk	Ms Catherine Murphy

Category	Number	Current	Vacancies
Co-opted	6	5	1
Headteacher	1	1	0
Parent	2	2	0
Staff	1	0	0
Observers	3	3	0
Clerk	1	1	0

Governors (The governing body of Collingwood Primary School)

Name	Position	Appointed
Ms Catherine Murphy	Clerk	20/7/22
Mr Lee Cleminson	co-opted	06/01/2020 - 05/01/2024
Mr Mel Edgar	co-opted	13/5/15 - 12/05/23
Miss Suzanne McDonald	co-opted	21/9/18 - 20/9/22 - 20/9/26
Mrs Julie Lynch	staff	13/5/15 - 12/05/2023
Miss Hilary Cooper	Chair - Local Authority	21/12/17- 20/12/21 - 20/12/25
Mrs Rachel Weddle	Vice Chair - co-opted	13/5/2015- 12/5/2023
Mrs Pat Craighead	co-opted	28/9/22- 28/9/26
Harriet Bland	Headteacher	01/01/2018
Mrs Kayleigh Bradley	Parent	12.12.22- 12.12.26
Mrs Sharon Grant and Mrs Joanne Ramshaw	Observers	01/09/2017 - ongoing
Mrs Carolyn Wordsworth	Observer	10.11.22 - ongoing
Mrs Kerry O'Hare	Parent	26/11/2019- 25/11/2023

Key Documents

Governor impact statement 2021-22

Governor impact statement 2021-22.docx

Governors

Key Documents

Governor impact statement 2021-22

Governor attendance