Welcome to our Governors’ section.
Our Governing Body has 3 key roles;
- To provide a strategic direction for the school
- To act as a critical friend to the school, and
- To hold the school to account for the educational standards it achieves, and the quality of education it provides
All Governors involve themselves actively in the work of the Governing Body and accept a fair share of responsibilities, including service on committees. Each Governor is attached to one area of the curriculum and maintains regular contact with the staff subject leader. The Governing body meets, in full, at least once every term, as do all the committees.
Meet the Governors
Mr Sims
Chair of Governors
Mrs Ewens
Headteacher
Mrs Melvin
Co-opted Governor
Mr Syers
Staff Governor
Ms Rojek
Parent Governor
Mrs Bowker
Parent Governor
Mr Shah
Parent Governor
Governing Body Committees
The following documents in this section of the website will enable you to understand how the governing body at Northern is constituted.
If you have any queries after reading the following documents or you are interested in becoming a member of our governing body then please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Ewens.
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor. We have also provided a Register of Governor Interests and an Annual Statement of Issues for your information.
For Governor names, method of appointment and term dates please click the link below:
Northern Primary School - GOV.UK
Governor Committee Membership and Responsibilities
Governor Declarations of Business Interests and Governance at Other Educational Establishments
School Financial Benchmarking Service
Governor Documents
Governing Body Attendance
Attendance at Full Governing Body Meetings
Tuesday 11th June 2024
PRESENT:
Ms B Collinge (Vice Chair) (Via Teams)
Mrs S Melvin
Mrs J Ramsbottom
Mr A Shah
Mr E Sieg Hogg
Mr J Sims
Mr J Syers
Mrs A Ewens (Headteacher)
IN ATTENDANCE:
Mrs K James (Clerk)
Tuesday 5th March 2024
PRESENT:
Mrs C Duffy (Chair)
Ms S Bowker
Mrs S Melvin
Mr E Sieg Hogg
Mr J Sims
Mr J Syers
Ms R Tomlinson (Executive Headteacher)
IN ATTENDANCE:
Ms C Haworth (Observer)
Mrs K James (Clerk)
Tuesday 21st November 2024
PRESENT:
Mrs C Duffy (Chair)
Mrs B Collinge
Mrs J Ramsbottom
Mrs K Ridge
Ms C Rawcliffe (Associate Headteacher)
IN ATTENDANCE:
Mrs K James (Clerk)
Attendance at Resources Committee Meetings
Wednesday 2nd October 2024
PRESENT:
Mr A Shah (Chair)
Ms S Melvin
Mr E Sieg Hogg
Mr J Sims
Mr J Syers
Mrs A Ewens (Headteacher)
IN ATTENDANCE:
Mrs J Nicholas (Observer)
Mrs K James (Clerk to Governors)
Tuesday 7th May 2024
PRESENT:
Mrs J Ramsbottom (Chair)
Ms S Bowker
Mrs B Collinge
Mrs C Duffy
Ms S Melvin
Mr E Sieg Hogg
Mr J Syers
Mrs A Ewens (Headteacher)
IN ATTENDANCE:
Mrs K James (Clerk to Governors)
Tuesday 16th January 2024
PRESENT:
Mr J Syers (Chair)
Mrs B Collinge
Mrs C Duffy
Mrs C Rawcliffe (Associate Headteacher)
IN ATTENDANCE:
Ms S Bowker (Observer)
Mrs J Nicholas (Observer)
Mr J Sims (Observer)
Mrs K James (Clerk to Governors)
Tuesday 10th October 2023
PRESENT:
Mrs J Ramsbottom (Chair)
Mrs B Collinge
Mrs C Duffy
Mr J Syers
Mrs A Ewens (Headteacher)
IN ATTENDANCE:
Mrs J Nicholas (Observer)
Mrs K James (Clerk to Governors)
Attendance at Standards and Effectiveness Committee Governors Meetings
Tuesday 2nd October 2024
PRESENT:
Ms S Melvin (Chair)
Mr A Shah
Mr E Sieg Hogg
Mr J Sims
Mr J Syers
Mrs A Ewens (Headteacher)
IN ATTENDANCE:
Mrs K James (Clerk to Governors)
Tuesday 7th May 2024
PRESENT:
Mrs J Ramsbottom (Chair)
Ms S Bowker
Mrs B Collinge
Mrs C Duffy
Ms S Melvin
Mr E Sieg Hogg
Mr J Syers
Mrs A Ewens (Headteacher)
IN ATTENDANCE:
Mrs K James (Clerk to Governors)
Tuesday 10th October 2023
PRESENT:
Mrs C Duffy (Chair of Committee)
Mrs B Collinge
Mrs A Ewens (Headteacher)
IN ATTENDANCE:
Mrs K James (Clerk to Governors)
Information about each governor who has served at any time over the past 12 months
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We are asked to publish on our school’s website whether any member of staff receives a salary of £100K or receive increments of £10K. This is to confirm no member of staff is paid this figure.
Mr Sims
Chair of Governors
Mr Sims
Chair of Governors
It is truly an honour to hold the position of ‘Chair’ for Northern Primary School and work alongside a fantastic team of driven and devoted individuals.
Having worked within higher education for 10 years covering a variety of roles including Teaching, Education Development and presently as a HR Business Partner, I’m grateful to be able to share my skills, experience and knowledge with the amazing team at Northern.
I strongly believe early years education is the key foundation to future success and is incredibly important for all aspects of development, laying the building blocks for future learning. Northern’s passion for success and achievement across all areas only reinforces and develops that desire for learning.
I have three boys, all primary age and spend every opportunity creating special memories together with our three dogs.
Mrs Ewens
Headteacher
Anna Ewens
Headteacher
I am extremely proud to be the Headteacher of Northern Primary School. I have a passion for ensuring that all children receive an education which is engaging and exciting and which gives children a thirst for learning. I started at Northern as Deputy Headteacher in 2019 and began my journey as Headteacher here in September 2022. I have previously been an Assistant Headteacher at a large, two form school and have experience of teaching all age ranges across the primary phase. I am a very proud mum and love spending time with my family as well as my two beautiful dogs!