Welcome to the Governors section! Our Governors come from a wide range of backgrounds and each bring their own skills and expertise to our Governing body. The Governors meet each term and the minutes from the meetings will be available, on request.

If you would like to contact the Governors, you can contact the Clerk to Governors, Gemma Fogg, via the school office or via gemma.fogg@st-faiths.lincs.sch.uk.

The Governing Body of

St Faith’s Church of England Infant and Nursery School

The Governing Body has been reconstituted in line with Statutory guidance on 01/09/2015. There are 10 appointed Governors. These are made up of:

• 2 elected Parent Governors
• 1 nominated LA Governor
• 1 elected staff Governor
• 2 Foundation Governors
• 2 Co-opted Governors
• 1 Associate Governor
• 1 Head Teacher

The Governing Body has adopted the Circle Model of Governance. It is made up of two committees: the Full Governing Body and the Resources Committee.

Full Governing Body

Chair of Governors: Dr E. Van Der Zee

The governing body fulfils a strategic and co-ordinating role in school. They have established a number of committees to which it delegates day to day responsibility for the oversight of various aspects of the running of the school.

They also ensure that the school offers a broad and balanced curriculum in line with National requirements, review curriculum reports, monitor the views of staff, parents and pupils, review school performance data, provide strategic advice and guidance on staffing and personnel issues.

Resources Committee

Finance – initial oversight and management of the annual budget drawn up by the school, maintaining an appropriate system of internal financial control, agreeing priorities for revenue and capital funding.

Staffing - recommend the staffing structure of the school, oversee the recruitment and selection of staff, adopt and implement the Disciplinary and Grievance Policy and Procedures, provide strategic advice and guidance on staffing and personnel issues.

Premises and Health and Safety – monitor the implementation of the Health and Safety Policy, oversee the drafting and recommendations of the School Accessibility Plan, the School Lettings Policy and Arrangements and the use of school premises both during and outside the school day, make recommendations to ensure that maintenance, decoration, and equipment/furniture renewal is planned and budgeted for and review the use of premises, equipment and resources and ensure they match the requirements of SDP priorities.

They consider and determine the need for capital works at the school, in line with the school’s SDP and the authority’s Asset Management Plan priorities, liaising with interested parties, as appropriate and making prudent use of the school’s devolved capital budget.

A number of further committees are established as and when required including:

Pupil Discipline Committee and Appeal, Staff Discipline Committee and Appeal, Pupil Admissions Committee, Pay Committee, Head Teacher Performance Management Committee.

Governor Details 2025 - 2026

Governor Name	Governor Position	Governor Role	Initial Start Date	Date from (current term)	End Date	Declared Interests
Mrs A Konrath	Head Teacher			01/09/2015	N/A	None
Mrs A Cross	Co-opted	Communication + language Personal Development Reading	11/07/2023	11/07/2023	10/07/2027	None
Mrs R Garrod-Mason	Foundation	Safeguarding Attendance + behaviour Child in Care	17/09/2018	17/09/2022	16/09/2026	None
Mrs L Rigby	Parent	PE Sport Premium Wellbeing	27/01/2023	27/01/2023	26/01/2027	None
Ms H Tomlinson	Foundation	Health and Safety GDPR Food in School	27/05/2020	27/05/2024	26/05/2028	None
Mr E Van Der Zee	Parent	Chair Communication and Language Reading Personal Development	27/01/2023	27/01/2023	26/01/2027	None
Mr D Vincent	Co-opted	SEND (Diversity/Equality/ Inclusion) EAL	16/03/2022	16/03/2022	15/03/2026	None
Mrs L Kingston	Staff		14/07/2020	14/07/2024	13/07/2028	None
Ms V Lawrence	Foundation Ex-officio	Vice Chair Pupil Premium Church School Distinctiveness Collective Worship Wellbeing	24/06/2024	24/06/2024	23/06/2028	None
Vacancy	Co-opted
Vacancy	Co-opted
Vacancy	LA Governor

 

 

 

 

GOVERNOR ATTENDANCE RECORD 2024 – 2025 FOR FULL GOVERNOR BODY MEETINGS
GOVERNOR	Tuesday 24.09.24	Wednesday 20.11.24	Tuesday 14.01.24	Tuesday 04.03.25	Tuesday 20.05.25	Wednesday 09.07.25
Amanda Konrath	√	√	√	√	√	√
Dave Vincent	√	√	DNA	√	√	√
Ros Garrod-Mason	√	√	√	√	√	√
Emile Van Der Zee	√	√	√	√	DNA	√
Anna Cross	√	√	√	√	√	√
Victoria Lawrence	DNA	√	√	√	DNA	DNA
Laura Rigby	√	√	√	DNA	√	√
Helen Tomlinson	√	√	√	√	DNA	√
Lisa Kingston (nee Wright)	√	√	√	√	√	√

 

GOVERNOR ATTENDANCE RECORD 2024 – 2025 FOR FINANCE AND RESOURCE COMMITTEE
GOVERNOR	Tuesday 24.09.24	Tuesday 12.11.24	Tuesday 25.02.25	Tuesday 13.05.25	Monday 14.07.25
Amanda Konrath	√	√	√	√	√
Ros Garrod-Mason	√	√	√	√	√
Emile Van Der Zee	DNA	√	√	√	√
Anna Cross	√	DNA	√	√	√
Lisa Kingston (nee Wright)	√	√	√	√	√

 

Governor Minutes

If you wish to access any of the minutes from the Full Governing Body meetings, please contact the school office, the Clerk to Governors or the Chair for more information. Thank you.

Mr D. Vincent: dave.vincent@st-faiths.lincs.sch.uk

Gemma Fogg: gemma.fogg@st-faiths.lincs.sch.uk