Governance
Our Governing Body
The definition of 'federation' is more than one school sharing a single governing body. Our governing body leads 5 schools, along with 3 nurseries and pre-schools. Recently, two of our schools (Leeming and Londonderry Community and Aiskew, Leeming Bar CE Primary Schools) have amalgamated to form Leeming St. John's CE Primary School.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the Clerk to the Governors.
The Remit of the Governing Body
The main purpose of the Synergy Schools Governing Body is to:
- Ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction of our schools and federation.
- Hold executive leaders to account for educational performance of the schools within the federation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff.
- Oversee the financial performance of the federation and make sure its money is well spent.
The Structure of our Governing Body
The governing body has considerable discretion as to how to discharge its responsibilities but is required to constitute itself in line with the regulations and to appoint a chair and vice chair. The governing body may delegate certain parts of its responsibilities to certain governors or committees of governors.
Our governing body meets approximately 6 times each year as a full governing body. Our current chair of governors is Mrs Lynne Athey
Each of our schools has a Local School Committee. Local School Committees meet every term (4 times a year). These non-statutory committees undertake a range of duties, hold each school in the Federation to account and provide a direct communication to the Full Governing Body. Members of the LSC do not have voting rights on the Full Governing Body unless they are elected to the Full Governing Body.
Synergy Schools Full Governing Body Terms of Reference
Synergy Schools - Instrument of Government
Details of our Full Governing Body can be found below.
For further information regarding our Full Governing Body please contact the Clerk to the Governors.
