Welcome to the Governors' page, we will post updates on visits, observations and roles and responsibilities.

PART 1-

• List Governors including roles and responsibilities and a short introduction
• Register of interest
• Attendance record of Governors meetings

PART 2-

• Termly Reports current year (Autumn/Spring)
• Summary of Governor visits current year (Autumn/Spring/Summer)
• Annual review (Summer)

PART 3-

• Archive reports

Meet the Team

David Blythe : (Chair of Governors) Leadership & Management

David has a managerial background in both the private and public sectors, particularly around  organisational development and quality management systems.  He also has experience as a non-executive director with various organisations.  With a keen interest in the community, David has been a Magistrate since 2000 and was appointed a Governor in 2012.

Rohit Naik:  Headteacher at Hope School

Rohit has been Headteacher at Hope School since 2002.  He is passionate about education for children with special educational needs.  As Executive Head, Mr Naik has provided support for other Liverpool SEN establishments.

Maxine O'Neill: Staff Governor

Maxine has taught at the school since 2010 and is now the Deputy Headteacher.  Maxine is passionate about inclusion and looking for new strategies to provide inclusive education.

Rachel Rick: Teaching and Learning

Rachel has been recently reappointed to the governing board due to her commitments as an active Headteacher and the commitments she had already, having recently retired Rachel can now commit to her post on the board.  Rachel has been an outstanding Headteacher at King David School. 

Mick Carden:  Intervention Centre

Mike has been reappointed after a short break to enjoy the start of his retirement.  Mike has numerous connections in Liverpool and extensive links with the school over many years.

John Holt: Outcomes & SEND

John is a member of Liverpool City Council as Service Manager for SEN and Disability his previous experience includes being School Improvement officer in SEND and as a SENCo in a large mainstream secondary school.

Tom Lambeth: Personal Development Behaviour and Welfare

Tom is the director of Food for thought who provides our school dinners.  Tom joined the governors November 2018. 

Dominic Ion : Finance

Dominic is a qualified public sector accountant and auditor, who worked for many years for the Audit Commission before retiring in 2010. He has a son with Asperger’s Syndrome, and he and his wife therefore have first-hand experience of some of the challenges involved in caring for young people with learning disabilities. He has a particular interest in Special Needs education,  Dominic’s philosophy is “Never assume that any young person cannot achieve anything - unless and until it is conclusively proved that they can’t”!’

Sarah Goldman: Parent Governor

Sarah is a birth mother of a now adult son and an adoptive mother of a now adult daughter with Developmental Trauma Disorder. She is a parent champion at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families. In 2018 Sarah promoted a seminar in Liverpool to celebrate the publication of 'Creative Therapies for Complex Trauma: helping children and families in foster care, kinship care or adoption' (Eds. Hendry and Hasler) with presentations by a number of the contributors to an audience of professionals, parents and carers. 

Attendance 2017 2018

Key:

P- Present

A -Apologies

M-Maternity leave

x- No apologies sent

HOPE SCHOOL

OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE & RESPONSIBILITES OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

The prime purpose of the Board of Governors is to provide non-executive leadership and operate at a strategic level, leaving the Headteacher and Senior School Leadership Team responsible for the day-to-day running of the school.

The governors operate within the guidelines issued by the Department for Education: (a) The School Governance (Roles, Procedures and Allowances) Regulations and (b) The November 2015 Governors Handbook. These two documents define clearly three core functions the board are responsible for:

• Setting the strategic direction for the school
• Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school
• Ensuring financial health, probity and value for money

This is achieved by carrying out a range of activities each term and attending various events, which includes:

• Holding formal governors termly meeting to review the school’s performance
• Lesson observations with the SLT
• End of term celebration days
• Attendance at School Assemblies, Learning Walks, Behaviour Walks & Forums
• Nominated lead governor attends Safeguarding meetings
• Chair attends Health & Safety meetings
• Chair and Headteacher one-to-one meetings

To discharge their duties, the Board of Governors’ work closely together as a team. They have diverse backgrounds and experiences coupled with a broad range of skills that enable them to make a positive contribution to the schools development. They undergo regular training and hold an annual away-day to review their effectiveness and develop an action plan for improvements.

In line with best practice, the Governors’ are supported in their role by Mr Dave Cadwallader, Professional Clerk (School Improvement Liverpool) who provides a range of administrative support services together with any necessary legal and procedural advice, in order that the Board of Governors is able to carryout its responsibilities effectively and efficiently.

Governors Attendance 2016/2017