Governance

School governors set the strategy and long term vision of the school and monitor the performance and standards. Governors come from all sorts of backgrounds and the board is made up of people with a range of experience If you wish to get in touch with the school, you can find more details on the contact page. In the first instance, we encourage you to speak to your child’s class teacher about any issues you might have, but in some cases, you may feel the need to contact the Head Teacher or Governing Body.

Great Alne Primary School Governing Board 

The Governing Board consists of up to 11 people. This includes the Headteacher, a staff governor, a Local Authority governor, 3 parent governors and 4 co-opted governors. 

Our role is to offer strategic guidance, rather than getting involved in the operational aspects of a school. This involves: 

• Working with other board members to plan the school’s strategic direction. 
• Overseeing the school’s financial performance, ensuring money is well-spent. 
• Holding the headteacher or school leadership to account.

We meet at least once a term and each meeting focuses on different aspects of the school and the reports governors make back to the whole body. 

We have designated governors responsible for Safeguarding, SEND and Finance and governors who focus on the curriculum, school performance and wellbeing. 

We regularly attend training courses to ensure we are fulfilling all our responsibilities and are up to date with the latest education policies. 

Current Members 

Alex Quinn- Local Authority Governor Term of office from 1 Dec 2021 to 1 Dec 2025. First appointed on 1 Dec 2021
Alex joined our Governing body in December 2021 and has been elected as our Chair. He is also a parent governor and chair at Alveston C or E Primary School in Stratford. 

Julie Bevan
Julie lives in Great Alne and is an active member of the village as well as being our Vice Chair. She also brings legal expertise to the school having worked within Family Law for many years.  Julie specialises in Safeguarding and SEND.   

Doug Badger- Co-opted Governor Term of office from 1 Jan 2022 to 31 Dec 2025. First appointed on 1 Jan 2022
Doug was a social worker for 10 years, and a social work lecturer at Reading University for 25 years.
Doug lives in the retirement village in Great Alne with his wife, Krys. They have two sons who live in Stratford, and two granddaughters aged 7 and 10.
Along with Julie, Doug focuses on Safeguarding and SEND. 

Jo Dunbar - Staff Governor Term of office from 1 Nov 2022 to 31 Oct 2026 First appointed on 1 Nov 2022

Jo is our staff governor. She is our lead teaching assistant and runs wraparound care at school. 

Nick Thompson  - Co-opted Governor Term of office from 1 Jan 2022 to 31 Dec 2025. First appointed on 1 Jan 2022

Nick is a former accountant and with his expertise leads Finance for the governing body. He lives in Alcester. 

Matt James- Co-opted Governor Term of office from 29 Mar 2023 to 28 Mar 2027. First appointed on 29 Mar 2023

Peter Robinson- Co-opted Governor Term of office from 23 Jan 2023 to 22 Jan 2027. First appointed on 23 Jan 2023

Peter Wain- Associate Member Term of office from 13 Jun 2023 to 31 Jan 2024 First appointed on 13 Jun 2023

As a school we recognise that a diversity of thought, voices and  perspectives is essential to good governance and the effective running  of any organisation. We regularly collect diversity information from our governors and, depending on current data, can use this to:

➢ target recruitment to address gaps in experience and diversity

➢ develop and adapt board practices to ensure full participation

➢ prioritise training and awareness-raising in identified areas

➢ address potential ‘blind spots’ through seeking wider advice and perspectives on current and upcoming opportunities, challenges and risks

However, we are unable to publish this information as it would mean  that individual members of our governing body are identifiable.

 We are always open to hearing your thoughts, feedback, concerns or issues.