The Governing Board of Carr Green Primary School 

Chair of Governors - Katie Hargreaves - Carr Green Primary School, Carr Green Lane, Brighouse, HD6 3LT

Clerk to the Governing Board -Deborah Tynan (contact via email at clerktogovernors@carrgreen.org.uk)  

The Role of the Governing Board

All schools in England have a Governing Board which is responsible for overseeing many of the strategic decisions of the school. The Governing Board works in close partnership with the Headteacher, staff and the Local Authority. Whilst the Headteacher is, of course, responsible for the day to day running of the school, the governors main three roles include:

Strategic– The governing board sets the general direction of the school, looking at how it should best develop. This is done by reviewing and agreeing policies, targets and priorities and monitoring and reviewing aims and objectives.

Critical Friend– A governing board should work with the Headteacher and create a clear understanding of the challenges face in managing a school.

Accountability – A school is a business and its stakeholders are the learners. The governing board must have a professional attitude and use its collective skills to benefit the learners. It must gather views, ask questions and decide what is best for the school. The governing board is answerable to parents, the wider community and the local authority.

School governors are drawn from different parts of the community. This helps to ensure that the governing board has sufficient diversity of views and experience but does not mean that governors of a particular category “represent” that group on the governing board.

The different categories of governor are as follows:

Parent Governors

Elected by parents to serve on the Governing Board

Staff Governors

To include the Head Teacher if they wish to be a governor. Remaining staff (both teaching and non-teaching are represented) governors are elected by other members of staff at the school via elections.

Local Authority Governors

Local Authority ( LA ) governors are appointed by the LA . LAs can appoint any eligible person as a LA governor.

Co-Opted Governors

Appointed by the Governing Board to represent community interests. They can be persons who live or work in the community served by the school, or persons who do not work or live close by but are committed to the good governance and success of the school.

Our Governing Board has 10 Governors which are made up from the following categories:

• 2 Parent Governors 
• 1 Local Authority Governor
• 1 Headteacher
• 1 Staff Governor
• 5 Co-Opted Governors 

Some school policies and documents must be approved by the Full Governing Board, or a Committee.

A list of school policies can be found here.

 If you wish to see copies of any Governing Board Minutes please contact Deborah Tynan, Clerk to the Governing Board 

clerktogovernors@carrgreen.org.uk