Governance

Barley Lane School is a member of the SENtient Trust.

Who makes up the Governing Board?

The Governing Board of the Barley Lane School is made up of;

2 elected parent governors,

2 Foundation governors (appointed by the SENtient Trust),

1 Local Authority (LA) governor,

a staff governor,

an ex-officio governor – usually the school’s Headteacher

and 5 co-opted governors.

Other than the Headteacher, each governor serves a four year term of office.

The Governing Board

The Governors are all volunteers.

There can also be Associate members, who are appointed by the Governing Board to serve on one or more committee. They are not governors and therefore do not have a vote in Governing Board decisions, but may be given a vote on decisions made by the committees to which they are appointed. Associate members can attend Full Governing Board (FGB) meetings but may be excluded from any part of the meeting where the business being considered concerns a member of school staff or an individual pupil.

The Governing Board is assisted by a Clerk to the Governors, who is employed by Devon County Council.

For information on who currently makes up the Governing Board, see below.

Members of the Governing Board

Name	Type of Governor	Appointing Body	Role (LG=Lead Governor)	Term of Office	Committee(s)	Registered Interests
Yasmin Treanor	Parent Governor	Parents	Safeguarding LG	23/05/23 - 22/04/24
Liz Shinn	Local Authority Governor	Local Authority	Co-Chair of Governors, School Improvement LG	08/11/2021 - 07/11/2025	Headteacher Appraisal Panel, Pay and Performance Committee	Exeter College LSA Trainer and Assessor
Andrew Shinn	Foundation Governor	SENtient Trust	Careers LG Finance LG	04/10/2022 - 03/10/2026	Pay and Performance
Christine Bray	Foundation Governor	SENtient Trust	Vice-chair of Governors, School Improvement LG	19/10/2022 - 18/10/2026		Devon Partnership NHS Trust - Employee
Dave Jones	Staff Governor/Ex officio	N/A	Headteacher	06/05/2021 -		None
Razna Miah	Staff Governor	Staff	Inclusion and Wellbeing LG	02/03/2020 - 01/03/2024
Helen Crossfield	Co-Opted Governor	Governing Board	Co-Chair of Governors, GDPR LG, Personnel LG	04/03/2021 - 03/03/2025	Headteacher Appraisal Panel Pay and Performance Committee	Director Graham Norwood Ltd
Nigel Kingcome	Co-opted Governor	Governing Board	Safeguarding LG	12/01/23 - 12/01/27
Vacancy	Co-opted Governor	Governing Board
Vacancy	Co-opted Governor	Governing Board
Vacancy	Co-opted Governor	Governing Board

Left in the last 12 months						Reason Left
Phillippa Ansell	Parent Governor	Parents		30/11/2021 - 24/01/2024		Resigned
James Martin	Co-Opted Governor	Governing Board		16/10/2019 - 25/07/2023		Resigned

Contact the Governing Board

To contact the Governing Board email hcrossfeld@barleylane.devon.sch.uk

The Role of Barley Lane School’s Governing Board is:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;

Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff; and

Overseeing the financial performance of school and making sure its money is well spent.

The Governing Board’s Aims and Vision

At Barley Lane School we seek to create a safe and stimulating environment in which all pupils reach their full potential.

Our primary concern is that all our pupils gain full access to the National Curriculum and while doing so grow emotionally and develop self-discipline.

During this process they will grow in confidence and be able to adjust their problematic social behaviour and hopefully start to overcome any previously held barriers to learning.

Parents and/or carers are continually informed of pupis’ progress and are encouraged to be close partners in our school philosophy.

In order to achieve our vision, we shall aim to:

Ensure that quality learning takes place.

Meet the individual needs of all the pupils.

Make Barley Lane School a place where all people are valued and respected.

Make Barley Lane School a stepping-stone to a positive future for all pupils.

Raise pupil’s self-confidence and self -esteem.

Structure of the Governing Board

The work of the Governing Board can be delegated to take place in committees. Currently Barley Lane’s Governing Board has aFull Governing Board only structure, where the only work delegated tocommitteesis Pay and Performance, Headteacher Appraisal and any Hearings (staff conduct and capability, exclusion, grievance and disciplinary procedures as required).

Some of the Governing Board’s work is delegated to individual governors, who are allocatedLead Governor rolesto cover the following;

Finance,

Premises, Health & Safety

Personnel

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)

School Improvement

Safeguarding

Inclusion and Wellbeing

Community and Parental Links

Careers

Governing Board Meetings

The Full Governing Board (must meet at least 6 times each academic year) it plans to meet 8 times, with a Housekeeping meeting in September and the remaining 7 meetings divided equally between each term. This year, each term, there will be 1 meeting with a Finance focus and 1 meeting with a School Improvement/Teaching & Learning focus.

The Pay and Performance Committee and Headteacher Appraisal Panel, both meet twice per year.

Below can be found a record of governor attendance at last year’s meetings.

For the Academic Year 2022/2023 the scheduled meeting dates are:

(Please note these dates may be subject to change.)

20th September 2022 – FGB Housekeeping
18th October 2022 – FGB School Improvement
15th November 2022 – FGB Resources
12th January 2023 – FGB Resources
28th February 2023 – FGB School Improvement
21st March 2023 – FGB Budget
23rd May 2023 – FGB Resources
11th July 2023 – FGB School Improvement

The Full Governing Board meetings are open meetings. Members of the public are welcome to make arrangements to come and listen to proceedings. If you are interesting in attending please approach the Clerk to the Governors, hcrossfield@barleylane.devon.sch.uk

Minutes:

Please find below minutes of Barley Land School’s Full Governing Board (FGB) meetings.

Supporting documents can be viewed upon request.

Previous years’ minutes can also be viewed upon request:

Meeting Attendance Record

Governor	FGB 16.09.21	FGB 20.11.21	FGB 16.12.21	Pay & Performance 9.2.22	FGB 17.2.22	FGB 24.3.22	Extraordinary FGB 8.4.22	FGB 28.4.22	Pay & Performance 12.5.22	FGB 26.5.22	FGB 21.6.22	FGB 14.7.22
Dave Jones	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	-	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Damian Furniss	Attended	Attended	Attended	-	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	-	Attended	Attended	Attended
Liz Shinn	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Jenni Palmer	Attended	Apologies Sanctioned	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Apologies Sanctioned	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Phillippa Ansell	-	-	-	-	Attended - 1st meeting after elected	Apologies Sanctioned	Absence not sanctioned	Absence not sanctioned	-	Attended	Attended	Attended
James Martin	Apologies Sanctioned	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended
Raz Miah	Attended	Attended	Attended	-	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	-	Attended	Attended	Attended
Helen Crossfield	Apologies Sanctioned	Attended	Apologies Sanctioned	Apologies Sanctioned	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Apologies Sanctioned	Attended	Attended
Katrina Campbell-Crocker	Apologies Sanctioned	Apologies Sanctioned	Apologies Sanctioned	-	Apologies Sanctioned	Apologies Sanctioned	Apologies Sanctioned	Apologies Sanctioned	-	Apologies Sanctioned	Attended	n/a
Clerk	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended	Attended