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Governors

We have a committed team of governors who come from within the local community and bring a range of skills and expertise to the role. They have an important part to play in raising school standards through their three key roles of setting strategic direction, ensuring accountability and monitoring and evaluating school performance. Governors and their roles can be found below:

Four Lanes Infant School Governing Board 2019/20

Governor	Category	Committee
Blackwood, Shirah	Co-opted	FGB, Pay, Finance
Busk, Andy	Co-opted	FGB, Headteacher Performance Management
Docherty, Julie	Staff	FGB
Freedman-Thompson, Courtney	Co-opted	FGB, Headteacher Performance Management
Jones, Julie	Co-opted	FGB
Mallaby, Jacqueline	Headteacher	FGB
Nicholls, Karl	LA	FGB, Pay
Razzell, Gary	Co-opted	FGB
Whiting, Helen	Co-opted	FGB (Chair), Pay, Headteacher Performance Management (Chair)
Brewster, Ali	Associate Member	FGB
McHale, Joe	Parent	FGB
Chapple, Natalie	Parent	FGB
Vanzant-Birch, Melissa	Co-opted	FGB

The full governing board meets at least twice a term and is supported by two committees which also meet at least termly. The Governors Register of Pecuniary Interests is accessible below.

Four Lanes Infant School Governors’ Attendance Record for 2017/18

Governor	Full Governing Body (7 meetings per year)	Resources Committee (4 meetings per year)	Children & Learning (4 meetings per year)	Pay (2 meetings per year)
Arunkumar, Saritha	0/3	n/a	0/1	n/a
Blackwood, Shirah	1/1	n/a	1/1	n/a
Busk, Andy	4/7	2/4	n/a	1/2
Cooper, Emma	7/7	n/a	4/4	n/a
Day, Alastair	7/7	4/4	n/a	n/a
Freedman-Thompson, Courtney	5/5	n/a	4/4	n/a
Haynes, Gemma	4/7	n/a	4/4	2/2
Jones, Helen	7/7	3/4	n/a	2/2
Jones, Julie	6/7	n/a	4/4	n/a
Mallaby, Jacqui	7/7	4/4	4/4	2/2
Nicholls, Karl	1/1	n/a	n/a	n/a
Razzell, Gary	6/7	3/4	n/a	n/a
Whiting, Helen	7/7	4/4	3/4	2/2

Notes

Numbers indicate meetings attended against the total possible for that governor. All absences were accepted by the relevant committees. Attendance data has been affected by the following membership movements:

Courtney Freedman-Thompson appointed November 2017
Saritha Arunkumar resigned March 2018
Shirah Blackwood appointed May 2018
Karl Nicholls appointed July 2018
Helen Jones resigned July 2018
Roger Fuller appointed September 2018

Four Lanes Infant School Governing Body Training Record for 2017-18

Courses Attended	Governor
Induction for New Governors	Courtney Freedman-Thompson
Clerks Support Meetings	Lee Rome
Meeting the Needs of all Pupils	Helen Whiting, Saritha Arunkumar
Whole Governing Body Training (FLIS) Governors and Ofsted	Saritha Arunkumar, Emma Cooper, Alastair Day, Courtney Freedman-Thompson, Gemma Haynes, Helen Jones, Julie Jones, Jacqui Mallaby, Gary Razzell, Helen Whiting
Performance Management	Gary Razzell, Andy Busk
Understanding Data in Primary Schools	Julie Jones
Clerks’ Conference	Lee Rome
Understanding the Primary Curriculum	Julie Jones
Ofsted briefing	Jacqui Mallaby, Helen Whiting
School Funding briefing	Jacqui Mallaby, Helen Whiting

The chair of governors is contactable via email at Chair.OfGovernors@fourlanes-inf.hants.sch.uk
Whenever there is a vacancy for a parent governor, all parents are informed and have the opportunity to stand for office.Further information on school governors is available on Hampshire County Council’s website and on the Government website.