Light Oaks Junior School Governing Board is made up of up to twelve governors. These are:
Should you wish to contact the Chair of the governing board, or any other governor, you may do so in writing care of Light Oaks Junior School, Lancaster Road, Salford. M6 8LU.
Please mark your correspondence as "private and confidential".
Governor's Allowances
Governors do not claim any allowances at our school.
Diversity of the Governing Board
The DfE have asked that we publish details of the diversity of our governing board. In order to protect identities, we will only report on a select number of characteristics which we collect:
Gender: male: 19% female: 81%
Ethnicity: White British: 100% Other: 0%
Structure of Committees
A full Governing Board meeting is held once every term. The Governing Board also has three sub committees which monitor and provide strategic direction, challenge and support for the areas which they cover. These are:
Each sub committee meets once a term and focuses on more specific areas of school governance. Recommendations made by sub committees are then taken back to the fully Governing Board for final approval.
Welfare, Inclusion and Pupil Support
Chair: Olive Goodall
This Committee has responsibility for:
Finance and Resources
Chair: Tecwyn Wright
This Committee has responsibility for:
Standards
Chair: Sharon Hughes
This Committee has responsibility for:
Register of personal, pecuniary or business interests
All the governors and associate members of Light Oaks Junior School listed below have signed the Register of personal, pecuniary or business interests
This is a declaration of any personal or business interest they or any relative or person closely connected with them, have with businesses or other organisations that may have dealings with the school. This could for example include owning or having a relative work for a business that had dealings with school; having a relative working in or for school or being a governor of another school.
If any interest a governor has could be seen to cause a conflict of interest they would be asked to withdraw from any decision making concerned. This is to ensure that our governors can always be seen to be putting the interest of the school first. Any potential conflict it is shown below.
Ms Sharon Hughes
Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 12/10/16 – 11/10/23
Category: Co-opted
Responsibilities: Chair of Governing Board, Chair of Standards Committee, Young Carers Governor
Appointed by: Governing Board
Relevant Interests: none
Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 3/3 (100%) Committee Meetings: 8/8 (100%)
Mrs Zandra WilkinsonDate of Appointment and Term of Office: N/A
Category: Headteacher
Responsibilities:
Appointed by: Governing Board
Relevant Interests: niece to Governor Mrs O Goodall
Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 3/3 (100%) Committee Meetings: 8/8 (100%)
Mrs Claire Walker
Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 12/10/19 - 11/10/23
Category: Associate (No voting rights)
Responsibilities:
Appointed by: Governing Board
Relevant Interests: wife to teaching assistant Darryll Walker; Chair of Governors at Sacred Heart RC Primary School, Westhoughton, Bolton
Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 2/3 (100%) Committee Meetings: 6/7 (75%)
Mrs Olive Goodall
Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 12/10/19 - 11/10/23
Category: Co-opted
Responsibilities: Chair of the Welfare, Inclusion and Pupil Support Committee, Attendance Governor
Appointed by: Governing Board
Relevant Interests: aunt to the headteacher
Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 3/3 (100%) Committee Meetings: 8/8 (100%)
Mr Tecwyn Wright
Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 12/10/19 – 11/10/23
Category: co-opted
Responsibilities: vice chair, chair of finance and resources committee, health & safety governor,
Appointed by: Governing Board
Relevant Interests: none
Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 2/3 (66%) Committee Meetings: 4/8 (50%)
Mrs Clare Richardson
Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 4/12/21 – 3/12/25
Category: Local authority
Responsibilities: n/a
Appointed by: Governing Board
Relevant Interests: none
Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 1/3 (100%) Committee Meetings: 5/8 (63%)
Mrs Rachel Dodge
Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 4/9/2022 - 3/9/2026
Category: co-opted
Responsibilities: Looked after and post-looked after children
Appointed by: Governing Board
Relevant Interests: none
Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 1/3 (33%) Committee Meetings: 4/8(50%)
Cllr Michelle Barnes
Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 28/3/2022 - 27/3/2026
Category: Local Authority
Responsibilities: Looked after and post-looked after children
Appointed by: Salford City Council
Relevant Interests: none
Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 1/1 (100%) Committee Meetings: 0/3
Mrs Lucy Waddington (Nee Bird)
Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 12/9/2022 - 11/9/2026
Category: Staff
Responsibilities: none
Appointed by: Staff vote
Relevant Interests: none
Attendance over the last academic year: Not yet in post
Mr Stuart Greer
Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 9/12/2022 - 8/12/2026
Category: Parent
Responsibilities: none
Appointed by: Parent vote
Relevant Interests: none
Attendance over the last academic year: Not yet in post
Ms Helen Smith
Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 12/9/2022 - 11/9/2026
Category: Parent
Responsibilities: none
Appointed by: Parent vote
Relevant Interests: none
Attendance over the last academic year: Not yet in post
PREVIOUS GOVERNORS (2021-22)
Mrs Elaine Deasey
Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 29/10/2018 - 27/6/2022
Category: Staff
