Tanfield School

Governor Handbook

Governor Statement

Miss Christine McGough

Chair of Governors

Term of office to 31/08/2019
Appointed 01/09/2015

Mr Gordon Binney

Term of office to 03/04/2022
Appointed 04/04/2018

Mr Douglas Clark

Term of office to 19/06/2022
Appointed 20/06/2018

Ms Liza Johnson

Term of office to 24/02/2019
Appointed 25/02/2015

Mr Richard Murray

Term of office to 15/04/2019
Appointed 16/04/2015

Mr Clive Smith

Term of office to 23/02/2020
Appointed 24/02/2016

Mrs Susan Smith

Term of office to 21/06/2020
Appointed 22/06/2016

Mr Paul Ensell

Term of office to 10/10/2021
Appointed 11/10/2017

Mrs Jill Lake

Term of office to 12/10/2021
Appointed 13/10/2017

Mrs Michelle Kelly

Term of office to 21/01/2022
Appointed 22/01/2018

Mrs Sharon McIlvaney

Term of office to 06/12/2019
Appointed 07/12/2015

Mr Michael Scholey

Term of office to 10/10/2021
Appointed 11/10/2017

Mr Steven Clough

Headteacher

Cllr Joyce Charlton

Authority Governor

Term of office to 22/04/2022
Appointed 23/04/2018

Ms Lisa Dobson

Associate Governor with Full Voting Rights

Term of office to 12/10/2021
Appointed 13/10/2017

Mr Dan Fitzpatrick

Staff Governor

Term of office to 21/09/2022
Appointed 22/09/2018

Mr Michael Jones

Resigned 11/11/2017

Mr Keith Alder

Retired 31/08/2018

Curriculum and Standards Committee

Chair - Mr Michael Scholey
Vice Chair - Ms Liza Johnson

Mr Steven Clough
Miss Christine McGough
Mrs Michelle Kelly
Mr Richard Murray
Mrs Jill Lake
Mr Clive Smith
Mr Gordon Binney
Mr Douglas Clark

Finance, Personnel and Premises Committee

Chair - Mr Richard Murray
Vice Chair - Mrs Michelle Kelly

Mr Steven Clough
Miss Christine McGough
Mr Paul Ensell
Mrs Sharon McIlvaney
Mr Michael Scholey
Mrs Susan Smith
Cllr Joyce Charlton
Mr Douglas Clark

Pupil Welfare Committee

Chair - Ms Liza Johnson
Vice Chair - Mrs Sharon McIlvaney

Mr Steven Clough
Miss Christine McGough
Mr Clive Smith
Mrs Susan Smith
Mr Paul Ensell
Mrs Jill Lake
Ms Lisa Dobson
Mr Gordon Binney
Cllr Joyce Charlton

Pay Review Committee

Chair - Mrs Christine McGough

Mr Clive Smith
Mrs Sharon McIlvaney
Mr Michael Scholey

Performance Management Committee

Chair - Mr Christine McGough

Mr Richard Murray
Mr Clive Smith
Mrs Sharon McIlvaney

Performance Management Appeals Committee

Chair - Miss Christine McGough

Mrs Liza Johnson
Mrs Michelle Kelly
Mrs Susan Smith

Focus groups

In addition to the listed committees the following focus groups are in operation which report to the relevant committee and Full Governing Body: School Nutrition Action Group (SNAG); School Council; Careers; and SEN.

Updated September 2018

Name of Governor	Special Interest	Employment	Business and Pecuniary Interest	Governance Roles in Other Educational Instituations	Personal Interest	Business and Other Interest
Mr Steven Clough		Headteacher	None declared	No	No	No
Miss Christine McGough	Literacy Pupil Premium School Development Plan Transfers In Tanfield Association	Retired	None declared	No	No	No
Ms Liza Johnson	Numeracy Safeguarding	Company Director	None declared	No	No	No
Mr Richard Murray	Science	Northumbria Water Ltd & Self Water Utility & Farming	None declared	No	Brother - James Murray - DCC Education	Brother - James Murray - DCC Education
Mr Clive Smith	Vice Chair Anti-Bullying Progress: Gender & Attendance	Retired	None declared	No	No	No
Mrs Michelle Kelly	Ofsted ICT	St Thomas More School, Blaydon	None declared	No	No	No
Mrs Sharon McIlvaney	Equal Opportunities LAC Humanities	None	None declared	No	No	No
Mr Keith Alder	School Projects	Teacher	None declared	No	No	No
Mrs Susan Smith	SEN Schools Council Student Voice SNAG Art	Retired	None declared	No	No	No
Mrs Jill Lake	PE Careers	New College Durham	None declared	Tanfield Lea Primary Governor	No	No
Mr Michael Scholey	Technology	Retired	None declared	No	No	No
Mr Paul Ensell	Music	Retired	None declared	No	No	No
Cllr Joyce Charlton		County Councillor & Hair Stylist	None declared	No	No	No
Mr Gordon Binney		Stanley Town Councillor, Stanley Area Action Partnership Board Member, Member of the Stanley Supporting and Successful Task Groups, a non-voting co-optee on Durham County Council’s Economy and Enterprise Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Volunteer at the Stanley Movers and Shakers Group, member of both the Stanley Medical group and North Durham Patient Reference Group	None declared	No	No	No
Mr Douglas Clark		Sales Engineer, Vodafone	None declared	No	No	No
Ms Lisa Dobson	SEN	Keepers Cafe/Gallery	None declared	No	Daughter in Year 8	No

denotes attendance. Click on initials in the table header to see full name. This table holds a lot of data and horizontal scrolling may be needed.

Date	Committee	CM	SC	GB	DC	LJ	RM	CS	SS	PE	JL	MK	SM	MS	JC	LD	KA	MJ
26th September 2017	Special Govenor Meeting
17th October 2017	Full Governors
10th November 2017	Chester-le-Street
16th November 2017	Finance, Personnel and Premises Committee
23rd November 2017	Pay Review Committee
23rd January 2018	Curriculum and Standards Committee
30th January 2018	Pupil Welfare Committee
12th March 2018	Full Governors
20th March 2018	Finance, Personnel and Premises Committee
28th March 2018	Pupil Welfare Committee
24th April 2018	Curriculum and Standards Committee
22nd May 2018	Finance, Personnel and Premises Committee
12th June 2018	Curriculum and Standards Committee
19th June 2018	Full Governors
10th July 2018	Finance, Personnel and Premises Committee

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