Governors

Governors

The Governing Body at The Drive Primary School plays a key role in helping oversee the strategic direction of the school and works in partnership with the Head teacher and Senior Management Team looking at how it should best develop and improve. The main aim of a Governing body is to ensure the delivery of a high standard of education for all pupils in its care. This is done by reviewing and agreeing policies, setting targets and priorities and monitoring and reviewing aims and objectives.

The governing body has the following core strategic functions:

Establishing the strategic direction, by:

Setting the vision, values, and objectives for the school
Agreeing the school improvement strategy with priorities and targets
Meeting statutory duties

Ensuring accountability, by:

Appointing the head teacher
Monitoring progress towards targets
Performance managing the head teacher
Engaging with stakeholders
Contributing to school self-evaluation

Ensuring financial probity, by:

Setting the budget
Monitoring spending against the budget
Ensuring value for money is obtained

The Governing Body consists of a range of governors from the Gateshead community, the school and specifically from The Drive community. The following are the current Drive Primary School Governors:

Chair of Governors	Vice Chair of Governors / Local Authority Governor
Mr David Napier	Cllr Anne Wheeler
Parent Governors	Co-Opted Governors
Mrs Rebecca Allan Mrs Suzanne Duff Mrs Sian Johnson	Miss Lynn Battersby Ms Emma Johnson Ms Heather Gofton Mrs Claire Perrin Mrs Jeanette Smith Mrs Christine Richardson Mrs Anne Spour
Staff Governor	Associate Governors
Mrs Karina Cuthbertson	Mrs Pippa Ellis Ms Rebecca Pedlow