Governors

Mrs Ballard, Chair of Governors

I am very proud to have been associated with Bidford Primary for almost 20 years, through both the School Association and the Governing Body.

Although both my children left school long ago and are now grown up, I still passionately believe that the village is fortunate in having such a caring and first-rate school in its midst.

We have a terrific staff and, where many schools struggle to find governors, we never seem to have a problem.

We currently have a very strong governing body, with a wealth of expertise amongst people willing to put in time to make the school still stronger. Our role is to work with the headteacher to achieve the aims of the school and to help provide an excellent education for all the pupils.

We try to:

• Provide a strategic review of the school: to raise standards of achievement, to establish high expectations and to promote effective teaching and learning.
• Act as a critical friend to the Headteacher; to provide support, advice and information; to ask challenging questions and to press for improvement.
• Ensure accountability of the headteacher and staff.

We also have prime responsibility for the finance of the school.

Angela Ballard
Chair of Governors

Governing Body 2009/10