Contact our Chair of Governors (Jill Wilkinson) by E-Mail here
Contact our Clerk to Governors by E-Mail here

The FGB meetings for this year are planned for:
· Tuesday 20th December 2022
· Tuesday 16th February 2023
· Tuesday 28th March 2023
· Tuesday 16th May 2023
· Tuesday 20th June 2023.

Governance is the process by which any organisation or group organises itself in order to be able to make decisions and examine its efficiency. In schools, it is the governing body who are responsible for scrutinising decisions made in school and for driving improvement, along with the processes and policies which allows the school to work effectively and appropriately.

The Governance Handbook states that effective governance is based on six key features:
* Strategic leadership that sets and champions vision, ethos and strategy. 
* Accountability that drives up educational standards and financial performance.
* People with the right skills, experience, qualities and capacity.
* Structures that reinforce clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
* Compliance with statutory and contractual requirements.
* Evaluation to monitor and improve the quality and impact of governance.

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The Governing Body is a team of volunteers, supporting the school. We hope that we are able to:
* bring to the school different perspectives and experience, support and advice. We are not specifically qualified to be a governor but we do bring with us a wealth of experiences and do complete courses which keep us abreast of developments in education such as safeguarding
* provide a strategic view - questioning targets and priorities for the school, agreeing policies.
* act as support to the Head and Teachers and help focus on the children and help to raise the standards of achievement.
* try to ensure the happiness of the children within the school learning environment.
* act as a link between the local community, parents and the school.
* monitor policies, budgets, development plans to ensure they are on target and in place for the school to act efficiently.

As governors we meet regularly (every half term in the evening) to make decisions about school matters and to support the staff of the school in their work.
Our aim is to ensure that the School has the right school priorities. We want our school community to share our ambition and have a say in the development of these priorities. As a Governing Body, we do monitor regularly the progress of the school on its performance and we hold the leadership team to account for this performance. We try to ensure that school resources are allocated appropriately that support the school priorities.

Since the school joined Transform Trust in September 2019, we have gone through a change in terms of how we govern at Ravensdale We have restructured our meetings allowing us to focus on continuous school improvement so that we can move towards the best possible outcomes for our children in terms of their achievements and attainment. We want our children to have the best time and to have fun so that learning becomes a natural part of their lives and, by working together with you the parents, we hope that you will share in our ambition for the school to ensure that our children and staff are given the best possible support in order to achieve their potential.