Headteacher: Anna Moss

It is the local governing board's role to support the head teacher in leading the school and act as a 'critical friend' as well as ensuring statutory responsibilities are carried out.  The local governing board consists of a range of motivated and committed members with a wide variety of experiences which support the life of the school.  

 

       ...we are very grateful to the leadership, staff and governors . BFS is an amazing school which manages to combine the most caring and nurturing atmosphere with expectations of the highest standard... (Parent comment)

Local Governors:

There are no material interests arising from relationships between governors or governors and school staff. There are currently five associate members with specialisms: Dr H Evans (Finance), Neil Walker (Finance), Clair McNeill (Education), Paul Lewis (Business) and Simon CHeckley (Health and Safety).

As a school we recognise that a diversity of thought, voices and perspectives is essential to good governance and the effective running of any organisation. We regularly collect diversity information from our governors and, depending on current data, can use this to:

➢ target recruitment to address gaps in experience and diversity

➢ develop and adapt board practices to ensure full participation

➢ prioritise training and awareness-raising in identified areas

➢ address potential ‘blind spots’ through seeking wider advice and perspectives on current and upcoming opportunities, challenges and risks

However, we are unable to publish this information as it would mean that individual members of our governing body are identifiable.

Governor name	Type of governor (elected by)	Committee member for	Specialist responsibility	Term of office started	Term of office ends	Attendance at meetings 2023-24	Business declarations
Anna Moss	Head teacher	All	n/a	n/a	n/a	14/14	Wife of associate head teacher
Helen Townsend	Teacher (staff)	Education	n/a	2021	2025	7/7	Sister of administrator
Deborah Wilson	Support (Staff)	Education	Chair of Education Safeguarding	2024	2028	n/a	None
Joanne Taylor	Parent  (Parents)	Business Nominee for Vice Chair of Governors	Maths/ PE/ PFTA	2021	2025	14/14	None
Isabel Welch c/o Blackwell First School 0121 445 1622  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Chair of Governors Co-opted (Governors)	Education  Business	Curriculum  English Headteacher Performance Management	2022	2026	6/7	None
John Reed	Co-opted	Business	Chair of Business Premises Computing	2022	2026	10/14	None
Bakul Kumar	Co-opted	n/a	Science	2023	2027	4/4	None
Suzanne Beattie	Co-opted	Curriculum	SEND	2024	2028	n/a	n/a
Becky Jones	Parent (Parents)	Education	SMSC	2021	2025	7/7	None