Governors Minutes 08
THE GOVERNING BODY OF WILBERLEE J I SCHOOL
Minutes of the meeting of the Governing Body held at 7 pm at the School on,
Thursday March 6th 2008
PRESENT Mr K J Bradbury, Mr R G Bottom, Mr AC Bowers, Mrs S Lodge, Mrs A Mansaf, Mrs S J Rimmer
In Attendance
Mrs P Wood (Minute Clerk)
1286 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE, CONSENT AND DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Apologies for absence were received from Ms P Ashton ( Consent),
Mr A L Bamforth ( consent), Pat Jones (consent) and Mrs S J Crowther (consent)
1287 NOTIFICATION OF ITEMS TO BE BROUGHT UP UNDER ANY OTHER BUSINESS
There were no matters raised at this point.
1288 AGENDA REVIEW
RESOLVED: That the agenda be taken as set.
1289 THE ROLE OF THE S.I.P
Mr David Murgett, School Improvement Partner, spoke to the Governors about his role in supporting the school.
1290 MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 24TH JANUARY 2008
RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 24th January 2008 be approved and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.
1291 MATTERS ARISING
(a) Serious Food Allergies ( Minute 1276 (i) refers
Further discussion was held on this item and Governors felt further amendments needed to be made to the policy. Mr Bottom would liaise with Pat Jones and bring the amendments to the next meeting
(b) School Aims ( Minutes Passim)
Governors agreed to circulate ideas before the next meeting with a view to setting out updated school aims.
( c ) Lunchboxes ( Minute 1283 ( b) refers
Mrs S Lodge reported that following a conversation with her superior in Catering, the question arose ‘how far can the school go in dictating what parents put in their children’s lunchboxes’? Discussion revealed at least one school had a confiscation policy for sweets/chocolates in lunchboxes.
Mr Bottom agreed to contact Mrs Megson in her role as Healthy School Co-ordinator as regards this issue.
(d) Taxi bus and school transport ( Minute 1281(a) refers)
Mr Bowers shared a letter he had received from Metro confirming the cessation of the taxi bus service from April 22nd. A meeting with Metro and Kirklees Transport Officers will be held at school on March 11th to discuss the future of school transport to the outlying districts. Governors will make strong representation that we, as a school, have worked hard to support the Governments aim to get cars off the roads around schools.
1292 ITEMS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE SEF
Mr Bottom shared the results of the recent Parents Questionnaire with the meeting. There had been a good response, the overall percentage response being higher than the last time. The results had been collated and the positive and negative comments noted. These would be sent to parents in a newsletter and the issues raised incorporated into an Open Evening for parents and teachers.
RESOLVED; That Mr Bottom and Mrs Wood arrange for distribution of the newsletter.
1293 HEAD TEACHER’S REPORT AND GOVERNORS QUESTIONS
Mr Bottom spoke to his report which had been tabled at the meeting.
(a) Building:
(i) Mr Bottom reported that he had e-mailed Asset Management for a likely figure of cost for the recent building work given the problems with workmanship etc. To date there had been no reply.
(ii) The canopy outside Class 1 was under construction but held up by the bad weather.
(b) Staffing: Interviews had been held for the post of Lunchtime Supervisor Educational Teaching Assistant. Mrs Denise Secker has been appointed and takes up her post after Easter
(c ) Budget; Mrs Wood spoke about the budget. There will be a small percentage under spend on the budget again this year. Work is ongoing to produce the budget for the coming year, the finance committee will meet when the figure is received from the L.A. this is expected to be the week beginning March 17th.
1294 REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES
(a) The Performance Management Committee had met on February 7th.
(b) The Curriculum Committee had met on March 5th and minutes would be available at the next meeting of the Governing body.
1295 GOVERNOR TRAINING AND GOVERNOR MINUTES
(a) Mr Bowers had attended the Small Schools Seminar at Deighton, he gave Governors a short resume of the content of the meeting.
(b) Mrs S J Rimmer intends to visit school on March 17th to see the teaching of Phonics in Class 1 and use of Play leaders at lunchtime.
1296 ANY OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
1297 DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS
RESOLVED: That the next meeting of the Governing Body be held at 7pm at the School on:
(i) Thursday 8th May
(ii)Thursday 10th July
1298 AGENDA, MINUTES AND RELATED PAPERS – SCHOOL COPY