The Governing Body
The Governing Body – Alderman Bolton Primary School
On May 1st 2018, the school became an Academy and joined Warrington Primary Academy Trust. Our constitution, terms of reference and scheme of delegation has been agreed by Trust Members.
The Alderman Bolton Governing Body has the capacity for 12 members and currently our members include the Headteacher, one Staff Governor, one Parent Governors, 6 Co-opted Governors and a representative from the Multi Academy Trust. 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 Trust. We are currently seeking to recruit a further Parent Governor and another Co-opted Member.
The Governing Body has a clerk, whose time is bought from the Local Authority. She is not a Governor. She clerks our termly Full Governing Body (FGB) meeting, some of our additional 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), what 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 Body Membership as of 1st October 2019:
| 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 | Head Teacher | 01/09/2015 | No | Pay | No | No | |
| Jackie Stephens | Parent | 25/01/2018 – 24/01/2022 | No | Link Governor for Art, Music and Drama | No | No | |
| Hayley Simmons | Staff | 26/09/2017 – 25/09/2021 | No | No | Staff | ||
| Yvette Blake (Chair) | Co-opted | 10/12/2015 – 09/12/2019 | No |
Pay Committee (Chair) Headteacher Performance Management Panel |
Link Governor for the Early Years Foundation Stage, and History and Geography | No | No |
| Lukas Dewhirst (Vice Chair) | Co-opted | 28/02/2017 – 27/02/2021 | No | Pay Committee | Link Governor for Pupil Premium and Religious Education | No | No |
| Leon Fraser | Co-opted | 28/02/2017 – 27/02/2021 | No | Headteacher Performance Management Panel (Chair) | Link Governor for Physical Education and Safeguarding | No | No |
| Eileen Stewart | Co-opted | 28/02/2017 – 27/02/2021 | No | Pay | Link Governor for Maths and SEND | No | No |
| Sarah Morris | Co-opted | 29/06/2017 – 28/06/2021 | No | Link Governor for Health and Safety and Children in Care | No | Staff | |
| Clare Dalton | Co-opted | 29/06/2017 – 28/06/2021 | No | Link Governor for Attendance | No | Staff | |
| Wayne Trafford | MAT | 23/05/2019 – 22/05/2023 | No | Headteacher Performance Management Panel | Employed by WPAT | No | |
| Lisa Adams | Clerk | 01/08/2016 – 31/07/2020 | No | No |
For additional Governor Information and Register of Pecunicary Interests of Board and LGBs, please follow this link.
Minutes from Alderman Bolton Local Governing Body meetings available upon request through the school.
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
The first three available governors selected on an alphabetical basis from the governing body as and when required.
Complaints Committee
The first three available governors selected on an alphabetical basis from the governing body as and when required.
Alderman Bolton Primary School
Longdin Street, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1PW