Hertford Junior School

The Full Governing Board (FGB) meets once or twice  a term.   At these meetings the governing body carries out its three core functions, as identified by the Department for Education in the Governance Handbook:

• ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
• holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
• overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure money is well spent.

The Governing Board regularly reviews its way of working. Some of its work is delegated to committees.    Since the school year 2018/19 one main committee has been agreed: the Finance committee, now known as Finance, Premises and Personnel Committee, and its delegated powers are set out in its terms of reference.  Under the tems of the teacher's pay policy a pay committee may also sit, annually but for 2020 its work was expected to be undertaken by the full governing board.  In September 2020 it was decided to add the Safeguarding and Inclusion working group and the Teaching and Learning working group.  The scope of their work will be shown here once fully approved by the Board.

The acting Chair of Governors is Jenny Perrin.

Minutes of the Hertford Federation Governing Board and its committees, providing they are not confidential, will be shown here once they have been approved by the Board at the following meeting.  The minutes include the names of governors present at the meeting.  Other minutes and some agenda papers may also be available if they are not confidential.  Please address such requests to the clerk to governors at janetjohnson@hertfordjun.brighton-hove.sch.uk .

Meetings 2020/21

Full governing body:  21st September 2020 10th December 2020   29th March 2021 

 18th May 2021  12th July 2021

Finance Premises and Personnel committee: 25th September 2020  8th February 2021 11th May 2021  22nd June 2021

Meetings 2019/20

Full governing body: 12th September 2019   26th November 2019  23rd January 2020   17th March 2020 Governors attended: RA TB CC SL DL ZM JP RR MW 14th May 2020  3rd June 2020  14th July 2020  24th August 2020  Governors attended: TB TH DL ZM JP RR MW

Finance Committee: 2nd October 2019   15th January 2020 Governors attended: RA JP and ZM The meeting was inquorate

Meetings 2018/19

Full governing body 11th September 2018  28th November 2018     24th January 2019   8th April 2019  4th June 2019  17th July 2019

Finance committee   17th December 2018   5th March 2019 10th May 2019