Welcome to our website and to our school, I hope that you find all the information that you need.

Our school’s focus is on ensuring that every child who comes through our doors is given the best possible opportunities to flourish educationally, socially and emotionally.

Our Head Teacher, Mrs Crouch, her team and the Governors believe that every child matters and that they all have the right to a first class education. We offer a broad and balanced curriculum where our children take enjoyment from learning whilst being supported in a caring and nurturing environment. The excellent staff are experienced, dedicated and work in partnership with parents, children and the wider community to ensure that the children and their families receive the best possible experience.

Whilst we strive for excellence, we know that things can sometimes go awry so we have an open door policy to ensure that any concerns are addressed at the earliest opportunity and to give us the opportunity to continuously improve.

I can be contacted by the following email address: cofg@wavell-inf.n-yorks.sch.uk

Elaine Richardson

Chair of Governors.

What is the purpose of a Governing Body of a school? What powers do Governors have? What do Governors do? Could you become a Governor?

In 1998 School Standards & Framework Act, Governors’ roles and responsibilities were defined as being to:

“Conduct the school with a view to promoting high standards of educational achievement”

Every child at the school matters to every Governor. We want them to flourish, to grow and be well prepared for the next stage of their life. So we focus on standards and school improvement.

The law tells us that Governors have three strands to the role:

• To Provide a Strategic view of where the school is going. What are our long term aims, how will we achieve them and how, as Governors do we know how effective the school is?
• To Act as a Critical Friend by supporting the school and its work, through monitoring & evaluating the school’s effectiveness in raising standards.
• To Ensure Accountability, Governors are the “responsible” body and it is our job to be accountable to pupils, their parents and carers and all other stakeholders, for the decisions we make as a Governing Body and for the academic and personal developmental progress our pupils make. It is also our role as Governors to hold the school to account, on behalf of the stakeholder groups who we are representative members of.

The day-to-day responsibility for governing the school is delegated to the Headteacher and her staff.