About Us

Governors

All schools in England have a Governing Body which is responsible for overseeing many of the strategic decisions of the school. A key role is to act as a ‘critical friend’: to support, to challenge, to ask questions, ultimately to represent the school community.

The Governing Body works in close partnership with the headteacher, staff and the local authority. Whilst the headteacher is, of course, responsible for the day to day running of the school, the governors are involved with such things as staffing, curriculum, school buildings and finance. It ensures the school functions well and maintains the proper range of academic and social objectives.

Join in

All governors to a school’s Governing Body must be elected or appointed.

If you want to be part of Priory Junior School’s Governing Body please enquire about any vacancies.

Contact Matthew Stevens mstevens@priory.cambs.sch.uk, the Chair, or Tracy Keefe, the Headteacher.

Who We Are

In September 2013 the governing body elected to reconstitute, in keeping with statutory guidance from the Department for Education. We took this decision as it allowed us to change the numbers and types of governors we have and to appoint more people on the basis of the skills they could bring.

The governing body now consists of:

The Headteacher
One elected staff governor
One appointed local authority governor
Five elected parent governors
Seven co-opted governors

The standard term of office for a governor is four years. The Chair and Vice-Chair are elected annually at the first meeting of the academic year.

The Chair of Governors is Mr Matthew Stevens, who can be contacted via the school office or directly via email at: mstevens@priory.cambs.sch.uk

Much of the work of the governing body is done by committees. At Priory Junior School, we have the following committees:

Resources
Teaching and Learning
Pay Review

The governing body of Priory Junior School membership is as follows:

Priory Junior School membership and Declaration of Pecuniary Interest (January 2019):

Name	Date Terms of Office Ends	Committee Membership	Relevant Business Interests	Governor at Other Schools	Relationship with Other Governors or Staff
Parent Governors
Amanda Whittaker-Brown	19/09/2020	CHAIR OF TEACHNG AND LEARNING Teaching and Learning; Disciplinary; Headteacher’s Appraisal;	None	None	None
Sarah Gladwin	13/02/2020	Resources; Headteacher's Appraisal; Disciplinary	Husband Governor at Priory Infant School	None	None
Fiona Brice	16/09/2020	Teaching and Learning; Headteacher's Appraisal (observer); Appeals	None	None	None
Anthony Holmes	19/11/2021	Resources	None	None	None
Vacancy 1
Local Authority Governor
Paul Hill	23/08/2022	VICE-CHAIR CHAIR OF RESOURCES Resources; Teaching and Learning; Health and Safety governor; Disciplinary Committee; Pay Review; Headteacher’s Appraisal; SEN governor; Pupil Premium Governor.	None	None	None
Staff Governor
Chris Snape	17/09/22	Teaching and Learning	Member of staff	None	None
Headteacher
Tracy Keefe	indefinitely	Resources; Teaching and Learning; Health and Safety	Member of staff	None	None
Co-opted Governors
Matthew Stevens	28/09/19	CHAIR OF GOVERNORS Resources; Teaching and Learning; Pay Review	Works for Barclays Bank Plc (school banks with Barclays Plc)	None	None
Kevin Sadler	31/03/21	Resources; Teaching and Learning	Member of staff	None	None
Sarah Talbot	01/10/22	Teaching and Learning	None	None	None
Vacancy 1 Co-opted
Vacancy 2 Co-opted
Vacancy 3 Co-opted
Vacancy 4 Co-opted
Clerk to the Governing Body
Thokazani Brown
Previous governors
Richard Carding (resigned Parent)	21/02/2020 (resigned 08/09/2017)	Teaching and Learning Committee	None	None	None
Liam Smith Resigned (staff)	20/11/20 (resigned 24/07/2018)	Teaching and Learning	Member of staff	None	None
Sarah Rees	13/03/20	Resources; Appeals; Pay Review	None	None	None
Linda Wager	20/11/20 (resigned 31/12/18)	Resources; Teaching and Learning; Safeguarding Governor	Member of staff / mother of TA and peripatetic drum teacher	None	None
Darrell Herd	13/05/22 (resigned 01/09/18)	Resources; Teaching and Learning	None	Governor at Winhills Primary Academy	None