What is a School Governor?
Our governors come mainly from our local community, all bringing their own skills, knowledge and experience to the board.
No governor can act on their own without the authority from the full governing body and all governors carry equal responsibility for decisions made.
Our governors support Oakfields Primary School by:
- Contributing to developing and monitoring the strategic development plan for the school.
- Determining the vision, ethos, aims, priorities and policies of the school, together with the headteacher and other senior leaders.
- Ensuring all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, have access to a broad and balanced curriculum.
- Using relevant data, feedback from leaders and external sources and the outcomes from self-evaluation to inform school priorities.
- Overseeing the staffing structure and school budget, including additional funding, to ensure value for money and that staff have the resources, training and support they need to do their jobs well.
- When required, serving on a panel, e.g. appointing the headteacher and other senior leaders, headteacher appraisal, pay recommendations, complaints, grievances and exclusions.
- Ensuring appropriate procedures and policies are in place to safeguard pupils.
- Setting expectations for high levels of attendance and good and consistent standards of pupil behaviour across the school.
- Ensuring the health and safety and wellbeing of pupils and staff.
- Listening and reporting to the school’s stakeholders.
Who can be a school governor?
All governors are volunteers. You don’t have to be an education expert, but effective governors have the skills to challenge and support senior leaders and time to carry out their role, including preparing for and attending meetings and participating in visits to get to know the school and monitor progress against school improvement priorities. To assist in their role, governors are expected to undertake face to face/online training provided by the local authority and other partnerships. The role does not stop at governing the schools; governors are an active part of the school community and regularly attend school events. For more information on what the role involves and skills needed to be a governor, please contact the clerk to governors via the Oakfields Primary School office.
Oakfields Primary School Governing Body
Our Governing Body consists of 11 members and operates with one committee.
|
Full name of Governor |
Governor Category |
Date of Appointment or Election |
Source of Appointment (where appropriate) |
Term of office/Roles within GB |
Attendance at Full GB Meetings (Sep 2025 to July 2026) |
Committee Membership |
Attendance at committee meetings (Sep 2025 to July 2026) |
Declarations on register of business & pecuniary interest |
Remarks |
| Meriel Boyle | Parent | 12/12/23 | Elected by parents |
4 years Chair of Resources Committee |
4/6 | Resources Committee | 3/3 | ||
| Sam Cox | Headteacher | 01/09/23 | Ex-officio | 6/6 | Resources Committee | 3/3 | Board trustee for Portsmouth Guildhall Trust | ||
| Della Hazard | Parent | 08/07/24 | Elected by parents | 4 years | 5/6 | ||||
| Elliot Jacobs | Co-Opted | 26/11/24 | 4 years | 6/6 | |||||
| Robert Mayes | Co-Opted | 06/07/23 |
4 years Vice-chair |
4/6 | |||||
| Helen Oakley | Authority | 23/09/23 | Nominated by Local Authority |
4 years Chair |
6/6 | Resources Committee | 3/3 | ||
| Linda Pettitt | Co-Opted | 01/09/23 | 4 years | 5/6 | Resources Committee | 3/3 | |||
| Emily Chetty | Co-Opted | 03/03/25 | 4 years | 3/6 | |||||
| Lyndsay Woodland | Co-Opted | 23/09/25 | 4 years | 4/6 | Resources Committee | 2/3 | Deputy Headteacher | ||
| Michelle Jenkins | Staff | 03/10/25 | Elected by staff | 4 years | 5/5 | Teacher | |||
| John Dunne | Co-Opted | 14/07/26 | 4 years | 1/1 |
* Associate members are not required to attend FGB meetings.
| Previous Governors – No previous governors for 2025-26 | |||||||||
|
Full name of Governor |
Governor Category |
Date of Appointment or Election |
Source of Appointment (where appropriate) |
Term of office/Roles within GB |
Attendance at Full GB Meetings (Sep 2025 to July 2026) |
Committee Membership |
Attendance at committee meetings (Sep 2025 to July 2026) |
Declarations on register of business & pecuniary interest |
Remarks |
| N/A | |||||||||
* Associate members are not required to attend FGB meetings.