Hello and a very warm welcome from the governors at Ellenbrook Primary School.
We are an elected group of people, including staff, parents and members of the local community. We are all volunteers and have varied and diverse backgrounds and we work as a team with the Headteacher and his staff, for the benefit of all the pupils.
Our school is dedicated to nurturing the talents of every one of our children. By inspiring them to learn and teaching them independence, we hope to instill the confidence and skills they need to be successful in every aspect of their lives. Mutual respect is at the heart of all our teaching and we are proud that our pupils show outstanding behaviour throughout the school.
We have an excellent team of staff who are innovative, creative and work tirelessly to ensure that every child enjoys their time at school and are supported to succeed. Outcomes for our pupils are consistently outstanding in all areas and this reflects the hard work of both staff and children.
As parents and carers, you are very much part of the whole school community and your opinions and comments are very valuable to us. You can contact us directly using the email address: S.Charlesworth-gov@ellenbrookprimary.uk
Suzanne Charlesworth
Chair of Governors
The Governing Board
Our Governing Board is made up of 12 individuals and includes different categories of governors:
- Parent Governors x 2 – elected by parents of the pupils
- Community Governors x 7 – elected by the governing body
- Staff Governor x 1 – teachers or other staff employed by the school elected by their colleagues
- LA (Local Authority) Governor x 1 – nominated by the LA and appointed by the governing board
- The Headteacher also attends the meetings and is a governor
Headteachers
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Name | First Appointed | Term Start | Term End | |
Roger Blackburn | 01 Sep 2018 |
Local Authority Governors
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Name | First Appointed | Term Start | Term End | |
Mrs Julie Strang* | 04 Dec 2016 | 05 Dec 2020 | 05 Dec 2024 |
*Julie Strang – Vice chair of governors(VGOG) and Chair of School Effectiveness and Premises Committee
Co-opted governors
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Name | First Appointed | Term Start | Term End | |
Mrs Suzanne Charlesworth* | 01 Mar 2011 | 21 Nov 2019 | 20 Nov 2023 | |
Mr Shaun France | 10 Mar 2020 | 10 Mar 2020 | 09 Mar 2024 | |
Mrs Jill Hughes | 12 Mar 2019 | 12 Mar 2019 | 11 Mar 2023 | |
Mrs Frances Jones | 09 Mar 2021 | 09 Mar 2021 | 08 Mar 2025 | |
Robert Prill* | 19 Nov 2019 | 19 Nov 2019 | 18 Nov 2023 | |
Mrs Elizabeth Williams | 10 Mar 2020 | 10 Mar 2020 | 09 Mar 2024 | |
Mr Malcolm Wilson | 21 Nov 2019 | 20 Nov 2023 | ||
Mrs Anum Saleemi | 19 Nov 2019 | 19 Nov 2019 | 17 Dec 2020 |
*Suzanne Charlesworth – Chair of Governors (COG) and Safeguarding governor
*Robert Prill – Chair of Finance & Staffing committee
Parent governors
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Name | First Appointed | Term Start | Term End | |
Mrs Frances Jones | 10 Nov 2016 | 10 Nov 2016 | 9 Nov 2020 | |
Mrs Victoria Hilton | 22 Oct 2020 | 22 Oct 2020 | 21 Oct 2024 | |
Mrs Michelle Patel | 09 Nov 2020 | 09 Nov 2020 | 08 Nov 2024 |
Staff governors
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Name | First Appointed | Term Start | Term End | |
Mrs Heather Podmore | 01 Dec 2018 | 01 Dec 2018 | 30 Nov 2022 |
Note: Associate members have voting rights.
Ellenbrook Governing Board Attendance
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Names | Role | Autumn 2020 17th November |
Spring 2021 9th March |
Summer 2021 13th July |
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Roger Blackburn | HT | Attended | Attended | Attended | |||
Peter Marks | ASS | Attended | Attended | Attended | |||
Suzanne Charlesworth | COG | Attended | Attended | Attended | |||
Julie Strang | VCOG | Attended | Attended | Attended | |||
Malcolm Wilson | Attended | Attended | Attended | ||||
Jill Hughes | Apologies accepted | Attended | Attended | ||||
Heather Podmore | Attended | Attended | Attended | ||||
Anum Saleemi | Apologies Accepted | n/a | n/a | ||||
Rob Prill | Attended | Attended | Attended | ||||
Shaun France | Attended | Attended | Attended | ||||
Elizabeth Williams | Attended | Attended | Attended | ||||
Frances Jones | N/A | Attended | Attended | ||||
Victoria Hilton | Attended | Attended | Attended | ||||
Michelle Patel | Apologies accepted | Attended | Attended |
- HT – Head teacher
- ASS – Associate member
- COG – Chair of Governors
- VCOG – Vice chair of governors
- OBS – Observer
As well as termly meetings with the full governing board, we also have the following committees:
- School Effectiveness and Premises
- Finance and Staffing
- Head teacher Performance management
- Appeals
With the exception of Appeals and Performance Management, these committees meet termly. The Appeals committee is convened as and when required.
