The report of the Strategic Director, People, informs Members of current Local Authority Governor vacancies within Cheshire East maintained schools.
Minutes:
The Local Authority School Governor Appointments Panel considered the report of the Strategic Director – People, which informed Members of current Local Authority School Governor vacancies within Cheshire East maintained schools and recommended individuals for appointment and re-appointment to identified posts. Additional information in respect of five new appointments was tabled, together with two re-appointments.
There were 359 LA Governor positions across Cheshire East’s 151 maintained schools. 97 of these positions (27%) were currently vacant. The latest benchmarking information (2009) showed 10.1% of all LA Governor positions to be vacant and 10.8% of all governor positions (of all categories)
It was noted that subsequent to the previous meeting, it had transpired that there was only one vacancy at Acton CE Primary School. Mr A I Matthews and Mr J Percival had been appointed to the same vacancy. It was now reported that Mr J Beech, whose term of office as a Governor at Acton C of E School had come to an end on 31st August 2009, was unable to continue as a governor for health reasons and did not wish to be considered for reappointment. In the light of this, there were now two vacancies to be filled at Acton School.
RESOLVED: (a) That Mr J Percival be appointed to one of the two vacancies at Acton CE Primary School with effect from 17th October 2009;
(b) That Mr A I Matthews be appointed to the second vacancy at Acton CE Primary School with effect from 17th October 2009;
(c) That the following appointments be approved with effect from 17th October 2009, for a four year period;
ASTBURY ST MARY’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mrs S Howell
BOSLEY ST MARY’S PRIMARY SCHOOL
Ms P Hughes
BUNBURYALDERSEY CE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mr W Done
DISLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mrs B Sellers
MACCLESFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Dr B Brett
MIDDLEWICH HIGH SCHOOL
Mrs J Langford
MIDDLEWICH HIGH SCHOOL
Dr P Robinson
MIDDLEWICH HIGH SCHOOL
Mrs K Broad
MOSSLEY C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, CONGLETON
Mr I Boyes
PEOVER SUPERIOR PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mr G Lea
SCHOLAR GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Cllr Rhoda Bailey
ST ALBANS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mr N Mannion
STAPELEY BROAD LANE C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mrs S Gwinn-Freemantle
UPTON PRIORY
Mrs J Darlington
(d) That the following Local Authority Governors, who had requested reappointment, and whose term of office ended on the date indicated, be reappointed with effect from the following day (except where the date had already passed, in which case re-appointment would be effective from 17th October 2009) –
ADLINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mrs M Ridgway 31 August 2009
BROKEN CROSS PRIMARY SCHOOL
Miss C Andrew 15 January 2010
DISLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mrs M Duddy 31 August 2009
GOOSTREY PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mrs E Foster-Clark 26 February 2010
GOOSTREY PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mr D Smith 1 November 2009
HASLINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mrs S Hammond 1 February 2010
HIGHFIELDS PRIMARY SCHOOL, NANTWICH
Mrs M Simpson 8 November 2009
HOLLINHEY PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mr B Hardern 1 February 2010
LINDOW PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mr D Mowat 31 January 2010
PEAR TREE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mr A Martin 10 January 2010
RUSKIN SPORTS COLLEGE
Mrs P Minshall 31 January 2009
RUSKIN SPORTS COLLEGE
Mr J Rhodes 31 December 2009
WEAVER PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mr J Lewis 10 January 2010
WYBUNBURY DELVES CE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Mr D Charlesworth 1 February 2010
(Notes: (1) During discussion of the appointments in (c) above, Councillors B Dykes, S Jones and P Findlow each declared a personal interest in the appointment of Mr W Done to Bunbury Aldersey CE Primary School on the basis that they were acquainted with him; and
(2) During discussion of the re-appointments in (d), Councillors T Jackson, P Findlow and D Thompson each declared a personal interest on the basis that they were acquainted with the following Governors who had been re-appointed –
Mrs M Ridgway - Adlington Primary School,
Mr B Hardern - Hollinhey Primary School and
Mrs M Duddy - Disley Primary School;
Councillors G Merry, S Jones and T Jackson each declared a personal interest in the re-appointment of Mrs E Foster-Clark to Goostrey Primary School on the basis that they were acquainted with her;
all Members declared a personal interest in the re-appointment of Councillor C Andrew to Broken Cross Primary School and Councillor A Martin to Pear Tree Primary School on the basis that they were Council colleagues of each; and Councillor D Thompson declared a personal interest in the re-appointment of Mr D Mowat to Lindow Primary School on the basis that she was acquainted with him.)