Governors work in close collaboration with the staff and parents to ensure high-quality education and care in a welcoming environment. To do this the Governing Body formulates relevant policies and sets aims and objectives which are addressed in annual School Development Plans for the two schools. Governors' scrutiny at Church Hill and Low Hall covers these areas:

• planning and development of the educational curriculum and extended services,
• children’s learning progress and all-round development
• policy-making and review
• the staff teams and professional training
• the school budgets and fund-raising
• maintenance and improvements to the buildings and school grounds.

Our Governing Body is made up of:

• the Executive Head teacher and 1 member of staff, voted for by all staff at both schools
• 2 parent governors
• 1 Local Authority governor, proposed by the London Borough of Waltham Forest
• 10 co-opted governors, people from our local community who all bring particular expertise
• occasionally, an associate governor is appointed

This combination of volunteers is designed to bring a range of appropriate expertise and engagement which can understand and challenge the school operations in a supportive yet critical way.

There are 4 ways governors and the schools meet:

1. Some governors take particular Link Governor responsibility for specific areas. They make visits to the schools, usually once a term and during school hours, to have in-depth discussions with staff and observe how their area of interest is working. After the visit they write a report, which is circulated to all governors.

2. Three sub-committees meet every term:

• Finance, Pay and Personnel
• Children's Learning and Development, and
• Premises.

These meetings have detailed discussion, and make recommendations to the Full Governing Body. As the occasion arises, governors sit on recruitment boards, disciplinary committees and complaints panels.

3. Full Governing Body meetings of all governors are held once a term. Parents who are interested can attend as observers.

4. From time to time some governors also join working parties with staff leaders to draw up new policies or guidance, or to work on a particular matter.

You can see which governor does which role if you click here.

Click here to view the record of governor attendance data for the school year 2017-18, and here for who came to which meeting in the Autumn 2018 and Spring 2019 terms.