The Local Governing Committee

The Local Governing Committee – Alderman Bolton Primary School

On May 1st 2018, the school became an Academy and joined Warrington Primary Academy Trust. Our Governing Committee is organised in line their agreed Operating Principles and Terms of Reference. The Alderman Bolton Governing Committee has the capacity for 12 members and currently our members include the Headteacher, one Staff Governor, two Parent Governors, one representative from Warrington Primary Academy Trust and 4 Co-Opted Governors. We are seeking to recruit two more Co-opted Governors as soon as possible. All have voting rights and their membership lasts four years, in most cases, subject to extension with the agreement of the Governing Body and the Multi-Academy Trust.

The Governing Body has a clerk, whose time is bought from the Local Authority. She is not a Governor. She clerks our half termly Full Governing Committee (FGC) meetings, required committee meetings and offers advice on request. We are grateful to her for her experience, knowledge and help.

The Department of Education (DfE) requires that all schools publish on their website a list of Governors by name, category of Governor, the date they will cease to be a Governor (unless re-elected), any Committees they serve on, what their responsibilities are on the Governing Body, whether they have any business interests that could affect decisions they might make as a Governor, whether they govern any other school or college, and whether they have any relationship to members of the school staff, including spouse, partners and relatives.
The table that follows gives this information.

Governing Committee Membership as of January 2022:

Name of Governor	Category of Governor	Appointed	If also Governor elsewhere	Committee membership	Responsibility on GB	Relevant business interests	Relationships to school staff, if any
Paula Warding	Executive Head Teacher	01/09/2015	No	Pay Commitee	Executive Headteacher	Yes	Staff
Nurul Alam	Parent	01/11/2019- 31/10/2023	No		Member of the Curriculum and Standards Working Group	No	No
Rachel Alderson	Parent	09/12/2021-08/12/2025	No		Link Governor for SEND and Member of the Pupil Welfare Action Group	No	No
Yvette Blake (Chair)	Co-opted	10/12/2015 – 09/12/2023	No	Pay Committee (Chair) Executive Headteacher Performance Management	Link Governor for Foundation Stage and Pupil Premium. Member of all Working Groups	No	No
Sarah Morris	Co-opted	09/12/21 – 08/12/2025	No	Pay Committee		No	Staff
Danny Proudfoot	Co-opted	11/11/21 – 10/11/2025	No	Pay Committee	Member of the Finance and Personnel Working Group	No	No
Libby Worthington	MAT Representative	07/04/2022 – 06/06/2026	No		Member of the Health and Safety Working Group	No	No
Karl Holmes	Co-opted	07/04/2022 – 06/06/2026	No		Member of the Pupil Welfare Working Group	No	No
Adam Rogers	Co-opted	22/10/2020 – 21/10/2024	No		Link Governor for Safeguarding Member of the Pupil Welfare Working Group	No	No
Christina Richards	Staff	13/05/2021 – 12/05/2025	No		Member of the Curriculum and Standards Working Group	No	staff

Lisa Adams	Clerk	01/08/2016 – 31/07/2020				No	No

Staff Dismissal Committee

The first three available governors selected on an alphabetical basis (surname) from the governing body as and when required, excluding staff Governors.

Staff Dismissal Appeals Committee

The first three available governors selected on an alphabetical basis from the governing body, excluding those selected for the Staff Dismissal Committee, as and when required, and excluding staff Governors.

Pupil Discipline Committee and Complaints Committee. The first three available governors selected on an alphabetical basis from the governing body as and when required.

For additional Governor information and Register of Pecuniary Interests of Board and Local Governing Bodies, please follow this link.