School Governance

Schools governors work to plan the strategic direction of the school, oversee budgets, and support and challenge the headteacher. As part of the governing board, governors play a vital role in helping schools run efficiently and effectively to give children the best education possible.

Schools with strong governing boards are better equipped to make important decisions that affect the education they provide for their pupils.

What do school governors do?

School governors have three core functions:

• Planning the strategic direction of the school
• Overseeing financial performance of the school and ensuring money is well spent
• Holding the headteacher or school leadership to account

The governor role is strategic rather than operational. Governors don’t get involved with the day to day running of a school, instead supporting and challenging the leadership team to drive school improvement.

The Governors of Bank View High School are committed to safeguarding children and therefore all governors will hold a current DBS and participate in Bank View safeguarding training.

The Clerk to the governors is Dave Rice.

Name	Type of Governor	Date appointed	Term of office	Appointed by	Pecuniary interests	Committe / responsibilites
Alan Jackson	Co-opted	March 2014	Jun 2022 to Jun 2026	Formerly parent governor. Co-opted governors	Employed by Cheshire East	Chair Health and safety and buildings Disciplinary Committee Pay review Committee Finance and personnel Committee
Christine Jones	Co-opted	Feb 2014	Jul 2022 to Jul 2026	Co-opted governors	None	Vice chair Pay review Committee Safeguarding governor Finance and personnel Committee Disciplinary Committee
Kal Kilburn	Parent Governor	Nov 2019	Jun 2023 to Jun 2027	Parents	None	Curriculum Committee
Bob Davies	Co-opted	Nov 2014	Nov 2022 to Nov 2026	LA governor	None	Finance and personnel Health and safety and buildings Link governor for Pupil premium
Neil Alecock	Co-opted	Oct 2013	Jul 2022 to Jul 2026	Co-opted governors	Independent careers adviser for BVS	Disciplinary Committee Curriculum Committee
Ann Marsh	Co-opted	Nov 2015	Nov 2019 to Nov 2023	Co-opted governors	None	Finance and personnel Committee
Cheryl Devine	Staff governor	Nov 2021	Nov 2021 to Nov 2025	Staff	Member of staff	Curriculum Committee
Janet Edge	Co-opted	Nov 2022	Nov 2022 to Nov 2026		None	Curriculum Committee Link governor for attendance
Michelle Walker	Parent Governor	Nov 2017	Nov 2021 to Nov 2025	Parents	None	Curriculum Committee
Juliette Gelling	Headteacher	May 2015	May 2015 to present	Co-opted governors	Headteacher	Disciplinary Committee Pay review Committee Finance and personnel Committee
Claire Pattison	Co-opted	Nov 2020	Nov 2020 to Nov 2024	Co-opted governors	Deputy Headteacher	Health and safety and buildings Finance and personnel Health and safety and buildings
Shaun Hanlon	Parent Governor	Jul 2023	Jul 2023 – Jul 2027	Parents	None
Kathyrn Bailey	Staff governor	Nov 2022	Nov 2022 to Nov 2026	Staff	Member of staff	Health and safety and buildings Curriculum Committee

If you click here you can find Bank View Schools Instrument of Government