Attendance at our committee meetings can be found here:
School Effectiveness & Premises Committee
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Names/Dates | Autumn 2020 30th October |
Summer 2021 15th June |
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Roger Blackburn | Attended | Attended | |
Peter Marks | Attended | Attended | |
Julie Strang | Attended | Apologies accepted | |
Suzanne Charlesworth | Attended | Attended | |
Malcolm Wilson | Attended | Attended | |
Frances Jones | Apologies accepted | Attended | |
Jill Hughes | Attended | Apologies accepted | |
Shaun France | Attended | Attended | |
Elizabeth Williams | Attended | N/A | |
Victoria Hilton | N/A | Attended | |
Michelle Patel | N/A | Attended |
Finance & Staffing Committee
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Names/Dates | Autumn 2020 13th October |
Spring 2021 16th March |
Summer 2021 |
Roger Blackburn | Attended | Attended | Attended |
Peter Marks | Attended | Attended | Attended |
Suzanne Charlesworth | Attended | Attended | Apologies accepted |
Frances Jones | Attended | Attended | No apologies received |
Heather Podmore | Attended | Attended | Attended |
Rob Prill | Attended | Attended | Attended |
Anum Saleemi | Apologies accepted | n/a | n/a |
Elizabeth Williams | Attended | Attended | Attended |
Leah Robinson | Attended as SBM | Attended as SBM | Attended as SBM |
Victoria Hilton | n/a | Attended | n/a |
Michelle Patel | n/a | Attended | n/a |
Role of the Governing Board
The Governing Board has a strategic role in ensuring the school fulfils its vision and mission. It:
- Thinks and works strategically to help raise standards.
- Plans the school’s future direction
- Monitors and evaluates progress towards the school’s priorities and targets.
- Supports the head and staff and challenges them.
- Oversees the school budget and spending
- Is accountable to all stakeholders for the school’s overall performance and for the decisions they have made.
- Must ensure that systems are in place for the school to deliver a good quality education and keep children safe (but isn’t responsible for the day to day management of the school)
- Act as a ‘critical friend’ – encouraging, supporting and challenging.
- Selects the head teacher
- Makes sure the school provides for all pupils including those with special needs
For more details on the role of the governors, see the job description.
Register of Personal, Pecuniary and Business Interests
All the governors and associate members of Ellenbrook Primary School have signed the register of personal, pecuniary or business interests. This is a declaration of any business interests, any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff (including spouses, partners and close relatives) and any governance of other educational establishments.
If any interest a governor has could be seen to cause a conflict of interest they would be asked to withdraw from any decision making concerned. This is to ensure that our governors can always be seen to be putting the interest of the school first.
The full register for our school can be found here :
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Name | Confirmed | Interests | |
Roger Blackburn, headteacher | 9 Sep 2021 | Mia Blackburn Employee Mia is my step daughter and is currently employed by the school (01 Sep 20 -) Lynne Blackburn Contractor Lynne Blackburn is my wife and worked as a contractor for our Summer holiday (26 Jul 21 - 20 Aug 21) |
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Mrs Suzanne Charlesworth co-opted |
29 Oct 2021 | Nothing to declare | |
Mr Shaun France co-opted |
7 Nov 2021 | Nothing to declare | |
Mrs Victoria Hilton parent |
31 Oct 2021 | Nothing to declare | |
Mrs Jill Hughes co-opted |
1 Nov 2021 | Nothing to declare | |
Mrs Frances Jones co-opted |
16 Nov 2021 | Nothing to declare | |
Mr Peter Marks associate member |
15 Nov 2021 | Nothing to declare | |
Mrs Michelle Patel parent |
16 Nov 2021 | Nothing to declare | |
Mrs Heather Podmore staff |
7 Nov 2021 | Nothing to declare | |
Robert Prill co-opted |
16 Nov 2021 | Nothing to declare | |
Mrs Julie Strang authority |
15 Nov 2021 | Nothing to declare | |
Mrs Elizabeth Williams co-opted |
8 Nov 2021 | Nothing to declare | |
Mr Malcolm Wilson co-opted |
16 Nov 2021 | 11th Worsley Scout group Chairperson I chair the executive committee for this group. They use the school (20 Jun 18) | |
Sharon Woods clerk |
Not confirmed | N/A | |
Mrs Anum Saleemi (Historical Governor) | N/A | N/A |