{"id":48,"date":"2020-01-09T14:52:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T14:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:39:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:39:49","slug":"slt-governors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/school-information\/slt-governors\/","title":{"rendered":"SLT &#038; Governors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM ST ANTHONY\u2019S SCHOOL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Helen Ball&nbsp;&nbsp;Headteacher<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Ruth Aspden&nbsp;&nbsp;Deputy Headteacher and SENCO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Lynne Seabrook&nbsp;&nbsp;Assistant Headteacher Teaching and Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Lucy Summerfield Assistant Headteacher Personalised Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Sally Davies   Senior Leader Secondary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Sally Kayworth  Senior Leader Primary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Linda Appleton  Senior Leader Primary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Jo Baily&nbsp;School Business Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>GOVERNING BODY OF ST ANTHONY\u2019S SCHOOL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Our Governing Body consists of nine members and operates without a committee structure. The core functions of our governing body, as set out in The School Governance (Roles, Procedures and Allowances) (England) Regulations 2013, are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>ensuring that the vision, ethos and strategic direction of the school are clearly defined;<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>ensuring that the head teacher performs his or her responsibilities for the educational performance of the school; and<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>ensuring the sound, proper and effective use of the school\u2019s financial resources.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>The statutory purpose of the Governing Body is to promote high standards of educational achievement at the school.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>The day to day management of the school is the responsibility of the Headteacher and staff, whereas the governors are responsible for the general direction of the school and providing a strategic overview.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>The Governing Body acts as a critical friend to the school and ensures accountability, whilst considering the interests of children, parents and staff. It makes decisions about curriculum, finance, staffing and premises matters, to help raise standards of achievement and to make sure that the school provides a good quality education for all of our pupils.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Diversity Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><em><strong>The governors of St Anthony\u2019s School believe it is important that boards reflect the diversity of the school communities they serve. Diverse boards promote inclusive school environments and provide diverse role models for staff and young people.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><em><strong>The governors are currently collecting data on the diversity of the board, including data on age, gender, disability, social background and ethnicity.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><em><strong>They will use that data to inform their recruitment and training needs and ensure there is always a diverse range of perspectives around the table to support robust decision making.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><em><strong>Due to our relatively small governing body we do not publish this diversity data online as individual governors could be identified and we have a legal obligation to protect their personal data.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b771ba10-bf3a-45d0-aba5-2900679dc2f9\" href=\"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Governor-roles-and-responsibilities-December-25.pdf\"><strong>Governor Roles and Responsibilities December 25<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Governor-roles-and-responsibilities-December-25.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b771ba10-bf3a-45d0-aba5-2900679dc2f9\"><strong>Download<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d2a451ae-a084-4c36-af9c-55df65f3702a\" href=\"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Governor-biographies-July-25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Governor Biographies July 25<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Governor-biographies-July-25.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d2a451ae-a084-4c36-af9c-55df65f3702a\"><strong>Download<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-68d713f4-984f-455a-b89b-f193e2c4d0d7\" href=\"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Governor-attendance-202425.pdf\"><strong>Governor Attendance 2024 &#8211; 25<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Governor-attendance-202425.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-68d713f4-984f-455a-b89b-f193e2c4d0d7\"><strong>Download<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM ST ANTHONY\u2019S SCHOOL Helen Ball&nbsp;&nbsp;Headteacher Ruth Aspden&nbsp;&nbsp;Deputy Headteacher and SENCO Lynne Seabrook&nbsp;&nbsp;Assistant Headteacher Teaching and Learning Lucy Summerfield Assistant Headteacher Personalised Learning Sally Davies Senior Leader Secondary Sally Kayworth Senior Leader Primary Linda Appleton Senior Leader Primary Jo Baily&nbsp;School Business Manager GOVERNING BODY OF ST ANTHONY\u2019S SCHOOL Our Governing Body consists of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":458,"parent":38,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-48","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5132,"href":"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions\/5132"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-ants.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}