Issue - meetings

Report of the School Forum Clerk

Recommendation:-  To note the current membership and to agree the replacement representatives for a maintained school member – primary governor sector and the Diocese of Hallam (as highlighted).

The Clerk presented the current constitution and membership as at January, 2020, of the Rotherham Schools’ Forum.  

Nominations to fill vacancies had been received from Rajmund Brent to fill a vacancy in the Maintained Primary Governor Sector and from Phillip Patterson, Diocese of Hallam.

Agreed:-  That Rajmund Brent and Phillip Patterson be approved as representatives on the Rotherham School’s Forum for a period of four years.

Report of the School Forum Clerk

Recommendation:-  To note the current membership and to agree the replacement representative for the nursery sector and the addition to the maintained school members – primary governor sector.

The School Forum Clerk presented the current constitution as at April 2019, of the Rotherham Schools’ Forum.

Notification had been received that Sharon Stones, Head of School at Arnold Nursery School and Children’s Centre, was now the Nursery School Head Teacher representative.

Angela McComb, had been appointed as a Local Authority Governor at Anston Park Junior School, in the Maintained School Members Primary Governors Section.  This still left one vacancy in this Sector.

Discussion ensued with the following amendments given to the constitution submitted:-

-          Primary School Head Teachers - Paula Dobbin, Head Teacher, Redscope Primary, had now retired

-          Alan Richards, Secondary Governor – should be moved to Academy Members

-          Private, Voluntary and Independent Sector Nursery – there was no vacancy

-          The need for a mechanism for voting in the constitution should the need arise

Agreed:-  (1)  That Sharon Stones and Angela McComb be approved as representatives on the Rotherham School’s Forum.

(2)  That the membership of the Rotherham Schools’ Forum be updated as above.

(3)  That Kirsty Peat, Head Teacher of Sitwell Infant school, raise the issue of Primary School Governors and Primary School Head Teacher representation at the Head Teachers meeting.

(4)  That Paul Carney, Governors Section, be requested to raise the issue of representation at the next meeting of the Governors Forum.

(5)  That the issue of representation be raised at RESP.